Are you on this list?
by Ed Valentine on Sep 2, 2009 1:22 PM EDT
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PrintThe folks from NJ.com have put together a great list I have to share with you. It's 'the worst types of football fans.'
I am particularly fond of the following two items on the list.
6. Cowboys Fans: We don't need a reason. We just can't stand 'em.
1. The I'm-so-drunk-I'm-going-to-topple-out-of-my-row fan: It's football. Beer is as integral to the sport as helmets, cleats and cheerleaders. Just don't go too far and get flagged for Alcoholic Interference
Also: those with small bladders? Sit on the aisles, please.
OK, folks. Read the list and go ahead and add a few of your own. Just keep it clean, please! By the way, if you recognize yourself on the list try to take the hint.
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The worst type of Cowboy Fan
is one from New York. Because you know they only got that way by being a Bangwagoner in the ’90s which is a double whammy.
Cowboys Fans in general aren’t so bad. For the most part I kind of feel bad they’re homers held hostage by Jerrytron.
Also a lot of these older NY Cowboy fans
were Giant fans that converted to Dallas fans in the late 60’s and 70’s because the GIants had such an awful run and Dallas was good. Now these morons are having kids that are growing up rooting for them. Did you notice between 1999 & 2002 you never heard from any of these clowns, then the get Tuna and all of a sudden the dust off the Emmit Smith jerseys and start ranting and raving like they’ve been watching all along. They did the same thing from 1986 till 1991 I never heard from a Cowboy fan. The worst!
Ive known far to many Cowboys fans and Patriots while i was living up in New York, Although some were good friends or family of mine once football games start they would turn into some of the obnoxious people Ive ever come into contact with. You can imagine my joy when Dallas and New England lost to the Giants in the playoffs!
by TearsofaClown on Sep 2, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
shoot
I’m actually a No. 3, the ref skeptic, despite what you may think of my drinking (There is a corollary to this year’s Beerfests that stipulates the first team to have a player urinate pounds a beer — not a concern as I don’t even usually think of peeing until about 5 beers).
I do shout a lot of BULL**** at the refs, and the cry of What is this? 18 on 11? is not uncommon.
When Belichick challenged too many men on the field to keep that Pats drive alive I almost had an aneurysm.
You play to win the game!
new category
The “Fan of a division rival who spends way too much time at BBV”
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 2, 2009 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Two more to add
(1) Jets fans [Concourse D, anyone??]
(2) the “Far Too Excited in the 1st Q” Fan – you know the type, the guy that jumps out of his seat and starts high-fiving everyone after a 3-yd gain on 1st down.
I'm the fan...
…who says “GOD DAMN IT!” about 300 times during any given regular season game.
(The number increases to about 500 for playoff games.)
My favorite though, is the guy in the bar who tries to make himself sound smart but reveals himself to be a total dumbass instead.
by New York Sports Jerk on Sep 2, 2009 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
Similar reaction
During the game, I expect every offensive play to be a TD and every defensive play to be a sack or turnover and get pissed when that does not occur. “God dammit” is uttered close to 300 time a game as I assume perfection.
Post-game I am usually much more realistic, reflective and comtemplative, but during the game, I should not be around non-giants fans or possibly even giant’s fan that don’t agree with my perfection expectations.
Man, football season had better start soon. I can’t stand being a Met fan and expecting the same perfection anymore.
by losangelesmets on Sep 2, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I do the same thing
During SB 42 I flipped out that the G-Men kicked a field goal instead of a Touchdwn after the opening drive because in my words “They have to score TD’s to hang with these guys”. Little did I know the defensive clinic The G-Men would put on and how that 3 would be the difference.
me too
but in the nfc championship game when tynes continued to miss field goals. i was about ready to start writing death threats and sending dead animals to his house hahaha
by GiantsReignSupreme on Sep 2, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The Giants fan
who got just got called out by his IT dept. for visiting BBV 37 times in one 8-hour day
You play to win the game!
YO
that’s me-points, and you love it
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
Some funny stuff in the comments on that page
I laughed at this one:
The fat meatball who squeezes into a #56 XXXL team jersey and thinks that he can fit into a stadium seat, even though he’s required to purchase 2, or maybe even 3 tickets to get on an airplane. Also on the list: His fat, stinky girlfriend.
"We were very much aware of that. There was a lot of phone call-type things going on in the room." -- Tom Coughlin
fans
i think i personally am a combination of #3 and#4.love the stats and trivia about the game,while i do think the refs[aka the league itself]has it in for the teams who are sold out in advance for many years to come.reason being?that team is set in the ammount of $$ it has to kick back to the nfl,whereas teams that don’t sell out have to be competitive to up the # of ticket sales and tv ratings.how do they do that?GIVE THEM THE CALLS WHENEVER YOU CAN!more people at the game and watching on the tube.the teams that sell out?screw’em,we’re geting our $$ from them anyway,who cares if they get dogged on the calls and the tickets are already paid for.
derek de pinho
good rationale,
my fellow conspiracy theorist. I personally subscribe to the “Zebras hate the Giants/me personally” theory. It’s just simpler.
