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  • SPTO
    binging
    • Feb 2003
    • 68046

    #31
    Re: "We"

    Originally posted by jmood88
    No I'm talking about people who don't live in the state, don't go to the school, and haven't been been in the state for any period of time(outside of a weekend visit)yet they're fans of the team. I can understand pro teams but it doesn't make sense for college at least in my opinion.
    Well listen, Canadian university football sucks balls so I'd rather be a fan of the Irish even if they suck this year.

    Hell the U of T Blues are something like 0-60 in the last few years. So ah, there's not much to love locally
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    • jmood88
      Sean Payton: Retribution
      • Jul 2003
      • 34639

      #32
      Re: "We"

      Originally posted by SPTO
      Well listen, Canadian university football sucks balls so I'd rather be a fan of the Irish even if they suck this year.

      Hell the U of T Blues are something like 0-60 in the last few years. So ah, there's not much to love locally
      Canadians get a pass.
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      • Chief Illinimac
        Gimme the Oscar, Friendo.
        • Dec 2004
        • 2365

        #33
        Re: "We"

        Originally posted by Undefeated
        If you're not on the team, or part of the coaching staff, it sounds absolutely ridiculous when you say 'we' with reference to your team.

        This is my position, and I stand behind it.
        I am so glad someone said this. Thank you.
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        • SPTO
          binging
          • Feb 2003
          • 68046

          #34
          Re: "We"

          Originally posted by jmood88
          Canadians get a pass.


          You're a good man.
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          • NYJets
            Hall Of Fame
            • Jul 2002
            • 18637

            #35
            Re: "We"

            I say it.

            I don't think I'm really part of team or anything, but I use it anyway. It's not that big of a deal and people that complain about it need lives.
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            • bullcats
              Pro
              • Jan 2003
              • 597

              #36
              Re: "We"

              If you root for a team, buy thier merchindise, buy tickets and go to your teams games, and are emotionaly invested in your team in some way then you are linked to that team in my opinion. I say we and will continue to do so.
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              • pk500
                All Star
                • Jul 2002
                • 8062

                #37
                Re: "We"

                Originally posted by Undefeated
                If you're not on the team, or part of the coaching staff, it sounds absolutely ridiculous when you say 'we' with reference to your team.

                This is my position, and I stand behind it.
                I'm with you 100 percent, man.

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                • deeman11747
                  G-M*nnnn
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 3194

                  #38
                  Re: "We"

                  Originally posted by bullcats
                  If you root for a team, buy thier merchindise, buy tickets and go to your teams games, and are emotionaly invested in your team in some way then you are linked to that team in my opinion. I say we and will continue to do so.
                  I agree. Other than the emotional aspect of it... as soon as I buy a ticket or a jersey, I become an investor in that team. Who do you think is paying A-Rod salary? Steinbrenner isn't just printing money, its the fans who are paying.

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                  • MC Fatigue
                    Banned
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 4150

                    #39
                    Re: "We"

                    Teams generally represent their fan base and the city in which they play.

                    A person saying "we" isn't implying they're part of the team or anything, they're implying what the team represents.

                    "We suck" - the team that represents our city sucks - or the team that the person shares their fan base with sucks.

                    "We rock" - the team that represents our city rocks - or the team that the person shares their fan base with rocks.

                    It's in no way stupid.

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                    • TheMatrix31
                      RF
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 52931

                      #40
                      Re: "We"

                      Considering the amount of passion, time, energy/emotion, and effort I put into each and every one of my teams--no matter where they are--you'd bet your *** I'm gonna say "we".

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                      • Jistic
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 16405

                        #41
                        Re: "We"

                        If you don't say "we", then you don't really give a crap about YOUR team.
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                        • stewaat

                          #42
                          Re: "We"

                          I think this thread is more directed towards people who are casual fans, which about 1% of OS is. Most the people here are pretty mature fans who have good, sensible rational for liking a team.

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                          • bluengold34_OS
                            Content Creator
                            • Nov 2004
                            • 7346

                            #43
                            Re: "We"

                            I grew up in South Bend for 25 years, so I grew up Loving the Irish, Cubs, Bears and Blackhawks.
                            I have devoted 25 years worth of emotions, cash, time, travel, joy and disappointment. I have spent thousands of $ on team gear, tickets, travel etc...etc. If that does not warrant an emotional "We" or "I" when I speak in regards to my teams...then what the hell does. I don't even call my college team I played bball for "WE", because there is no emotional attachment, it was just a scholarship that was offered and I accepted.

                            When I use the terms "WE or "I", its not being used as If I belong to that team or am a member of it...I am a member of that fan base, the collective spirit thats roots for one commonality. The same people that I cheer with or look at with disappointment after a horrible play or loss...

                            For the fan that has to ask "hey, who does ( insert team ) play this weekend?" maybe "WE" and "I" seem absurd, but for the ones who spend hours before the game eating and drinking with fellow brethren, and hours after the game self dissecting the game, those terms will always be part of our vocabulary

                            ...............and rightly so.
                            Last edited by bluengold34_OS; 11-18-2007, 10:53 AM.
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                            • ehh
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Mar 2003
                              • 28962

                              #44
                              Re: "We"

                              It's complete nitpicking if someone bitches about a person saying "we". Usually someone brings it up when:

                              A) They're hating
                              B) They have nothing else to back up an argument with

                              Who the hell cares if you say we?
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                              • plasticbeast
                                MVP
                                • Dec 2005
                                • 886

                                #45
                                Re: "We"

                                I think you have to use "we" and "us" if its your alma mater. I might not have lost any blood or tears of the field of competition at WVU, but I have poured my heart and soul (and liver) into cheering on my Mountaineers every week and I have put in work in the classroom and libraries on campus to deserve to be part of the collective that is the Mountaineers.
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