Should I feel ashamed?

[Carsonpalmer9]

Should I feel ashamed for being a bengal's fan??? Today I wore my bengal's jersey to school ( I live in georgia ) and I got a lot of criticism. A lot of people were telling the Vick was better than Palmer and all of that. It actually kind of pissed me off, Vick is clearly a lot worse than Palmer. So my question is should I feel bad for liking a team out of my state???

[Hawaiin Lion]

LOL
Brandon, your Dad did that! lol rofl lol

you should go yell at him or somin, lol

[Carsonpalmer9]

No actually I did that.

[Hawaiin Lion]

Oh, lol thats still prety funny, lol.

[cbenson5]

I don't have any problem with someone liking a team out of state, as long as they stick with their team. I have never liked it when people switch from team to team depending on who is winning. I am a Falcons fan, but I agree that Palmer is better than Vick.

[mordeci]

Wear that jersey proudly, young man.

I agree with cbenson5. I'm annoyed by the bandwagon fans that come out of the closet when their team is winning and disappear when they go 4-12 (seen many Raider fans recently). You started cheering for the Bengals at a time when they hadn't gone to the playoffs in 15 years, that qualifies you for pre-bandwagon status.

[Hawaiin Lion]

No, foreal... he was lucky he didn't get jumped or somthin. All those Atl Falcon
gangsta would kick his srry a** if there wern't any teachers or adults around.

[Carsonpalmer9]

Shutup Josh you have a better chance of getting jumped. AND KEEP THREADS ON TOPIC!

[redlegsfan21]

Wear that jersey proudly, young man.

I agree with cbenson5. I'm annoyed by the bandwagon fans that come out of the closet when their team is winning and disappear when they go 4-12 (seen many Raider fans recently). You started cheering for the Bengals at a time when they hadn't gone to the playoffs in 15 years, that qualifies you for pre-bandwagon status.
I started watching in 2002, I just barely missed bandwagon status. It was the 2nd week and my mom was rooting for the Browns and being against her, I rooted for Cincinnati. And the Bengals lost, badly.

[12th man seahawks fan]

I don't like bandwagon fans, or people who root against their home team. I know a lot of people here in Washington who root for other teams that I respect more than the bandwagoners because they have been fans of their team for a long time. If you stick with your team through losing seasons, I look at them more highly than bandwagoners.

I still like to root for my home team.

[Snake]

I know how ya feel. I grew up in New York as an Oakland Raider fan, I have always followed them. Used to get picked on, especially since NY has 3 pro teams to choose from. Stick with yer team, nothing wrong with rooting for an out of market team.

BTW, the Raider Nation is still going strong, Mordeci :cool: More like, you don't see any 49er fans anymore :p

[brady_branch]

I started rooting for the Patriots in 1999, when I lived in Boston. That year they were 8-8, the next 5-11, then we won the Super Bowl and haven't looked back since!

I take a LOT of heat here from people who call me "fair-weather fan" or "bandwagoner" or "flavor of the month fan". But the truth is I used to live in Boston, so I like the Patriots and Red Sox.

[Carsonpalmer9]

Thank's guys. So that means I missed bandwagoner by an inch :D. Here's one my friend is a dolphins fan. He lives near me, his dad started like the dolphin's because he loved watching Dan Marino. But he started liking them when they were good. SO is he a bandwagoner?

[Snake]

Not neccessarily. If he is young, as I suspect he is, and he likes the Dolphins because that was his dad's team, than I wouldn't consider him a band wagonner. However, if he likes to jump around and has had like 3 or 4 favorite teams, and only when those teams have been winning, then that to me is a band wagonner.

[football junkie]

I like to just root for any team that is winning. Sometimes my allegiences change mid-game. Earlier this week for a brief time I was even a Houston Texan's fan! David Carr ruled.

Seriously, born in NY and have been a Bills and Giants fan my whole life -- most of which was spent in Pennsylvania and California. Most people in Cali don't really care. But try wearing a Giants jersey in Philly. You'll be dodging bullets, bricks and plastic beer bottles.

[Carsonpalmer9]

Bandwagoner.