1st game was October 3, 1976, a 48 -17 win over the Oakland Raiders!!!
I was at that game!!! Stabler, Biletnikoff... crowd was insane. A nice sunny fall day it was.
1st game was October 3, 1976, a 48 -17 win over the Oakland Raiders!!!
I'm curious since I only started watching football and the Pats in 1994 what was fandom like before the Internets?
I was at that game!!! Stabler, Biletnikoff... crowd was insane. A nice sunny fall day it was.
We'd listen to Don Kent's weather report on channel 4 on Wednesday night, and if the weather was good for Sunday, we'd buy a bunch of tickets for Sunday's game, rent a bus and driver (quite reasonable and everyone got two seats, one for us and one for our cooler. We'd get sloshed on the way down, drink and tailgate, watch the game, and stop at the Golden Banana on the way home. Those were the days!what was fandom like before the Internets?
I shared tickets this year so I could take kids to a game, turns out I went to more than I thought I would, two night games and Bears with lions, game coming up.Why doesn't anyone put Kraft on the spot about this?
I was at that game!!! Stabler, Biletnikoff... crowd was insane. A nice sunny fall day it was.
Not before the Internet, it wasn't.
Apart from part of my mother's side of the family that were staunch 49ers fans, everyone I knew were either Broncos or Seahawks fans...and those are pretty much the only two teams that were ever on TV. I left in 1991, so I'm sure that all changed with DirecTV and the Internet. But in the 70's and 80's....if you weren't a bandwagon Superbowl team fan (i.e.: Cowboys or Steelers), you were a Bronco or Seahawk.
Yeah, south end zone and 10 years old hanging with my brother and his friends who graduated in june from high school. I thought I was the balls and coolest dork there.
Only game the Raiders lost that year on their way to an SB win if I recall.
Yeah, south end zone and 10 years old hanging with my brother and his friends who graduated in june from high school. I thought I was the balls and coolest dork there.
Way before the internet or satellite (even those huge ones that moved around from remote control to other satellites). I know fans of every team...in the 80's, 80's, 90's...you're from Polson area though (if I remember correctly), so, that area could be way different than where I'm from.
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I shared tickets this year so I could take kids to a game, turns out I went to more than I thought I would, two night games and Bears with lions, game coming up.
he is the cause, his ticket taking patrol means a lazy ass who can't do 10 sit and stand during a game will complain. I am very serious when I tell you the guy in font of me in section 123 (cousins seats) sat the whole game and refused to stand and twice text the patriots and twice we were told to sit down. His wife finally called him a lazy bastard to make him stop but he would not stand...maybe he like the dudes ass in front of him.I meant the part of being told to sit down and stop being loud.
he is the cause, his ticket taking patrol means a lazy ass who can't do 10 sit and stand during a game will complain. I am very serious when I tell you the guy in font of me in section 123 (cousins seats) sat the whole game and refused to stand and twice text the patriots and twice we were told to sit down. His wife finally called him a lazy bastard to make him stop but he would not stand...maybe he like the dudes ass in front of him.
and the hardest part is his wife was hot and jumping all around, it was difficult to not tell her to join me in celebration after the game.
you are right, I should have asked her to celebrate!!I agree with you.
I've been told to sit.
It's distasteful.
You're correct. Pats actually won both, but a dickwad ref named Ben Dreith called roughing the passer on Hamilton that wasnt roughing by the rules of the day. Afterwards, Dreith said, I said I would call roughing whether the ball was knocked out of the QB's hands or not and I did.Only game the Raiders lost that year on their way to an SB win if I recall.
I've never been to a Pats game, I keep wanting to go but then something always happens like my sis getting cancer or my dad getting ill and now I'm sick (tho not with anything serious but still it sucks all the energy out of me) I wanna get down there before TFB and Hoodie hang em up but first I gotta get better.
It's weird because flying to New York from here is much cheaper than flying to Boston, but I don't wanna go to my first game at the Dreadolands.This is exactly the reason we took the plunge this year and we haven't regretted it one bit - we went to the Bears game a few weeks back. I was simply awesome. From the fans at the hotel (plenty of Bears fans but they were great!) to the atmosphere at the stadium - I highly recommend it!