WHO DAT?
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Pure pandemonium in Louisiana. Watched th game at a friends house with about 30 others. When Porter intercepted the place went wild...dog pile on the livingroom floor.
JH96GT
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At the end of the game, I realized how jealous I was of my coworker. We're good friends, and I was going to be at his place for the SB, since he was planning to host a party. He's a huge Saints fan (as well as a huge Auburn fan), so I knew it was going to be good. Come Thursday, he dropped the bomb.... "I landed a hotel for 60 a night in NO, so I'll be there watching the SB, sorry I have to cancel our plans."
Shocker? Sure.... It meant I watched the SB by myself at my house, but at least that prevented me from having issues with driving, or making it to work tomorrow. But I bet my coworker will have one HELL of a story to tell come Tuesday, when he gets back. I'm kinda excited to hear about it!
JH96GT
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Man...... I can't wait until this weekend! I'm riding in the Bacchus parade Sunday and Drew is the Bacchus King this year 
Should be him and the entire O line riding. We fly into NOLA around noon Sat and stay through Tuesday...... This week is gonna drag by.....
This is gonna be one helluva Mardi Gras trip..........
Should be him and the entire O line riding. We fly into NOLA around noon Sat and stay through Tuesday...... This week is gonna drag by.....This is gonna be one helluva Mardi Gras trip..........
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DocG
5th graders > me. They're not bant
So.....what the heck is this Who Dat crap.
Did they really copy the Who Dey from the Bengals?
The chant of "Who Dat?" originated in minstrel shows and vaudeville acts of the late 1800s and early 1900s and was taken up by jazz and big band performers in the 1920s and 30s. "Who Dat" became part of a chant for fans cheering on their favorite team. It has been debated exactly where it started, but some claim it began with Southern University fans either in the late 1960s or early 1970s and went "Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Jags" - Southern University being nicknamed the Jaguars. Another claim is that around the same time it began at St. Augustine High School, a historically African-American all boys Catholic high school in New Orleans, and then spread to the New Orleans Public Schools. Another claim is that the cheer originated at Patterson High School in Patterson, Louisiana (home of Saints running back Dalton Hilliard). In the late 1970s fans at Alcorn State University and Louisiana State University picked up on the cheer. By 1983, the New Orleans Saints organization officially adopted it during the tenure of coach Bum Phillips, and Aaron Neville (along with local musicians Sal and Steve Monistere and Carlo Nuccio) recorded a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" that incorporated the chant (performed by a group of Saints players) that became a major local hit, due in part to the support of sportscaster Ron Swoboda and the fact that Saints fans had been using the chant already. Meanwhile, in about 1981 Cincinnati Bengals fans and players had started with their similar "Who Dey" cheer.
Unless the Bengals were around in the 1800's and adapted it, I think we have exclusive rights to any and all variations. Send royalty checks to the Who Dat Nation.
DocG
5th graders > me. They're not bant
Man...... I can't wait until this weekend! I'm riding in the Bacchus parade Sunday and Drew is the Bacchus King this year
This is gonna be one helluva Mardi Gras trip..........
Wahoo!!!! Awesome plan.
Bacchus is my favorite. Watched it in 08 right on St Charles.
Go Baccagator!!!!
JH96GT
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Here ya go. From 07 (only files I have on this PC). In front of the convention center where they line up the floats before the parade.
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I'm the nerd on the right. Again from 07. Unpacking the beads and getting ready.
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HAIL BACCHUS!!
of all the things I hated about NOLA, carnival parades were ranked #1 (yes, ahead of crime!). I made it a point to be out of town the weekend before Fat Tuesday
JH96GT
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never heard of that onewe are going way OT here, but real Mardi Gras happens in the Acadiana parishes.. this stuff in NOLA is just commercialized tourist fluff
JH96GT
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we are going way OT here, but real Mardi Gras happens in the Acadiana parishes.. this stuff in NOLA is just commercialized tourist fluff
Tis true. I love the Morgan City parades, but the Bacchus Ball is a blast also. It's more fun to be at the ball than on the float though.
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