The Hangover

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Okay, so we're 5 weeks into our semester and this is the first rainy, chilly, "hoodie" weather we've had up in west Michigan.

And, naturally, it's the first time since April that I want to break out my Redskins hoodie, which I cannot do because THEY LOST TO THE LIONS.

Hangover indeed.

When I was a kid I always wore my Washington Redskins sweatshirt to school after a loss. I figured that it really proved something if you wore the colors after a loss and I always told myself that it would be that much better once the team reached the mountain top because I had been there in the valley. I'm 27 so these were middle school days and the true nadir of Redskins football ('93-'95). Unfortunately I'm still waiting for the mountaintop.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

When I was a kid I always wore my Washington Redskins sweatshirt to school after a loss. I figured that it really proved something if you wore the colors after a loss and I always told myself that it would be that much better once the team reached the mountain top because I had been there in the valley. I'm 27 so these were middle school days and the true nadir of Redskins football ('93-'95). Unfortunately I'm still waiting for the mountaintop.

I usually wear it every Monday, but I just don't feel like making a statement today.

Where it would normally slip under the level of general consciousness, the last thing I want to do today is remind everyone around me that yes, I saw that disaster as well.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I usually wear it every Monday, but I just don't feel like making a statement today.

Where it would normally slip under the level of general consciousness, the last thing I want to do today is remind everyone around me that yes, I saw that disaster as well.

One of the few "thank you lords" for me from that game was that the only area that got to see it, was basically washington right. we weren't the national game getting cut away from because it was so bad, like dallas did last year. I guess some areas up north saw it. but basically we in skins land got treated to our own little nightmare.

As for reactions today, i tend to go the self-deprecating route up here in baltimore, and today when others here start I just shrug and said "go ahead and take your shots". Most have just made a jab and moved on.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

One of the few "thank you lords" for me from that game was that the only area that got to see it, was basically washington right. we weren't the national game getting cut away from because it was so bad, like dallas did last year. I guess some areas up north saw it. but basically we in skins land got treated to our own little nightmare.

As for reactions today, i tend to go the self-deprecating route up here in baltimore, and today when others here start I just shrug and said "go ahead and take your shots". Most have just made a jab and moved on.

It was blacked out in the Lansing, Saginaw, and Ann Arbor/Detroit markets, but anyone at my university who stayed around for the weekend had the game televised locally. I live about 150 miles northwest of Detroit. If they went home...they probably didn't see it.

I haven't taken anything today, mostly because the people who know I'm a Redskins fan were texting the crap out of my phone during the game. One of the many reasons that by the time the game reached it's merciful end, I was more apathetic than angered.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

It was blacked out in the Lansing, Saginaw, and Ann Arbor/Detroit markets, but anyone at my university who stayed around for the weekend had the game televised locally. I live about 150 miles northwest of Detroit. If they went home...they probably didn't see it.

I haven't taken anything today, mostly because the people who know I'm a Redskins fan were texting the crap out of my phone during the game. One of the many reasons that by the time the game reached it's merciful end, I was more apathetic than angered.

It's funny a few of my friends were giving me crap for the Giants game but with the Lions game the tone was more along the lines of me having a death in the family.