An Open Discussion on the Politics of Fanhood

[Brodie Bruce]

With the Super Bowl only three weeks away, one would think they have a pretty good idea of who's backing what team in this place. But unfortunately, that is not the case. There was a noticable upswing in NFL forum activity from Charger fans between Weeks 13 and 19, spanning the time between them becoming the Colts number one rival in the AFC and being eliminated by the Jets. Now we have the mother of all farces. After little to no activity whatsoever backing the Jets during the regular season, a one DarrinS has now posted three pro-Jets threads in the days following their upset of San Diego. It's been like two days dude. I step away from SpursTalk for a few days to catch up on the newest Batman comics, and I come back to a Jets bandwagoner? I honestly can't believe what I'm seeing. Or reading. However you want to put it.

I'm a pretty realistic Jets fan. I know they're probably not going to beat the Colts, and it's mostly because Peyton Manning can avoid the blitz like a pro. I like that Rex Ryan has the team believing they can win on the road and should be favored to, but there's a fine line between genius and lunacy, and he's stumbling around both sides of it like a drunk right now. The NFL doesn't work to where because the Chargers had beaten the Colts two years in a row, and the Jets just beat them, that they're better than the Colts. DarrinS is stupid to think that. I know nobody's picking the Jets and it'll be a big upset if they win, but how do you stop Peyton Manning? And they didn't do a good job on him in Week 16, in a game the Colts blatantly shortened the playbook.

Please. We're the Ravens with a better secondary and shittier quarterback, and the Colts just schooled those birds. Don't let DarrinS fool you into thinking the Jets have a legitimate shot at the upset. Peyton Manning has owned this kind of defense for the last decade, and he whipped its ass last week so hard he stopped trying to score on it because he knew Joe Flacco couldn't do anything. You think he's afraid of Sanchise?

So let us use this thread as an open discussion on the politics of fanhood. Is it right to wait until a team clinches to start talking shit to their opponents? Is it okay to jump on the bandwagon when the team is one game away from the Super Bowl? While the answers to these questions are both "no," feel free to discuss them anyway.

[Brett Favre]

lol, the fucking jets. thanks for the eight months of free rent, losers.

colts by 25

[J.T.]

Prob just a Colts hater, Brodie. Just ignore him like we are and it's all good. :tu

[IronMexican]

It's nice to see a real Jets fan like Brodie backing up what he believes in.

[Brodie Bruce]

It's nice to see a real Jets fan like Brodie backing up what he believes in.

Look, dude, I'd like to think the Jets could run their way into the Super Bowl but I don't think they do it in that dome. Peyton Manning is too good.

[DarrinS]

Let me get this straight...


I'm not a "real" fan since I haven't been posting in the NFL forum on an NBA message board?????


Got it. Thanks.

[J.T.]

Can we discredit your political takes because you're making them on an NBA message board?

If the answer is no, then GFY.

[J.T.]

Gotta go buy a pack of menthols, some crystal meth and a bag of syringes. Brb yo.

[DarrinS]

Don't let DarrinS fool you into thinking the Jets have a legitimate shot at the upset. Peyton Manning has owned this kind of defense for the last decade, and he whipped its ass last week so hard he stopped trying to score on it because he knew Joe Flacco couldn't do anything. You think he's afraid of Sanchise?




Year/Record/Playoffs

1999/13-3/Lose to Tennessee
2000/10-6/Lose to Miami
2001/6-10/Nope
2002/10-6/Lose to Jets
2003/12-4/Lose to NE Patriots
2004/12-4/Lose to NE Patriots (Damn!)
2005/12-2/Lose to Pittsburgh
2006/12-4/Win SB -- :cheer
2007/13-3/Lose to San Diego
2008/12-4/Lose to San Diego (Damn!)
2009/14-2/Beat Ravens (to be continued)


I guess 2006 was that decade of pure ownage you were talking about.

[samikeyp]

J.T....you're in Dallas, right?

[J.T.]

J.T....you're in Dallas, right?

Austin, sir. I wouldn't step foot in Dallas unless someone was offering me a job with a two comma salary or someone told me they had some vintage 60s era LSD.

[DarrinS]

Austin, sir. I wouldn't step foot in Dallas unless someone was offering me a job with a two comma salary or someone told me they had some vintage 60s era LSD.


Too many black people for ya?

[samikeyp]

Austin, sir. I wouldn't step foot in Dallas unless someone was offering me a job with a two comma salary or someone told me they had some vintage 60s era LSD.

My bad, I thought you were there.

Never mind....move along....nothing to see here. :toast

[DarrinS]

Brodie,


Are you a member at JI ?

[J.T.]

Too many black people for ya?

More like too many Cowboy and Mavericks fans, and shitty traffic.

