Falcons fans: Are you rooting for or against the Saints?

truth

January 25th, 2010
9:31 am

GO COLTS!!!!!

Freshmaker

January 25th, 2010
9:31 am

Woohoo!

Freshmaker

January 25th, 2010
9:32 am

Gah! 2nd. I am a failure.

unknown hinson

January 25th, 2010
9:34 am

Colts all the way… It’s not quite like the Mets but you gotta root against your rival

Freshmaker

January 25th, 2010
9:36 am

I’m rooting for the Saints, though I like both teams about equally. The Saints are definitely good for the city of N.O., and it would be great to see them win the city a championship – they’ve been through a lot. I view the Falcons – Saints rivalry as more of a friendly one as opposed to bitter.

Peadawg

January 25th, 2010
9:37 am

Just like I root for the SEC except Florida(a Georgia fan), I’ll root for the NFC South. Go Saints!

NFC SOUTH! NFC SOUTH! NFC SOUTH!

January 25th, 2010
9:38 am

Of course we are pulling for the Saints! Just like when we pull for the top 3 teams in the SEC when they play for the championship. It makes us feel better about our own failures.

truth

January 25th, 2010
9:39 am

GO COLTS!!!

Jeff

January 25th, 2010
9:40 am

I have been a Falcons fan since 1985, but as much as I want to beat the Saints when we play them, I have never hated the Saints. Maybe because they have been even worse than us for most of the time, so I couldn’t engender any animosity towards them. Now, due to my UT allegiance, I will be rooting for Peyton Manning, but it wouldn’t bother me a bit if the Saints win.

Jim n Buckhead

January 25th, 2010
9:41 am

I hate Manning and the Saints equally…i will be watching the puppy bowl or the lingerie bowl….Colts will win big

Michael Stipe

January 25th, 2010
9:42 am

I echo Freshmaker’s sentiments. Even though I’m a long suffering Falcons fan, the two teams sort of mirror eachother in terms of ineptitude. Plus, factoring in the Katrina disaster recovery, a Super Bowl victory would help the city’s self image.

Paul H

January 25th, 2010
9:43 am

MOST DEFINITELY rooting against the Saints and all other Falcons fans better be doing the same.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

January 25th, 2010
9:45 am

since manning already has a ring, i’m pulling for the saints. i agree it would be a “feel good” story after everything that city has been through.

KornDawg

January 25th, 2010
9:49 am

I, for one, do not believe in conference or divisional loyalty. I want the Saints to lose every game simply because the Falcons are in competition with them. I’d feel the same way if it was the Panthers or Buccaneers. Nothing personal, it’s just that when those teams lose it’s usually better for the Falcons. Also, noone wants to hear their rivals flaunting a Super Bowl (am I allowed to use that term? I don’t want the NFL coming after me) victory.

the real Old Gold

January 25th, 2010
9:49 am

AGAINST!!!

YellowJacketFalcon

January 25th, 2010
9:52 am

Hate the aints. Always have always will. Garbage city & a garbage team with Shioty hooligan inbred fans. I’ll pull for the Bulldogs before I would ever pull for the aints.

UGAFan

January 25th, 2010
9:55 am

Pulling for the Saints, but don’t think anyone can stop Manning.

Tuckdawg

January 25th, 2010
9:58 am

I for one dont care for either of them im a falcons fan so i dont want to see the saints win but on the other hand im a much bigger college fan and since im a huge DAWG fan i cant pull for the colts so im at a loss dont really care just want to see a good game

Steven

January 25th, 2010
9:58 am

I will, forever, root for any team playing against the Saints – especially and including the Falcons. Not only does the “who dat” garbage sound ridiculous, but if people in Atlanta said a phrase like that, the rest of the country would just think we’re dumb southerners.

Not to be completely insensitive, but when is the “makes the city look good after Katrina” noise going to stop? It has been over 4 years, and the only thing that’ll make the city look better than it does now is to rebuild the houses and put poor people in them – merely playing a football game that MANY people can’t afford to even attend (and folks without homes spend money that they shouldn’t so they can be in who dat nation) will not revive a city that, in my opinion, is limited in its revival (without an influx of serious capital and new home building).

That said, I guess all the Michael Vick stories continue after years in Atlanta, so maybe Vick and Katrina have something in common – they’ll never go away.

Bill

January 25th, 2010
10:01 am

The Backdrop of the City has nothing to do with it…$$$$$$ wasted is another story.

Colts all the way. Don’t care for Saints and there crazy fans.

PMC

January 25th, 2010
10:01 am

neither for nor against really. Indifferent. I despised the Bucs when Chucky was on the sideline. I don’t really have any hatred or dislike for the Saints at all.

How depressing is it for THIS city though if the Bucs and Saints win one the Panthers were a few cheating quarters away and the Falcons are light years away?

Our one chance we get that stupid moron who is now a broadcaster for the in Charlotte picking up a hooker…. nice.

Hating Drew Brees is like trying to hate Derek Jeter.

Hilarious Leo Mazzone is talking about I’d rather have that than not get there… yeah no kidding Leo… you guys should have won 3…the Braves are the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings of baseball. How did they get lucky enough to beat Cleveland??? Oh yeah they traded Justice after he did that…. nice job Scherholtz… enjoy the gold watch….

Thank God for Morton Anderson in 98 anyway.

norman

January 25th, 2010
10:02 am

I have been a Falcons fan ever since the franchise started. I have looked at the Falcons-Saints rivalry as the Georgia-Auburn rivalry: a friendly rivalry. You want to beat the Saints & Tigers very bad, but when the game is over, I wish them well. Having said that, “GO SAINTS!”

Phil C

January 25th, 2010
10:02 am

I do not like the Saints when they are competing with us ! Having said that they are in the superbowl and we are not, so I wish them the best ….

At least till next season

La Jolla Dawg

January 25th, 2010
10:03 am

Definitely pulling for the Saints. I obviously won’t root for them during the season and if in the future, they start dominating the series with the Falcons, I won’t root for them at all. Right now, no reason not to hope they win it all.

Eric

January 25th, 2010
10:05 am

Korndawg is right on the money….collegiately speaking….War Eagle!!! I like Manning because he doesn’t take himself so seriously. He’s a great talent and he’s funny. I also like Drew Brees, have since Purdue, he’s a real class act and so is Sean Payton. Don’t care for Reggie Bush, but would like to see the Saints win it anyway, but don’t think they will. The Colts are just too good.

matt r

January 25th, 2010
10:05 am

I am pulling for the Saints so they will be less hungry next year. And our hunger will allow us to eat them for lunch.

Carpetbagger

January 25th, 2010
10:06 am

I still don’t understand why some people in the South treat college and pro football as if they compete against each other. If you’re a Falcons fan, your college team doesn’t factor into anything. They’re different conversations. The Dawgs, regardless of your love for them, will never go to the Super Bowl. The Falcons will never play in a BCS Championship game. You’re allowed to enjoy both teams equally.

Now, the Colts NEED to win this game. If the Saints win, their fans will be incorrigible if not impossible to deal with next season.

Roots in NO-Born in ATL

January 25th, 2010
10:08 am

Because my family’s roots are deep in the New Orleans and surrounding areas, it was difficult growing up in Atlanta where your friends were Falcons fans but your parents rooted for the Saints. I was somewhat confused about where my allegiance should be. I guess this is why I always viewed the rivalry as something like a sibling one. So now as an adult, even though I’m a full-time Falcon fan, I definitely would like to see the Saints win as I know my father would be proud of his beloved team!!
Go Saints, RIP Pops!!

Tailback U

January 25th, 2010
10:10 am

Jeff
I revile no other NFL team as much as the Saints.
The thought of the Saints winning a superbowl before the Falcons
win one is a disgusting one for sure. Haven’t Falcon fans suffered
enough without embarrassment ? I feel for the city of NO and
what they have gone through but come on now. I kinda think if
I even try to say ” Go Saints ” I’d puke before getting it out.
Uh …sorry for the graphic visual.

Russ

January 25th, 2010
10:10 am

I’m more than sick of Manning, but that being said the Saints are the Falcons arch-rival. I don’t know how any true Falcon fan could cheer for the Saints. GO COLTS!!!

Fish2774

January 25th, 2010
10:10 am

As much as it hurts, but their in the Divisional family I’ll have to choose the Saint’s. Go Breezy

TMoney

January 25th, 2010
10:11 am

Against, decidedly against. I could never bring myself to root for the Saints. I’m already tired of hearing the Saints fans at my office and around where I live. They seem to think their team is led by the second coming. I’m really going to be pulling hard for the Colts come 2-7.

Boom Dizzle

January 25th, 2010
10:11 am

If you are a true Falcons fan it’s NO WAY and/or NO REASON that you should be cheering for the Saints…….

GeoffDawg

January 25th, 2010
10:12 am

Don’t particularly care about the Saints one way or the other. I’d rather their team be mediocre to increase the Falcons’ chances at winning the division but that’s about it.

bugman

January 25th, 2010
10:14 am

Da Saints.

I’ll root for them whenever Atlanta is not in the mix. Regular season is a diff dawg, tho.

Mave2124

January 25th, 2010
10:15 am

Root for the Who Dats??? Are you serious? I’m with Mike Smith on that one….No way….GO Colts! Make sure Matt Ryan takes notes on how mto run an offsense from Manning.

Lifelong Falcon fan

January 25th, 2010
10:17 am

The Colts. Dats who.

Lifelong Falcon fan

January 25th, 2010
10:18 am

Boom- You said it!

Tucker T

January 25th, 2010
10:18 am

I feel kinda like coach Smith. Indifferent. I don’t have a major hate for the Saints but also don’t like them much either. Reggie Bush? Now I do hate him for his idiotic comments he made earlier this season about making the Pro Bowl. He has had a good post season but I still think he is overrated and afraid of taking a hit.

stevie g

January 25th, 2010
10:22 am

I’ll be rooting against the AINTS during the Super Bowl. Rooting for them would be like me, a die hard Georgia fan, rooting for Florida in a national championship game (or any game). It’s impossible.

BullDawg Rick

January 25th, 2010
10:23 am

Who Dat Who Dat!!!

Go Saints… Formerly known as the group “Aints”!!!

McNasty

January 25th, 2010
10:25 am

How could any Falcon fan pull for the Aints? Has anybody been to a home game where the falcons lose? The Aints fans lead a umbrella mardi gras parade around our home dome complete with trumpets and costumes mocking Atlanta. It is humilliating as a falcon fan.
Things turned out OK sunday because Farve got pounded into retirement and lost and N O will not see a faded self centered ego manic @ qb in Miami and will lose.

Mark Knopfler

January 25th, 2010
10:25 am

Mark, I rooted for the Saints yesterday, but I will root for the Colts for the Superbowl. I was living in Indiana when the Colts drafted Peyton Manning. It is good to see him so successful when I had to suffer through the first season and all the second guessing about missing Ryan Leaf. So Peyton and me are like brothers in arms

drew

January 25th, 2010
10:26 am

I pulled for the Saints yesterday simply because I wanted to see Brett Favre denied his fairybook ending.

