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11-23-2011, 10:44 AM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
Love all these stories. Excellent thread. I moved to the NVA (Loudoun) back in 74. Pretty much been a fan since again because they were the local team. But I had watched all the Skins SB's. I went to school at Broad Run which also resided in Ashburn, played in the marching band and played in one of their parades in DC when the school got invited to play. Lots of good memories associated with the Skins but lately it's killing me. I keep holding out hope they will get it right and I can be proud again to say I'm a Skin fan and be able to rub it in the other NFCE fan friends around me vs. simply rubbing in that my lowly Skin beat them.
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11-23-2011, 10:59 AM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
Also forgot to mention that I'm a Virginian & the Skins are the local team.
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11-23-2011, 11:00 AM
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This! I hate how this team is now an afterthought, most fans now a days just think of the Redskins like they would think of the Browns.. We really need to start competing again it's killing all of us.
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11-23-2011, 11:22 AM
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11-23-2011, 11:34 AM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
My dad and mom moved from Jamaica to the DC area to go to college. My dad picked up football when the 'Skins were in their hay day. He started me watching games with him when I was a baby and I was hooked ever since. When I moved back to DC to go to college, I started watching faithfully, and haven't looked back since. (There was also a point in time where I was watching a Dal-Was game with my dad and cheered when the Girls scored. I got slapped and never cheered for 'em again)
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11-23-2011, 11:43 AM
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Good for your dad you deserved it!
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11-23-2011, 12:27 PM
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11-23-2011, 12:34 PM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
I'll be honest and say as I'm getting older the losing is taking an even bigger toll simply because I had never seen a true winner in DC like most of you folks. I'm sticking strong though but it's not easy
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11-23-2011, 01:01 PM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
My Dad has been a skins fan since high school when he lived in fairfax county as he moved and stuff his love for the B&G remained and he passed it down to me when i started watching football in eighth grade.
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11-23-2011, 01:07 PM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
It's family thing - when I started to like football, I remembered that my family's loyalty lies with Redskins, so I just followed.
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11-23-2011, 01:21 PM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
Born and raised with burgundy blood and pissing gold
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11-23-2011, 01:23 PM
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Re: Why are YOU a Redskins fan?
Here's a Q how many of your family members are Dallass fans? Seems like my whole damn family is SMH
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11-23-2011, 01:30 PM
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11-23-2011, 01:31 PM
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11-23-2011, 01:33 PM
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yeah actually I enjoy it simply for the rivalry aspect, it's always fun watching the games with them, even like last week it was painful but I'm used to that by now
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