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re: Which team is more popular in Louisiana
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:47 am to tiger4178
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:47 am to tiger4178
I love the Saints and mean no offense but what we have seen happen with the Saints popularity in recent years is a PERFECT example bandwagon fanhood. If the Saints would not have put together a few winning seasons and won a SB then this would be a silly question but with that very recent success people, especially in my area (Lafayette), are all of a sudden huge Saints fans. Couldn't tell you anything about the team before Sean Payton and Drew Brees got there but now they are the biggest Saints fan ever. Its laughable.
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Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:49 am to MC123
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LSU football has 875,000 Facebook likes
The Saints have 2.9 million Facebook likes.
In anything actually measurable - tv viewership, merchandise sales, etc - the Saints will lap the Tigers but facts won't get in the way of people's hopes and dreams
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:49 am to Fenwick86
Amazing how many people are just stating who they personally like more and not answering the question in the OP.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:50 am to tiger4178
Anyone saying Saints is dumb. LSU and it ain't close. North Louisiana is a bunch of Yankee Dallas Cowboy fans
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:52 am to ipodking
And lafayette is littered with Alabama fans. The Saints are more popular.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:53 am to harry coleman beast
Nope
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:53 am to ipodking
the bandwagon LSU fans are getting super defensive
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:54 am to ipodking
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Anyone saying Saints is dumb.
This is why I come to the rant.
Its the Saints by a wide gap.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:55 am to Fenwick86
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I love the Saints and mean no offense but what we have seen happen with the Saints popularity in recent years is a PERFECT example bandwagon fanhood. If the Saints would not have put together a few winning seasons and won a SB then this would be a silly question but with that very recent success people, especially in my area (Lafayette), are all of a sudden huge Saints fans. Couldn't tell you anything about the team before Sean Payton and Drew Brees got there but now they are the biggest Saints fan ever. Its laughable.
I know people who wore the paper bags proudly. Now they swear that the Saints are the best thing to happen to NOLA.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:56 am to DustyDinkleman
the paperbags were the diehards being funny during such a shitty stretch. The fact that they were there says they aren't bandwagon. The paperbag gag is missed on a lot of 'tards.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:56 am to harry coleman beast
What I said was not meant to mean that I like LSU more than Saints just that the Saints recent serge in popularity is only due to their recent success. I cant tell you who is more popular in Louisiana today, sorry to disappoint you. My comment certainly hints that LSU is traditionally more popular. Reading comprehension is tricky sometimes.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:57 am to tiger4178
LSU
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:57 am to DustyDinkleman
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I know people who wore the paper bags proudly. Now they swear that the Saints are the best thing to happen to NOLA.
I don't think this means what you think it means
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:58 am to EmperorGout
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I don't think this means what you think it means
exactly
Posted on 8/11/13 at 11:00 am to tiger4178
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Serious question? Saints
A harmless question at that.
It's a good question, probably a lot closer than many think. I guess if you live in N.O. you think it's a slam dunk but much of the state doesn't give a rats about the Saints and don't identify with them like they do LSU.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 11:01 am to tiger4178
Popular in Louisiana. Saints.
New orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, North Shore, Alexandria. Almost 100% Saints fans. But not 100% LSU. You've got USL, SeLU, Tulane, UNO, and other smaller schools that some people prefer over LSU.
ETA: I mean 100% of football fans. Bandwagons included.
New orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, North Shore, Alexandria. Almost 100% Saints fans. But not 100% LSU. You've got USL, SeLU, Tulane, UNO, and other smaller schools that some people prefer over LSU.
ETA: I mean 100% of football fans. Bandwagons included.
This post was edited on 8/11/13 at 11:04 am
Posted on 8/11/13 at 11:02 am to tiger4178
Without a doubt...LSU
When the Saints won the Superbowl I would
say it was about even. Besides that one year,
it has been and always will be TIGER LAND!
When the Saints won the Superbowl I would
say it was about even. Besides that one year,
it has been and always will be TIGER LAND!
Posted on 8/11/13 at 11:03 am to Elleshoe
You have one pro team in Louisiana and probably a dozen universities fielding football teams. The divided loyalties alone among the college teams dictates the Saints have far more fans than LSU.
Plus there are football fans everywhere who consider the NFL as the only place football is played and couldn't care less about the college game.
Its the Saints.
Plus there are football fans everywhere who consider the NFL as the only place football is played and couldn't care less about the college game.
Its the Saints.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 11:04 am to tiger4178
It is LSU by virtue of being the state university for well over 100 years. The Saints were born in the 60s and sucked balls until the 90s. Think about it, Billy Cannon's holloween run, the Chinese Bandits, the national title, 4 generations of fandom, all of that happened before anyone dreamed of an NFL team in Louisiana.
A lot of people like the Saints, but the deep-seated love passed from generation to generation isn't there. Plus anyone can go to a football game, but hundreds of thousands of people through the years went to school and graduated from LSU. The bond is completely different and there is no comparison.
A lot of people like the Saints, but the deep-seated love passed from generation to generation isn't there. Plus anyone can go to a football game, but hundreds of thousands of people through the years went to school and graduated from LSU. The bond is completely different and there is no comparison.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 11:05 am to tiger4178
Though I love both, I give the edge to LSU. I like the college game better.
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