re: does baton rouge/lsu dislike new orleans/saints?

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youll see what I meant.

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Yeah that that discussion almost came to blows

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Yeah that that discussion almost came to blows

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I can always bump it

I dont hate the Saints, I hate the NFL as a whole...the NFL isnt football, its a business...College football, now thats football

I love the Saints, but it seems like the city of new orleans takes out of NOLA support for granted when it comes to the Saints, if we didn't support the Saints the city of NOLA couldn't support the saints on their own.

espn hates LSU but loves the Saints?

Getting back to the original question, the year after Katrina when the Saints played 4 home games in TS, the attendance was abysmal. I had always thought that LSU and Saints fans came from the same group of people, but I doubted it after those games. I also remember people on the Rant who were furious that LSU was allowing the Saints to play in TS, because they were going to ruin the field for the LSU games (and there were quite a few of people with this view... not just a minority).

So the overall sentiment of this thread is that LSU fans are mostly Saints fans, but the evidence I've seen doesn't necessarily support that.

first, it seems that tom benson getting phased out and rita benson-leblanc is taking over for the most part, so hopefully she is a little more savvy and can bring better spending which will lead to more on the field success, but then to the point of supporting the saints. i can understand if someone isn't a saints fan and doesn't watch and all, but how in the hell can anyone who is a louisiana resident be against them staying in NO and resent them (other than from a football perspective)? they are gonna bring so much revenue back that would be extremely hard to replace if they left..think of how much money is made on those 8 sundays a year, not to mention the free publicity the city gets when on MNF or when the super bowl comes, not to mention the players spending those huge salaries in state too

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does baton rouge/lsu dislike new orleans/saints?
I dont hate the Saints, I hate the NFL as a whole...the NFL isnt football, its a business...College football, now thats football

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That pretty much sums up my opinion too.

I don't pay much attention to the NFL until the playoffs

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I love LSU first because they produce winners ... I don't hate Tom Benson and I'll never be sold as a Saints fan ... so long as you have a wealthy owner who does not (just because your ver rich, doesn't make that person a bright person when it comes to sports) ... The man "Benson" and his grand-daughter will never bring a consistent winner with S.B. potential to the state of LA or N.O. for that fact ... they are in it, to line their own pockets first, not bring in a great G.M. who can draft consitently and make trades that will bring the Saints to the top ... thus I will root for them as a LA citizen and not win Championships.

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Your knowledge on the matter is as poor as your grammar. Benson may not choose the best GMs, but it's not for lack of spending. He has one of the smallest markets in the NFL and he's been in the top 3rd of the NFL in terms of spending. He was an absolute bitch after Katrina, but other than that he's a solid owner.

In my personal experience, the only people in NOLA that don't like LSU are Tulane fans, and I know of some that still pull for them in BCS games and such. I know a lot of NOLA people that pull for LSU despite having no connection to the school. When I went to LSU, most of my friends were from NOLA. For the two years I worked there, however, all of my many co-workers were BR natives, and they all actively rooted against the Saints.

I grew up in New Orleans and went to college out of state. I came back to New Orleans in 1960 and have always been an LSU fan even though many of my family and friends went to Tulane. I have been a season ticket holder for LSU since 1962 and for the Saints since they set up shop in 67. I have not noticed a lot of dislike from BR folks toward the Saints. The priority is LSU first and that is quite understandable. Many in New Orleans put the Saints first but I have found many of them were not huge fans of college football to start with. HUGE NFL fans but their saturdays were used for fishing. So when the Saints got here they thought they had died and turned into real saints in heaven.
Now NORTH La. folks are a different breed altogether. They were already Dallas Cowboy fans when the Saints started. They didn't have a reason to change at all. Once again these were folks who, for the most part, were not big college football fans but loved the NFL. So they stayed Cowboy fans and could care less about the Saints.