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The Gulf Coast Saints?
While recently skimming the front page of nfl.com and its crap load of information about teams we could care less about, we noticed a little known NFL fact. This month marks the 37th anniversary of the Patriots’ name change from the “Boston Patriots” to the more regional “New England Patriots.” It got us reminiscing on an era just a couple years ago when the Saints became the new “America’s team”? The new title and the uncertainty of New Orleans’ fate after Katrina worked together to spark rumors of a move to repackage our beloved team and rebrand them the “Gulf Coast Saints.”
Of course, that was before the Saints got Reggie, won their first playoff game, and made a legitimate run at the Super Bowl. Now a ticket to a Saints game is harder to come by than a straight guy past Tropical Isle on Bourbon St. Even though New Orleans continues to struggle, the Saints seem back in the swing of things on all cylinders. But that doesn’t necessarily answer the question of whether the regional branding would be worth exploring.
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