dear ass-clowns

Cuz ALL Philadelphians are like that.

We’re talking about this but why not the dude that TAZED people in NY? But nope, the media sure swept that under the rug. Good ol’ New York or any other city doesn’t do this…

I’ve never been to an NFL game, but from stories I’ve heard from my uncle who has Steelers season tickets, it is not uncommon at all for brawls to occur. And fans of other NFL teams I’ve come across usually confirm that it’s not a Pittsburgh-specific thing.

I’d really really really like that trend to not infiltrate the college game. But I’m afraid as college football becomes even more popular and lucrative, we’ll see this type of garbage on a regular basis. During my 4 years on campus, I never saw a fight inside or outside of the stadium on gameday. Only once did my friends and I even come close to duking it out with opposing fans, and that doesn’t count because they were Buckeyes.

i know this goes on, and its a part of sport. its just a shame that it has to be.

and that there were several in the parking lot, too.

the city where every guy thinks “Rocky” is about him.

I live near Philly-although not a native. Unlike Kyle I cannot always defend the Philly fan. I should disclose that I am not an Eagles fan having attended the second game ever at the OLD Foxboro stadium which is about a half hour from where I grew up.

if that was my little girl, I’d be in prison right now. I know violence isn’t the answer but that dude would be dead.

when I was at “the shoe” for Penn State’s win, the O$U fans, in general, were pretty civil. There was one group though, as we were walking through the parking lots to the stadium, that were clowns. There was one dude, he was on crutches, cursing and swearing at us. I’m not going to lie, I did think about how funny it would be to run over and kick them out from under him and watch him fall over.

and yelled “WE ARE! DOUCHEBAGS!”

I’ve never been in an actual fight and don’t pretend to be tough, but I stepped right up into a kid’s face (he had to be 19 at the oldest, so it was weird) and I said “hey man, that was pretty funny. I got a question for you…Name 5 Temple football players – 1. Bernard Pierce, go!”

The kid looked at the ground and tried to get around me and said, “whatever we’re still going to kick your overrated asses”

I said “welcome to your first Temple game, don’t get used to the fans.” The moral of the story is that most of the Temple kids causing problems were probably more attracted to the large crowd/outdoor drinking atmosphere than having any sort of stake in their team’s performance. When we play teams with big fan bases or rivals that we are familiar with, it’s not as contentious. Most people are excited about watching their teams. When we play a school like Temple, it’s a shit show because it’s less about football and more about throwing themselves into a mob mentality and getting drunk (not that you can’t both get drunk and be excited about your team, but you get the point).

in my opinion, the biggest assholes of the Philly fanbase are worse than the biggest assholes of most other fanbases, and that’s why Philly fans get a bad rap in general. It’s like they just have a generally angrier attitude about their teams. If you grew up there, or have lived there for a long time, you probably don’t notice it as much as an outsider would. I lived in the area for about 5 years, and it was noticeable to me, especially when we first moved there.

I’m talking about the greater Philadelphia area, not just the city itself.

Even the animals.

Stop it with this ESPN-style generalization about cities and their ass-holeness. Every city has them, and we can agree they all suck. Philly gets the coverage because it’s an easy joke. It sucks everywhere, so stop lumping an entire city into this travesty above.

So much this.

And everytime PSU fans act poorly, some moron in our fanbase says “they were probably from Philly.”

“The Fan” is the classic cheese-fest with DeNiro! “Come on Bobby!”