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Wow, I have found another ignorant person who has heard the story one of the 10 million times ESPN has mentioned it. You don't know the circumstances, let it go for God's sake.F-minus67 said:also boo santa.
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Wow, I have found another ignorant person who has heard the story one of the 10 million times ESPN has mentioned it. You don't know the circumstances, let it go for God's sake.F-minus67 said:also boo santa.
TexansFight said:I went to college up in Philly. Would not want to live there again. I never liked any of their teams while up there. However, I do respect Philly Phan and the passion that they bring to the table. I would listen to 610 WIP and their fans are very tough but passionate. They want a winner. The fans and their media who unlike the wimpy Houston sports media who want to be friends with the GMs and players actually provide good insight and analysis and are not afraid to rip players, coaches, or front office personnel.
Also, Philly has a great home field advantage. Leather lunged fans that provide an intimidating place to play. I don't condone the meatheads that used to beat up opposing fans up in the 700 Level of the Vet. They seem to have that crap tamed down in the Linc while still maintaining a fervent following.
I just wish Reliant was a more intimidating place for opposing teams. Houston can have a great home field advantage.
No, I'm pretty sure he's been a Titan fan since draft day.V Man said:My problem is this is the second straight thread that he has started bashing the Texans in some sort of fashion. I am starting to think he is an Eagles fan in disguise. (trying hard not to give this guy some bad rep.)
TexansFight said:I friggin hate what the Texans have done to this town.
flylikeaneagle said:and the Eagles were a winning team all of these decades? I think not. PA is a football state and it is clear to see that. It is not a baseball state whatsoever.
Boxscore said:I disagree. I think the Phillies baseball fans are some of the best and most knowledgable in pro baseball.
Lucky said:No, I'm pretty sure he's been a Titan fan since draft day.
flylikeaneagle said:You must be a lot younger than I because the Eagles stunk it up for a long while and so has the Redskins and others. They still packed it in. I guess it is because they are football crazy up there. I think one problem is that Houston is still a pretty young city and people are moving all the time from out of the area.
I guess you haven't driven from Clear Lake/Friendswood to IAH. It takes me half an hour just to get downtown...easy. Add in your 20 mins and your lmao and that's right at an hour.flylikeaneagle said:which way do you go? LMAO! Takes me 20 minutes to get downtown from IAH. I live in Kingwood and it takes me about 40 minutes to get to Pearland.
aj. said:Just for the heck of it, I took a random look at Philly's home attendance for a semi-stink year (1984 -- Marion Campbell days) when y'all went 6-9-1.
The Vet capacity was around 65k then and four of Philly's home games, the attendance was 54k, 50k, 55k (home opener that year against the Vikes), and 41k for the last game of the year against New England when the writing was on the wall.
That's anywhere from 10,000 to 24,000 no-shows for half of your home games. Not necessarily packing them in. Your games against Dallas, Washington and the Giants were very well attended.
I intentionally went back to an era when they counted no-shows. Like I said, it happens everywhere.
My source for this information is Total Football II by Carroll, Gershman, et al.
As far as my age, I recall watching guys like Bill Bradley and Tim Rossovich if that helps.
That's definitely a down year in attendance.aj. said:Just for the heck of it, I took a random look at Philly's home attendance for a semi-stink year (1984 -- Marion Campbell days) when y'all went 6-9-1.
The Vet capacity was around 65k then and four of Philly's home games, the attendance was 54k, 50k, 55k (home opener that year against the Vikes), and 41k for the last game of the year against New England when the writing was on the wall.
That's anywhere from 10,000 to 24,000 no-shows for half of your home games. Not necessarily packing them in. Your games against Dallas, Washington and the Giants were very well attended.
I intentionally went back to an era when they counted no-shows. Like I said, it happens everywhere.
My source for this information is Total Football II by Carroll, Gershman, et al.
As far as my age, I recall watching guys like Bill Bradley and Tim Rossovich if that helps.
Boxscore said:When I was growing up in the Philadelphia area, the Eagles were horrible. They had a QB named Norm Snead and a RB named Timmy Brown. The games were at Franklin field and since they were never sold out, they weren't even televised. The latest love affair with the Eagles didn't really get started in Philly until somewhere around the mid to late 70's.
Wish Texans Fans were more like Eagles fans
TexansFight said:Vinny,
The problem with Houston is that it is so spread out. If I had dictatorial powers and could do whatever I wanted I would prohibit any new construction outside of Loop 610. Houston can become a lot more dense. It sickens me how you see new crappy homogenous subdivisions miles outside of town spring up like mushrooms adding to the urban sprawl and environmental problems we have. Portland, Oregon effectively stopped sprawl and forced development within a confied area. I wish Houston had the foresight to do the same. Nevertheless, effective mass transit in Houston (I would love to see subways) would work. One of the positives about high gas prices is that it will hopefully kill off further sprawl.
