Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min · 21 segments
Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve are here to share their biggest takeaways from NFL Week 4. Starting in New Orleans, SVP and Steve share their experiences in the Big Easy honoring the Saints’…
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Stanford SteveHost
Uh, yeah, with that, um, I was fortunate enough to be able to go over, uh, grab a lunch at Desi Vega's, my favorite place in New Orleans.
Desi's become a really good friend and runs an unbelievable business, and right across the street, they were giving a key to the city to Steve Gleason.
Now, I connected in Atlanta, so there was a lot of Rise Up T-shirts, but even there I'm like, "There's a lot of Atlanta in, uh," in one of the Ubers, the guy was like, "Man"
I said this last night, I said this last night a little, I think, on countdown, but more after, 'cause that's where you felt the Rise Up and the red in the building, 'cause they all stuck around.
No, but, uh, talking to Saints season ticket holders, like, back in the '80s, when you're talking garbage ba- or What do we call it? Brown bag over the head.
That's when they sort of, Atlanta would go 'cause it's like, "If you guys don't come down here, it's not gonna be great, and then we'll go up there." So, like, that's how the rivalry was born, and then you had them t- you know, have different pockets succ- of success in the '90s, and it's just amped up w- as everything as the NFL has only gotten bigger.
So it's really cool 'cause you see them interacting with each other, but then you go into the Dome, and it's like, "All right.
You're in their section." You know, all this 20 years ago, uh, the whole idea.
But just talking to multiple people that were there 20 years ago, it was, it was interesting to hear because, you know, season ticket holders, I've never been one, but, like, for football and, and that thing, you know, it's eight days you're together, and in, in New Orleans it's an event.
I mean, you think it's a fire, but no, it's just all the grills, and everybody's hooting and hollering and having a good time.
Uh, yeah, with that, um, I was fortunate enough to be able to go over, uh, grab a lunch at Desi Vega's, my favorite place in New Orleans.
Desi's become a really good friend and runs an unbelievable business, and right across the street, they were giving a key to the city to Steve Gleason.
Now, I connected in Atlanta, so there was a lot of Rise Up T-shirts, but even there I'm like, "There's a lot of Atlanta in, uh," in one of the Ubers, the guy was like, "Man"
I said this last night, I said this last night a little, I think, on countdown, but more after, 'cause that's where you felt the Rise Up and the red in the building, 'cause they all stuck around.
No, but, uh, talking to Saints season ticket holders, like, back in the '80s, when you're talking garbage ba- or What do we call it? Brown bag over the head.
That's when they sort of, Atlanta would go 'cause it's like, "If you guys don't come down here, it's not gonna be great, and then we'll go up there." So, like, that's how the rivalry was born, and then you had them t- you know, have different pockets succ- of success in the '90s, and it's just amped up w- as everything as the NFL has only gotten bigger.
So it's really cool 'cause you see them interacting with each other, but then you go into the Dome, and it's like, "All right.
You're in their section." You know, all this 20 years ago, uh, the whole idea.
But just talking to multiple people that were there 20 years ago, it was, it was interesting to hear because, you know, season ticket holders, I've never been one, but, like, for football and, and that thing, you know, it's eight days you're together, and in, in New Orleans it's an event.
I mean, you think it's a fire, but no, it's just all the grills, and everybody's hooting and hollering and having a good time.
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