Have you ever (out loud) wished terminal illness on referees and/or their immediate families?
Not saying I have ;)
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 2, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't get me wrong
I like to drink, a lot. But watching football while drunk doesn’t do anything for me because i’m actually a football fan. I love the nuances of the game, things you can’t pay attention to when you can barely walk.
President of the Ramses Barden Fan Club
+1
I actually prefer getting really drunk Saturday night, then watching NFL games while nursing a hangover.
Agreed
My standard game day ritual for the past 4 years was to stay in bed watching the first round of games, get up and get “breakfast” in between the 1st and 2nd games, then finally get out of bed for good after the 2nd game before heading to a friends house and/or bar to watch the sunday night game. its a ritual that is perfectly suited for drinking til 3 am the night before.
absolutely
While I am a chronic alcoholic, I never get drunk off my face for football or concerts. It ruins the point: You want to watch and enjoy, which you can’t do while drunk.
p.s. 30 minutes late today, overslept with a hangover.
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 3, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
i got a good one
people who claim they are the biggest (insert team here) fan who don’t know anything about the team. i have a friend who recently met and took a picture with bart scott, who then sent it to a friend who claims hes a huge jets fan. he thought it was jon vilma. HAH! youre a few years late on that one buddy…
by GiantsReignSupreme on Sep 2, 2009 4:01 PM EDT reply actions
I know the "biggest" Phillies fan
who didn’t even know that Curt Schilling pitched for the Phillies. God I hate that city
no such thing
as a phillies fan when they’re not winning.. They’re well behind the Eagles and the Flyers.
President of the Ramses Barden Fan Club
by Hoyadestroya85 on Sep 2, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
trust me
I know. The best way to get a Phillies fan is to just ask them when they bought the hat or Utley jersey they’re wearing. 99.9% of the time, it will be within the past 2 years.
I only have two friends who I would consider legit Phillies fans, and even one of them would admit he likes the Eagles more. The other one’s not a big football fan, so the Phils are his number 1 team. Of course, he also claims to like the Yankees.
Spelling Bee Fans
Look, Eagle and Jet fans, we know you’re proud of passing your spelling test. But 5,000 times a game?
I’ll never forget the time I got stuck next to four drunk Eagle fans who did that stupid cheer the whole game.
It was a Colorado Rockies game.
At Coors Field.
They were playing the Reds.
I left my swagger in my other pants.
by HughG16 on Sep 2, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
funny
in philly, we resent those kind of people too.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
I am sure all fanbases are the same in that regard
Another one in the same vein is the one person that continually yells a single player’s first name (like they know them), and just gives them advice all game. HATE those people.
Yeah, I'm in that boat
all game. Luckily for everybody that’s just my at home technique for comforting myself, I don’t do it at games even though nobody could hear ya anyways because it’s too loud 90% of the time.
Wow, what a joke. Have fun with that one, I'm going to Quiznos!
by MRoztheGreat777 on Sep 2, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I am referring to at the game people
And it is usually one player. I was at a Ottawa Senators hockey game once and this woman was talking non-stop to one of their d-men (Chris Phillips) like they were pals right from the first grade onwards. She was loud and grating on the ears all game… it SUCKED.
Doing that at home is a tad different, unless the whole neighbourhood can hear you or something.
How about
Eagles fans that diss their own quarterback (that’s in addition to Eagles fans in general being on the list, of course). My in-laws are huge Eagle fans and the way they bash McNabb, you’d think he was Ryan Leaf.
yea
that sort of thing makes me wonder if these people actually know football. I know all fans of a team bash the hell out of their QB or coach (see it all the time with Yankee fans….), yet they do know McNabb replaced a Detmer right? You’d think some of em would rather have a Detmer QB’ing the Ealges.
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
They are aware
that McNabb is their most accomplished QB overall, right?
Anyone hear about the speach Barden gave today?
“For those of you that have asked me about rookie hazing, this is it,” Barden said. "I wrote this last night and I really kind of felt like it came from the heart.
“Most kids grow up with some sort of athletic background, be it little league baseball, pee-wee football, AAU basketball or all the above. The vast majority of their athletic careers never materialize past high school due to the extremely competitive atmosphere of collegiate and professional athletics, while their love for sports and desire to participate continues to grow.
“The NFL epitomizes the bond between those gifted enough to achieve professional excellence and those with an insatiable appreciation for football.
“The New York Football Giants believe in the long-standing values of competition, integrity, courage and toughness and have afforded me an opportunity to partake in such a tradition. It’s a great feeling to be part of an organization that knows how to win and has no tolerance for anything less.