[DarrinS]

More like too many Cowboy and Mavericks fans, and shitty traffic.


You're complaining about traffic and you live in Austin?

[leemajors]

You're complaining about traffic and you live in Austin?

For a city its size, the traffic in Austin is pretty bad. Nothing as bad as Houston or Dallas, but just bad planning all around.

[DarrinS]

For a city its size, the traffic in Austin is pretty bad. Nothing as bad as Houston or Dallas, but just bad planning all around.


Horrible planning. I've been to a few meetings there and it's a gridlock clusterfuck. At least you can get around in SA.

[J.T.]

I would recommend you not drive on I-35 downtown between the hours of 3 and 6PM. Of course, if you've lived in Austin long enough you know how to get where you want without needing that part of 35.

[Axl Rose]

Let me get this straight...


I'm not a "real" fan since I haven't been posting in the NFL forum on an NBA message board?????


Got it. Thanks.
do you know where you are?

[DarrinS]

do you know where you are?

You created a troll account just to screw with me? I'm flattered.

[J.T.]

Also, I take offense to the insinuation that I don't like Dallas because I'm racist. The second to last time I was in Dallas, I gave $10 to a panhandler who happened to be black. Not because of any white guilt or because I genuinely wanted to give him ten dollars, but he was rocking this cool ninja headband and I had to give the man props on a great fashion accessory.

As a matter of fact the last time I was in Dallas I went to a Mavericks game and the nice people of Dallas politely offered my beaner friend some yardwork jobs at the stadium. Quality folks.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Let me get this straight...


I'm not a "real" fan since I haven't been posting in the NFL forum on an NBA message board?????


Got it. Thanks.


Why is it you all the sudden want to post in the NFL forum now that the Jets are in the AFC championship?

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Too many black people for ya?


It's pretty ironic a Rush Limbaugh apologist would write this.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I have to admit, it is pretty funny to see someone conveniently pop up in this forum the week their team Cinderella's its way to AFCCG.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he he has less than 5 total posts in this forum before Monday.

I wonder if he abides by the tall WR theory.

[DarrinS]

You guys have called me out. I'm obviously just a bandwagon fan of the Jets, even though I've been watching them play since many of you were shitting diapers and probably since before some of you were born. (I can tell that because I don't know anynone my age who calls someone "brah".) I watched the Jets through the Richard Todd years, through the Ken O'Brien years, Freeman McNeil, Wesley Walker, Al Toon, etc. etc.


But, I'm probably not a "real" fan. I don't have some dumbass bumper sticker on my car. I don't have a giant "Fathead" sticker on any wall of my house. I don't paint my body and go out in sub-zero temperatures to prove a point. I haven't named my dog "Broadway Joe". My wife doesn't have a pink Sanchez jersey. I don't have some big dumbass flag outside my house (like my neighbor who suddenly put up a Saints flag). I'm not like that dumb fucking couple in Florida that named their twins "Brett" and "Favre" (look it up).


All I do is watch the games, which hasn't been easy to do in the last 40 years. So, call me a "bandwagon" fan if you want. I don't really care.

[san antonio spurs]

why would you care what kind of fan you are labeled by some the winners:rolleyes on this site?

[Will Hunting]

You guys have called me out. I'm obviously just a bandwagon fan of the Jets, even though I've been watching them play since many of you were shitting diapers and probably since before some of you were born. (I can tell that because I don't know anynone my age who calls someone "brah".) I watched the Jets through the Richard Todd years, through the Ken O'Brien years, Freeman McNeil, Wesley Walker, Al Toon, etc. etc.


But, I'm probably not a "real" fan. I don't have some dumbass bumper sticker on my car. I don't have a giant "Fathead" sticker on any wall of my house. I don't paint my body and go out in sub-zero temperatures to prove a point. I haven't named my dog "Broadway Joe". My wife doesn't have a pink Sanchez jersey. I don't have some big dumbass flag outside my house (like my neighbor who suddenly put up a Saints flag). I'm not like that dumb fucking couple in Florida that named their twins "Brett" and "Favre" (look it up).


All I do is watch the games, which hasn't been easy to do in the last 40 years. So, call me a "bandwagon" fan if you want. I don't really care.


That's a heart warming story brah. As a die hard Jets fan though I'm surprised you weren't enthusiastic enough to post prior to them making the AFC championship.

[4>0rings]

Wasn't DarrinS the guy in the Jet video getting arrested?

[J.T.]

Cool story, DarrinS. :tu

You're a real Jets fan. Props, brah. Sorry I ever doubted you. Still think it's a little bush league that the NFL forum has been here this whole time and the Jets have been relevant both at the beginning of the season and ever since Indy tanked on them allowing them to get back into the playoff picture. I know, I know... it's an NBA board. I guess that's a good enough reason for me as to why you couldn't have made a few posts cheering them on or celebrating the turnaround Ryan has led them on.

