Brother None said:
Also, I love the Patriots. I don't know about their futile version, I haven't been following this sport that long, but they've fielded some pretty kick-ass teams and given us some great Superbowls in the time I've been watching it.
Well, that's the thing, we had 40 years of futility. One hall of famer in all that time. Can anybody here, without cheating name him or any other Patriot from 1960-1993?
They had
1 and 2 win seasons when I was in HS (thank you Detroit for burying that record!).
I know it's hard to imagine now, but they were a tragically horrible team for a very long time. You had to laugh really.
I don't know of any effort as concerted at turning me off the Patriots as the Pats fanbase puts in tho'. It's almost as if you're jealously guarding your like of the franchise, and the rest of us can't go near your Precious.
It's me birthday, and I wantsss it. Heh, I'm just stirring the pot, NFL news is pretty slow. NOt trying to come of as a know-it-all, but I live equidistant from NYC and Boston, so I get inundated by their newpapers, TV, radio etc. I'm sure everyone else will agree, when you're in tune with your local market, the national media (ESPN, FOX etc.) is laughably tone-deaf to what is really going on.
The fanbase has changed a lot actually, it used to be very blue-collar, lots of drinking and fighting. God help the hapless Jet fan who took the ride up. Now it's very antiseptic and corporate, because only yuppies can afford tickets.
I'm sure the town is nice and there are some really great fans in the Boston area.... but when I think of "Boston sports fans" all I see is bandwagoning loudmouths who don't even know who Bill Buckner is.
You should see how many Die Hard patriots/red sox/ and celtics fans there are in AZ. Most of them are under 20 years old and have never been outside of AZ.
It's sad, around here we call them "
Pink Hats" - it's a derogatory term for soft, casual, bandwagon fans who jumped on board when the trophies started showing up. They started by selling pink red sox, patriots whatever hats in an obvious move to pander to female fans.
BTW I love Phoenix/Scottsdale, awesome town. Beautiful women. The best thing about AZ women, they are so many of them that they don't think of themselves as hot in comparison.
Actually one of my university professors was a guest lecturer, come over for a year or two from Boston College. He was cool enough, but then I guess he's too intellectual to fully inhale the stinky waft of arrogance that pervades the Boston area.
God I hate Boston. I don't plan to go there, it might change my opinion.
Dude, it's the hugest college town, impossible to be too intellectual. The arrogance you smell is really a defense mechanism, I think Bostonian have an inferiority complex with bigger NYC so nearby. But it's scale is what makes it, it's not overwhelming and way more digestible than NYC.
The best thing about that 1985 Super Bowl was the Patriots attempt to compete with the Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle rap video.
It really couldn't be more embarassing if it tried to be.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8vS3u2Cc8[/youtube]
RIP