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I have to go to the Ravens-Bills game this Sunday at 1 pm. Have = i tried my dandest to get out of it but apparently my offhand comment months ago that "it'd be nice to go to a game at M&T Bank, I heard theres not a bad seat in the house" meant "hunny, when the 1st opportunity arisies can you buy ravens tickets at face value for a regular season game at the same time the skins game is on and even though we are buying a house and we agreed not to make any purchases more than a $10 sandwhich without agreeing on it first, just go ahead and drop $160".

My problems with going to the game are many:
1) we are supposed to be saving money
2) we already paid $160 for 2 tickets but the way we drink (and tip our local tenders) its going to be $300 when all said and done
3) the freakin skins game is on at 1 pm
4) im not a freakin ravens fan, thoo i do "not hate them" i dont want to spend money on them

but the real problem is

I love drinking, partying, tailgating, bar hopping, and we are going to tailgate with a bunch of ravens fans. for me to have the most fun and to maximize our dollar, im going to have to embrace this thing. I mean like wear something purple embrace.

its going to be lame if i wear regular clothes, then people are going to be like "what are you a bills fan?" or feel left out of the whole pregame tailgate which i love. ive tried convincing my lady for us to wear blue and red for the bils but shes not havin it. she wants to have fun, party and tailgate raven style.

so, what do i do?

1) borrow a purple hoodie from a buddy and just drink and try to embrace a raven sunday?

2) just wear neutral colors but try and get into the whole vibe/pregame pump up even though i dont have a dog in this fight

wearing skins stuff aint happenin, thats always lame and given the treatment i give boys fans at fed ex or yanks fans at camden when we dont play them, its not happening. wearing your teams stuff to a game there not playing is the gayest thing ever. id punch my self.

and i tried convincing her that she should take her best friend who is a big ravens fan and i dont think he has gone to a home game yet, didnt work, she wants to paartay.

what sayeth the mob?

and please keep in mind, im not trying to make a statement at tehgame or anything, just trying to enjoy the sunday as much as possible without crossing over a line of loyalty. i already feel alil bad, i dont know if i can wear a purple hoodie when the moment of truth arises. i mean, WTF am i gonna do, golf clap for both teams the entire game? i dont give 2 shats if ed reed comes back and returns an int, im still not gonna cheer.

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Wow, so many issues here. You're going to a Ravens game when the Skins are on? That's a crime.

Second, If you can't wear your colors that's a shame. Any game I've gone to, Skins or not, I always wear my Skins gear. Loud and proud is the only way to go.

So if someone asks you who your team is, what are you gonna say?

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If I were you, I'd check out Goodwill stores and go as a Bills fan.

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i know, that would be the most fun. i kinda owe bills fans (well atleast one) an apology for the way i treated this one die hard bills fan a few years ago at the game after ST's passing. the end result was i had to wait before exiting my aisle as he was escorted up and i got my second fan infraction warning in the mail via video surveillance.

she has unconditionally shot down any bills colors. she wants to have fun and given my past arrests and staduim lifetime bans, shes probably right, i would get arrested beat up or at the very least make the experience one of survival and not enjoyable.

i like bills fans, them mo fos are die hards.

if someone asks what team, of course the skins then i go into this long diatribe about how when i was young my pop took me to rfk and memorial b/c the ravens didnt exist, yada yada yada. ravens fans never seem to understand this.

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[quote=over the mountain;749651]i know, that would be the most fun. i kinda owe bills fans (well atleast one) an apology for the way i treated this one die hard bills fan a few years ago at the game after ST's passing. the end result was i had to wait before exiting my aisle as he was escorted up and i got my second fan infraction warning in the mail via video surveillance.

she has unconditionally shot down any bills colors. she wants to have fun and given my past arrests and staduim lifetime bans, shes probably right, i would get arrested beat up or at the very least make the experience one of survival and not enjoyable.

i like bills fans, them mo fos are die hards.

if someone asks what team, of course the skins then i go into this long diatribe about how when i was young my pop took me to rfk and memorial b/c the ravens didnt exist, yada yada yada. ravens fans never seem to understand this.[/quote]


Yeah, if it's in Baltimore, you'd definitely be risking your life. :D


They're not as bad as Philly fans, but they're not far behind. They hate everyone for some reason.



