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What I saw today at the Eagles game.
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:39 pm
by 1fan4ramsey
I was at the Skins-Eagles game today, we had great seats, row 1 right in front of where Portis gave CPR to the ball after a one of his td's, I'll post pictures when I get them developed. Brunell looked terrible, seems like his knee may have been bothering him, the completion to Thrash really floated, but the ball to Moss was nice. It's amazing to watch Moss in warm-ups, and in the game, he seems to grab everything thrown his way, he was a great pick-up. There was a large number of Redskins fans in the house, it was cool. The stadium is realy nice too, I didn't see any fights between fans. I did here Portis's mom and brother were in section 115 and that she punched an Eagles fan in the nose.
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:45 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
Misleading thread title!
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:16 am
by ii7-V7
What kind of low-life would dump a beer on Portis' mom?
I'm glad she punched an Eagles fan.
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:29 am
by SkinzCanes
What kind of low-life would dump a beer on Portis' mom?
I'm glad she punched an Eagles fan.
Same lo-lifes that booed Santa and throw batteries...aka Philly Fans.
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:48 am
by 1fan4ramsey
In our section it was fairly calm. We sat a couple of seats away from that dude who dresses in a full eagles uniform, with his face painted. He's an idiot.
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:12 am
by Redskins Rule
That is to dang funny!!!! Clinton Portis' Mom kicked the crud out of an Eagle fan?!?!?!?!?!?! Dude! There has got to be a video clip of that somewhere and I'd give a million bucks to see it!
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:27 am
by HEROHAMO
SkinzCanes wrote:What kind of low-life would dump a beer on Portis' mom?
I'm glad she punched an Eagles fan.
Same lo-lifes that booed Santa and throw batteries...aka Philly Fans.
These are the same fans who booed destinys child.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 am
by Chris Luva Luva
Poor judgment and alcohol have occasionally led some Eagles fans to transgress the boundaries of civilized behavior. Such behavior is familiar to many who have attended professional sporting events virtually anywhere in the world, but Eagles fans have had the misfortune to misbehave in numerous high profile moments, many on national television. As such, Eagles fans have a reputation in many quarters as being unduly rowdy, or even dangerous. Some instances of fan misconduct stand out for their sheer outlandishness, and the atmosphere at Eagles' home games bears greater similarity to the intense atmosphere at European soccer stadiums than it does the typical American sporting event; in fact, Eagles fans have been compared unfavorably to European soccer hooligans by the media [1].
The most (in)famous example of fan impropriety at Eagles games is the so-called "Santa Claus Incident," on December 15, 1968, at Franklin Field, in which angry fans, furious at the conclusion of yet another wasted season under head coach Joe Kuharich (including losing their first 11 games, then winning the next two, preventing the team from getting the first pick in the next year's draft, O.J. Simpson), booed and threw snowballs at a man dressed as Santa Claus during the halftime show.
Frank Olivo, a 20 year-old that had been drafted from the stands as an ad hoc replacement for the scheduled Santa, was the target of the crowd's anger. As Olivo recounts, fans threw snowballs at him after he reached the end zone, shouting that he made a poor Santa. Olivo, in turn, pointed to a culprit, instructing them that they'd have empty stockings that Christmas. This led to more snowballs. Subsequently, a legend was born.
Exaggeration is unnecessary, there being many real examples that serve to support such an argument. Recent examples include:
A 1997 Monday Night Football game against the San Francisco 49ers in which, infuriated by a series of calls by the officials and poor play by the Eagles, fans engaged in a number of highly visible, large-scale brawls on national television. In the last quarter, one fan fired a flare gun across the stadium into empty seats in the 700 level. Fans entering home Eagles games have been subject to pat-down searches at entry by stadium security ever since.
A contingent of Eagles fans traveled to the 1999 NFL Draft in New York for the sole purpose of jeering the Eagles selecting anyone other than Heisman Trophy winning running back Ricky Williams. Local radio hosts had recruited the boorishly behaving crew to protest the selection, which turned out to be future Pro-Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb. McNabb stayed composed during the incident, and the thirty or so fans who booed him were subsequently derided as the "Dirty Thirty," while the radio hosts in question were widely criticized for their roles as instigators. McNabb has since become one of Philadelphia's most beloved sports icons.
During a 1999 game against the hated Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys wide receiver (and bete noire of Eagle fans) Michael Irvin was knocked unconscious when his head was driven into Philadelphia's hard turf-covered cement field after a catch. As Irvin lay prostrate and immobile on the turf, Eagles fans cheered the injury. Irvin was ultimately diagnosed with a broken neck, and the injury ended his career.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:07 am
by Redskins Rule
The most (in)famous example of fan impropriety at Eagles games is the so-called "Santa Claus Incident," on December 15, 1968, at Franklin Field, in which angry fans, furious at the conclusion of yet another wasted season under head coach Joe Kuharich (including losing their first 11 games, then winning the next two, preventing the team from getting the first pick in the next year's draft, O.J. Simpson), booed and threw snowballs at a man dressed as Santa Claus during the halftime show.
You mean this actually happened? I honestly thought it was just a rumor started by Philly fans to try and scare the opposing teams fans away from their stadium.
Even though this is one of the funniest things I've heard in my life. I really have to blame this action on the Eagles organization. You have to figure what these Eagle fans have gone through in the past. Losing four consecutive Conference Championship games and three of them being at home is hard to take AND THAT IS JUST THE RECENT STUFF THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH! The Eagle's Organization should really have some grief counselors set up just outside of the stadium so them Philly fans can get their help right then! But they've let it go for so long now that it just might be to late.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:52 am
by SkinsfaninNJ
SkinzCanes wrote:
Same lo-lifes that booed Santa and throw batteries...aka Philly Fans.
Exactly correct man. Believe me I live up here with these lo lifes. They are by far the worst fans in all of sports. I think a lot of it has to do with them not winning any major sports titles in a long, long time.
http://www.phillysucks.com/