Also, Philly's mass transit kind of blows. Compared to Houston's sole rail line it is great but there are a lot of places that are not effectively served. Southwest Philly is not served by rail and you can't get to cool places like Manyunk via rail either. You have the Market Frankfort El and the Broad Street line. The other is the trolley. NYC's and DC's mass transit is a lot better.
Back in those days no home game was of tv,sold out of not. The title game in 1960 against Green Bay was blacked out in Philly. My dad and I watched it on tv in a VFW in Bel Air, Md. I had to stand out side of the bar area, as I was to young to go into the bar area, and try to look over heads at a 12 inch black and white tv. The bad old days.Boxscore said:When I was growing up in the Philadelphia area, the Eagles were horrible. They had a QB named Norm Snead and a RB named Timmy Brown. The games were at Franklin field and since they were never sold out, they weren't even televised. The latest love affair with the Eagles didn't really get started in Philly until somewhere around the mid to late 70's.
Double Barrel said:When Reliant gets a jail and working court system built beneath it, call me.
C'mon, man, Philly fans have been well known as some of the most rowdy, passionate, obnoxious, and downright hostile fans in the NFL. Your people are close to being European soccer fans. Embrace your image. It is what it is, your entire history speaks volumes over your attempted spin in this thread.
TexansFight said:The problem with Houston is that it is so spread out. If I had dictatorial powers and could do whatever I wanted I would prohibit any new construction outside of Loop 610. Houston can become a lot more dense. It sickens me how you see new crappy homogenous subdivisions miles outside of town spring up like mushrooms adding to the urban sprawl and environmental problems we have.
jgl35 said:Back in those days no home game was of tv,sold out of not. The title game in 1960 against Green Bay was blacked out in Philly. My dad and I watched it on tv in a VFW in Bel Air, Md. I had to stand out side of the bar area, as I was to young to go into the bar area, and try to look over heads at a 12 inch black and white tv. The bad old days.
TexansFight said:I went to college up in Philly. Would not want to live there again. I never liked any of their teams while up there. However, I do respect Philly Phan and the passion that they bring to the table. I would listen to 610 WIP and their fans are very tough but passionate. They want a winner. The fans and their media who unlike the wimpy Houston sports media who want to be friends with the GMs and players actually provide good insight and analysis and are not afraid to rip players, coaches, or front office personnel.
Also, Philly has a great home field advantage. Leather lunged fans that provide an intimidating place to play. I don't condone the meatheads that used to beat up opposing fans up in the 700 Level of the Vet. They seem to have that crap tamed down in the Linc while still maintaining a fervent following.
I just wish Reliant was a more intimidating place for opposing teams. Houston can have a great home field advantage.
HomeBred_Texan said:And who do you think you are? Joe Bad? Yea right, go to philly you blood sucker...
I just s-canned the entire exchange.Battle Red Bull said:Countdown to lockdown commencing.....
Thanks, sorry. I know better...Vinny said:I just s-canned the entire exchange.
EF55 said:You can point out the isolated examples of battery throwing and booing for injured players but that's not unique to Philly. Those were mistakes & bad judgements and they don't represent every Eagle Fan. People have a tendency to confuse our passion with those random occurences.
not a problem...football fans are emotional. It's all good.HomeBred_Texan said:Thanks, sorry. I know better...
Battle Red Bull said:I married into a family full of Eagles fans. It's a lot of fun. I expect this Sunday to be crazy.
BTW- Bo Orlando was the man.
flylikeaneagle said:I bet that would be crazy. LOL!
Bo Orlando was great. Everyone in my high school wanted to be like Bo Orlando. Then we had Ron Powlus. Did great in college on a crappy Notre Dame team but never made it in the NFL.
BattleRedToro said:Yeah and New Yorkers don't switch from Yankees to Mets attire depending on who is winning. Right, I believe that one. Where were the Yankees fans when the Mets were winning in the '80's or where were the Mets fans when the Yankees were winning in the 90's? And by fans I mean people wearing Yankees or Mets caps respectively. They magically disappeared, huh?
BattleRedToro said:What I'm saying is I don't buy the "Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle" loyalty.
Second Honeymoon said:So in your opinion, we should do the following:
1. Hurl bottles and snowballs at Santa.
2. Hurl bottles and snowballs at Jimmy Johnson.
3. Cheer when an NFL great (mike irvin) is being carted off on a stretcher.
4. Get stoned drunk and get in fights in the stands with fellow and opposing fans.
5. Get in so many fights in stands that they have to nominate a judge and build a courthouse in the stadium to handle the huge volume of cases.
6. Boo Donovan McNabb on Draft Day.
7. Never win a Super Bowl.
Well I guess some knobs booed Mario on Draft Day this past year and the Texans have yet to win a Super Bowl, so we are 2/7ths of the way to modeling our fans after the undisputed kings of NFL Fan greatness....Eagle Fan
excuse me while i vomit in a bucket...
