re: LSU or the Saints - who do you care about more and why?

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LSU or the Saints - who do you care about more and why?

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Easy question. LSU

The Tigers have always been bigger to me. I went to school there as well as other family members so its special. Pro ball has always been "something to do on sundays." Was never a Saints fan even though I grew up in southwest La.. I was an Oilers fan because of proximity. Moved to Tampa 24 years ago and the Bucs took over my alegiance. However, they don't hurt me near as much when they lose as the Tigers do.

LSU
Couldn't care less about the n.o. saints

Didn't give a shite when they were losers hadn't changed bc of winning

Fwiw I did have a dome patrol poster when I was a kid

Born and raised 10 miles from New Orleans but I am an LSU fan at heart. Being a graduate also has something to do with it but LSU is like family where as the Saints are like friends. Friends come and go but you family is always there.

I will fully admit to being a Saints basher in the Ditka, Aaron Brooks and Joe Horn days of the Saints. I didn't even own Saints gear until before the 2009 season. To this day I am not a big fan of Tom Benson and his leveraging moving the team to get what he wants even though he has money coming out his ears.

LSU.... not even close

I feel worse when Lsu wins by 20 but plays bad then when the saints get stomped. Always thought I was a saints fan but starting to wonder.
It's Lsu

As I approach the end of my 40's, I can very honestly say I am a huge fan of both. slight edge to LSU though.

My first knowledge of football was as a very young boy in 1969. My Daddy took me and the son of the State Trooper in LaPlace who gave him the tickets (Ben Tamborella - are you out there?) to the LSU-Auburn game on Oct. 25, 1969. My blood has been purple and my veins gold since that day. When Jimmy Gilbert threw that halfback option pass to Andy Hamilton for a TD on the first play of the game, I had to put my little hands over my ears !!!

The next week, I cried when Archie Who beat the Tigers 26-23, which would end up ruining LSU's NC and bowl hopes.

If I'm not mistaken the Saints were in the middle of a winning streak then after starting off 0-6, including a game in St. Louis I watched that weekend where Billy Kilmer of the Saints and Charley Johnson of the Cardinals combined for 12 TD passes.
My Dad says he put me on his shoulders at Moisant Airport when the Saints arrived back from their first every victory over Philadelphia in 1967, but I don't remember :)

I DO remember the first Saints game I ever went to: August 1970 - exhibition vs the Detroit Lions and Bill Munson.
The Lions won. The score? 31-17 - A score that would be prophetic 40 years later :)

I remember walking past the shrubs on Tulane's campus and up the ramp of Tulane Stadium - and seeing and hearing and smelling: "Jax Beerman heayah!" cigars, popcorn, peeing behind the stands because the line was too long for my Dad :), men in suits and hats, etc.

I had become a Saints fan too.....

4 decades later we were losing our minds in Cafe Giovanni's as Tracy Porter stepped in front of NOLA's favorite son Peyton's pass....

Yeah I'd say I'm both, but maybe a leeeetle more LSU at heart.

This is an easy one- no contest.
The Saints belong to a car dealer from San Antonio.
LSU belongs to the people of Louisiana.

I think if you grew up in BR the answer is LSU and if you come from NOLA then the answer is the Saints.

Everybody else is a wild card.