As a Falcon fan, it’s hard for me to hate the Saints, as they are one of the few franchises that have had less success than the Falcons. Manning’s got his, so I guess I’ll pull for the Saints…I like the idea of having two games next year against the reigning champs.

David Smith

January 25th, 2010
10:27 am

The Saints will crash and burn in Miami against the more experienced Colts. Peyton Manning will pick the Saints defense apart when they try to blitz, Drew Brees will throw two costly Interceptions, and the city of New Orleans will have their hearts ripped out and will have a new title to go will their history (Super Bowl Chokers) as well as a new dance from their owner (The funeral march boogie).

Mark Knopfler

January 25th, 2010
10:28 am

Sorry Jeff, I like my name so much that I called you Mark as well. You are better looking than that Bradley chap anyway

Jt

January 25th, 2010
10:28 am

I pulled for the Saints yesterday for one reason- I am sick of Brett Favre and the media’s love for him (btw the Fox crew mentioned his name 139 times during yesterday’s broadcast). I do not hate the Saints like I do Tampa Bay or Carolina. I actually like their team- fun to watch when they are not beating the Falcons. But on Super Bowl Sunday, I wll be pulling for the Golden Boy and the Colts.

Dirtybird311

January 25th, 2010
10:29 am

If you are a true Dirty Bird then you will never root for the saints to win a superbowl before the Falcons. All you tree huggin hippies on this board who are saying “Awee as long as the SEC east wins” and “I cheer for the Ain’ts when they aren’t playing Atlanta” are a bunch of mouth breathing posers. If you are a REAL fan of the Atlanta Falcons then you should NEVER want the saints to win this superbowl. Do you think that Eagles fans or Giant fans wanted Dallas to win the superbowl last week? Exactly. Go live in your free love communes in a Van down by the River, you guys aren’t real Atlanta Falcons fans!

No if you just don’t like Peyton I understand a little more, but then you are just jealous. Objectively the guy is the best QB ever in the NFL. I don’t necessarily like him or the Colts either.

Dirtybird311

January 25th, 2010
10:30 am

NFC East sorry. Still got College on the brain

IceFan

January 25th, 2010
10:30 am

Normally when the Falcons/Braves/Hawks are out of it I find myself pulling for the representative of the NFC/National League/Eastern Conference. But damn, it’s really hard to root against Peyton Manning. I may have to just root for a close game.

dirty bird

January 25th, 2010
10:35 am

Not sure where some of this hostility is coming from, it’s always been a friendly rilvary to me. There fans are normally very polite and respectful, although they were pretty loud this year at the Dome. I want to beat them every time but I also want to see the NFC South represented in a positive way. With that being said I hope they win, but don’t think they have a chance. Thier entire year has been about luck and poor calls in thier favor by the refs. As was the case yesterday. Don’t get me wrong they are talented but also very lucky and that luck has to run out sooner or later.

Ross

January 25th, 2010
10:36 am

I love New Orleans – could be my favorite city. But any Falcons fan who wishes the Saints to get a Bowl ring before us, should switch to tennis.

who dat ?

January 25th, 2010
10:39 am

Any Falcons Fan pulling for Indy and Peyton is a punk.

Beau Vighn

January 25th, 2010
10:39 am

Who gives a flip about pro football. Signing day is the big story this time of year. I get tired of watching millionaire pro football players jump around and show their a$$ every time they make a routine play..

AlphaDog

January 25th, 2010
10:42 am

As an old Cleveland Browns fan I hated the Pittsburgh Steelers, but would root for them in the Super Bowl as a “regional rep” from the rust belt. That said, my 2 favorite college teams are Ohio State and whoever is playing Michigan (except for SEC teams). Go Saints!

PMC

January 25th, 2010
10:46 am

I sure would like to feel like our Falcons are destined to win sometime.

Freaking crazy the superbowl is essentially during Mardi Gras

Russ

January 25th, 2010
10:46 am

Do the Falcons fans rooting for the Saints also enjoy kissing your sisters?

Tailback U

January 25th, 2010
10:47 am

Jeff
I have thought a little more about rooting for the Saints
and well….not feeling too spiffy here at the moment.
But you go ahead and root for them Aints Perhaps your
stomach is considerably stronger than mine.

Bryan G.

January 25th, 2010
10:48 am

So that I understand…if the Saints win, it’ll be like Katrina never happened? So how soon can we get the Haiti national team in the Superbowl so I don’t have to hear 24/7 CNN earthquake coverage?

MARTIN

January 25th, 2010
10:50 am

Anything is possible, so don’t crown the colts already. Did you not see how many times the saints put farve on the ground. Payton manning isn’t as mobile as farve, so let’s just wait and see guys. I’m a saints fan thick and thin. I bought a home in gwinette county two years ago, because i’ve always liked the atlanta area. With that said, I love the rilvary between the saints and dirty birds, it’s fun. I enjoy the chatter back and forth between the saints and falcons fans when you guys come to new orleans and vise versa. It’s only for bragging rights when we beat you guys, nothing personal. With that said, for those of you that pull for us, I got much love for you. For the ones that pull against the saints, I understand. Can’t wait to see you in the superdome and the georgia dome next season.

Carl

January 25th, 2010
10:53 am

I had mixed emotions watching the Saints vs Vikings, but now that they won I wish them the best in the SB. After all, they represent the NFC South. I think the Saints organization has done a great job with the team. They left no doubt as to who was the best team in the NFC South this year. The Falcons were left with the wild card as their goal; Saints sort of rubbed our noses in the dirt, wouldn’t you say? I still don’t fully understand how Matt Ryan didn’t start in the second Saints game; that game was huge. Kudos to the Saints defense; they won the game yesterday.

ATLSTH

January 25th, 2010
10:55 am

ANYBODY BUT THE SAINTS!!!!! Go Colts!!
“Friendly rivalry”?! I think not…I hope Indy embarrasses New Orleans…

cowboys67

January 25th, 2010
10:57 am

Any true red and black Falcons fan would never root for the Saints to win one before the Birds. It is ironic that both the saints and falcons beat the vikings in OT with a field goal to win the NFC Championship. The scores were almost identical 30-27 31-28 crazy.

Andrew T

January 25th, 2010
10:59 am

Born in Louisiana and moved to Georgia in 1994. Always a Saint Fan – Rooted for the Falcons in their Super Bowl (SB) bid and even held a SB party in their honor. Falcons had fun with the “dirty bird” thing and I think the Saints are having fun with the “Who Dat” thing. Always loved the games against the Falcons and had many a night mare about Steve Bartkowski. Go Saints

OldSchool

January 25th, 2010
11:01 am

Absolutely hate Manning, but I hate Reggie Bush even more. Will never, ever pull for a team he is on. A reluctant “go vikings”. This may be the first Super Bowl I don’t watch.

Vick-T-Roid

January 25th, 2010
11:03 am

Man….I thought that stuff I bought from my Roid dealer was just a supplement….oh…..she-it…I meant to say my GNC dealer!I slipped up and said the wrong thing…I guess I am going to half-ta rat my “BOY”Tiger out now…!!!!!!

Sporkdevil

January 25th, 2010
11:05 am

Go Colts. Never, ever root for the Saints. If the Saints played a team of Hitlers, I would root for the Hitlers.

cherry

January 25th, 2010
11:05 am

As a New Orleanian reading this, I am surprised by the vitriol! Come on guys, it’s a GAME! All I know is NO other team has been so downtrodden, so humiliated, so BAD. We deserve a chance. Put yourselves in our shoes. It’s amazing to finally feel pride in this team. I cried last night I was so happy. Sorry to all you haters that can’t feel a little joy for us!

Delbert D.

January 25th, 2010
11:06 am

The Saints are sworn enemies of the Falcons! Besides, I like the Colts, and always have since Johnny U. played with them.

Brian

January 25th, 2010
11:06 am

I am a Falcon fan but pulling for the Saints…. Throughout the years, The Falcons-Saints games have been the best game of the season for both franchises, no matter what record each team has when they play the game. There have been many seanson that game has been our “Super Bowl”. Now the Saints get to go to the Big Game for real.
GO Saints!!!

GT Falcon

January 25th, 2010
11:09 am

I hate the saints. Espically reggie bush and shockey. GO COLTS!!

Greg from Marietta

January 25th, 2010
11:09 am

Its the old sibling thing between brothers. The Falcons & the Saints are in the same family the NFC South Division. During the season we fight like cats and dogs but if one has the opportunity to excel after the regular season, well they’re family. If they do well it reflects favorably on the Division as a whole. So, I will be pulling for them all the way. Besides, I recall when the Falcons went to the Super Bowl there were a ton of folks from Saints country that were pulling for them against the Broncos. GO SAINTS!

Dolfan

January 25th, 2010
11:09 am

You people who are rooting for the Saints because a Hurricane hit there..get real…did you root for the Dolphins after Hurricane Andrew….HELL NO…..did you root for the Yankee’s after 911…Hell NO!!So tell us more lies you band-waggon fans…!!!

Dawgs 2010

January 25th, 2010
11:10 am

Peyton Manning = 4 Touchdowns = Saints Beatdown.

UGA 2010

January 25th, 2010
11:10 am

Peyton ALL THE WAY!!!! Never was a Drew Brees or Saints fan. But putting the rivalry behind, i just like Peyton and the colts…..granted i wish they would of gone for the perfect record but cant say i wouldnt have thought about resting my guys either to get that ring…

Schultzisanidiot

January 25th, 2010
11:10 am

Who cares about the city of New Orleans or the people. I think we need another hurricane to clean up the city. What makes them any better than any other city?

falcon

January 25th, 2010
11:12 am

After witnessing the ignorant Saints’ fans conduct at the GA Dome, there’s no way in hayll I’ll be pulling for the Saints. And that’s too bad because I like many of their players. As far as the Katrina syndrome goes, it apparently has no end. They are going to continue to exploit that one for every penny they can squeeze out of the US Taxpayer. I sometimes wonder if the many buses used to ferry all those fans to Atlanta are government subsidized.

rock

January 25th, 2010
11:13 am

go saints. once they win the super bowl, it will be easier for the falcons to win next year.

ernisTbass

January 25th, 2010
11:13 am

I like Drew Brees, I think Peyton is a good coach, and there are probably some other players on the Saints that are good guys, but if you have ever sat in the stands at a Falcons game when Saints fans have been bused in with their jazz bands and umbrellas and danced up and down the ailes, the hell with Katrina. I remember when the Falcons had a special half time tribute to William Andrews and these jerks wouldn’t even clap, I asked some of them to at least show the man some respect, that I would clap for Dalton Hilliard or Archie Manning, they said F%&# William Andrews. All I can say is the same as I said that day. Same to ya!!! Go Colts!

PlusSizeModel

January 25th, 2010
11:14 am

I am happy for the Saints and happy for the NFC South.

I don’t think there is a true hate for the Saints. We respect each other, and have a great time when we play each other. I can’t hate on a fan base that are clearly the best partyers in the league. Now if this were Tampa…screw those no-class idiot rednecks!

Saints fans are worse than Tech Fans!

January 25th, 2010
11:17 am

After going to the Falcons-Saints game this year, I can honestly say I will not be cheering for anything gold and black. Saints fans were worse than Tech fans! I could believe how obnoxious they were and I also could not believe they outnumbered the Falcons fans! Anyway, they were really awful and that is reason alone for me to pull for the Colts, although I was going to be going for them anyway!