New idea = Wear a Cleveland Browns shirt. I was thinking Baltimore Colts, but you can't expect Baltimore fans to be smart enough to tell that from a Bills shirt since they're both blue.

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I would never ever wear any other teams colors, it would I imagine feel like tongue kissing another guy.

You are going to a NFL game just wear some low key skins stuff.

This thread is awful, I could never imagine trying to be a fan of another team just to fit in for a tailgate, AWFUL!

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I agree with you that I wouldn't wear Skins colors since they play at the same time on Sunday. If the Skins were on a bye or they played in primetime I'd be okay with it.

Personally, if I were stuck in this situation I'd wear like a plain black sweatshirt or a college hoodie of your choice.

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Yeah college gear is probably the best call I guess, other than selling the tix and not going of course. :)

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[quote=Mattyk;749694]Yeah college gear is probably the best call I guess, other than selling the tix and not going of course. :)[/quote]College gear or plain black or grey hoodie. If anyone asks, tell them you're a Skins fan and your doing this 'cause your a good husband. If they press the issue, tell them you can't stand the f-ing Ravens and don't understand why Baltimorons are so stupid they hate everything south of the People's Republic of Glen Burnie. That should go over well. :smashfrea

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[quote=Mattyk;749633]Wow, so many issues here. You're going to a Ravens game when the Skins are on? That's a crime.

Second, If you can't wear your colors that's a shame. Any game I've gone to, Skins or not, I always wear my Skins gear. Loud and proud is the only way to go.

So if someone asks you who your team is, what are you gonna say?[/quote]

It really grinds my gears when I see someone in a completely unaffiliated jersey at a game. At the Houston game I saw someone walk by in a Bengals jersey. Just wear street clothes. No one cares that you're a fan of a team completely uninvolved today.

Just my personal feelings on the matter. Not saying hide your allegiance, if someone asks say something -- but don't wear something from a random team.

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How about when it comes to hats? Like would it be ok to wear a Yankees hat to a Skins game?

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[quote=Daseal;749825]It really grinds my gears when I see someone in a completely unaffiliated jersey at a game. At the Houston game I saw someone walk by in a Bengals jersey. Just wear street clothes. No one cares that you're a fan of a team completely uninvolved today.

Just my personal feelings on the matter. Not saying hide your allegiance, if someone asks say something -- but don't wear something from a random team.[/quote]

I agree, it seems like they have no knowledge of the game, it comes off like, "Hey, look, I'm wearing dis football jerzee to da football game."

OTM: As for going to go the game. I wouldn't recommend wearing a Bills jersey. I had pretty much the worst fan experience of my life going to the Skins-Ravens game last year.

I have no problem with giving each other a hard time, but I had a bottle thrown at me and was challenged to a couple of fights with people I hadn't even exchanged 2 words with. I was embarrassed for the team that their fans are that big of a group of d'bags. Honestly, it was a minority, I did have a decent experience with the people around me, but it also wasn't one isolated incident.

I say, just suck it up, wear some purple and have fun. I've been twice, the other time I borrowed a Ray Lewis jersey and had a decent time.

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Seems a little lame to pretend to be a fan of another team. But if that's what the fashion police say so be it. In the end I say wear what you want, the fact that we're even having this discussion is a little silly. I have some friends that swear you shouldn't wear a band's t-shirt to their show, and you also shouldn't wear another band's shirt, I'm like who F'ing cares.

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I can't believe someone would even think about wearing another teams colors for any reason other then loosing a bet. Go to the game in street cloths. If your hunny is not a Raven or Bills fan I'd sell the dam tickets and explain to her that your a skins fan. Then use the old guilt trip about how you cannot enjoy the game knowing you should be saving the $300 for your new house. Then re-explain your a skins fan.

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I always find people who won't wear another team's jersey/colors ridiculous. I happen to like other teams, but I don't like any of them as much as the Skins. I own a Chad Ochocinco jersey and a Reggie Bush jersey. I've owned others, I just don't buy as many jerseys now.

