What It Means to Be a Fan

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

Being a fan also means sharing a civic bond with perfect strangers. I've high fived and hugged fellow Redskins fans that I've never met during moments of triumph.

Excellent point. When I was 12, 70Chip Sr. took me to RFK Stadium to see the NFC Championship game against Dallas. The moment when Darryl Grant scored, there was a collective electricity in that place that I have never felt in any time or place since. You could cut it with a knife. Words are never adequate to explain a transendant experience like that, so I'll stop trying now.

Drug addicts talk about "chasing the dragon", trying to re-live the first, best high. I think my years as a Redskins fan have been akin to that persuit. I just want to feel that good again.