I aint a Saint

January 25th, 2010
11:17 am

Root for the Saints????Two words……………..HELL NO !

The

January 25th, 2010
11:18 am

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SOUTH GA DAWG FAN

January 25th, 2010
11:18 am

I have never really thought of the saints as a hated rival a rival yes , but not hated like the 49er’s used to be and the panthers are now cant stand the panthers or bucs for that matter .

The Ain'ts

January 25th, 2010
11:19 am

The Saints fans all received tickets through FEMA.

Soiled my pants

January 25th, 2010
11:19 am

What’s with the umbrellas in the Superdome? It looks gay.

Saint Simons is my caddy

January 25th, 2010
11:19 am

Pulling for the Saints. Represent fellas!

SOUTH GA DAWG FAN

January 25th, 2010
11:19 am

I would love to see the panthers and bucs both go 1-15 next year each only winning at the others home game .is that petty ?

Ray Nagen

January 25th, 2010
11:20 am

Chocolate city!

The Hangover

January 25th, 2010
11:21 am

I would rather pull my teeth out then root for the Saints!

Falcons73

January 25th, 2010
11:21 am

Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah Blah…that’s pretty much what I read. Schutlzie, this article was a thrilling joy ride that had me on the edge of me my seat. For your next masterpiece you might want to consider legendary greats of ping pong.

Andre

January 25th, 2010
11:21 am

C’mon the Saints are in our division and stole two games from us this season. If your a true Falcons fan you’ll want to see the Saints lose.

Huey Long

January 25th, 2010
11:22 am

A chicken in every pot……Oh, and a corrupt mayor, police force, governor, city council…..Heck, EVERYONE!

dr mondo

January 25th, 2010
11:22 am

I’m glad they made it to the Superbowl, but I hope they lose. I’d like ATL to get a Superbowl ring before the Aints…

Patrick

January 25th, 2010
11:23 am

I rooted against Favre. But that’s all the Saint fandom I can take. I’ll now be rooting for Manning which, as a dawg fan, is an entirely different sin. But, sue me, I like the guy. But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Falcons fans rooting for the Saints, it makes the NFC and NFC South look stronger and makes everyone more legitimate.

An Observation

January 25th, 2010
11:23 am

I just don’t want the Saints to win a Super Bowl before the Falcons…..at least we’ve been there before and even though the Falcons lost, up to this point, they had not gotten to a Super Bowl……..GO COLTS…..I love the city of NO, but hate the obnoxious Saints’ fans.

FALCON

January 25th, 2010
11:23 am

GO COLTS!!!

The Ain'ts

January 25th, 2010
11:23 am

Those low-lifes are going down. Hurricane Manning will give them nightmares for decades.

Mora Sr.

January 25th, 2010
11:26 am

Play…offs…Play…offs……The Saints won’t be able to beat there way out of this “Paper-Bag”.Pop goes the weasel cause the weasel goes pop.

UGA Student

January 25th, 2010
11:27 am

I am pulling for the Colts, even though Peyton went to UT. As a lifelong Falcons fan, it is just too much to pull for the Saints. I am happy to see them in it because it shows that a long-suffering franchise (such as the Falcons) can do it. And at least they arent the Bucs. When it comes down to it, I dont care who wins as long as the excitement from the last two Super Bowls is still there.

Rectal Bleeding

January 25th, 2010
11:27 am

There are a lot of obese people in New Orleans.

DB

January 25th, 2010
11:28 am

I will NEVER be able to bring myself to pull for the Aints…. Lets go Peyton!

UGA Falcon Fan

January 25th, 2010
11:29 am

The Falcons-Saints rivalry reminds me of the UGA/Auburn rivalry, in which it’s very friendly. I have been to New Orleans several times post-Katrina, and they could definitely use a Super Bowl title. Also, as a UGA fan, I despise the Colts because of Peyton Manning/UT. GEAUX SAINTS!!!!

Reid Adair

January 25th, 2010
11:30 am

Jeff, while I wholeheartedly disagree with you, I don’t think that makes you wrong. I don’t believe this is an issue with a clear “right” or “wrong.”

The problems that still exist in New Orleans won’t be helped by the Saints going to the Super Bowl. That doesn’t re-build houses or replace lost belongings – unless the players are all donating their playoff checks to relief efforts.

That being said, my experiences over the past 25-plus years have not been so positive as a visiting team fan in the New Orleans area. It is amazing how they feel their franchise (even prior to this season) was far superior to the Falcons.

So, personally, I was not for the Saints (especially not after how reviews played a factor in determining the outcome of last night’s game). I will not be a fan of the Saints in two weeks either.

juxta

January 25th, 2010
11:32 am

the saints had too easy of a schedule to deserve the superbowl this year. the “quality” teams they played against shot themselves in the foot like the vikings did (5 vikings turnovers and the saints only win by a field goal?). go colts!…you deserve to thrash the saints and make this superbowl one of the most one-sided in history…which it will be

Dunkley

January 25th, 2010
11:34 am

Atlanta is full of bandwagon fans, the Braves are a perfect example as when they were in the gutter few people cared but when they began to win it was tomahawk chop and Go Braves from the whole city. SOME Georgia Bulldawgs fans are the absolute worst to, there are fans that actually believe that ESPN kept them out of the National Title in 07 even though they didn’t win the East nor did they play in or even win the SEC Title. SOME of them talk about about them having National Title years in 02 and 05 like that means anything considering the Coaches Trophy is not sitting in Athens. When they lose a game it is always someone elses fault like the refs, Willie Martinez, or even worse one of their own players. Worst fans in college football by far……….they can’t even keep the campus clean during gameday. 41-17

Laughing Gas

January 25th, 2010
11:35 am

You people in New Orleans need to all go down to Bourbon st. and buy some of those Nitrous Oxide torpedo’s and balloon actuators before going to Miami.That way you can laugh with the Colt fans after Manning shreds your team for 400-500 yards and 4 touchdowns….BOO-HOO

MSS

January 25th, 2010
11:35 am

Manning is the best QB ever he diserves to win Go Colts

A Rod

January 25th, 2010
11:36 am

go colts I despise the saints.

blazerdawg

January 25th, 2010
11:37 am

Saints fans are low rent, but I hope the team wins the SB. Good for the NFC South.

R.U.KIDDIN'MEE

January 25th, 2010
11:38 am

AFTER THE WAY WE GOT SCREWED BY THE REF’S IN BOTH OF OUR GAMES WITH THE NEW ORLEANS “KATRINA’S”…..HAH,GO COLT’S !!! DAT WHO!!!!

DBerds4ever

January 25th, 2010
11:41 am

Paraphrasing Jack Dundee in the movie “Best of Times” : “New Orleans must be destroyed!”

Falc. exec.

January 25th, 2010
11:41 am

Colts all the way! I hate the Saints…they may not all be this way but their fans that travel and sit next to my section in the Ga. Dome are the most rude, obnoxious, classless fans in the league. And they are our rival so…no way I pull for them. I want a COLTS blowout…plus I like the Colts new headcoach.

wintervilledawg

January 25th, 2010
11:42 am

In most years I would pull for the Saints but I really don’t like their team. I get tired of Brees and all his jumping up and down, I don’t like Shockley and I think there defense stinks but they jump up and down every so often when they make a play. Factor into the fact that I like Peyton Manning and I’ll be all for the Colts come super bowl Sunday.

Chattanooga Chuck

January 25th, 2010
11:43 am

It’s hard to have warm feelings toward the Saints when you look at one of their messageboards and read all the insults directed against the Falcons, When it comes to bad blood, the Saint fans are the aggressors. That said, I’ll try to be happy for their good fans if they happen to beat the Colts, but it won’t be easy,

Retired on the lake

January 25th, 2010
11:46 am

Go Colts. !!!!

Mr. Thomas Anthony "The Taxman Cometh" Jones, SR (Waf-SS, Lt. Colonel, Berman, Germany /ret.)

January 25th, 2010
11:48 am

As an formar Atlanta Falcons follower (no Mr. Michael Vick, no Taxman), I wanted the Saints to beat that New orleans saints to beat the man who should be retired. I no longer work in Heaven at the Internal Revenue Service and Favre should not have been brought back to steal jackson’s position. Who next Sam Huff or Leroy Jordan or Bart Starr or Johnny Unitas or Sammy Baugh. God intends for us to be in our on place at our own time. I was at Stalingrad and Sevestapol and Farve should stay retire after he won all those games at Green Bay. My father brought us to be Green Bay fans and he don’t cotton to traitors.
I will root for the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl,because these have the best coach in the National Football League in Mr. James “Jim” Caldwell. But I am glasd the Falcons’ divisional rivals the New Orleans Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons twice this year. (God is on our side.) And I am glad the Saintas won the divsion and went to the playoffs and are going to the Supwer Bowl and the falcons did absolutely nothein this year.
By the way did you folks see Mr. Michael Vick in the Eagles vs. Falcons game this year on Sunday, december 6th, 2009? That is why we wore on our belt buckle thet God/Allah is on our side. Sweet!!!! And then on Thursday December 31th, Mr. Michael Vick’s university, Virginia Tech beat Tennessee 37-14 here in the Chick-fil-A Bowl here in Georgia Dome in downtown Marthasville, Georgia (Atlanta, GA). Yes the Georgia Dome the house that Mr. Michael Vick built and filled up! Yes God/Allah is on our side. Today Amerika, Tomorrow the World! History always repeats itself. Lose falcons, Lose falcons. Go Colts, Go Saints, Go Eagles!!! Anybody but the backstabbing Falcons.
I think I saw Mr. Michael Vick, Mr. Marcus Vick and Mr. D’Angelo Hall all at the Chick-fil-A Bowl Game.
All I got to say for the loser Marthasville Falcons is Burn, Baby, Burn!

atlanta sports fan

January 25th, 2010
11:51 am

I will not be watching the super bowl this year. Manning is a child. /(baby) and and being a long time Falcon fan I will never cheer for the AINTS

Ree Roe

January 25th, 2010
11:55 am

I’m disgusted by you “Falcons fans” who want NO to lose. I hope the Saints lose everytime they play, including in the Super Bowl. Go Falcons!

-REEcently Roe!!!

Ree Roe

January 25th, 2010
11:56 am

I’m disgusted by you “Falcons fans” who want NO to win. I hope the Saints lose everytime they play, including in the Super Bowl. Go Falcons!

-REEcently Roe!!!

Paulitik

January 25th, 2010
11:58 am

I’d pull for cancer before I pulled for the Ain’ts.

Tea Bagged by Peyton

January 25th, 2010
11:59 am

You know how I feel about Peyton……Go Saints!

Colts

January 25th, 2010
11:59 am

I hope the Colts DEMOLISH the Aints. Tired of “Who Dat” and idiots misspelling Go like “Geaux”. Saints fans are just as annoying as LSU Fans and Katrina was 5 YEARS AGO! The “Chocolate City” needs no more fans – how soon we forget the OTHER areas that were hurt so badly by Katrina but they didn’t matter and they still don’t. If you always supported the Aints, even when suffering fans would put bags on their heads, congrats, but if you’re the typical Atlanta “Fairweather Fan” sportin yo Yankees Caps and freshly purchased Aints Jersey then I hope you remove your head from your rear end and support yo local teams more – Lord knows ATLANTA sure could use fans of ATLANTA TEAMS. And to root for a rival of the Falcons (who have yet to Win a Superbowl) is downright criminal! Jeez!!!!!!

