NFL 2019-20: The Patriots Are A Terrible 11-3 Team!

[burd]

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Agreed it is not the same. Lions and Browns (and frankly, since about 1990, the Bengals) never really had a chance to genuinely HOPE. That's the point. If my team is futile, and I know it, I just take it. But if my team offers me hope...that's a different story.

Fans that never had much reason to hope wouldn't understand.

I was at prime fan age in the 70s, and let me tell you it hurt to have such high hopes for the Vikes so many years only to lose the big one.

Like so many Minnesotans, it turned me into a life-long loser.

[The Rube]

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Fans that never had much reason to hope wouldn't understand.

I was at prime fan age in the 70s, and let me tell you it hurt to have such high hopes for the Vikes so many years only to lose the big one.

Like so many Minnesotans, it turned me into a life-long loser.

That's a good point. I mean, see: Cubs fans.

That's why that WS win was so huge. And the Bartmann loss was so depressing.

[burd]

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That's a good point. I mean, see: Cubs fans.

That's why that WS win was so huge. And the Bartmann loss was so depressing.

Charlie would have found it much less agonizing had Lucy never teed the ball up for him.

[Slap Shot]

Fans that never had much reason to hope wouldn't understand.

I was at prime fan age in the 70s, and let me tell you it hurt to have such high hopes for the Vikes so many years only to lose the big one.

Like so many Minnesotans, it turned me into a life-long loser.

Brent hasn't been a life-long fan of anything.

[alfablue]

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Agreed it is not the same. Lions and Browns (and frankly, since about 1990, the Bengals) never really had a chance to genuinely HOPE. That's the point. If my team is futile, and I know it, I just take it. But if my team offers me hope...that's a different story.

And that hope means that you tears of pain are all to yourself. That's my point. Cry all you want, feel sorry for yourself all you want. You do it by yourself- nobody else feels bad for you or your team. Especially those of us fans who haven't come close to having hope.

[burd]

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And that hope means that you tears of pain are all to yourself. That's my point. Cry all you want, feel sorry for yourself all you want. You do it by yourself- nobody else feels bad for you or your team. Especially those of us fans who haven't come close to having hope.

Trash talk in the ever competitive Tournament of Losers.

[mookie1995]

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Brent hasn't been a life-long fan of anything.

hmmmmm
mookie been life for
pirates
pens
stillers
pitt
celtics

then
nufc -23 years
bu - 34 years
chunichi dragons - 28 years
ujpest - 2 years

[MissThundercat]

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MT is younger than mookie, but I've been life for:

Lions
Tigers
Pistons
Red Wings

NUFC- 12 years
Chicago Fire- 1 year
NMU- 17 years
France (FIFA)- 14 years

[JF_Gophers]

MT is younger than mookie, but I've been life for:

France (FIFA)- 14 years

God, why?

[alfablue]

Trash talk in the ever competitive Tournament of Losers.

Thankfully, we are partially offset that my SIL lives near Boston, who are the opposite for football

[MissThundercat]

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God, why?

I'll tell you more about that later.

[The Rube]

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Brent hasn't been a life-long fan of anything.

Go ahead and keep that myth alive.

[Slap Shot]

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Go ahead and keep that myth alive.

Twins? Usurped by the Cubs
Vikings? Usurped by the Bills
North Stars? If ever usurped by the Devils
...

[bronconick]

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McCarthy headed to Dallas

[MissThundercat]

McCarthy headed to Dallas

4th and goal from the 1? He'll kick.