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Guys, feel free to jump in after the ladies post.

Ladies: Many of us believe we have the most knowledgeable female fan base. After the NFL CBA details get worked out, we'll not have time for sidebar. But since this is a slow time, why not get your input... :scratch:

1. How did you become interested in football? (parent, friend, you were an athlete in school, etc.)

2. Are you related to (or are you/have you been in a relationship with) a football player? For example: mylilbro23 is Pierre Thomas' sister.

3. Have you surprised/shocked anyone who assumed you knew nothing about football because you're a female (...we know this happens; what's your story)?

4. Why the Saints?

5. Anything else you'd like to add.

I think this will be interesting and enlightening; looking forward to it.

Thanks in advance for your input(s).
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ndcc said:
1. How did you become interested in football? (parent, friend, you were an athlete in school, etc.)

As a young girl in Connecticut, I was a Cowboys fan because Golden Richard was cute. Unfortunately, just about every time he stepped on the field, he was carted off after the play. I know, I know Cowboys suck, but it was the Landry/Staubach years. Much more respectful than the Jerry Jones debacle.

2. Are you related to (or are you/have you been in a relationship with) a football player? For example: mylilbro23 is Pierre Thomas' sister.

No.

3. Have you surprised/shocked anyone who assumed you knew nothing about football because you're a female (...we know this happens; what's your story)?

All the time. I work as a highway construction engineer and have learned a long time ago not to correct guys on Saints info (even though I know they are dead wrong - thanks to SR)

4. Why the Saints?

I always root for the underdog. When I moved to LA in the mid 80s, friends of mine were hardcore Saints fans. I started watching games and before long was hooked. I loved the Dome Patrol and held my breath every time the offense had the ball. There were some lean years and heartbreaking losses, but it was always exciting. The Saints must have the record for the most bizarre occurences in football. The Payton years, especially the 2009 season easily brings tears of joy. I never though I would witness the hapless Saints go to the Super Bowl - let alone win it.

5. Anything else you'd like to add.

For some reason, I have been more of a Saints fan than most of my guy friends or boyfriends. And my dogs usually take a couple of weeks each season to get used to all the screaming, yelling, and jumping around I do during a game. Once they are used to it, they'll just sleep right through the games.

Thanks in advance for your input(s).

You're welcome. Thanks for asking.

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I grew up in a sports crazy family, 3 boys and 3 girls. All the girls are rabid sports fans. I have to say I am a bigger baseball fan than football and I also love ice hockey. If you wanted to watch TV in my house when I was growing up, you had to watch what Dad watched, which was the Yankees and Rangers. Fooball was either the Giants or Jets (pre DTV days).

I'm not as savvy about football as I am about baseball. The only person I surprised is my husbands friend (who is very old fashioned about women). We went to a minor league game and one team had a bases clearing double. I remarked that all the runs were unearned, since the pitcher had made an error the play before which would have ended the inning. My husbands friend looked at me like I had 3 heads.

Why the Saints. Well, I think everyone knows.
 
I'd never watched a football game before I came to Knoxville, TN to go to school. My main sport were swimming which I was doing at a fairly high level, so I was spending most of my spare time either in the gym or in the pool. My father was the only one interested in sports in my family and only soccer and biking.

Well - shortly after my arrivals some friends brought me to a Vols game and I was hooked - line and sinkers and all. I just loved this game. I started reading up on the rules and as I began to learn my fascination with the game deepened. Morten was drafted by the Saints a short while after I got back home - and I started following the black and gold. The Dome patrol turned me into a hard core WHO DAT!

Following the Saints was hard in those early years, but thanks to friends who would send me articles and video tapes, I held on. Finally around 2000 they started airing regular season games here - even though there was far between the Saints games.

It became kind of a curiosity in my family because most of them couldn't understand what I was talking about. Finally after years of trying I managed to convince my husband that we should go to a Saints game in Tampa while vacationing in Orlando - little knowing that in a span of one game he would go from indifferent to being a die hard fan OF THE WRONG TEAM :covri:

And yes - I get that blank surprised stare a lot when I start to talk football. Football fans here are mostly male and under 30. I definitely do not fit into their ideas of what a football fan should be LOL. I've been playing FF with the same group for 6 years and since my username (same as here) is gender neutral, it wasn't until about 2 years ago that they found out that I was a woman - to the big surprise of most of them - especially since I have won that league 3 times over that 6 years period :mwink:
 
Saint Jeremy said:
I grew up in a sports crazy family, 3 boys and 3 girls. All the girls are rabid sports fans. I have to say I am a bigger baseball fan than football and I also love ice hockey. If you wanted to watch TV in my house when I was growing up, you had to watch what Dad watched, which was the Yankees and Rangers. Fooball was either the Giants or Jets (pre DTV days).

I'm not as savvy about football as I am about baseball. The only person I surprised is my husbands friend (who is very old fashioned about women). We went to a minor league game and one team had a bases clearing double. I remarked that all the runs were unearned, since the pitcher had made an error the play before which would have ended the inning. My husbands friend looked at me like I had 3 heads.

Why the Saints. Well, I think everyone knows.
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Dragon said:
I'd never watched a football game before I came to Knoxville, TN to go to school. My main sport were swimming which I was doing at a fairly high level, so I was spending most of my spare time either in the gym or in the pool. My father was the only one interested in sports in my family and only soccer and biking.

Well - shortly after my arrivals some friends brought me to a Vols game and I was hooked - line and sinkers and all. I just loved this game. I started reading up on the rules and as I began to learn my fascination with the game deepened. Morten was drafted by the Saints a short while after I got back home - and I started following the black and gold. The Dome patrol turned me into a hard core WHO DAT!

Following the Saints was hard in those early years, but thanks to friends who would send me articles and video tapes, I held on. Finally around 2000 they started airing regular season games here - even though there was far between the Saints games.

It became kind of a curiosity in my family because most of them couldn't understand what I was talking about. Finally after years of trying I managed to convince my husband that we should go to a Saints game in Tampa while vacationing in Orlando - little knowing that in a span of one game he would go from indifferent to being a die hard fan OF THE WRONG TEAM :covri:

And yes - I get that blank surprised stare a lot when I start to talk football. Football fans here are mostly male and under 30. I definitely do not fit into their ideas of what a football fan should be LOL. I've been playing FF with the same group for 6 years and since my username (same as here) is gender neutral, it wasn't until about 2 years ago that they found out that I was a woman - to the big surprise of most of them - especially since I have won that league 3 times over that 6 years period :mwink:
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dat dam dog said:
That avitar is fine.

You once had one of a shirtless Shockey at practice on a hot summer day.

Back then, I worried about your wrist action, ahem.

So, who's your new man, Graham?


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Lance and PT were my next favorite Saints. I like Jimmy, but I hope he's ready for prime time.
 

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