/sarcasm off
doug ftw
Gotta love all these ignorant Texans fans. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. "The Dirty 30" were a group of idiots put together by a dumb ass radio personality in Philadelphia, Angelo Cataldi. Secondly, they were not booing McNabb himself, they were booing the FO for not taking Ricky Williams; there's a difference. You Texans fans really need to stop criticizing the entire Eagles fan base with incindents you have no understanding of.Second Honeymoon said:6. Boo Donovan McNabb on Draft Day.
FlyEaglesFly said:Gotta love all these ignorant Texans fans. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. "The Dirty 30" were a group of idiots put together by a dumb ass radio personality in Philadelphia, Angelo Cataldi. Secondly, they were not booing McNabb himself, they were booing the FO for not taking Ricky Williams; there's a difference. You Texans fans really need to stop criticizing the entire Eagles fan base with incindents you have no understanding of.
PS: I like how you also mention fights, as if they don't ever happen in any other NFL stadiums.
FlyEaglesFly said:Gotta love all these ignorant Texans fans. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. "The Dirty 30" were a group of idiots put together by a dumb ass radio personality in Philadelphia, Angelo Cataldi. Secondly, they were not booing McNabb himself, they were booing the FO for not taking Ricky Williams; there's a difference. You Texans fans really need to stop criticizing the entire Eagles fan base with incindents you have no understanding of.
PS: I like how you also mention fights, as if they don't ever happen in any other NFL stadiums.
Time to explain the court inside the Vet. One of the reasons this was done was most of the troublemakers were not from the city of Philadelphia or even from the state of Pa. People would just not show up for a court date and it would cost the city money to go after them. So why not a quick court hearing and get the fine money right away? Very good idea, I think and it cut down all the trash that went on by people who can't hold their beer.Second Honeymoon said:What is the only stadium with a courthouse inside it to handle the large volume of court cases? That's right. Philadelphia. Nuff said.
Oh and please get over yourself in making excuses for McNabb's draft day, by booing the FO for not taking R.Williams, you were in fact then booing against taking McNabb.....Philly fans are the worst fans in all of major sports and easily the most delusional. Boo Mike Schmidt, Boo Iverson, Boo Santa Claus, and cheer when NFL greats have an injury end their storied career.
I have been to your city and its a dirty, smelly city populated by fat losers. Kinda like our city of Houston. But at least we arent bitter about it.
doug ftw
Yes because the 30 fans that followed Catladi represent the whole Eagles fans base. Get real. There's no disputing the FO made the right choice,and most of the Eagles fans I know wanted McNabb b/c they believed that a QB is exponently more important to a teams success than a running back.BattleRedToro said:I wonder how that turned out? Who was right the Philly FO or their fans.
Hmmm.... I'll have to think about this one. On the one hand we have a head case RB that would fit in with the Philly fan base and on the other we have an excellent QB that can lead the Eagles for years. Yeah the fans were right the FO made a bad choice.
Kinda like the Texans FO, huh?
It seems you have to spend allot of time on this MB defending the Eagles. Lots of excuses if you ask me, which you didn't. I will take my Texans and there fans with a 2/14 record any day of the week over Philly's 6/10 record with there fowl mouth fans...FlyEaglesFly said:Yes because the 30 fans that followed Catladi represent the whole Eagles fans base. Get real. There's no disputing the FO made the right choice,and most of the Eagles fans I know wanted McNabb b/c they believed that a QB is exponently more important to a teams success than a running back.
FlyEaglesFly said:Yes because the 30 fans that followed Catladi represent the whole Eagles fans base. Get real. There's no disputing the FO made the right choice,and most of the Eagles fans I know wanted McNabb b/c they believed that a QB is exponently more important to a teams success than a running back.
Vinny said:I guess you haven't driven from Clear Lake/Friendswood to IAH. It takes me half an hour just to get downtown...easy. Add in your 20 mins and your lmao and that's right at an hour.
Second Honeymoon said:I have been to your city and its a dirty, smelly city populated by fat losers. Kinda like our city of Houston. But at least we arent bitter about it.
doug ftw
Um okay, you don't expect me to defend my team or something?HomeBred_Texan said:It seems you have to spend allot of time on this MB defending the Eagles. Lots of excuses if you ask me, which you didn't. I will take my Texans and there fans with a 2/14 record any day of the week over Philly's 6/10 record with there fowl mouth fans...
Stampede said:Just wanted to say that you guys (Eagles Fans) who have posted on this thread seem to be great fans and i have enjoyed reading your post's. Yall are welcome here anytime as far as im concerned. Heres to a great injury free game tommorow guys. For those of you who may be visiting from Philly, we are honored to have you here in Houston. May the best team (Texans) win.