Big B CH 99

January 25th, 2010
12:01 pm

Born and raised in Atl, but I don’t hate the Saints, I think it’s great for the city to see them finally get to the Super Bowl, & I hope they win. I have nothing against the Colts & I love Peyton, but they won it a couple of yrs ago, so I want the Saints to win one.

I don’t think that Falcons/Saints is a hatred rivalry like several local college ones (Tech/UgaY- lifelong Tech fan, now a student), UgaY/Fl, the Iron Bowl.

DawgDad

January 25th, 2010
12:01 pm

Yes, I’ll be rooting for the Saints.
1. I DO generally “root for teams from my Division” when my home team or favorite is eliminated. SEC, NFC South/NFC, NL East, etc.
2. Somewhat like last year, if you get beat out, it’s reassuring to go down to the best team. Who thinks finishing second to a playoff loser is better than finishing second to the eventual Super Bowl winner?
3. The Colts don’t deserve to win after laying down at the end of the regular season. Something about not respecting the integrity of the game.
4. I like Drew Brees; always have. At Purdue, he beat out the son of a co-worker of mine for the starting QB job. Feel bad for my co-worker and his son, but he had nothing but the highest praise for Brees as a QB and a person. His son had lead a Missouri HS team to the state championship.
5. Teams that win the Super Bowl tend to struggle (by comparison) the following year. GO SAINTS!!!!

MSDawg

January 25th, 2010
12:01 pm

They will always be the Aints!!! GO COLTS!!!!

nfalcon

January 25th, 2010
12:02 pm

go colts, he-ll hasn’t frozen over yet and they haven’t beaten the colts. any self-respecting falcons fan should be against the saints.

TNT

January 25th, 2010
12:02 pm

It was petersons fault the vikes lost+harvin+berrian. Favre did everything right. except for the end of regulation but wouldntve happened if they didnt fumble it 20 times prior to that….

Oh and by the way, WHO DAT!!!! gonna beat them Saints!!!………..The Colts…..

azndread1

January 25th, 2010
12:04 pm

im going for the colts… i mean no one can really stop payton. his one of those quaterback who shredz your defense and call sick audibles. HE’S UNSTOPPABLE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

Khao$

January 25th, 2010
12:06 pm

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James Adams

January 25th, 2010
12:09 pm

I couldn’t care less about what they have ‘gone through’. Ask the people in Mississippi that went through Katrina what they think of the people of New Orleans. After visiting Mississippi and talking to the people there, it changed my view of everything in 2005. The NFL has gotten what they wanted . I will always hate the Saints and their obnoxious fans. Go Falcons!

Khao$

January 25th, 2010
12:11 pm

You can’t POSSIBLY call yourself a Falcon’s fan and root for the Saints! And I don’t want to hear about conference loyalty. The only folks in the nation that finds a way to root for college foes are these folks in SEC country…it makes no sense! And this is coming from a Georgia/ATL native. I root for my team. There is no reason for me to root for the Saints. I root for New Orleans the city to rebuild but not for their team. Two different things for me.

gary

January 25th, 2010
12:13 pm

Cannot and will not root for the Saints……EVER!!! Life long Falcon fan and the thought of the Aints winning a Super Bowl before the birds is just downright sickening. Go Colts.

Hirsutedawg

January 25th, 2010
12:13 pm

EFF the Saints IMO

UA Alum92

January 25th, 2010
12:13 pm

I’m pulling for the Colts. I think the Saints are a nice story, but just don’t see how they can hang against Manning & Co. The Vikes hung 475 yards on NOLA. I bet Peyton puts up 500 yards by himself.

docsbro

January 25th, 2010
12:13 pm

I just can’t imagine the Saints winning a Super Bowl before the Falcons. It is bad enough that the Bucs did it. How bad would it be to be the last in the division to win one. I like the odds better if the Saints lose. I am a lifer and all though there isn’t the same venom as the college rivalries there is still something enjoyable about seeing them lose.

TheAntiMe

January 25th, 2010
12:17 pm

Forgive me, Jeff, but I have never seen the reason why the New Orleans Saints football club deserves to win the Superbowl because they were devasted by a tragic storm.

Using that logic, I guess we should be have been rooting for the Miami Dolphins to win the Superbowl for the past dozen or so years because they were struck by Hurricane Andrew back in 1992.

Luv 2 Hate Me

January 25th, 2010
12:17 pm

GO SAINTS! They deserve a shot and maybe they can accomplish what the FALCONS couldn’t do! – WIN A SUPERBOWL

proscout

January 25th, 2010
12:19 pm

Don’t know who I’ll pull for, haven’t place my bet yet.

MIKE

January 25th, 2010
12:23 pm

I WAS PULLING FOR THE VIKINGS AT THE END BECAUSE OF FAVRE , DONT LIKE THE SAINTS OR THERE FANS THEY MAKE ME SICK WITH ALL THE WHO DAT CRAP . COLTS PEYTON WILL KILL THEM . BREES IS ARROGANT

W.P.

January 25th, 2010
12:24 pm

I have been a falcon’s fan since the 80’s and I’m going for the saints. I HATE Manning…..I hate any Manning! They all suck. Bring it to the south! If your last name is Manning I’ll probably hate you also.

Tommy

January 25th, 2010
12:24 pm

Jeff,

I’ll put it this way: I’d cheer for the nazi soccer team in ‘Victory’ before I’d cheer for the Saints.

how’s that?

Ackshun

January 25th, 2010
12:24 pm

I will actually be rooting for the Saints. Superbowl champions not called the Patriots typically implode the next year as anyone who can looks to cash in on their rings. So GEAUX SAINTS, we’ll be waiting for your weakened satisfied and complacent butts next year.

Oh yeah about those long suffering Saints fans. In the aftermath of Katrina New Orleans descended into complete chaos the Superdome was turned into a war-zone with rape gangs running unchecked and savagery and depravity of pre-historic levels unleashed by some of the very same people hollering themselves hoarse for the black and gold. So for the most part I am callously un-sympathetic.

(BTW Has anyone else noticed how easy it is for teams to beat the Pats since they can no longer video tape their opponents walk-throughs?)

Russ

January 25th, 2010
12:26 pm

screw the AINTS gnna beat the colts, and screw bandwagon falcon fans, yeah you included jeffy.

Russ

January 25th, 2010
12:27 pm

I don’t get the logic that because the Saints are in the NFC South that somehow a Saints Superbowl win will somehow make the Falcons look better. Let me ask you this: Did you suddenly think way more of the Ravens, Bengals, and Browns last season after the Steelers won? Didn’t think so. True Falcon fans don’t cheer for a division rival.

Joe

January 25th, 2010
12:28 pm

GO COLTS!

kitcho

January 25th, 2010
12:32 pm

No TRUE falcon fan would ever want the Aint’s to win anything!

mrobjective

January 25th, 2010
12:34 pm

Nnnaaaaahhhh….can’t bring myself to root for the “Aints”…too much…”whatever”…
nice place to visit (for about 1 DAY!!)…but I wouldn’t wanna, etc.”…sorry but I kinda look at ‘em like giant “wannabes”…analyze the season carefully and be objective and you’ll see a LOT of calls that went their way (season and playoffs) and other teams failings leading to the “Aints” victories…they spent MOST of the year “escaping” from the mildly talented “haves” of the NFL and watching some of the real “haves” self-destruct…Oh well, “the blind hog gets an acorn every now and then.” I don’t begrudge ‘em the chance, but I’d be honest, I MUCH MORE of a FALCON’S fan than an “NFC South” fan, so if the “Ponies” ride all over ‘em that’ll be just fine with me, but IF they get lucky again and win (b/c QB, PM ends up in the sideline injured or dies before the game or something)…still (yawn….) fine…whatever…they can win…I don’t care…one for the “bayou culture”…whatever that means…voodoo, gumbo, jumbalaya and crawfish poboys…whatever…(yawn #2)…

NOW THE METS…I HATE THOSE LOSERS…ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL…
Jesse Orosco, Gary Carter, Al Lieter, Tom Glavine, Lenny Dykstra, METS FANS…et.al….’scuse me, I gotta go puke…OK, I’m back…feelin’ a little better…b/t/w…Lenny, sorry to hear about you losin’ all that “smack”…guess ya got in a little over ya head in land deals, corporate investing, etc.,…major investing is a little harder than high school consumer math, huh? Oh, typical “Mettie”, blame it on someone else and deny the truth about yourself, “I don’t owe anybody any money…ooops…can you say $40 MILLION…I’m out!!!

BlueEagle

January 25th, 2010
12:35 pm

My parents raised me right…I can never cheer for the Saints or hope that any good comes to the god awful people that follow them. Go Colts.

GeorgiaDawg

January 25th, 2010
12:35 pm

Heck No, GO COLTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

William

January 25th, 2010
12:39 pm

There is no way that I am rooting for the Aints to win the Superbowl. I could not stand it if the losers in New Orleans get a Super Bowl Championship before the Falcons do. It would poetic justice if Peyton Manning, one of their own, goes to Miami and just wipes the floor with the Saints. Lets go Colts – shut the city of New Orleans up!!!

Andersen Fan

January 25th, 2010
12:40 pm

True Falcons fans should have a hard time rooting for any division foe, especially the Saints. I think Atlantan’s rooting for the Saint’s says a lot about the Falcon’s fan base. We need to fill the Dome people!

StillDirtyBirdin

January 25th, 2010
12:47 pm

Question for the supposed dual Falcons AND saints fans:

What’s the point of having a rival if you’re going to root for him? Of course you want your team to win every game- presumably against your rival and any other team. If you cheer for your rival when they don’t play your team that makes you a fan of that team.

I HAVE/WILL/NEVER CHEER FOR THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS TO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME. A couple years ago when the Falcons needed a Saints victory to potentially get in the playoffs, I did not even cheer for them then. Bobby Hebert, Morten Anderson, Ironhead all have astericks next to their names for having sullied their careers. Joe Horn doesn’t even merit a discussion.

Ask where my allegiance lies, my name says it all: I’M STILLDIRTYBIRDIN

UA Alum92

January 25th, 2010
12:48 pm

My quick Colts story. I had a project in Indy and was eating dinner by myself at the bar at St. Elmo’s (fantastic steakhouse) when the bartender said a special guest was in the restaurant. I looked around and saw Sean Astin (Sam Wise the Hobbitt and John & Patty Duke’s son) and must say I was not impressed. He’s a Hobbitt in real life. I finished my meal and was paying my bill when the bartender said there was another special guest in the restaurant. I said, “No offense, but if it’s the likes of Sean Astin, I’m leaving.” I turned to walk towards the door and damn near ran into Peyton Manning! I was taken aback (he’s a big, big boy) and didn’t know what to say but blurted out the first thing to come to mind. I said, “Roll Tide!” and stuck my hand out. He laughed and shook my hand (it was a little like shaking your dad’s hand when you were a kid) and asked what I was doing in town. I told him and wished him luck on the season. He was in a suit and there with his wife and another couple. He wished me a nice visit and I left. He was a really nice guy.

enz

January 25th, 2010
12:49 pm

so sick of hearing about the tormented city, blah blah blah…truth be told the falcons almost beat the saints twice, and the saints caught huge breaks all year. last night they were on the right side of every call…if you have ever been to NOLA to do anything but party and stay wasted the whole time, you know it is kind of a nasty place…

Stanley

January 25th, 2010
12:55 pm

As a TRUE FALCONS FAN you should under no circumstances be rooting for the Ain’ts right now. I personally hope Peyton takes it from them in dominating fashion!!!!!!

