Who Dat?

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I've been in New Orleans this weekend visiting my bonus son Brad and his wife Valentina. They just bought their first single family home and we were helping do some work on it prior to them moving in. While we were here, the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints both played in playoff games for the Superbowl and lost. The difference here is the fans. I am blown away by how supportive the fans are to the saints, win or lose. These people are CRAZY for their football team. White, Black, Creole, Asian, you name it - even the dogs are Saints fans. This is something I have never experienced in my entire lifetime - growing up with the Detroit Lions, the Tigers and the Pistons - my first experience with being a fairweather fan. Back in my youth, none of the teams were that great, and they had fans, but not like the Saints. The Minnesota Vikins fans are the same. - I think of my cousin Pete - losing his mind on the other side of that Saints game last night. It was an awesome game. Going to USC and not really having a banner football team also didn't show me what being a true fan was either. I did have friends that were all in, but still- not like the Georgia Bulldogs or the New Orleans Saints. All the teams I have been a part of have pretty much had fair weather fans. I hate being a fair weather fan, but I really don't have a team that I want to go all in on. When I was little I LOVED the Pittsburgh Steelers - they were scrappy, had Terry Bradshaw - I have no idea why was so into them. Maybe I should go back to that. I want to find a team that I feel this passionate about - one that ALL fans are that passionate about even if they are 0-10 on the season. I can truly say that My Alabama family are behind the Crimson Tide this way and I can totally appreciate this. I am loyal to the gamecocks, even though we don't win much - so I think I need to get behind them at least for college football. Pros just don't seem as into it as college students. This is why I like to watch college ball more. I really only watch the superbowl for the commercials. Probably because I am an advertising major.

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