Preseason starts tonight, so figured it was time for a new thread. Hope the Bears can continue their winning ways from last year. (Y)
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Going to tomorrow afternoon's Vikings-NINERS game! :woo :woo :woo :mark: :mark: :mark:
Go JIMMY G.! Go KITTLE! Go DEFENSE!
Go NINERS!!!!!
My folks were there!
NINERS
By bloodlineSo watching the game tonight....
Truth be told I am a Packers stockholder, but I am a Titans fan first.
Now I know, no one is going to read this, but this is more about me remembering than you reading.
Got me thinkng about my NFL fandom over the years.
I grew up in Nashville which was not within 3 hours of any NFL team. So there was no team "everyone" loved.
When I was a small child growing up in the 70's I was a Dolphins fan first because I thought the helmet was cool. I had a small replica I could wear.
But as the 70's progressed, most kids my age liked the Cowboys or Steelers. I chose the Cowboys because I thought they had cool helmets. I was like 6.
One day after work my dad comes home and suprises me with this bad boy.
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This is electric football for those who don't know. At first they used to only have "yellow" and "white" teams but at some point in the early 70's they started putting the two Super Bowl teams from that year in every box.
I got The Vikings and The Raiders (The 75 Super Bowl matchup). My dad knows I am a "Cowboys fan", and lets me look at the order form to get two more teams. I pick the Cowboys, my dad selects the Packers for me, because they were his childhood team.
Not long after I come home on a Sunday and the Cowboys are playing the Packers. This is like 1977.
My sister starts cheering for the Cowboys.
I mean seriously?
From that moment in 1977 till1999 I am a huge Packers fan. And not just "a fan" I had my school picture every year taken in Packers gear, which was hard to find in the 70's and 80's especially in Tennessee. I was obsessed with the Packers.
My mom's last gift to me was a share of Packers stock. and as an "owner" I watched them win the 1996-1997 Super Bowl.
But in 1999 The Oilers officially became the Titans. New stadium new identity in my hometown, and I went to the first game. The first NFL game in my home town. My neighbors, my freinds, my state, my city, we now had something of our own. I just remember looking at the skyline and the field thinking "I have to cheer for this team".
So the Titans became my "AFC" team.
But the very next year I am given tickets to Packers vs Titans. I went in cheering for the Pack, I left knowing I was a Titans fan.
I still like them both, but the Titans are the home team. For the last 22 years the Titans have been my team, and I went seven years going to every open practice. When I say I am a fan I mean my love for the Titans is pretty epic....lol.
Regardless I still root for the team of my childhood, The Pack.
But....
Titanup
How did you becaome a fan of the team you cheer for?