DoBoy

January 25th, 2010
12:55 pm

You’re kidding, right? No longtime Falcons fans would ever root for the Aints to win. Having SEC-ish “the champ is from our division” bragging rights doesn’t hold water with me. It’s not like the Falcons, Panthers and Bucs get to hang championship banners and get Super Bowl rings if the Aints win.

Kevrock/Smarty

January 25th, 2010
12:56 pm

I agree with Freshmaker! And since I am a season ticketholder for the Falcons and the Saints do win the Superbowl it would be nice to see the Champ next season.

MD Falcon

January 25th, 2010
12:58 pm

I used to think that this was a friendly rivalry, but I know so many obnoxious Saints fans, I can’t cheer from them. They talk about how much they cheered for Minnesota and Denver in 98, hoping that we lose. Now it’s their turn and I’m going to return the favor. I am hoping that they get SPANKED by the Colts. Beside we need a SuperBowl ring before they do. Hoping I will not have to deal with the Saints fans bragging about their SuperBowl win before we got ours. PERIOD.

FEMA

January 25th, 2010
1:00 pm

Who says FEMA didn’t do any good? We got one of the worst teams ever in to the Superbowl.

Singletary

January 25th, 2010
1:01 pm

Jim in Buckhead: Even more frightening, the American Society of Interior Designers opens up a toll free hotline for decorating questions/ideas every Super Bowl Sunday. I know someone who is NOT going to be told about THAT “opportunity.”

I can cheer for the Saints, if for no other reason than it gives them a lower pick in the Draft. Besides, they aren’t Tampa Bay (some of the dirtiest players in the NFL. It was just brutal during the Gruden Bowl TB – Raiders SB, leaving me nothing to cheer for except the host’s beer & wine selection.)

Go Falcons

January 25th, 2010
1:05 pm

I’m gonna watch a re-run of the 1998 Super Bowl and root for the Falcons!!!! Go Falcons!!!!

JDW

January 25th, 2010
1:20 pm

Tough choice Saints or Peyton Manning…………..I think I will play golf and root for a tidal wave.

1990_Champs_GT

January 25th, 2010
1:21 pm

I don’t want the Aints to win a coin filp, much less a game. Too many tight games over the years for any self-respecting Falcon fan to root for them. I’ll be the biggest Colts/Peyton Manning fan on Feb. 7.

Hope its one of those nice, one-sided Super Bowl beat-downs by the Colts, like 1990 when the Niners killed the Broncos 55-10 (thanks Intra-Web for the score).

YellowJacketFalcon

January 25th, 2010
1:32 pm

Any “Falcon Fan” that says they don’t understand the hate for the aints & pulls for them is not a true Falcon Fan. I’m 34 & have watched & loved the Falcons since I was at least 5. TO HELL WITH THE SAINTS! Their fans are rude inbred jerks. How many hurricanes have hit Florida & other States over the years? Last time I checked Katrina devistated Miss too but its always “Oh poor New Orleans”. Seriously what genious builds a city below sea level & expects a Cat 5 not do destroy it? BOOOOO to the aints. I hope Manning & Co lay the wood to those A-holes.

Steve

January 25th, 2010
1:35 pm

Here’s the deal: You can be happy for New Orleans and the Saints for finally making it to a Super Bowl and (in some way) being a bright spot for a city still trying to overcome Katrina. That makes sense.

What doesn’t make sense is those who want the Saints to do well because it somehow reflects on the Falcons for being in the NFC or the NFC South. That argument makes no sense. Just as the teams in the SEC other than Alabama did not get an “SEC prize” for Bama winning the NC, no Falcons fan will receive an “NFC prize” or “NFC South” prize if the Saints do well. It’s a stupid argument to make, but one I heard often on local sports radio this weekend.

BigHittas

January 25th, 2010
1:36 pm

I hate the Saints, BUT my better half is from Louisiana, so I kinda hope the Saints win for her sake?

The real reason I’d like for them to win is because it’s gonna feel REALLY good when the Birds beat that a** twice next year, especially if they are the defending superbowl champs. I just hope Sharper don’t ask Eugene for his Miami references.

DHD

January 25th, 2010
1:37 pm

Did they root for us when we were in the Super Bowl?

‘nough said.

TP

January 25th, 2010
1:38 pm

I absolutely hate the Saints, though I will admit it’s very hard not to root for Drew Brees.

Jeff: The Falcons-Saints was a friendly rivalry in the past because both teams just plain stunk (i.e. it’s hard to be bitter with a fellow sewer dweller).Now that both teams are competitive (for the most part), it’s gotten more bitter. Not as bitter as the Falcons-Bucs, but working it’s way towards it.

My only Super Bowl wish is to see Bob Sanders play one down at safety for the Colts. Of course, during that down, he’d spear Jeremy Shockey right between the numbers. Of course, I wish no ‘undue’ or ‘unjust’ harm on any fellow human being. Go get ‘em Bob!

D-Lee

January 25th, 2010
1:40 pm

Look, once your team is out of contention, folks usually do have a preference for who they want to win or lose. That isn’t the same as bleeding red & black or “cheering” for them. If it isn’t the Videotape Cheaters (Patriots, may they all suffer “diminishing skills,”) Raiders (slime of the universe tho’ I was for them in the tuck rule game,) or “Tampon Bay,” I have no visceral reaction to other teams.

If it is the Aints fans you despise, then I highly recommend a “vaccination” dose of a Patriots fanatic. Their sense of “entitlement” is vile. I cannot imagine any Southerner could ever reach that level of sanctimony, obnoxiousness and volcanic projectile bile. It’s amazing I’m still married after my beloved invited a Hatriots fan to watch the ATL game 2009 with us,who proceeded to jab his finger in my face, saying “you’re going down.” As a person who was almost punched in the face at Rich Stadium and survived several Eagles stadium incursions, I cannot envision preferring the Patriots ever again.

Chris Eagle

January 25th, 2010
1:45 pm

I’ve been a Falcon fan since 1980, and have hated the Saints for the same length of time. I told my wife that I would be in an awful mood if the Saints won the Super Bowl… I’ve always despised them.

Bill

January 25th, 2010
1:54 pm

Never liked the Saints. Go Colts!!!!!!!!

Bill

January 25th, 2010
1:55 pm

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indianman

January 25th, 2010
1:56 pm

go colts

Mike Vick

January 25th, 2010
2:05 pm

Is it me or does the Fox broadcast team try to make Reggie Bush a bigger star than he really is? I think all three of the Falcons RB’s are better than “one game wonder” Bush.Kudo’s Brett, You showed the world what you are made of, Now Go Colts.

gadawgs

January 25th, 2010
2:07 pm

Lifelong Falcon fan here. Nope, no way would I ever pull for the Saints. I have just become a Colts fan for one game.

Dr. Warren

January 25th, 2010
2:07 pm

I’m 42, been going to the games since I was 6 back in ‘73. I am so used to seeing the Saints and hoping they lose. How could I possibly cheer for them? They are doubly annoying because whenever they beat us in the past they were not very good either, so it was salt in our wounds that even the Aints could kick our ass. Big Ben ‘78–followed up by another last-second win against the Saints that year–remains a highlight of Atlanta sports history for me.

Diggity

January 25th, 2010
2:08 pm

Im with OldSchool. I cant STAND Reggie Bush, in fact the whole team is obnoxious. If I see one more celebration I think I’ll lose MY lunch. That alone will keep me from rooting for the Saints.

jeremy

January 25th, 2010
2:12 pm

I am pulling for the Saints all the way. I like New Orleans and I always pull for a division/conference member when my team isn’t playing them (well except for te Mets).

Dr. Warren

January 25th, 2010
2:14 pm

What the hell is a “friendly rivalry” by the way? Is that like Batman and Superman?

Rick Beach

January 25th, 2010
2:16 pm

It’s time to stop feeling sorry for New Orleans. Katrina was almost 5 years ago. GO COLTS!

TheManMike

January 25th, 2010
2:16 pm

POO SCAT!!!! GO COLTS!

KakNiqueTree

January 25th, 2010
2:16 pm

Super Bowl appearance notwithstanding, the Saints still bite! Hopefully the Falcons and Saints can have a real rivalry someday (and can be mentioned like Packers-Bears, Cowboys-Redskins, etc.) We can dream, can’t we?

Bob Horner's Blonde Mullet

January 25th, 2010
2:19 pm

The “Who Dat” chant is so stupid and obnoxious. After watching the game at the Taco Mac in Midtown last night, Saints fans are among the most irritating I’ve ever had the displeasure of being around. And all of the stories that still attempt to play up the angle of how this poor downtrodden franchise rose from the destruction caused by hurricane Katrina to make the playoffs.. Uh, it was 5 years ago. Can we please move on and stop trying to make this cheesy franchise the darlings of the NFL?

I would like nothing more than to see these guys steamrolled, demoralized, and beat to sh*t on the big stage.

Stat Man

January 25th, 2010
2:24 pm

Well, the ATL was the first to make it to a Super Bowl, so I have no problem with NO winning the first.

Anyway, if they win, maybe some of the “veterans” of Katrina that moved here will be inclined to move back. I KNOW San Antonio feels that way!

Jason

January 25th, 2010
2:27 pm

I root against rivals, bandwagons, and teams that feature Reggie Bush and/or Jeremy Shockey.

Three strikes.

Stat Man

January 25th, 2010
2:29 pm

A “non-bitter” rivalry would be like Timmy & Jimmy on South Park, which is about the size of things for the first 35 years of each teams existance.

george

January 25th, 2010
2:30 pm

The thought of the Saints winning the Super Bowl makes my stomach turn. I’m a die hard dirty bird…… GO COLTS!!!!!

Ron Roberts

January 25th, 2010
2:38 pm

I’m a Falcons fan that lived in Louisiana for 5 years – 1 of those IN New Orleans; I can tell you this fan-base is MORE than deserving of the experience.

I called two close friends of mine who are Saints fans; they were both darn-near brought to tears. Having lived there through three hurricanes – two of which crippled the state within the same year – I can tell you that’s it’s about time some good luck came these folks’ way.

Through it all, though, their fans have packed that dome when teams were good, bad, and in-between. Sure, they might’ve fallen short of sellout a few times here and there, but never by tens of thousands of unsold tickets. This is an economically repressed area, and these folks support their team (even more so since their return in 2006) with as much fervor as you see from the Cheeseheads in Green Bay. It’s a love affair even Hurricane Katrina couldn’t split up, and I for one, a die-hard Falcon, couldn’t be happier for my friends in Louisiana. I was pulling for ‘em last night, and I’ll do it again when they hit the field in Miami.

