Greenranger Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Well, when I was a kid and could barely talk, my dad asked me who my favorite player was. He listed a bunch of names, and out of randomness, I said Curtis Martin. I am from Massachusetts, so he listed Patriots players. I have stuck with him ever since, and I followed him to the Jets. You can call me a bandwagoner if you want, but no one was born a Jets fan, and I have stuck with them all these years. The first picture of me is in Jets onsie at a day old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Not for nothing but if the rumors are true you should totally make like 3,000 posts. Immediately. Where did you hear that? Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon63 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 The first picture of me is in Jets onsie at a day old. I wish my parents were epic enough to give me a Jets banana hammock when I came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenranger Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I wish my parents were epic enough to give me a Jets banana hammock when I came out. It was my Grandparents doing, they gave it to my mom as a gift right before I was born and talked her into having me dressed in it for the picture. My dad, who's a Giants fan, hates that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon63 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 It was my Grandparents doing, they gave it to my mom as a gift right before I was born and talked her into having me dressed in it for the picture. My dad, who's a Giants fan, hates that picture. Pics or it didn't happen. Needs moar pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 What exactly are the criteria for a "bandwagon" fan? I need to know how to classify myself. And is there like a hierarchy that I can move up in time? Night Stalker, you sound like you have been around awhile. Do you classify yourself as a "Super" fan ala Patton Oswalt? I need to know what I have to look forward to. Tell me!!! Someone who shows up at the victory parade. Interesting thread since the last victory parade was in January 69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaysJets Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 All I'm going to say is if you're going to be a bandwagon fan of anyone why the hell would it be the Jets? Why not a team that has won something? I mean I can see being a bandwagon Cowbay fan, or Steeler fan or something but I've been a Jet fan a long goddamned time and I'm telling you it ain't no picnic. We suck often. Even when we're good we aren't that good. Last year for example the team went to the AFC title game after a 9 and 7 season!!!! Even in '69 they were just barely over 500 for the regular season. Man being a Jet fan is work. So unless you plan on not only being a bandwagon fan but also a fair weather fan maybe you should find another bandwagon. Word, JaysJets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I started really following the Jets the final year of the Kotite era. Before that I didn't really care much for football... But on Sundays when I was bored I wouldn't mind watching either the Jets or the Giants. I became a die-hard that season because I had made a bunch of new friends that year and they and their families were all Jets fans. Each Sunday they would all gather at one of their houses to watch the games...I was invited to join the tradition. The number of Jets games I have misses since then are few and far between. Now, having all graduated college...I am probably the nuttiest Jets fan of that entire group. I prefer not to spend money buying season tix/PSLs because I NEVER enjoy a game that the Jets lose and I dont have enough money to spend it on things that won't necessarily make me happy. Of course when friends invite me to games, I always try to go and every once in awhile I'll go on Stubhub and purchase a single game ticket... At one point, all of us were "bandwagon fans" that didn't know what exactly or why exactly we root for the Jets. The only difference separating the bandwagoners with us devoted fans is that we're the ones that make the mistake of becoming addicted/obsessed with this team throughout the years. You became a fan in Kotite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Where did you hear that? Twitter? I actually read it on the Jets On Hard Knocks Facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWC611 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 For the record I welcome bandwagon fans. No seriously we have all been through so many years when there was no bandwagon. Just the thought of a bandwagon makes me happy. +1 Well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 +1 Well said Thanks. Now the first time I go to Modell's to buy something Jets and they are sold out...I am going to be pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetfan13 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I was at the Super Bowl in 69 as a 12 year old kid and I still get accused of being a band wagon fan by the dol-fag contingent down here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks. Now the first time I go to Modell's to buy something Jets and they are sold out...I am going to be pissed. You have to buy Jets gear? I thought you would have a hook up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 You have to buy Jets gear? I thought you would have a hook up. Press passes only take you so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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