Personally, there are players I like on the Ravens, I also just enjoy football, so I was able to take off my Redskins hat for a few hours for one of my friends who wanted to enjoy a Ravens game.

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Wear street clothes and tailgate your ass off. Tell them you're allergic to purple because burgundy and gold runs through your veins.

I wore my black Redskins coaches cap to a Steelers/Ravens game several years ago. They left me alone because the Steelers were in town. I would imagine as long as you don't wear blue and red, you won't get messed with.

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[quote=BDBohnzie;749990]Wear street clothes and tailgate your ass off. Tell them you're allergic to purple because burgundy and gold runs through your veins.

I wore [B]my black Redskins coaches cap[/B] to a Steelers/Ravens game several years ago. They left me alone because the Steelers were in town. I would imagine as long as you don't wear blue and red, you won't get messed with.[/quote]


That is what I wear when I want to be low key as well.

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[quote=jdlea;749980]I always find people who won't wear another team's jersey/colors ridiculous. I happen to like other teams, but I don't like any of them as much as the Skins. I own a Chad Ochocinco jersey and a Reggie Bush jersey. I've owned others, I just don't buy as many jerseys now.

Personally, there are players I like on the Ravens, I also just enjoy football, so I was able to take off my Redskins hat for a few hours for one of my friends who wanted to enjoy a Ravens game.[/quote]

I don't have a problem with that but he did not mention that he was a fan of either team. When I don't care about who wins a game I try to get a friendly small bet going so then I have a reason to care. Its just my way of making it interesting and fun. I can also just enjoy a very good game.

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[quote=firstdown;750078]I don't have a problem with that but he did not mention that he was a fan of either team. When I don't care about who wins a game I try to get a friendly small bet going so then I have a reason to care. Its just my way of making it interesting and fun. [B]I can also just enjoy a very good game[/B].[/quote]

So can I but this game involves the Bills.


I'd never spend a few hundred to see the a bad game like this that DOESN'T involve the Skins.

I say get out of it, save the money for the house OR a Skins game.

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[quote=Buster;750089]So can I but this game involves the Bills.


I'd never spend a few hundred to see the a bad game like this that DOESN'T involve the Skins.

I say get out of it, save the money for the house OR a Skins game.[/quote]


ALSO I like to say M&T bank is nice but is not all that, like if you never made it there in your lifetime you be OK.

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sell the tix.

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[quote=mredskins;750156]ALSO I like to say M&T bank is nice but is not all that, like if you never made it there in your lifetime you be OK.[/quote]

Camden Yards is a great park though. I love going there.

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[quote=mredskins;750156]ALSO I like to say M&T bank is nice but is not all that, like if you never made it there in your lifetime you be OK.[/quote]Agreed. I went to the Terps vs Navy game there earlier this year and it really didn't seem that much different than FedEx now that Danny Boy updated the score boards. Plus, traffic getting out of our parking lot was a huge mess.

I like the fact that you can actually go to bars before and after games at M&T, especially if you're not planning a huge tailgate but other than that I just really don't think its all that much better than FedEx.

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The suggestion of wearing a black hoodie or a terps hoddie is a good one.

trust me, i tried getting her to sell the tickets with sound logical arguments like we agreed not to buy anything over $10, were closing on a new house in 2 weeks, teh skins play at the same time, were not ravens fans so what are we going to do? golf clap, we are going to end up spending alot more than the 160 the tickets cost b/c we like to drink, the bills suck and you should take your best friend who is a huge ravens fan but has never gone to a home game.

she countered with crying and saying she just wanted to surprise me and do something nice for us.

she won.

thanks for yalls input. it puts me in a weird position that im sure you all can appreciate.

really i just want to tailgate, throw the ball around the lot, have fun and watch some live football.

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I definitely wouldn't wear another team's colors, I don't think that option ever will exist in my playbook. And I agree with Daseal about people wearing other teams' colors to a game, I saw a guy in a Patriots jersey when we played the Saints in '08, and he was acting like a Boston masshole to top it off, walking around the concourse saying the Skins/Saints game didn't matter because the Pats are the best team in the league and I swear I wanted to just punch his lights out and ask why the hell he was there if he's a dumbass Pats fan.