P.S., I also remember the outpouring of support from the Saints fanbase and organization when Atlanta got in nearly a decade ago. One good turn deserves another…

True Falcon

January 25th, 2010
2:40 pm

There’s no way in heck I’m pulling for the saints!!!! A true fan should never pull for a divisonal rival. Are you all nuts!!! This should be common knowledge. Besides, I think the saints defense are gonna have their hands full with Manning,Wayne, Garqcon,Clark,Collie,Addai and Brown. Also, the colts defense is a lot quicker than the Vikings Defense. At least the Saints can now say they’ve been to a super bowl like the rest of us in the nfc south.

Adam

January 25th, 2010
2:43 pm

I was born and raised in New Orleans so this is a very exciting day for me. I never believed I would wake up in the morning to the realization that the Saints were going to the Superbowl. WHO DAT!!!

Honestly, if the fields were reversed and the Falcons were headed to the Superbowl I don’t think I could root for them. Any victory for the Falcons makes it harder for the Saints on any level and vice versa. I grew up loathing the Falcons. They are the only team that has been a divisional rivalry for my Saints for my whole life. If you claim to be a Falcons fan but root for the Saints then you are nothing more than a fair-weather fan. As a Saints fan, I am sick of the fair-weather fans rooting for us one week and against us the next. I don’t believe any loyal Falcon fan could root for the Saints in the Superbowl.

GEAUX SAINTS!!!

jimmy

January 25th, 2010
2:44 pm

if the saint’s were playing libya i would be cheering MOMMAR MOMMAR

Dejay

January 25th, 2010
2:52 pm

Top four things I’d rather do before cheering for the Saints….

Swallow razor blades
Walk through SE Atlanta with $100 bills glued to me
Watch Alabama or Florida win another national title
Strap myself to a worn out bungee cord and jump down Niagara Falls

Why not root for your rivals, huh? Saints fan won’t put that Lombardi trophy up in our faces; they won’t bring that up every chance they get. Just like Gator fans don’t bring up their BCS titles every year and…oh wait….

As a lifelong Falcons fan, there is something genetically instilled within me to hate the Saints, their fans, and everything they stand for FOR LIFE. The only thing in the football world that’s almost as satisfying to me other than a Falcons or Tennessee victory is a Saints LOSS. Hopefully, UT alum Peyton Manning won’t let us down like Favre and the chokers in Minnesota did. GO COLTS!!!!!!

Tink

January 25th, 2010
2:56 pm

GEAUX SAINTS!!

Catfish

January 25th, 2010
2:58 pm

I can’t stand Peyton Manning, but I’ll be rooting for him against the Saints. No true Falcons fan could ever root for the Aints.

Justin

January 25th, 2010
2:58 pm

Its a friendly rivalry for sure. Everybody I met from NO at the dome, have been really nice. But a rivalry is a rivalry. Go Colts!

74 Dawg

January 25th, 2010
2:58 pm

Pull for the Saints? Not no … but hell no. The thought causes a look to come over my face of great distaste, kind of like the look perpetually on Sean Payton’s face.

grimreality

January 25th, 2010
2:58 pm

Since NO is the modern day Sodom & Gomorra, I’ll be rooting for Indy!

Tink

January 25th, 2010
2:59 pm

Good thing I’ve never been a Falcons fan. (and I was born here in GA and have lived here my entire life)

TXDawg

January 25th, 2010
3:02 pm

Me thinks I remember why I moved to Texas now…..there’s a whole lot of HATE going on in the ATL. No state tax helps too (smile).

All the folks talking about they don’t want the Saints to win a Super Bowl before the Falcons, please grow up! It’s a freakin’ game, if you like the Colts, at least come up with a better reason for rootin against the Saints.

MORONS!

Mike Todd

January 25th, 2010
3:04 pm

GO Colts!!!!! Crush the Aints!!!!!!!!

Ackmed Sookmadeek

January 25th, 2010
3:06 pm

I fail to see why it matters who you “root” for.

Chamwa

January 25th, 2010
3:11 pm

Saints fans deserve it? These folks were not going to games before Katrina and are showing up now because they have a good team. They will have bags on their heads again in the future. No TRUE Falcon fan can cheer for the Saints or their “downtrodden” fans. GO COLTS!

egeagle

January 25th, 2010
3:12 pm

No way I could ever pull for the Aints. I’ve despised them forever, and the fawning by the media types since Katrina has only made my disdain grow. When I hear pundits say they “deserve” to make it, I am bitter becasue Atlanta never gets any such comment or praise. The flow of deadbeats poured out of there in ‘05 didn’t help anything either. This was brought home by the MNF telecast of the Falcons-Saints game after Katrina when that gasbag Kornheiser said that all America except for a few Falcon fans were pulling for the Saints. On and on it goes. so go Colts.

Darrell

January 25th, 2010
3:12 pm

Are you crazy? NO has a chance to get a championship before the Falcons?
No thanks, It’s bad enough seeing them in the Superbowl

BJ

January 25th, 2010
3:27 pm

I want the Saints to win so that the Falcons can beat the Super Bowl Champions twice next year in the regular season. I think that is the correct focus of the hatred, right?

Jeremy

January 25th, 2010
3:27 pm

I will root for the Colts, and can not stand the Saints especially that dumb chant. The only time I root for the Saints is when it benefits the Falcons (i.e. the last game of the 2008 season when the Saints were playing Panthers in order for the Falcons to get the #2 seed).

Vick Owner

January 25th, 2010
3:48 pm

Mayor Ray Nagin: Chocolate city, Chocolate team, Chocolate fans. Let the chocolate $$$ build it back. Nature will return to any city that is built on mud. They chose to destroy the protecting wetlands for profit, not the rest of us. Let them bear the consequences.

Garble

January 25th, 2010
3:53 pm

I am from New Orleans and just wanted to say that I remember well when Atlanta was in the Superbowl. I watched and cheered on the Falcons with all my heart because they were from our divison, and the rivalry that we share has always been good natured, as you can tell when the large fan base travels to each other’s city. Yes, we sit in the dome and yell back and forth but we always laugh about it in the end and leave each other with a handshake.

MARTIN

January 25th, 2010
3:59 pm

It’s funny how some of the falcons fans talking about the city f new orleans and katrina. First of all the city did not caused katrina to destroy a great city, it was the federal goverment that failed to bill levees the way they were supposed to be built. Let’s not forget people, parts of atlanta flooded last year, no fault of yours, but mother nature. I’m a saints season ticket holder and support the team when they come to the georgia dome every year. I’ve heard some insulting thing by your fans while walking to the game, so let’s not try to talk about the saints fans being cruel etc, as opposed to the dirty birds fans. Besides the atlanta game, I go to at least one other away game during the year. I hear all kinds of things from what ever stadium fans i’m in. So I don’t think any fans can say terrible things about one team fans, because guess what people say the same thing about your fans. Besides most people in atlanta aren’t from atlanta. The other thing i’d like to say is don’t hate on the saints because they made it this year, we just happen to be the best team in the NFC, just like the colts are the best in the AFC. It’s the first time since 1983 that both number 1’s made it to the super bowl. Look at it this way, if the saints win the super bowl this year, at least you can say that your team lost to the NFL Champions. Oh, and by the way, for the ones who say that you could never root for anything new orleans, guess what, payton manning was born and raised in new orleans.

Michael

January 25th, 2010
4:03 pm

I have been a Falcons fan since 74-75. I am glad t to see Saints finally play in a Super Bowl. I have many friends in Louisiana and I am happy for them.

MARTIN

January 25th, 2010
4:11 pm

And to blogger (Juxta) get your facts straight before talking trash about the saints having a easy schedule,and that that’s why they made it to the super bowl. Get your facts right, the saints had the # 8 strongest schedule in the league this year, and the viking had the 29th out of 32 teams in the nfl. So stop trying to find excuses about why your team is not in the super bowl this year. Good teams find ways to win, and that’s what happened last night. We force turn overs on defense, even without having a top 10 defense in the league. The defense get’s the ball back, which enables our number one offense to score lot’s of points. Hopefully one day, your team will emulate what the saints do. So stop being a HATER in the house.

Not a Falcons fan

January 25th, 2010
4:17 pm

It would be great for the Saints to win a Super Bowl before the Falcons. Falcons fans are happy about back to back winning seasons. Falcon fans act like they won the Super Bowl. The Saints are the ones going to the Super Bowl. Falcon fans should get the paper bags from Saints fans and wear them.

General Zod

January 25th, 2010
4:34 pm

I’m a die hard Falcons fan. Bleed red and black. BUT, When the Panthers went to the Superbowl I was pulling for them. When the Bucs went, I pulled for them. However, being the Saints are our direct rivals , and back in the day the Falcons and Saints used to fight for last place. It’ll be the “Winter X games” in hell before I root for the Saints. Ever. EVER!!! I guarooonteeeee

FalconPike

January 25th, 2010
4:37 pm

As a long-time Falcons fan, I will not be rooting for the Saints in the Super Bowl. That being said, I am proud that the NFC is the ONLY division in the NFL that has sent all four of its members to the Super Bowl during the past 12 years. There is not another division in the NFL that can boast the level of competition that the NFC South as from year to year. Think about it – Falcons in 1998, Tampa Bay in 2002, Carolina in 2003, and now the Saints in 2009.

Uncle Luke

January 25th, 2010
4:47 pm

The truth is that its hard to have a real rivaly when fans don’t get to mingle.

In the 80’s and 90″s bus loads of Saints fans could come to the game to torment the Falcon’s fans. But these days, fans can’t travel because most teams sell all of their tickets to season ticket holders.

These days its all the same…..root for the team you want to win.

VA - An LA Girl

January 25th, 2010
5:00 pm

Go Saints!!! Although I’m pretty sure their Super Bowl appearance is one of the signs of the Apolcalypse. Nevertheless…….Go Saints! Who Dat talkin bout beatin them Saints!!!!

Scorpia

January 25th, 2010
5:01 pm

I hate the Saints, and do not wish any SB victory for them. COLTS ALL THE WAY!

BTW- The Falcons-Saints rival is DEFINITELY not friendly……

ATFF

January 25th, 2010
5:02 pm

Tink you have a lot to be proud of, the least of which is being a spineless fickle tink. Guess we’ll be hearing you profess your long standing love of the Falcons, first time they make the playoffs. Maybe you could tell everyone how you route for whichever team is winning that week.

Biker Garrie

January 25th, 2010
5:02 pm

I was pulling for Brent Farve and Kurt Warner. Now, I’m pulling for the Saints. However, I’ll pull for anybody playing against either of the Manning brats.

Kelly

January 25th, 2010
5:04 pm

Do I hate the Saints? No. Will I cheer for the Saints? No.
Go COLTS!!!!!!!!!

