Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Types of Sports Fans

The Bandwagoneer - Oh, They're good I'll cheer for them. There were no Colts fans about 5 years ago, I mean none... Now look at them climbing out of the woodwork.

The Multiteamer - This can often be someone who is similar to the Bandwagoneer. Usually they went to a school or come from an area where the school isn't any good. i.e. "I went to Oklahoma State, but they're never any good... I always cheer for Texas if they aren't playing OSU" This is only exceptable fandom under the following conditions: The teams are in seperate conferences(including NFL)/Leagues; You cheer for a team from where you are from and where you went to school (From Kentucky so you like Kentucky Basketball, but you go to Michigan State so you cheer for Kentucky as long as they aren't playing Tom Izzo's boys).

The Painter - These guys Rock. Doesn't matter if it's cold or what they get to the game early and they don't wear shirts, they wear paint. It's like they put pure spirit right on the skin.

The Early Leaver - They want to know the outcome, but sometimes it's more important that they get home quickly rather than see the game. The real meaning of all of this is they thought the game was gonna be more fun.

The Former Player - Usually these guys played High school ball and only got 5 touches a season on offense and on Defense they got ran over, but they will tell you details about the game any diehard sports fan should know, but they'll treat it like it's gold that they gleaned from their playing days. Like they were an assistant coach under JoPa. The good players spent 15 years playing football every day and they're done talking about it.

The Wrong Stat Guy - This guy will debate you on sports and just make it up. Or he'll say the wrong team. "Oh yeah, Chad Johnson was a beast for the Tennessee Titans last year."

The Bad Predictor - "Arkansas can challenge for the BCS Championship this year" yeah that's me, but for me it's more hope than being bad. Worst prediction I've heard this year though is definately Steve Phillips, but we don't talk about baseball.

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