Streetalk: How does your city’s football fans compare to Atlanta’s?
‘The Saints are part of the family. If we tailgate and we have food and you don’t, you have food. It’s not like that in Atlanta.’
Nicole: We have more culture. We know who we are. Falcons, uh. We know how to show support. When the Saints were 1-13, we were still who-dat. We keep hope alive. We who-dat, we-dat. When the Falcons are losing there’s nobody there. Falcon fans don’t know who they are. What they need to do is come on to New Orleans and put a black and gold jersey on. We’re from New Orleans. We’ll show them southern hospitality. Atlanta is East Coast. Who-dat, we-dat, black and gold in the Super Bowl.
Smitson Brothers: In Atlanta everybody seems to be fan of someone other than the Falcons, where in Indianapolis it’s hard to find someone that’s not a fan of the Colts. When the Colts have a big game the mayor will actually make it a day, like ‘Go Blue Day’, and everybody in Indianapolis will wear blue. Atlanta is more of a college town. Indianapolis it’s all about the pro football team. There’s a city pride with the Colts. The Colts put Indianapolis on the maplike we’re a big city, we’re importantwhere Atlanta there is so much more going on.
Issac: Falcon fans are not diehard. New Orleans fans are fans for life. Everybody sticks together in New Orleans. Everybody loves everybody. It’s always family. Family first, and the Saints are part of the family. If we tailgate and we have food and you don’t, you have food. It’s not like that in Atlanta. If I see a fleur-de-lis on you, you’re my brother, you’re my sister, regardless of race, regardless of anything. That’s just the flavor of the city. It’s called the Big Easy for a reason. The economy is hard but life is easy.