Road-dawg

January 25th, 2010
5:17 pm

As Chuck Oliver, from ‘Chuck & Chernoff’ so aptly put it, for many, many years, the ONLY thing a Falcons fan could say was ‘at least we aren’t the Saints’. I for one can’t STAND all those foul-mouthed, piss-drunk Who-dats…who got relocated here by Katrina, and decided never to leave…AND they decend on the Dome like a plague whenever the Aints are in town. I like Drew Brees, I like Sean Payton (his nonsense comments after the NFL championship notwithstanding ‘this place ain’t wet anymore’) but I HATE Saints fans. They are the lowest of the low, the scum of humanity…and anything that could make them unhappy, I’m all for it.

SAINTSAREDIRTY

January 25th, 2010
5:27 pm

No, I do not want the Saints to win. They are a dirty team who took deliberate shots at Brett Favre. That shot in the back of the knees was gutless and unnecessary. Had the Vikings had any gusto, they would have gone after Drew Brees. Peyton Manning will carve them like a Thanksgiving turkey, and I can’t wait. I am so tired of them getting the “sympathy vote.”

Marcus

January 25th, 2010
5:32 pm

Go Colts.

Ninja

January 25th, 2010
5:36 pm

Go Colts! Did not want New Orleans to even make it! Do not want a division rival to win.

Who Dat Fan

January 25th, 2010
5:37 pm

I love the Saints and identify with the years of suffering their fans have faced. I understand how it must feel to support a team that posted over 20 consecutive losing seasons. When visiting New Orleans one time in the seventies I sat amongst fans wearing their paper bags over their heads.

Of course I’m supporting the Saints! They are great for New Orleans and great for the NFL. It’s about time those folks really had something to party about down there.

Ivan

January 25th, 2010
5:41 pm

No.

Todd

January 25th, 2010
6:10 pm

Since the Falcons are not there I will pull for the team who has most UGA players on it, I want those players to suceed so GO SAINTS!!!

Upstate Falcon

January 25th, 2010
6:12 pm

NO WAY!!! HATE’EM. The way the media has fawned all over them, I can’t stand it. I will be happy when their fans are wearing paper sacks again! GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JP

January 25th, 2010
6:14 pm

I don’t have the kind of hatred for NO that I have for Carolina or TB, but they’re division rivals all the same. Besides, as much as I respect Drew Brees, it seems unfair for Reggie Bush to show up for 2-3 games each season and get a Super Bowl Ring. I’ll be pulling for Indy in this one.

LD

January 25th, 2010
6:18 pm

First I say, congrats to the Saints. It is an amazing feat to make it to the Super Bowl. Then I say, this reminds me of when the Falcons made it back in 1998. It is going to be an ugly game with the Colts putting the Saints in a choke hold. I’ve said it all season. The Saints are the most over rated team in the NFL. The Vikings practicly served the game on a platter and the Saints sat down and ate. But to answer the question of will I be rooting for the Saints in 2 weeks. NOOOOOO! You might not know how big of a Rival this is until you attend the game. Colts 35 Saints 21

David3737

January 25th, 2010
6:22 pm

From the small town of Kiln,where he was raised, to the Sporting News recognizing Favre as one of the 100 “Good Guys” in sports.
At four years old Brett was hit in the head with a baseball bat! Brett Favre did not even cry!!
Favre claims if he ever did cry, he did it because he figured he was supposed to—not because it hurt.
When he wasn’t in school he was either playing sports, practicing for sports,helped him alot!.
Find out more about this great guy from this article I read about him!

http://ketiva.com/Sports/the_biography_of_brett_favrethe_life_of_a_legend.html

Wish it was the Falcons

January 25th, 2010
6:25 pm

I have always had a blast at the Falcons-Saints game. Its a friendly rivalry and I love to party with their fans. On the other hand, I’m from Baltimore and will NEVER, EVER pull for the Colts! EVER!

GO SAINTS!!!!!!!

DruBreeez

January 25th, 2010
6:25 pm

I am a pansy and play for the Ain’ts. I am going to get my butt whipped going up against a real football team (with unbiased officials) next month. Who dat? Who dat done sacked me again? Who dat? Who dat done beat my team 44 – 19? Who dat? Who dat?

SAINTS SUCK

January 25th, 2010
6:27 pm

R u serious? Forget the Aints. True Falcon fan here. I donated to Katrina victims but no way in H E(double hockey sticks) will I give a nod to Saints winning the SuperBowl. Call it hating, call it sore loser, call it what you want but no true Falcon fan can buy in to that crap. Plus my wife loves the Colts and we finally get to cheer together.

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
6:28 pm

wah wah wah. you falcons fans have a crappy qb , team spirit ,coach , and the most fair weather fans i’ve seen anywhere. when y’all made it in ‘98 we were pullin for you! now i read this crap from falcons people and i’m happy ’cause y’all are stuck with ryan and smitty for awhile. better get used to 9-7, 8-8,7-9 cause with those two thats all you are gonna get. you will get to see us win the div. and nfc title for a few years and i hope it eats you up just like it is now. what a bunch of losers to go 9-7{while the jets rested players}, not make the playoffs and consider it a succesful season. thats why with smitty and ryan y’all are going nohwere…..and we’re going to the superbowl… coaching and qb-we got it , you don’t. enjoy the game FALCANTS!!!

DruBreeez

January 25th, 2010
6:30 pm

hiramsaint, your team is going down and going down HARD!!!!! There won’t be any biased officials down in Florida, Einstein. The Colts are a real team and will KILL the cajun butt wipes. Mark it down, clown.

Jerry Glanville

January 25th, 2010
6:31 pm

David3737 , Nice. It was hard to see Brett take the hits he took last night. For several years i did’nt like Favre, But the past 7 years he has been my Favorite player in Sports. He is one-of-akind and it is going to be sad to see him go,Thanks for the memories.

DruBreeez

January 25th, 2010
6:35 pm

Farve isn’t going anywhere and he’ll be back to smack the ain’ts right in their big mouths. Nou-Awleenz is just a punk town with a lot of wanna-be thugs. Been there….sort of like Mogadishu…get my drift?

Johnathon E. Matthews

January 25th, 2010
6:37 pm

My opinion is that no true Falcons fan can root for the Saints. Both teams have been in the same division since 1970. Surely not one of the historical rivalries, but a rivalry all the same.

I was a little surprised that a NO fan blog wished the Falcons on finally having a winning season (http://jmike.blogs.atlantafalcons.com/2009/12/29/thats-sure-nice-of-saints-fans/) and as much as I am (a little) proud of the hated Aint’s, I can not, I repeat CAN NOT, hope for New Orleans to win a Super Bowl before my beloved Falcons.

Gwen

January 25th, 2010
6:38 pm

I am routing for the SAINTS! They are hungry for this win and I will be excited to see them with the ring. Gotta love the underdogs with lots of talent and the most enthusiastic fans! Geaux Saints!

SAINTS SUCK

January 25th, 2010
6:40 pm

@hiramsaint. Well one thing for sure, you FINALLY get a chance to talk that crap because before now y’all sucked so enjoy the fairytale with no happy ending. You will suck as usual next year and years to come.

Johnathon E. Matthews

January 25th, 2010
6:49 pm

Yo, hiramsaint @ 6:28 pm, I TOTALLY doubt Saints fans were pulling for us in 1998. Maybe you were, but not most of you.

Georgia Peach

January 25th, 2010
6:51 pm

GEAUX SAINTS!!!!

florida falcon

January 25th, 2010
6:57 pm

F the aints’ Go Payton!!!!!

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
7:03 pm

what a bunch of pathetic losers y’all are . get used to this feeling cause it’s gonna stick around fer a spell. can’t wait to smack ryan and his sensative skin around the way we did to warner and favre.

Steve C

January 25th, 2010
7:07 pm

How can any Falcon fan root for a division rival? That’s like a Cowboys fan rooting for the Eagles or a Packer fan rooting for the Bears. It just ain’t right. Go Colts, do what Brett “The Heimlich” Favre couldn’t!

Steve C

January 25th, 2010
7:12 pm

Hey Hiram Saint, this is the most asinine statement I’ve seen in a while:

“what a bunch of losers to go 9-7{while the jets rested players)”

Typical revisionist history crap from you. Sanchez started, Thomas Jones started,Shonn Greene started, Braylon Edwards and Jerricho Cotchery and Dustin Keller started, Lito Sheppard and Darrelle Revis started. Where did you pull “while the Jets rested players” from? This is as ridiculous as someone saying the Saints won yesterday because the Vikings rested players.

Enjoy the postseason and your Superbowl loss. At least the Falcons went 12 years before the Who Dats. Get your paper bag ready.

Steve C

January 25th, 2010
7:19 pm

Hiram Saint,

“While the Jets rested players”??? Name one Jets starter of significance that “rested” against the Falcons. Sanchez, Thomas Jones, Shonn Greene, Jerrico Cotchery, Braylon Edwards, Dustin Keller, Darrelle Revis all started. That is like someone saying the Saints won because the Vikings rested all their starters…

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
7:22 pm

yeah the jets rested. they saw how the playoffs were shaping up. a blind man could’ve saw they took it easy that game ..OR ..are the falcons so good they could beat the team playing for the afc championship .. oh yeah, that second one must be it

bp

January 25th, 2010
7:25 pm

I have no problem with the saints i wish them well.But i think the colts are gonna dominate

Falkonfan

January 25th, 2010
7:33 pm

There is no set of circumstances in the universe that could ever allow a Falcons fan to root for the Saints or any other divisional opponent at any time.
STH for 7yrs!

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
7:33 pm

anamarie sais the saints will SWEEP the falcans AGAIN next year just like this past year cause y’all have a qb with sensative skin.

ATL-67

January 25th, 2010
7:35 pm

No way am I going to cheer for the saints. And I am somewhat reluctant to do so for the Colts as the QB for them is the son of Archie.

ALB FALCON

January 25th, 2010
7:39 pm

No way in the world should any Falcon Fan be pulling for the Saints….. If it isn’t ATL representing the NFC South then no one Represents the NFC South…. Peyton… Manning that is beat these boys to a pulp……

Shon

January 25th, 2010
7:41 pm

Let me get this straight. You want to know if we will cheer for a divisional rival. I know football season is near the end….but there are other sports you can talk about than this simple mided blog post.
However, I am in no way rooting for the Saits. And I will never visit New Orleans again. How can I root for a team and a city that is so concentrated on football, when half the d@m$ city is still not over Katrina. All I hear is this is what this city needs. Stop worrying about football and concentrate more on getting your city back and putting roofs over people’s headds and get them out of the trailers you still have parked all over your city! DISGRACE!!!!!!!!

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
7:48 pm

shon, i just let n.o. know your not coming to visit again. they didn’t know who you were!

Aaron

January 25th, 2010
7:54 pm

I want the Saints to win because I like watching Peyton Manning blame his teammates when he loses, but then again, I like him on SNL, and if he wins, I would expect him to be back on there….so I’m kinda torn…

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
8:02 pm

a tid-bit , peyton is from n.o. and addia played at lsu so louisiana wins either way

BIOMASS

January 25th, 2010
8:06 pm

I am so glad NO is finally going to a Superbowl. I hope they win, but if they don’t, I don’t mind Peyton getting another notch towards the best QB of all time.

NO is like Atlanta’s younger brother. Atlanta 1966, New Orleans 1967. The teams were fired in the same crucible. Same crappy, unfair draft rules and team formation.

