Who Dat Po’ Boy in Da Big Easy?
10/11/2011 8:10:46 PM | Football
New Orleans is a special American city. It showcases some of the myriad of cultural influences— Native American, Spanish, French, Cajun— that have mingled over the centuries to make us who we are as a country. The city can be a little tourist-trappy, but they have two well-established pastimes, drinking and eating, which make it a heckuva place to visit.
Every year, I try my best to make one Syracuse away game. If you have the means, I'd recommend it to any fan of Syracuse that enjoys travelling. I've never had a disappointing trip. I try to pick a place I wouldn't mind visiting even if there wasn't a football game. It's an easy excuse to take a vacation. This year the choices were LA or New Orleans. I picked the one I thought we had a chance to win.
Every trip we take, no matter where it is— BYU, Tennessee, Michigan, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia—I'm always pleasantly surprised by how many orange-clad fans are in attendance and walking the streets on the nights leading up to the game. It's not like West Virginia or Tennessee where there are bus caravans and we take over opponents' stadiums, but there's ALWAYS a good section of fans and they have taken over a bar or two behind enemy lines.
New Orleans and Bourbon Street were no different, as plenty of “Go Orange” greetings and “Let's Go Orange” chants could be heard in the French Quarter throughout the weekend.
Some people like to wing it when they take trips. Me, I like to do a little research, mostly internet-based. I always try to get tips from locals on the places they'd recommend. People are always proud of their towns and cities and want to show off their best-sides. This approach has never served me wrong. In New Orleans, it lead to a free tour of the NOLA brewery which was basically a two-hour brewfest, late night beignets at Café Dumonde, Hurricanes at O'Briens, amazing fried chicken at Willa Mae's, a don't-call-it-a-trolley streetcar ride through the Garden District, a couple soft-shelled crab Po' Boys, a swamp tour through the Bayou, and some people-watching strolls down Bourbon.
We attended the official Syracuse tailgate at Allegro Bistro, which had a nice buffet, a couple radio broadcasts, some cheerleaders, as well as Donovan Darius and Floyd Little in attendance.
The dome itself was, well, aptly named, as in Super, as in Huge, as in it swallow two Carrier Domes.
The Tulane fanbase, on the other hand, was not as aptly named, as there were no Waves to be seen. The Green Ripples maybe? There were assigned seats, but with a stadium built for 80K, you have surprisingly nice elbow room when only a few thousand fans show, nearly half of whom were wearing orange.
As for the game, well, we scored enough points to win. And we're 4-2 going in to the home stretch. All I can say is Geaux Orange!
Every year, I try my best to make one Syracuse away game. If you have the means, I'd recommend it to any fan of Syracuse that enjoys travelling. I've never had a disappointing trip. I try to pick a place I wouldn't mind visiting even if there wasn't a football game. It's an easy excuse to take a vacation. This year the choices were LA or New Orleans. I picked the one I thought we had a chance to win.
Every trip we take, no matter where it is— BYU, Tennessee, Michigan, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia—I'm always pleasantly surprised by how many orange-clad fans are in attendance and walking the streets on the nights leading up to the game. It's not like West Virginia or Tennessee where there are bus caravans and we take over opponents' stadiums, but there's ALWAYS a good section of fans and they have taken over a bar or two behind enemy lines.
New Orleans and Bourbon Street were no different, as plenty of “Go Orange” greetings and “Let's Go Orange” chants could be heard in the French Quarter throughout the weekend.
Some people like to wing it when they take trips. Me, I like to do a little research, mostly internet-based. I always try to get tips from locals on the places they'd recommend. People are always proud of their towns and cities and want to show off their best-sides. This approach has never served me wrong. In New Orleans, it lead to a free tour of the NOLA brewery which was basically a two-hour brewfest, late night beignets at Café Dumonde, Hurricanes at O'Briens, amazing fried chicken at Willa Mae's, a don't-call-it-a-trolley streetcar ride through the Garden District, a couple soft-shelled crab Po' Boys, a swamp tour through the Bayou, and some people-watching strolls down Bourbon.
We attended the official Syracuse tailgate at Allegro Bistro, which had a nice buffet, a couple radio broadcasts, some cheerleaders, as well as Donovan Darius and Floyd Little in attendance.
The dome itself was, well, aptly named, as in Super, as in Huge, as in it swallow two Carrier Domes.
The Tulane fanbase, on the other hand, was not as aptly named, as there were no Waves to be seen. The Green Ripples maybe? There were assigned seats, but with a stadium built for 80K, you have surprisingly nice elbow room when only a few thousand fans show, nearly half of whom were wearing orange.
As for the game, well, we scored enough points to win. And we're 4-2 going in to the home stretch. All I can say is Geaux Orange!
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