“I am excited to earn the trust and respect of my teammates and become part of this storied winning family. The Giants have one vision and I am honored to be part of a team that only settles for Super Bowl championships.
“One Team – ONE GOAL!”
^
For what was supposed to be a joke…I thought he did an exceptional job. Was he using a thesaurus? lol.
Right Now:
Nicks > Barden
In a few years:
Barden > Nicks
He def. talks the talk,
hopefully he walks the walk in the future.
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
I know he's a bright kid..
but who even comes up with that….a single tear almost rolled down my cheek…ALMOST.
LOL!!..He's
Watching too many Obama speeches.. needs to watch “Everybody loves Ryamond” more!!
NOBODY should ever watch that
voluntarily. I hear they used it at Gitmo as a torture method.
Barden
I love everything I’ve read about him I just hope he steps up when he gets a chance. But Nicks has stepped up in some of these games and I think he’ll be starting by mid-year. Barden may take a few years.
I'm going to say this now in lieu of the Jets/B. Marshall news
IF the Jets land B. Marshall the Giant WR’s better start catching the ball b/c I’m not going to be able to deal w/ all this garbage from the media about how the Giants didn’t go out and make a deal.
dallas fans
i can’t totally agree about Dallas fans. While it is true that next to watching the Giants win, watching Dallas lose is my second favorite football activity. I always thought Dallas fans were just bandwagon hoppers until in 1989 i saw a sports bar filled with Dallas fans cheering for the last plays of the last game of a 1-15 season. And they weren’t criticizing their players, they were cheering for good plays. I am not sure how many Giants fans would do that. And I felt slightly better about them that they had a walk through the desert 86-91 like we did 64-81. I guess our walk was a bit longer. Still love to watch them lose though.
by Spider Lockhart on Sep 3, 2009 12:12 AM EDT reply actions
And I think you just killed the thread..
Dallas fans are not to be appreciated, sir. Maybe you didn’t get the memo from the league office.
but that was before the bandwagon jumpers hoped on in the early 90's
…..
every team has their die hards (how do you explain Lions and Jets fans?) like Im sure those people were in 89.
They will always be there. Its the bandwagon jumpers than we all think of when we hate Cowboys fans.
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
DC is weird too
There are entire families of Dallas fans here, because as I understand it, people started rooting for Dallas because the Skins were the last team to intergrate
Dallas fans buy tickets because..
It’s the only place they can watch a game on HDTV..They only have black and white TVs in their double-wide trailers.
This Bud's for you..
Mr. Pretzel throwing fan..While guys are throwing a football down on the field you have the sudden urge to launch your mustard coated pretzel from the cheap seats, and just like down on the field, “Pass Incomplete”..
..And don't forget..
Mr. “Dress-up” fan..People that can’t go to a game without wearing their hats that resemble a hunk of cheese, show up at games half bare-assed in body-paint with the team logo painted on their beer gutted chests..in sub-degree weather…Hog mask respirators…Those who go to the store before the game..purchase 60.00 worth of groceries they don’t need just to get the paper bag to wear on their heads..Those who still think “The wave” is a cool thing…Those that spend a weekend in their garage making “D-fence” out of cheap wooden pickets from Home Depot…Poster-board fan, who spends all week trying to come up with something cute for the letters: M-N-F..Then there’s Mr. “I have to Pee” guy..He’s had so many beers during the 1st Qtr, that he is forced to spend the rest of the game watching it on a Men’s room monitor…“F-bomb guy”..He’s the one right behind where your sitting with your young kids that shouts so many F- words that he has a sore throat at game’s end…the list goes on and on..
I am the wave and the F-bomb guy
and I once made a lightswitch set to “Off” and a fence
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 3, 2009 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
How about the by himself fan
who came alone, has no friends, and pisses off everyone else in his section?
Best type of fan, the guy with the feagles jersey!
Dont get down on Forrest, no one has moves like Anderson Silva.
ack
I was gonna go to my first ever sporting even alone next week, now I’m not so sure.
Here’s another one: guys who wear jerseys with their own names on the back. Unless you were once a member of the team, DO NOT wear a customized jersey, or you’ll just look like a tool.
I could see wearing your own name on a jersey..
if you had a really awesome name, like Lipschitz, Crapo, Passwater or Wacker.
This photo is a classic!! lol..at least he has a coat and hat on!!
..but probably “flashing” kids after every first down..
My true "least favorite" type of fans
Smug and humorless Giants fans who run message boards.
by New York Sports Jerk on Sep 3, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions
newyorksportsjerk.blogspot.com?
that guy is a real fascist at his site!
When I saw some guy wrote “Maybe Tony Dungy can get Andy Reid’s kids to kill themselves too” I just about fell out of my chair
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 3, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
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