Question Falcons Hate Week (1 Viewer)

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I have a long-lived never-ending hate for those nasty birds going back to the 70's. I DESPISE them. I have a lot of memories, sometimes in our stadium, sometimes in theirs. I hate that team of rotten no winning forever losing forever failing carrion eaters. That will never change.

Don't worry Merleaux. The hate is still there. After 50 years.

In a good way. :)
 
Wish they would redo those “I hate the Falcons” tshirts the Saints players wore from the late 70s / early 80s.
 
Joe Horn-et said:
Wish they would redo those “I hate the Falcons” tshirts the Saints players wore from the late 70s / early 80s.
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Local Wendy's partnered with a company called "I hate enterprises" to print these shirts and sold them prior to the 1979 season opener vs Atlanta. This was because the previous season the Saints went 7-9 and lost to Atlanta twice on the last play of the game, two weeks apart. First one was in the Dome on Bartkowski's last-second trips-right bomb they called "Big Ben". Two weeks later on the Fulton County demolition derby track the trailing falcons heaved a last-second incomplete pass into the end zone, game over. No, wait. DPI against the Saints. Ref Grover Klemmer flags a clean pass breakup giving Atlanta an untimed down from the one yard line, boom, Saints lose. The two last second losses to Atlanta would have flipped that Dick Nolan coached Saints squad to a possible winning record for the first time ever. Saints also lost three one-score games that season, were very close to being 12-4! So Saints host the next year (1979) opener against Atlanta. Probably 90% of the fans in the Dome are sporting "I Hate the Falcons" shirts. Tie game, overtime, Saints snap the ball over Erxleben's head, Atlanta wins on OT walkoff. I still hate those buggars.
 
Day1 said:
Local Wendy's partnered with a company called "I hate enterprises" to print these shirts and sold them prior to the 1979 season opener vs Atlanta. This was because the previous season the Saints went 7-9 and lost to Atlanta twice on the last play of the game, two weeks apart. First one was in the Dome on Bartkowski's last-second trips-right bomb they called "Big Ben". Two weeks later on the Fulton County demolition derby track the trailing falcons heaved a last-second incomplete pass into the end zone, game over. No, wait. DPI against the Saints. Ref Grover Klemmer flags a clean pass breakup giving Atlanta an untimed down from the one yard line, boom, Saints lose. The two last second losses to Atlanta would have flipped that Dick Nolan coached Saints squad to a possible winning record for the first time ever. Saints also lost three one-score games that season, were very close to being 12-4! So Saints host the next year (1979) opener against Atlanta. Probably 90% of the fans in the Dome are sporting "I Hate the Falcons" shirts. Tie game, overtime, Saints snap the ball over Erxleben's head, Atlanta wins on OT walkoff. I still hate those buggars.
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That sounds very brutal. Saints fans back then were that loyal.
 
I hate the ATL Falcons so much...I still shoplift @ Home Depot & can't drink CocaCola(& still pissed they bought Barq's!!)! LOL!
(If you don't get the joke about HD, found out who started the company)
 

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