Do you LOVE or HATE your hometown team?

[billybyrd]

man i live about 45 mins away from asheville i hate the panthers

 

[BC27]

I live in Rochester, NY - Bills country and I have always hated the team, owner and especially the fans most of which are fair weather fans at best, who have very little knowledge of the game and didn't even know or care about the Bills till they started going to Super Bowls.

 

[Danny White]

I'm from Oregon originally... no local team there (trust me, the Seahawks don't count).

I grew up a Cowboys fan and developed a healthy hatred for the Eagles and Redsk*ns as a youth.

It's purely coincidental that I ended up going to college in Philadelphia and now live in Washington, but my hatred of those teams has only intensified by living in those areas.

 

[Aikmaniac]

I've gone through cycles with the Bucs. You kinda rooted them on during the orange years because you simply felt sorry for them. The fans that showed up to the old sombrero had to be diehards. I remember coming out of a mall with my parents just across the street from the stadium and finding tickets on the windshield of our car. If you paid to go to the Bucs games, you had to be a fan.

During that string of successful seasons through the late 90's and earlier this decade, the fans started building some arrogance but were ignorant all at the same time. It's funny how the bandwagon works. People you never knew were Bucs fans are now "fans since the beginning...since Coach McKay strolled the sidelines." Yeah, whatever...

Nope, don't hate or love the Bucs. I do have a heavy interest in them though.

Don't follow the Lightning or the Rays, although it was like deja vu watching the Yankees/Red Sox fans now sporting Rays gear.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

I hate the Loins, I mean Lions. What's sad for me is that I should've thouroughly enjoyed 0-16, but the Cowboys were so up and down that I didn't have time to laugh at the Lions as much as I should've.

I was happy about the RW11 trade at the time, but giving up high draft picks to the Lions didn't make me happy, even if it was worth it (if that makes sense). Anyway, I hate them with a passion because the Cowboys have laid several eggs against them, although they are usually a much lousier team than Dallas. And don't get me started on Mike Furrey.

I was at The Comeback game in '07 when Witten went from goat to hero. There were Cowboys fans everywhere. Dallas was 12-1 at the end of that game and the sky was the limit. We have played .500 ball since. Of course, they have played .000 ball since, but damn I hate the Lions.

 

[SacredStar]

I'm from Wisconsin and I hate the Packers.

I love the Badgers and follow their football, basketball and hockey teams religiously.

Don't really watch the Bucks at all, or any NBA teams for that matter.

And baseball, I go to several Brewer games a year because Miller Park is a great stadium for great family fun, but I have always been a Cub fan first, Brewers second.

 

[JJB500]

I'm from NJ where the Giants and Jets actually do play their games! The Giants I can't stand, the Jets I do like a bit.

I am a Yankee fan, but not as rabid as I was in the 70's.

I like the Rangers so the Devils suck, but the Islanders are pitiful so who cares!

The Knicks and Nets are boring and suck, but I don't watch basketball anymore anyway, at least until the Knicks sign Le Bron!

 

[jswalker1981]

I'm from Crystal River, FL, close to Tampa. I don't hate the Bucs, but I hate their bandwagon fans. You couldn't find one before they changed their uniforms and won a super bowl, now everyone has been a lifelong fan. Luckily for me, my Dad is from Ft. Worth, and raised me the right way.

 

[RoadRunner]

I live 20 minutes from Texas Stadium. I am a lifer. I was born in Louisiana, but geographically speaking, the Cowboys were the closest team to the city of my birth.

 

[Clove]

I live with T.O. and I HATE him!

I would too if he made me his girlfriend.



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[DemonBlood]

I HATE, HATE, HATE the Patriots. I do root for the college and high school teams though.

 

[Cowboys2008]

No, I'm not a hometown team hater, though I do hate the packers and they are from my hometown. Lol. It's just something about them that I've never been able to stand. Mostly I think their fans. Fans I group in exclusively with the '9ers and the Eagles, from a self-righteous standpoint. Smaller market teams with a sense of superiority. Not too mention they've always just been the worst were the Cowboys are concerned. Their inter-divisional rivals have always been healthy, but there's just always been something "sick" in their portrayal of the Cowboys from a fan standpoint. I'm so proud what we did to their "turf" this past September! Our team and our fans took over this town! Before that night was over, Green Bay bled silver 'n blue.

Though as far as other home teams go, I love the Brewers, have no problem with the Bucks and always kinda liked the Badgers. In fact I went to 2 Brewer games last year and plan on going to a handful of games this upcoming year. Was a celebrity batboy for them once when I was a kid too. They may just be becoming my second favorite team in pro sports. Would also like to hit a Bucks game this year too.

Aside from the Packers I'm happy to be back in WI and with the rest of the home town teams.

PS. Actually hated the Bengals when I was living in Cincy for awhile too in my twenties. So maybe it's not a home town team thing, but a home town NFL team thing. Just nobody competes with the Cowboys in my eyes. That was just a temp hometown team though.

 

[dallascowboyfanboy]

I hate the gints but like the jets,knicks,yankees

 

[DCgirl13]

I grew up in Jersey and HATE the Giants, Yankees, Eagles and Phillies. I don't mind the Jets and I do like the Mets because my Grandfather used to take me to games all the time as a kid. My family on my Dad's side have always been Cowboy fans so that's what I knew and loved growing up.

Now I live out in Arizona and still love my original teams as well as the Arizona teams. I know it's a concept that most people don't get, but it's really common here. I'm glad the Cardinals are doing well so we hopefully don't have to deal with blackouts in the future like when I first moved here 6 years ago.

 

[dbair1967]

It's really pretty easy for me:

Cowboys= Love

Everyone else= HATE

 

[Bonecrusher#31]

I have lived in Phoenix for a few years now....

and I hate the Cards especially b/c of all these Bandwagon Scrubs that have surfaced here recently...


But not tomorrow

 

[justbob]

DO I love the Cowboys ----O Yes
Do I hate the Cowboys ----O Yes

 

[the wit 82]

I'm from VA and I hate the Skins-game!!!

 

[Shadowy329]

I'm from RI pretty much all patriot, redsox fans and I HATE both teams

The only "home" team I like are the Celtics and Bruins though as of late I havent watched basketball or hockey much if at all even if the celtics are doing great

other than that my team is and always has been Dallas the amount of crap I take up here for being a dallas fan just makes it that much more interesting the most fun is going into the boston area with my dallas or yankees hats on it's almost at 100% chance that I will have my ba**s busted by the local PD nothing serious just the usual stuff of "I should slap the cuffs on you for wearing that hat/shirt/hoodie around here" it's all good though

 

[dallasfan4evr]

I'm originally from NJ, but live in NY. I hate the Giants. Could care less about the Jets, Nets, and Mets. But I do like the Yanks.