First Bandwagon Accusation

[midnightorb]

(11-01-2022, 07:30 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: I've been a Bengals fan since I was a kid in the 1970s.  I adopted the Lions in 1985 after an offhand comment during dinner on Thanksgiving 1984 led us to actually attend the 1985 game.  So, they're my number one and number two teams, respectively. Hell, I've been with these teams 40+ and 37 years, and in those combined 80 or so years, I've seen enough ugly football between the two of them to break just about any mortal man.  But, I seriously doubt that I will ever abandon either of them.  

Even if I am nothing else, I am loyal, dammit.

Having said that, I must admit that there were times the past 20+ years that I wondered what it would have been like had I become a Pats fan about 1999 or so.  Those six trophies would have been a hell of a ride.  I could have bought one of those jackets with the leather sleeves and six patches.  

But that's between us.

As to you being labeled a bandwagon fan, last night (and I fear the remaining nine games this season) should quickly dispel that sort of talk.  

The Lions tend to be a bit easy to root for sometimes. The bar is set so incredibly low that a first down without a penalty is cause for celebration. Plus it's fun to see fans of every other team realize how crappy the Lions have had it when it comes to refs.  The problem with the easy side of being a Lions fan is that it's also a rather depressing side.  Like cheering for being the firs 0-16 team, and it requiring Jon Kitna throwing two pick sixes to Charles Woodson late in the fourth quarter for the loss and not giving a crap. Eep.

I get it with the Pats in the early Brady days.  He went to Michigan as we all know, a school whose stadium was a 20 minute walk from my house.  I met him quite a few times, and he kind of came across with this "I'm bigger and older than you, so I'm better than you" attitude which put me off a bit.  No doubt he was fun to watch for a while there.