Fly Eagles Fly - The Plight of a Philadelphia Sports Fan

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[crushkerry]

Ping

[Paleo Conservative]

It should be Fry Eagles Fry!

[hipaatwo]

Bookmarked, I feel the same way!

[hipaatwo]

Ping!

[Mr. Mojo]

How does the score 27 - 10 grab you? (SB XV)

Expect to be on the losing end of a similar score tomorrow.

[leadpenny]

Buy I couldn't answer that I'd rather see a Bush win.

You and I are from different planets.

It's a game, my friend, for rich owners and players.

[AmishDude]

(Please no stupid, ignorant cracks about throwing snowballs at Santa Claus)

Oooh, oooh, what about Michael Irvin, or the jailhouse in the stadium? Or the batteries? Oh, so many batteries...

[crushkerry]

You're not from Philly are you? Then, like my wife, I don't expect you to understand. She says the same thing - "It's just a game". Not to us it isn't. That may seem crazy to some of you, because it is. But we can't help it. It's in our blood, passed down from generation to generation.

[Radix]

Hey, you will always have the Broad Street Bullies! I hated those guys!

 

Go Patriots!

 

 

http://www.philadelphiaflyers.com/pressbox/archive/1854.asp

[Shortwave]

Boy, there's going to be a lot of hurt feelings in Philadelphia tomorrow night.

[tutstar]

ping

[crushkerry]

True enough. But JD Drew didn't want to play for us, so screw him. He didn't get hit with any. The Michael Irvin thing was pretty bad, I'll admit, no excuse for that.

[Dog Gone]

Here's one Cowboy fan hoping that suffer immense pain tomorrow night.

I'm not rooting for the Patriots. I'm rooting against your Iggles.

And before you chastise me for my evil attitude, tell me who you were rooting for in Super Bowls the Cowboys were in during the 1990s.

[SamAdams76]

I think that the Eagles have had an easy time of it in the less-competitive NFC this year. Tomorrow's game is a real test of whether they are a championship team or not. If they can beat Belichick and the Patriots, they will have earned my respect.

As a Patriots fan, I find myself strangely indifferent about the outcome. With two Super Bowl championships over the past three years and the World Series championship last year here in Boston, I am spoiled beyond belief. So if the Eagles win tomorrow, I'll be happy for them. (Don't think it's going to happen though.)

[dirtboy]

I'm not rooting for the Patriots. I'm rooting against your Iggles.

That's OK, Dog. Whether the Eagles win or lose, you're still stuck with Jerry Jones next year.

[crushkerry]

Sadly though, those guys are losing teeth now because of age, rather than fights. My first memories of life are seeing my street erupt in celebration on the Sunday afternoon that the Flyers won the Cup. I still have a picture w/ the Stanley Cup - they brought it to a Dept. store for fans to take pics w/ it. I also still have a jersey bought at that parade. Even at 4 I knew all the names and numbers of the bullies.

But that's the problem, it's been way too long. Yeah, we had the Phillies in 80, and the Sixers in 83, but damn man, that's 22 years - 88 seasons. We need this.

[Go Gordon]

The Michael Irvin thing was pretty bad, I'll admit, no excuse for that.

Anyone remember which fans threw pork chops at Buddy Ryan? Dallas? Earlier in the week, Ryan almost choked to death on a pork chop.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, so what? Long-suffering? It isn't like the Pats have been winning every year since th ebeginning, either. Up until a few years ago, I was a long-suffering Pats fan - they made the Super Bowl a few times and promptly got their butts handed to them. It was that way my whole life... until recently.

So, just be happy you made it this far, and if you win, great. If not, just be content in knowing that you made it this far, and that eventually you'll win it all. Just not this year ;0)

[crushkerry]

I wouldn't expect you to root for the Eagles. If you did you wouldn't be a true Cowboys fan. In fact, I'd be disappointed if you were to root for the Birds, as it goes against all your principles.