[Brodie Bruce]

Brodie,


Are you a member at JI ?

No, my good sir. I mostly talk football with the regulars at the bar I run in east Jersey and my friends and family. I haven't checked JI in a while and don't have an account there, but is it getting pretty live now that they're in the AFC championship?

[Warlord23]

DarrinS may not be a bandwagoner, but he sure is a frontrunner. Now that the Jets have won a couple of playoff games, here you are in the NFL forum with your pom-poms.

If you follow the Jets so religiously, surely you'd have posted more often when the Jets were less relevant. After all, Jets fans have overwhelming hatred for Pats fans, and we have several Pats fans on this forum (mono, DOK, bostonguy to name a few) who you could've talked smack to on at least the 2 times a year that the Jets and Pats play each other.

Either way, I predict that after this week we won't see you on this forum for a few years at least.

[ATRAIN]

DarrinS may not be a bandwagoner, but he sure is a frontrunner. Now that the Jets have won a couple of playoff games, here you are in the NFL forum with your pom-poms.

If you follow the Jets so religiously, surely you'd have posted more often when the Jets were less relevant. After all, Jets fans have overwhelming hatred for Pats fans, and we have several Pats fans on this forum (mono, DOK, bostonguy to name a few) who you could've talked smack to on at least the 2 times a year that the Jets and Pats play each other.

Either way, I predict that after this week we won't see you on this forum for a few years at least.

Yeah we have our regulars. For someone to come in and post because the team is doing good is fucking hilarious. There is one Jets fan that I know of and he has been here all year. I forget who it is though.

[leemajors]

Yeah we have our regulars. For someone to come in and post because the team is doing good is fucking hilarious. There is one Jets fan that I know of and he has been here all year. I forget who it is though.

Ehh, if he has been posting on a JI board for years that's completely invalid. Most of the discussion here is LOL this LOL that anyway.

[DarrinS]

Yeah we have our regulars. For someone to come in and post because the team is doing good is fucking hilarious. There is one Jets fan that I know of and he has been here all year. I forget who it is though.



You'll have to forgive me for being somewhat excited for my team getting back to the AFC championship game for the first time since 1998. That was the year the "Dirty birds" beat the Vikings and, unfortunately, the year that John Elway's Broncos beat the Jets (on their way to back-to-back SB wins). In 1999, a lot of people predicted the Jets would go deep in the playoffs (Playoffs!?) or possibly to the SB, but Vinny Testaverde tore his achilles tendon in the first game of the season. The Jets have had their ups and downs in the last decade and a lot of bad luck, particularly at the QB position. I can relate to what Chargers fans are feeling right now, as Doug Brien missed two FG's in 2004 and the Jets lost to the Steelers 20-17. That was Big Ben's rookie year and they went on to win the SB that season.

[DarrinS]

^Oops. Can't believe you guys didn't catch my "newbie" bandwagon fan mistake. Steelers got beat by the Pats in the 2004 AFC Championship and it was the Pats that won the SB that year. Steelers won the following year against the Seahawks.

[Will Hunting]

You'll have to forgive me for being somewhat excited for my team getting back to the AFC championship game for the first time since 1998. That was the year the "Dirty birds" beat the Vikings and, unfortunately, the year that John Elway's Broncos beat the Jets (on their way to back-to-back SB wins). In 1999, a lot of people predicted the Jets would go deep in the playoffs (Playoffs!?) or possibly to the SB, but Vinny Testaverde tore his achilles tendon in the first game of the season. The Jets have had their ups and downs in the last decade and a lot of bad luck, particularly at the QB position. I can relate to what Chargers fans are feeling right now, as Doug Brien missed two FG's in 2004 and the Jets lost to the Steelers 20-17. That was Big Ben's rookie year and they went on to win the SB that season.


Thanks for the history lesson brah. It must suck to have the same political views as people who make fun of Haiti.

[DarrinS]

Thanks for the history lesson brah. It must suck to have the same political views as people who make fun of Haiti.


Rush Limbaugh is an idiot.


By the way, did your state just lose Kennedy's seat? :lmao

[Will Hunting]

Rush Limbaugh is an idiot.


By the way, did your state just lose Kennedy's seat? :lmao


Son I don't care whether or not we did, I'm a democrat but they're all pussies and wouldn't do shit anyways, but that dumb cunt running in Massachusetts doesn't deserve shit. Who the fuck calls Larry Bird a Sesame Street character?

[Will Hunting]

Rush Limbaugh is an idiot.



But I thought what he said is like saying "the sky is blue". Believe it or not, there is a small chance Obama is helping Haiti because Haiti needs help, as radical as that may sound.

