re: NFL games in college stadiums

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Driving to Baton Rouge for anyone that wasn't already staying there was a nightmare at that time, on top of everything else people were dealing with. That team was also a dumpster fire and fans were pretty much done with Haslett and his crew already.

After a decade of sustained success and a generation of fans that have now watched the Saints win more than lose, I think think they'd have no problem filling up Tiger Stadium.

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Plus, there were really bad vibes around the Saints at that time. The feeling was Benson was going to use Katrina as an excuse to move the team to San Antonio. I think he even got into a scuffle with someone at Tiger Stadium for the first game -- maybe it was a fan -- I know he said he wasn't going to any more of the B.R. games.
I was at that first game against the Dolphins - Nick Saban's homecoming. Crowd started off enthusiastic, then got pissed. Aaron Brooks did the Aaron Brooks thing of throwing a dumb interception, then going back to the sideline smiling like he just saw Beyonce in the nude. By the second half, people were tossing paper airplanes onto the field.