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re: SEC fans who are not LSU fans, but are Saints fans
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:50 pm to cas4t
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:50 pm to cas4t
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I'm just asking why they chose the Saints.
The Saints are not very good historically.
I'm just curious, damn.
Some people move? I grew up 50 miles from Dallas and was a Cowboys fan, naturally. But I've lived in MS 31 years, Jerry Jones fired Tom Landry, then fired the (to him) insignificant coach who won two Super Bowls in a row, the Saints hired Sean Payton, and there ya go. For others, though, you're a bit myopic. What if you grew up in Arkansas? Or for that matter Alabama? Who should they pull for?
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Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:51 pm to pvilleguru
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Because the Saints have won a SB more recently. Not that hard to figure out.
LSU won a NC in 2007 and everyone didn't convert.
I don't see how a southerner not from LA would choose New Orleans over Atlanta
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:51 pm to cas4t
My dad was a fan. So I became one too. I just pulled for them cuz they use to be terrible. Then Alabama and the saints won it all in the same year. Hell yeah. I also like the falcons. So frick everybody.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:51 pm to cas4t
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The Cowboys were HUGE for a long time. And there were plenty og Houston Oiler fans and then there were plenty of Tennessee Titan fans.
I never said they weren't, I was talking about the South in reference to SEC fans being fans of the Saints, Texas isn't a southern state.
LA and Arkansas is different due to the proximity of Texas.
Same reason the Saints would pull in fans from LA, MS, Bama.
The Falcons from TN, Bama, GA
etc.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:52 pm to cas4t
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LSU won a NC in 2007 and everyone didn't convert.
There's quite an enormous difference
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:53 pm to LukeSidewalker
I even enjoy watching cam play on Carolina's team. For the most part I just love watching football.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:53 pm to CatFan81
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The Saints are not very good historically.
If your a real Saints fan you were taught winning isn't everything!
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Ummmmm... The Falcons are a year older than the Saints.
the FalconsPosted on 8/28/13 at 6:53 pm to finestfirst79
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For others, though, you're a bit myopic. What if you grew up in Arkansas? Or for that matter Alabama? Who should they pull for?
I would assume the Falcons, the Cowboys, the Saints or the Oilers.
I'm simply asking why the people who chose the Saints chose the Saints.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:53 pm to cas4t
I am an LSU fan, but not a Saints fan. Does the same apply? 
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:54 pm to finestfirst79
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Some people move? I grew up 50 miles from Dallas and was a Cowboys fan, naturally. But I've lived in MS 31 years, Jerry Jones fired Tom Landry, then fired the (to him) insignificant coach who won two Super Bowls in a row, the Saints hired Sean Payton, and there ya go. For others, though, you're a bit myopic. What if you grew up in Arkansas? Or for that matter Alabama? Who should they pull for?
arkie is in the Cowboy's tv market. I know because I live there. Most people here like them and not the Saints. Seems like a lot of corndogs have moved up here because of that oil and natural gas boom or whatever.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:54 pm to UMRealist
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There's quite an enormous difference
While I see your point, one could also wonder why the people from "neutral" states didn't choose another team.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:55 pm to cyde
Mind is blown
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:55 pm to finestfirst79
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What if you grew up in Arkansas?
Depends on where you grew up.
In football it is a mix of Oilers/Titans, Cowboys, Chiefs, some old people follow the Cardinals, some are Rams fans.
Same in baseball: Cardinals, Royals, Rangers, Astros, Braves, some old people still follow the Os from when they were the Browns in St. Louis.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:55 pm to cas4t
There are a lot of Saints fans here in the Panhandle. I'm a Jags fan myself though.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:55 pm to pvilleguru
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Because the Saints have won a SB more recently. Not that hard to figure out.
Same goes with all the new Bama fans
I hate when i get lumped into a bunch of bandwagoners too
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:56 pm to cas4t
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While I see your point, one could also wonder why the people from "neutral" states didn't choose another team.
Meh, I live in a "neutral" state, and have for a while.
You should be glad they picked the Saints and stuck it out for the most part.
Everyone here is a Yankees/Lakers/49ers fan. Sidewalk college fandom is split between USC, Nebraska, Alabama, and Notre Dame.
This post was edited on 8/28/13 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:57 pm to Seand504
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I'm not a Falcons fan. I'm a lifelong Redskins fan. I just dislike the Saints.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:57 pm to DaleDenton
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Texas isn't a southern state.
The Cowboys are "America's team". Or at least they were.
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LA and Arkansas is different due to the proximity of Texas.
North as opposed to west? Both border LA. And I could very easily see an Arkansas fan being a Falcons fan. And defintely a Cowboys fan. Hell, everyone loved them, and Arkansas has no in-state team, and the Cowboys were dominate for quite a while.
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:58 pm to cas4t
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The Cowboys are "America's team". Or at least they were.
One idiot came up with that 'nickname' and the idiot Cowboys fans ran with that shite. They were redneck America's team. That's about it.
This post was edited on 8/28/13 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 8/28/13 at 6:59 pm to Mizzeaux
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Meh, I live in a "neutral" state, and have for a while.
You not in Missouri? The Rams?
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You should be glad they picked the Saints and stuck it out for the most part.
I seriously doubt most on here have stuck it out.
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Everyone here is a Yankees/Lakers/49ers fan. Sidewalk college fandom is split between USC, Nebraska, Alabama, and Notre Dame.
Agree completely. But I originally became a Lakers fan because I was a kid and they rocked P&G AND they had Shaq.
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