[DarrinS]

But I thought what he said is like saying "the sky is blue". Believe it or not, there is a small chance Obama is helping Haiti because Haiti needs help, as radical as that may sound.


I also posted "FRL" in that thread. I think you can figure out what that stands for.


Isn't this the NFL forum? If you want to talk politics, go over there.

[Will Hunting]

I also posted "FRL" in that thread. I think you can figure out what that stands for.


Isn't this the NFL forum? If you want to talk politics, go over there.


Brah don't expect to come up in this forum and get away with your retarded political views.

[DarrinS]

Brah don't expect to come up in this forum and get away with your retarded political views.



Again with "Brah"? Now I know why I don't post here.

[Will Hunting]

Now I know why I don't post here.


Because you're a front runner who waits to cheer for his team unless it's the AFC championship game?

[DarrinS]

Because you're a front runner who waits to cheer for his team unless it's the AFC championship game?

I see you've been posting on Spurstalk during all the Celtic's seasons of sucktastic basketball.

:lmao

[Will Hunting]

I see you've been posting on Spurstalk during all the Celtic's seasons of sucktastic basketball.

:lmao


This isn't about me. Don't pull a Sarah Palin and try to play defense with offense.

[J.T.]

I see you've been posting on Spurstalk during all the Celtic's seasons of sucktastic basketball.

:lmao

You should get with 90210 and practice properly identifying trolls. Both of you could use the practice.

[DarrinS]

It's always funny and lame when someone tries to prove their fan cred by namedropping players from 15-20 years ago. It reminds of the time mono thought he could avoid being labeled a frontrunner by namedropping Larry Whigham and Chris Slade.

LOL @ "fan cred".




So, call me a "bandwagon" fan if you want. I don't really care.

[Greg Oden]

The only thing of worth that DarrinS contributes to the nfl forum is that now samikeyp isn't the oldest in here anymore.

[samikeyp]

The only thing of worth that DarrinS contributes to the nfl forum is that now samikeyp isn't the oldest in here anymore.

Whoo-hoo!! :toast

[stretch]

In 1999, a lot of people predicted the Jets would go deep in the playoffs (Playoffs!?) or possibly to the SB, but Vinny Testaverde tore his achilles tendon in the first game of the season.

as long as vinny was the QB, there was a 0% chance of a superbowl berth

[DarrinS]

If you really didn't care you never would have name dropped Ken O'Brien and Freeman McNeil or whoever the hell else to prove you've been a Jets fan for years. That smacks of a desperate need for our approval. I'm just tellin it like it is, brah, don't shoot the messenger.



"brah"?


You DO know that when you talk like that, you give people the impression that you look like this, don't you?


http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/12/90%20Nice%20Towel.jpg

[J.T.]

"brah"?


You DO know that when you talk like that, you give people the impression that you look like this, don't you?


http://www.coastalsurfing.com/images/MatthewMcConaugheyinSurferDude_E22D/matthewmcconaugheyshirtless1.jpg

fify, brah. :tu

[Steve Kerr]

lol DarrinS only showing up after his team wins

[DarrinS]

lol DarrinS only showing up after his team wins

LOL @ this douche bumping a thread from January.

For the record, I don't post in this forum much because it's not a very good forum.

[dirk4mvp]

For the record, I don't post in this forum much because it's not a very good forum.

like that stops your wrinkly ass from posting in the political forum.

[BUMP]

LOL @ this douche bumping a thread from January.

For the record, I don't post in this forum much because it's not a very good forum.

Does the quality of the forum magically go up when the Jets get off to 5-1 starts?

[Steve Kerr]

For the record, I don't post in this forum much because it's not a very good forum.
Why is it not worthy of your posts when the Jets suck, but all the sudden it's a forum worth posting in when the Jets do well?

[monosylab1k]

Does the quality of the forum magically go up when the Jets get off to 5-1 starts?


Why is it not worthy of your posts when the Jets suck, but all the sudden it's a forum worth posting in when the Jets do well?

BUMP's understudy, tbh.

[Dr. Gonzo]

LOL @ this douche bumping a thread from January.

For the record, I don't post in this forum much because it's not a very good forum.

I disagree. This is the only forum left where there is an appropriate troll to non-troll posting ratio.

[monosylab1k]

I disagree. This is the only forum left where there is an appropriate troll to non-troll posting ratio.

tbh you're pretty much exactly right.

[MannyIsGod]

LOL @ this douche bumping a thread from January.

For the record, I don't post in this forum much because it's not a very good forum.

You have to be kidding me. This forum, the other sports forum, and the geek forum are the only good forums left.

You don't post because you're a front runner.

[Steve Kerr]

Well to be fair, he doesn't here because

a) he's a front runner
b) he can't get away with being called out for his retarded political views here