As HORRIBLE as the Falcons have been over the decades, they seemed to always come out on top of the Saints. Although NO managed to put back to back winning seasons ahead of the Falcons. When did they do that?

Once "Recent" Reader

January 25th, 2010
8:06 pm

Dolfan – I don’t remember the Fins being in Super Bowl after Hurricane Andrew – actually I guess they haven’t been there since Undefeated season. I think some anti-fans actually may have been less hateful – if not rooting for the Yankees after 9/11. (I’m a Red Sox fan and can honestly say my feelings for Yanks “softened” a bit that year – as many Red Sox fans have good friends that were hurting in NYC area.) So maybe you should wait for answer to your question before applying the “liars” label. Now winning Super Bowl will not have any big impact on bring back the Big Easy – but I know a lot of folks there will be feeling better for a little while at least. I’ve always liked the Falcs but not from Atlanta nor have I lived in GA – so no real animosity toward Saints – and cannot give a real assessment on how folks in the region feel about the Saints. Hope for a good game and really don’t care right now who wins. I’m sure I’ll find myself rooting for one of the teams during the game.

tell it like it is

January 25th, 2010
8:11 pm

Been a falcon fan since 1966.Since being a Falcon fan i allways pull for the underdog.GOOOOOO saints the other southern team.

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
8:25 pm

finally some non haters. we really did pull for y’all in ‘98. that was then and now is now. i don’t understand all the hatred here. growing up in n.o. there was some but i never saw real hatred ’till i moved here. this city seems to have no pesonality of it’s own and maybe it’s because of all the hatred here. the civil war is over and black americans can vote so move on atlanta and join the rest of the country

Good Grief

January 25th, 2010
8:25 pm

A friendly rivalry??? Is this a joke? This rivalry is anything but that, and this is why people laugh at the city of Atlanta when it comes to sports. I bet Saints fans don’t view this rivalry the same way. I’ll be pulling for the Colts to skunk the Saints by at least 24 points.

JEFF

January 25th, 2010
8:25 pm

bagheads suck

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
8:27 pm

we wore them in case your old lady showed up JEFF

BIOMASS

January 25th, 2010
8:29 pm

Saints back to back winning seasons:

The FIRST time were the 1987 and 1988 seasons! Man o man.

They did it again in 1991 and 1992.

tell it like it is

January 25th, 2010
8:39 pm

Don’t get me wrong Hiramsaint. i am jelous ya’ll are going to the superbowl and we are going to the couch.

BIOMASS

January 25th, 2010
8:48 pm

From pro-reference-football.com, since 1966…….

The Falcons have winning records against TWO teams, the Panthers and the Saints.

The Saints, also two. The Jets and Lions.

hiramsaint

January 25th, 2010
8:54 pm

it’s okay to be jealous just don’t be bitter

Pants on the Ground

January 25th, 2010
8:55 pm

Well I hope there’s still someone here that might be reading this. I applaude the saints effort to make it to the big game but… I see payton m. slicing and dicing the saints’ defense to pieces. Mr. Manning has too much playoff experience. He can read defenses like no other qb today. The colts are on a roll. Minnesota almost won even with all the turnovers. That shows you how bad the N.O. defense is. If it wasn’t for brees and the N.O. offense scoring 50 points a game, they wouldn’t have made it to the playoffs with that defense. Sorry, but it will be the colts by at least three touchdowns. I think Brett Favre should end his career as a falcon.

Johnny DangerDawg

January 25th, 2010
9:02 pm

I was born in Atlanta and raised in the suburbs. I just moved to Nola 1.5 years ago for grad school, and I’m tellin y’all, you got to root for the Saints. This city needs this so bad you guys don’t even know. This has nothing to do with Katrina. Wave after wave of corrupt local politicians (who make Bill Campbell look like King Arthur) have messed up this city so bad that the only reason to live here is for the people’s ability to party like nobody else.
After this big win, people picked up their musical instruments and formed impromptu marching bands, parading through the streets with random people dancing behind them. I can promise you the people of no other city would appreciate a championship more than these folks in New Orleans.
Pulling for the Saints right now and the Falcons next year!

Pants on the Ground

January 25th, 2010
9:05 pm

Truthfully, the saints don’t have a chance with that defense.

Pants on the Ground

January 25th, 2010
9:11 pm

I am a true falcon fan. I really don’t like the saints or the colts for that matter but I watch just about all the games and the saints are way under matched in all the match ups.

BIOMASS

January 25th, 2010
9:21 pm

My point is, if you’re a Falcons fan and hate the Saints, you have a pile of hatred to deal with. Every single team in the NFL has kicked Falcon ass for decades except for the Saints and Panthers. The Panthers had only been around for 14 years.

EEJacket

January 25th, 2010
9:24 pm

GO. COLTS. Saints fans are some of the most classless, loud, rude, and disrespectful group of people I have ever had the displeasure of being around. Maybe it doesn’t help that I’m a bucs fan (ya, ya, I know, what right do I have to be talking smack, but at least us bucs can win and lose like sportsman). I’m happy for the team, but I will be loudly rooting against “WHO DAT NATION” as they so gracefully dub themselves.

Shon

January 25th, 2010
9:50 pm

hiramsaint – I-D-I-O-T. Enough said !

shawty

January 25th, 2010
10:36 pm

Colts all the way!!!!

Brian

January 25th, 2010
11:28 pm

I loathe everything about the Saints. Their silly ” Who Dat” chant, the banana on their helmet, ( That’s what it looked like to me as a 5 year old. ) and the lovable loser status all make me nauseous. Now they are everyones darling because of Katrina. Well, the Fed did send them money years prior to fix the levies but local government used the cash for vote buying projects. Pathetic city, no other way around it. I hope Manning runs up the score. That will still bug me though, because his daddy was a Saint. Oh yeah, when the Falcons got Bobby Hebert, Morten Anderson and Jim Mora Jr. I was disgusted as well. No one associated with the Saints should be allowed the honor of being a Falcon.

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Glenda

January 26th, 2010
8:09 am

I don’t hate the Saints, but I’m rooting for the Colts!

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January 26th, 2010
8:09 am

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Angela

January 26th, 2010
8:28 am

Let the Saints win and next year the Falcons can brag about beating the Super Bowl champs!! GO FALCONS!!

AtlTiger

January 26th, 2010
8:38 am

Geaux Saints Geaux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve C

January 26th, 2010
8:39 am

“yeah the jets rested. they saw how the playoffs were shaping up. a blind man could’ve saw they took it easy that game”

Hiramsaint, this is proof that you never let the truth get in the way of whatever you want to say. The Jets were 7-6 heading into the Falcons game and had to play Indianapolis and Cincinnati the two games fafter that. Are you saying that the Jets were so confident they were going to make the playoffs at 7-6 with two conference games to go that they mailed it in against the Falcons? I would say that your Saints mailed it in against Dallas, Tampa Bay, and Carolina.

Steve C

January 26th, 2010
8:40 am

At least we went to our Super Bowl 12 years before the bag heads.

Gravedigger

January 26th, 2010
9:24 am

If I looked like most of the saints fans I would wear a bag over my head also. GO COLTS!!

GEAUXSAINTS

January 26th, 2010
1:33 pm

1. The FEMA comment was totally out of line and the most naive comment I have read since UGA held up signs during LSU/UGA at Athens in Fall 2005 stating “Go back to your home.. oh wait, you don’t have one.” Classy, Georgia, classy.

2. Per observation at this year’s game in Atlanta, Saints fans may be dirty (heck, most of us are LSU fans) but the only thing worse than a Saints fan is a Falcons fan.

3. Sean Payton, Drew Brees, Marques Colston, Reggie Bush and Jeremy Shockey are the best things to happen to NOLA since Port of Call and Pat O’Brien’s. It’s finally our time to represent the NFC (South) in the Superbowl.. don’t you support your conference in the NCAA National Championship even if your team isn’t playing? Grow up. You lost this year. There is always next and I will be right beside you cheering for the Falcons if the Saints lose out next season.

THE CURSE OF BRETT FAVRE LIVES IN ATL

January 27th, 2010
6:55 pm

NO HATE FOR THE AINTS I MEAN THE SAINTS! BUT PEYTON AINT LOSING!

carol72

January 27th, 2010
6:59 pm

Rooting for the Saints. Reggie Bush is my favorite player. I love when a team whose never won the Super Bowl gets a chance. Maybe next year will be the Falcon’s chance.

Tom Pridemore

January 27th, 2010
7:41 pm

Maybe next year will be the Falcon’s chance, but as for the saints, GO COLTS!!!

Balloon Knot

January 28th, 2010
1:40 pm

I’m a big time Falcons fan, and an fan of my hometownn Atlanta sports franchises in general, but the Saints have never been hated I don’t think…I hate teams like the Patriots, Jets and of course f’ing UF much more…You can throw the Cubs, Mets and Red Sox in there for good measure too…While a rivalry it is, Saints fans are generally cool and fun to be around, not to mention you gotta like Drew Brees and the New Orleans story if they win…that said I’m pulling for Peyton to win his 2nd ring just bc I know Pat fan will hate it LOL…Peyton > Brady in talent and QB skills

JP

January 30th, 2010
5:34 pm

Lived in Atlanta for 20 years and cheered the Falcons in 1998..why am i not surprised so many Failcons fans today won’t do the same? The heck with all of ya.

GO SAINTS!!

Jim

January 31st, 2010
12:32 am

Hope the Saints win but stop the Katrina crap. In an area with productive citizens it would be forgotten by now.

DangerousDan87

January 31st, 2010
8:29 am

been a Falcons fan since 1966. Buck talks about the Falcons-Saints as an NFC-South rivalry but it goes deeper than that. I remember our birds winning 62-7 in 1973 with our backup QB-Dick Shiner, but most people here haven’t lived here long enough to remember outdoor pro football. The Saints have a loud, obnoxious, passionate fan base throughout the city, state and region. We don’t. I was at Waffle House yesterday talking about Mark Price’s coaching contributions with the Hawks and the guy next to me asked if he was from here. WHAT?? ANYway, next Sunday-I will pull for the Saints even though they had 2 gift wins against us AND I would love to be in the french quarter after the superbowl because they will celebrate no matter what. Ya I KNOW Price played at tech is from oklahoma

DangerousDan87

January 31st, 2010
8:33 am

O–the 87 in my name is for Claude Humphrey–best pass rusher of all time

Bruce

January 31st, 2010
3:33 pm

Well let me tell you folks. I was born in N.O. and lived their for 30 years. I moved to Alt in the late 80s. Every time the Falcons played the Saints I would get ragged at work when the Falcons won. Not that I was much of a saints fan. But all that changed when the Dirty Birds go Anderson,Hebeart and Heywood. I turned to the dard side. And the other post are correct. There is nothing worst than getting beat by the Saints. With the Who Dat Nation and all of there other stupid lingo. GO COLTS

Who Dat Nation

February 1st, 2010
1:00 pm

The Saints all the way!!!! I can’t believe they actually are in the Superbowl… Unbelievable!!!! Who Dat Baby!!!!!

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Garble

February 8th, 2010
11:52 am

Awfully quiet here today.

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