So long story short, no other team colors. Wear something neutral, aka average clothes, or college shirt/hoodie of your choice, something that nobody will give a shit about, and if they ask you just tell them you're a Skins fan supporting your wife.

And Bills/Ravens? Lollll you better set down $500 because it will take a lot of alcohol to be able to watch that horrendous Bills squad in action. The Ravens will tear that up.

And I'm sorry you have to miss the Redskins game for your significant other. I had a similar issue a few years ago when my then gf wanted me to take her shopping on a Skins gameday, and I knew from previous experience she'd want an all day thing. I worked it out with her though, she got a nice spa treatment, I got the Skins game, and spent plenty of time with her afterward since it was her birthday and everything. But occasionally you just gotta make those sacrifices man. At least she likes football.

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yeah but she screams at the tv every freakin play. ive noticed this about women in general, it could be a 2 yard run by the other team and they are screaming "get that f'er!". every time torain unnecessarily bounced a run to the outside she screamed at him.

when i lived in san diego, we would go to bars to watch the skins games and my brothers wife would scream at the top of her lungs every freakin play. man it was embarrassing and annoying as hell.

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Ha, my wife overreacts to plays too.


I guess they want to make it look like they're understanding the game and following along.


In the end, I'm just glad she tries. It took a few years to get her into football AT ALL and now she's taking me to training camp. I'd say I succeeded. :D

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[quote=over the mountain;750223]she countered with crying and saying she just wanted to surprise me and do something nice for us.

she won.

thanks for yalls input. it puts me in a weird position that im sure you all can appreciate.

really i just want to tailgate, throw the ball around the lot, have fun and watch some live football.[/quote]
She cheated, for sure. Crying is a low blow. In a situation like this, it's f'ing kryptonite. Bring the earbuds and the radio and listen to Larry, Sonny and Uncle-Sam-Who's-Now-Locked-In-The-Closet-For-Family-Functions (no disrespect meant whatsoever, but he should have been "allowed to retire" at least 2 years ago as it always seems he barely knows where he is half the time during the games. I love me some Sam Huff, but methinks it's time for him to hang up his cleats).

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Wow, can't beleive we have not heard a OTM story on this one yet. Come on man!

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I guess I am kind of like your wife, in that I say something each play. Now I don't scream, I yell. Screaming is for wimps.

Also wear your freaking Skins gear! You are seriously afraid someone will hurt you? Come on. I rock my Skins gear hardcore in Houston and San Antonio whenever im down there for work. In fact when the Cowboys were in San An, for training camp, I was rocking a skins cap, jersey and shorts. There were tons of drunk, stupid, aggressive Cowboys fans. Screw them.

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Bet no one in SA today is wearing the gear!:laughing-

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[quote=mredskins;752676]Wow, can't beleive we have not heard a OTM story on this one yet. Come on man![/quote]

yeah nothing much really happened. we ended up going to sliders to meet a group of people before the game (great ive done that about 200 times now), drank, walked to the stadium, watched the game, well we got to the end of the 3rd quarter and my lady was showing signs of sun and beer fatigue, so we left a few mins into the 4th quarter.

i met a guy who does the "3rd and 8" signal stuff from cbs the night before. cool guy, young at 28 to be doing what he does.

it was a very normal and responsible day.

the ravens fans were very friendly. lots of bills fans too, one guy said he thought he was going to get killed in the parking lot but was surprised how nice everyone was.

and i wore a purple dego dames t shirt since the tickets were dego dames. they were more than happy to assist me in wearing something purple.

we were in the 500 section and the view was great.

saw a gay guy with a skins no. 21 jersey with zorn on the back walking with his raven fan boyfriend.

i got into a big huge road rage incident about 2 weeks ago where a truck put me into the grass on 495. i could tell you about that?

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Even though I thought Bills-Ravens would suck, that was a very entertaining game. That's why I can't get behind the idea of drinking hard before a game. If me or a lady friend ever drank too much and by the time the 4th quarter came around and we didn't feel good enough to stay and watch the end of the game I'd be disappointed. Alcohol and football goes hand in hand, until it interferes with your ability to enjoy the game, especially in the last quarter.