Best of Savoir-Faire: To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever

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Published: December 12, 2009

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... about the world which is upside-down: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.
Walker Percy

 

Any Saints fan 40-plus remembers when they became a Falcon hater like it was yesterday.

It was Nov. 12, 1978, when New Orleans Saints fans discovered the kind of true happiness that only the hatred of a bitter rival can produce.

With the Saints still in playoff contention on that fall afternoon 31 years ago, Archie Manning and a stubborn defense held the Steve Bartkowski-led Atlanta Falcons at bay for 59 minutes.

The Falcons had closed the gap to 17-13 on a Hascal Stanback touchdown run with 57 seconds to go. Then, the Saints took over p...

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