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Decades that preceded this victory. [chanting] who dat, who dat. >> shepard: screaming crowds and confetti help obscure the memory of what this team endured. they had only eight winning records in 42-year history even under football legend archie manning the saints went 1-15. that horrendous 1980's season inspired a nickname that stuck. the ain'ts. fans wore bags over the head. brown bagged to the dome embarrassment for rooting for the saints. years later when hurricane katrina hit, it looked like the saints themselves might slip out of the city with all the other evacuees, leave a home satura...

Day when the saints were the ain'ts. this year, with the saints victory, two days after the saints won the big one in super bowl xliv. today the big easy prepping for a parade, the likes of which they have never seen. fans have been partying since sunday night. bourbon street was quiet last night. in a few hours the parade begins at the superdome, 12 marching bands, floats, a partridge and add pare tree. jonathan, i'm jealous, you're still there. >> there could hardly be a better day over than super bowl night. there will be all of greater new orleans, 1.2 million people are going to be on the...

They have kind of squeaky clean images. you don't hear too much about them getting in trouble off the field and they seem like, at least on the field, sportsmen, total sportsmen. i'm sure they like this as well. also this game adds a little intrigue on personal stories. you talk about drew brees and what he has done for the st of new orleans. peyton manning is a louisiana boy. >> let's remember that his dad was the first original quarterback of the old expansion saints when they were the ain'ts. he got a new orleans-based family front and center on katrina relief playing against a quarterback ...

That team would grow over the years as it has grown. >> reporter: that began when a new orleans restaurant owner decided to celebrate the saints and formed charlie saint es marching club. his daughter was the first in line. >> we paraded when they won their first game, pots and pans, took to the streets. >> three rules for the club. number one, we were going to support the handicapped children, disadvantaged children. that's number one. two, support the saints. three, to have fun. let it rip. and that's -- when it came to number three, there were no rules. >> reporter: the club managed to have...

I'm a patriots fan. but i'm psyched. we're psyched. and kind of the whole country is psyched for how psyched new orleans is for its saints. and you do not have to give a rat's tukus about football to understand why. new orleans has hosted the super bowl nine times, it's going to be ten. before this year their own team has not gone to the big game. it has played 42 seasons and only had had winning seasons in 9 of the 42. the team founded in 1967. they didn't win a playoff until 2000. they were so bad for so long and their fans, nevertheless, so loyal, that certain standards of public suffering ...