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Thoughts? Surprises?

ts1227;1377188 wrote:


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Thoughts? Surprises?

Obviously the inbreds known as the steelers have a wide fan base bc their homes have wheels. Not really a surprise just a thought

lol...Jets.

lot of bandwagon fans out there.

Commander of Awesome;1377197 wrote:lot of bandwagon fans out there.

My thoughts as well. Bandwagonism in a nutshell.

Let's be real here, we all know the thread was going this direction lol.

Can you Cleveland fans explain the mass of Browns fans somewhere just a little north of Marietta when everything around them is Steelers.

Is there something I'm missing or are they just the true I live in Ohio and I'm closer to Cleveland than Cincy and every Ohio resident around us are complete bandwagoners.

I think the map is pretty interesting.

I wondered if any county would be effected by a hometown hero or a local college legend playing for a particular team, but could not find a correlation.

Ironman92;1377218 wrote:Can you Cleveland fans explain the mass of Browns fans somewhere just a little north of Marietta when everything around them is Steelers.

Is there something I'm missing or are they just the true I live in Ohio and I'm closer to Cleveland than Cincy and every Ohio resident around us are complete bandwagoners.

I think the map is pretty interesting.

Athens County. So, that's OU students (and they pull a lot of students from NE Ohio in)

This breaks the OC golden rule of having to root for the closest team to you. Oh no

Hb31187;1377338 wrote:This breaks the OC golden rule of having to root for the closest team to you. Oh no

Bangwagonism is a nationwide epidemic.

Ironman92;1377218 wrote:Can you Cleveland fans explain the mass of Browns fans somewhere just a little north of Marietta when everything around them is Steelers.

Is there something I'm missing or are they just the true I live in Ohio and I'm closer to Cleveland than Cincy and every Ohio resident around us are complete bandwagoners.

I think the map is pretty interesting.

Athens - as you approach the town on 33 there is a highway adoption sign noting its sponsor as the Athens County Browns Backers (or something similar).

GoChiefs;1377340 wrote:Bangwagonism is a nationwide epidemic.

Yes it is. But theres a fine line between bandwagon and simply liking a team not from your region. I dont think anyone would accuse a fan from Ohio who likes the Sacramento Kings to be a bandwagon fan

Hb31187;1377345 wrote:Yes it is. But theres a fine line between bandwagon and simply liking a team not from your region. I dont think anyone would accuse a fan from Ohio who likes the Sacramento Kings to be a bandwagon fan

I would, because they probably started liking them in the early 2000s. If you're not from the area, you can't like a team without being a bangwagoner. Plain and simple. Its like rooting for Canada in Olympic Hockey over USA when you live in Nebraska.

Commander of Awesome;1377405 wrote:I would, because they probably started liking them in the early 2000s. If you're not from the area, you can't like a team without being a bangwagoner. Plain and simple. Its like rooting for Canada in Olympic Hockey over USA when you live in Nebraska.

I guess it depends on how you define "from the area." I personally don't care who people root for as long as they're not obnoxious about it, but appreciate fans who have some connection to the geographic area a team is in a bit more. Like me, for example, born in Minnesota and living in Chicago, and liking zero local teams:

Red Sox/Celtics: Picked up a strong liking toward them after living in Boston for 3 years. Had no prior strong MLB or NBA allegiance, having only cursorily followed the Twins and Timberwolves during my time in MN
Blue Jackets: Lived in Ohio when they got the team; had no other existing allegiances as I was a North Stars fan until they moved to Dallas.
Packers: My mom grew up in Milwaukee and I picked up my fandom from her. I did live in Madison for about a year but was a Packer fan long before that.
Gophers: Alma mater

So I wouldn't say I'm from Ohio, or from Wisconsin, or from Boston, but have connections to all those places.

gorocks99;1377410 wrote:I guess it depends on how you define "from the area." I personally don't care who people root for as long as they're not obnoxious about it, but appreciate fans who have some connection to the geographic area a team is in a bit more. Like me, for example, born in Minnesota and living in Chicago, and liking zero local teams:

Red Sox/Celtics: Picked up a strong liking toward them after living in Boston for 3 years. Had no prior strong MLB or NBA allegiance, having only cursorily followed the Twins and Timberwolves during my time in MN
Blue Jackets: Lived in Ohio when they got the team; had no other existing allegiances as I was a North Stars fan until they moved to Dallas.
Packers: My mom grew up in Milwaukee and I picked up my fandom from her. I did live in Madison for about a year but was a Packer fan long before that.
Gophers: Alma mater

So I wouldn't say I'm from Ohio, or from Wisconsin, or from Boston, but have connections to all those places.

Bolded the important part. Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves.

Commander of Awesome;1377405 wrote:I would, because they probably started liking them in the early 2000s. If you're not from the area, you can't like a team without being a bangwagoner. Plain and simple. Its like rooting for Canada in Olympic Hockey over USA when you live in Nebraska.

I just used the Kings as a random team. I dont understand why you're so fiercely against rooting for teams that arent in your area. I understand your point if a person likes lets say...Lakers, Cowboys, Yankees and Red Wings. That id agree is a bandwagon fan to the extreme, but if a person just likes average teams not from his/her area, not sure how its bandwagoning

Hb31187;1377436 wrote:... but if a person just likes average teams not from his/her area, not sure how its bandwagoning

It's not...at least when considering the definition of bandwagon fan.

Con_Alma;1377438 wrote:It's not...at least when considering the definition of bandwagon fan.

The OC definition seems to be, if you dont root for the team geographically closest to you, you're automatically a bandwagon fan lol

The OC is unique like that and many other ways. Whatever the definition of banwagon that subscribed to, I don't understand why it's thought to be a bad thing.

Commander of Awesome;1377405 wrote:I would, because they probably started liking them in the early 2000s. If you're not from the area, you can't like a team without being a bangwagoner. Plain and simple. Its like rooting for Canada in Olympic Hockey over USA when you live in Nebraska.

So NATIVE Canadians who happened to move from Canada can't root for their native country?

Well looks like NONE of us can root for the USA.

^ I'm a native U.S. American.

GOONx19;1377454 wrote:^ I'm a native U.S. American.

Native us american eh? You're a bandwagon fan if you dont root for the Blackhawks, Indians, Seminoles and Redskins

Hb31187;1377456 wrote:Native us american eh? You're a bandwagon fan if you dont root for the Iroquois, Apache or Cherokee.

Fify.

ts1227;1377323 wrote:Athens County. So, that's OU students (and they pull a lot of students from NE Ohio in)

Its not just OU students, almost Everyone I know from Athens Co. are Die Hard Browns fans

Hb31187;1377456 wrote:Native us american eh? You're a bandwagon fan if you dont root for the Blackhawks, Indians, Seminoles and Redskins

+ Chiefs, Braves, and Warriors