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Any Advice for a Displaced Skins Fan?
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:13 pm
by Arionquinn
Hey all,
I'm new to the Forums, and I'm also a recently displaced Skins fan. The wife and I moved to Utah in May after I spent 18 years in the DC area (I'm 23) loving my Skins. Thank God for NFL Sunday Ticket (a main point of agreement for the aforementioned move), or I'd miss 14 of the 16 games. And I think I've only missed seeing at least a portion of a Skins maybe 5 times in my entire life (best memory is the Rypien Super Bowl win over my best friend's Bills - a thing of beauty).
Out here in Utah, the closest NFL team is in Denver (over 500 miles away) and they don't know their NFL from their asses. They're obsessed with non-BCS conference football, and Sundays they don't worship the true religion: Football.
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
Re: Any Advice for a Displaced Skins Fan?
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:19 pm
by hailskins666
Arionquinn wrote:
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
visit thehogs.net always and often.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:28 pm
by theoneandonly#9
hailskins666 wrote:Arionquinn wrote:
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
visit thehogs.net always and often.
Utah, Huh. Limit yourself to one team, and one wife. It simplifies things. No really, I always ignore fair-weather fans, in my case Eagle fans. Ditto Evil Hog
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:30 pm
by Deadskins
theoneandonly#9 wrote:hailskins666 wrote:Arionquinn wrote:
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
visit thehogs.net always and often.
I always ignore fair-weather fans, in my case Eagle fans. Ditto Evil Hog
:shock:
Re: Any Advice for a Displaced Skins Fan?
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:31 pm
by 1niksder
hailskins666 wrote:Arionquinn wrote:
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
visit thehogs.net always and often.
That's about the only advise us out of towners need when it comes to all things Redskins.
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:34 pm
by Arionquinn
One and Only #9:
Are you insinuating that I am a fair-weather fan? I'm a second-generation Skins fan. I'm with you on the fair-weather fan thing. I can't stand all the "Yankees fans" that came out of the woodworks when they started winning World Series again... or all the Pats fan who jumped on board for their modern-day dynasty!
I may be too young to appreciate the full history of the Riggo years and the seasons with George Allen, but I can assure you that I have suffered through the 13 years of mediocrity to get to last season.
But as far as your other advice, I plan to stick with the Skins through thick and thin... and one wife is enough for me, thank you very much (I ain't Mormon).
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:39 pm
by 1niksder
theoneandonly#9 wrote:hailskins666 wrote:Arionquinn wrote:
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
visit thehogs.net always and often.
Utah, Huh. Limit yourself to one team, and one wife. It simplifies things. No really, I always ignore fair-weather fans, in my case Eagle fans. Ditto Evil Hog
You got all that from this...
Arionquinn wrote:Hey all,
I'm new to the Forums, and I'm also a recently displaced Skins fan. The wife and I moved to Utah in May after I spent 18 years in the DC area (I'm 23) loving my Skins. Thank God for NFL Sunday Ticket (a main point of agreement for the aforementioned move), or I'd miss 14 of the 16 games. And I think I've only missed seeing at least a portion of a Skins maybe 5 times in my entire life (best memory is the Rypien Super Bowl win over my best friend's Bills - a thing of beauty).
Out here in Utah, the closest NFL team is in Denver (over 500 miles away) and they don't know their NFL from their asses. They're obsessed with non-BCS conference football, and Sundays they don't worship the true religion: Football.
Any advice for living in a non-NFL town and house?
Wow
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:40 pm
by theoneandonly#9
Arionquinn wrote:One and Only #9:
Are you insinuating that I am a fair-weather fan? I'm a second-generation Skins fan. I'm with you on the fair-weather fan thing. I can't stand all the "Yankees fans" that came out of the woodworks when they started winning World Series again... or all the Pats fan who jumped on board for their modern-day dynasty!
I may be too young to appreciate the full history of the Riggo years and the seasons with George Allen, but I can assure you that I have suffered through the 13 years of mediocrity to get to last season.
But as far as your other advice, I plan to stick with the Skins through thick and thin... and one wife is enough for me, thank you very much (I ain't Mormon).
No, not insinuating that at all! Just saying that living in a different area you will come across fans that deflate their lawn dolls the day after their team loses the SB. My house has a Redskins plaque imbedded in my sidewalk. I myself am new to this board, so welcome. Hail those Skins, rain or shine.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:46 pm
by Arionquinn
theoneandonly#9 wrote:Arionquinn wrote:One and Only #9:
Are you insinuating that I am a fair-weather fan? I'm a second-generation Skins fan. I'm with you on the fair-weather fan thing. I can't stand all the "Yankees fans" that came out of the woodworks when they started winning World Series again... or all the Pats fan who jumped on board for their modern-day dynasty!
I may be too young to appreciate the full history of the Riggo years and the seasons with George Allen, but I can assure you that I have suffered through the 13 years of mediocrity to get to last season.
But as far as your other advice, I plan to stick with the Skins through thick and thin... and one wife is enough for me, thank you very much (I ain't Mormon).
No, not insinuating that at all! Just saying that living in a different area you will come across fans that deflate their lawn dolls the day after their team loses the SB. My house has a Redskins plaque imbedded in my sidewalk. I myself am new to this board, so welcome. Hail those Skins, rain or shine.
Oh okay. I can understand that, yeah. The basement is my new house is like my sports and entertainment sanctuary. I've got three Redskins pennants on the walls, plus a Super Bowl XXII commemorative wall hanging with trading cards of key players in the game plus the game stats (I stole it from my brother, who didn't quite get into football as much).
I'm also wearing my Jurgensen #9 jersey today at work and counting down the hours until my TIVO kicks in to record the first 90 minutes of the game since I live on Mountain time (which is an absolute disgrace).
And on a side note, I have to say the Utah/BYU rivalry comes close to the hatred of Wash/Dallas. Close... but yet so far away.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:49 pm
by ArizonaHOG
I'm sure you'll find a few hard core redskins fans in Utah. We are everywhere. I, too, lived in the DC area for six year. They were the very influential school age years and I became a die hard skins fan during that time. I was always amazed at how many skins fans there were everywhere I lived (Arizona, Hawaii, and even in Texas, among a few other places). Skins fans all over the country are loyal, dedicated fans. Yes, we are almost always outnumbered at the local sports bars by the fair weather fans but we never waver in our spirit and loyalty.
My suggestion...visit this site regularly, find a good local bar (if there are any open on Sundays in Utah) that shows the games, and make a few road trips to western cities that host the skins every few years, like Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, San Fran, etc. I bet you'll be amazed at how many skins fans you'll run into.
Hail
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:18 am
by Lightning
My only suggestion is to stay true to your team and not favor from them. Also do not let the local fans get to you too much. I live in an Eagles territory and am always getting bashed about my team. Just let them say what they will, argue the ones taht are intelligent and tell the others where to go.