And so New Orleans Saints fans gathered on Veterans Memorial Boulevard by the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, waiting for the team to fly back from Miami in order to give them a champion's welcome. Though the tradition is nothing new; Saints fans have lined this same stretch of road to greet the team after every road game this season.
For a mile and a half, bodies lined the street, nulling any other traffic. Some partied through the night and made it to the airport early in the morning to get a good spot, even though the team didn't arrive until about 3 p.m. On an overpass above the road, drivers turned a highway into a parking lot, getting out of their cars and standing on the overpass in order to look down on the action.
Drew Brees, who would likely have challenged Payton for warmest ovation, spent the morning at Disney World, so he wasn't part of the procession.
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stop with the Ketrina BS. The Saints got lucky!!!
"Luck" happens a lot to teams that block, tackle, throw, catch, and play opportunistic defense. WHO DAT!
saints have skill baby skill....brees is amazing...onsides kick...interception...luck? LOL of course you would say something so dumb! lovetheVIKES...hahaha bitter much? WHO DAT!!
Well then I guess the Colts got unlucky!!!
The Saints were very lucky.. Lucky they had the opportunity to beat the Cardinals, Vikings (chockers), and Colts... Rather be a lucky Champion than a loser like Vikings.. PS Thank your "talented" and not lucky Brett for me.
lovethevikes, spoken like a true butthurt Viking fan. You people have been going on about this for three weeks now. Let it go. Saints won, Vikings choked. 13-0 isn't lucky. Winning 2 playoff games and the superbowl isn't lucky.
classy. We will stop with the Katrina(that is how you spell it, moron) "bs" when the city recovers from it, which won't be anytime soon. The Saints won this game, just like they won the game against the Vikings. They battled hard to keep the game close and created a turnover. That's football, not luck. Get over the fact that your team and geriatric quarterback lost.
RUNVS???
Obviously the bitterness in the Vikings fans has reached toxic levels. Now they're seeing things too. Did anyone else see ANY mention at ALL of Katrina in this article? Nope, only from the bitter Vikings fans and the racist Mr.Fuller.
Its ABSOUTELY WONDERFUL to be a part of THE WHO DAT NATION!
Our Team, The New Orleans Saints are a Classy Team! They are Professionals, they are Humble, they work as a team, they take their compliments as a team and they Always include THEIR FANS in THE TEAM!
Who Dat? That is strictly ebonics!!!
might be ebonics but we blew indy out of the water. so, WHO DAT!!!!
You're wrong there, Jim. It goes back to a very old jazz play, and a traditional cheer one of the local HS's had for decades. In the early 80's it caught on with the Saints fans, and around 1983 the Neville Brothers, with help from a few Saints, made a video with the cheer intertwining "When The Saints Go Marching In". So there's a bit more history to that cheer then you would have ever known.
YOU MUST READ A LETTLE.. WHO DAT WAS FIRST USED IN VAUDEVILLE IN THE EARLY 1930
misnplas - Yes, a very old black-face jazz style Vaudeville act set in New Orleans.
CONGRATS TO THE SAINTS AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE SUPERBOWL EXCITING.WELL PLAYED AND A MUCH DESERVED WIN.MY HEART WAS ALWAYS WITH THE SAINTS..CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.. WHO DAT
A great day for gay pride indeed
Thepauljohnson47 could be right. I'm quite sure I saw his brother and daddy in the crowd.
the saints rule this year but can they do it next year
Well to start I am very happy to be able to say the New Orleans SAINTS is my home team! and guess you can say yeah we got luck but we got skill and talent as well. And Sunday night was for the city, people and the team. We supported our boys the whole way, we believed and they made it happen! thank you boys!!! we love you!!!
WHO DAT! WE DAT! DONE DAT!