Bandwagon Fan

[WhoDey42]

Steve Rushin's article this week in Sports Illustrated is about bandwagon fans. It focuses on the Bengals, White Sox, and Clippers. As a sports fan, I don't think theres a worse thing to be called than a bandwagon fan. I get really pissed off when people try to claim I'm a Bandwagon Bengals fan (these are the same people who have lived in Ohio their entire lives that claim to be fans of the Yankees, Red Sox, Patriots, Colts, etc) . I'm not very old, but ever since I really started paying attention to football, I've been a Bengals fan, I was raised by my dad to be a Bengals fan. Is there anything worse to be called than a bandwagon fan? (well, besides a Steeler fan )

Rushin does have a pretty funny quote at the end of the article... "I've been a Bengals fan since Day One (of Week 9.)"

[derekshank]

Only thing worse than bandwagon is fair-weather. There is no such thing as a fair-weather Bengals fan!

[jjakq27]

Steeler fan.....or worse yet Steelergurl?

[NYBengalfan]

Its horrible in NY. People tell me that I am a front runner. Its a lose or lose situation, Id wear my Jeff Blake jersey back in the day and people would laugh at me. Today people see me wearing a Bengals jacket they call me a front runner, which is bull s**t.

I had to take friends to my house, show them all of my Bengals jerseys, hats, posters. i even have a ticket and a GameDay program from a Bengals game vs the Giants at giants stadium. I tell them about the game and how the Bengals lost by a missed two pt. conversion.

Its sad because I have to prove that Im not a front runner.

[Stripes]

Yes, they all will say that. They don't like to see other teams having success. The Patriots' fans all had to go through a crap load of this too.

After fifteen years of turd, I think we all know very well what kind of fans we are.

[Kazkal]

Meh it happens to all teams,how many teams started liking pats after they won a super bowl? how many more after 2nd one then 3rd one? but then again I live in oregon and now all sudden i've been seeing seahawk gear everywhere

[benglsdrumr]

Its horrible in NY. People tell me that I am a front runner. Its a lose or lose situation, Id wear my Jeff Blake jersey back in the day and people would laugh at me. Today people see me wearing a Bengals jacket they call me a front runner, which is bull s**t.

I had to take friends to my house, show them all of my Bengals jerseys, hats, posters. i even have a ticket and a GameDay program from a Bengals game vs the Giants at giants stadium. I tell them about the game and how the Bengals lost by a missed two pt. conversion.

Its sad because I have to prove that Im not a front runner.

Amen dude. I go through the same thing cuz i wear my bengal jerseys and a bengals hat and people start accusing me of being a frontrunner. Then I ask 'em if they wanna see my Akili Smith jersey. I want to burn Akili's jersey but I sadly keep it as proof.

[jungleman]

boys it doesnt matter how many old jerseys people have and if people question you because if they are asking you they are normally the banwagon fan so fukkem.

[NYBengalfan]

Its horrible in NY. People tell me that I am a front runner. Its a lose or lose situation, Id wear my Jeff Blake jersey back in the day and people would laugh at me. Today people see me wearing a Bengals jacket they call me a front runner, which is bull s**t.

I had to take friends to my house, show them all of my Bengals jerseys, hats, posters. i even have a ticket and a GameDay program from a Bengals game vs the Giants at giants stadium. I tell them about the game and how the Bengals lost by a missed two pt. conversion.

Its sad because I have to prove that Im not a front runner.

I forgot to mention that the bengals Giants game was in 1997

[buck3y3d]

I'll take the bandwagon title over the stuff I used to get called.

At least it means that we are winning.

Plus, I hate to bring it up, but Rushin didn't check his facts. The Bengals averaged over 50,000 fans for a game during the 90's. This may be the worst decade for a team ever, and these attendance totals are still pretty high.

[Stripes]

Plus, I hate to bring it up, but Rushin didn't check his facts. The Bengals averaged over 50,000 fans for a game during the 90's. This may be the worst decade for a team ever, and these attendance totals are still pretty high.

Damn straight. Everyone used to make out Riverfront Stadium as a barren wasteland during the '90s, but it was still alive and crankin'.

[Kazkal]

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Looks preatty full to me

[ArmyBengal]

I had one of my workers come into my office and after seeing the Bengals gear around the place, proceeded to call me a bandwagon fan. I got pissed and went on a tirade about being raised a Bengals fan, going throught the good and BAD, being at the freezer bowl (-59 wind chill for those who don't remember) when I was 10, and going to the first Super Bowl. Then I thought to ask who his team was and he said, the Bears. I then responded by saying, "You can call me what you like, but we kicked your A$$ in your stadium this year !!!". Needless to say, he left a little disgruntled !!!

WHODEY !!!

[bengalsLB]

I have never been called a bandwagon fan cause i have been with cincy

for as long as Marvin has been here

[Ox]

Ahh yes the good ol days of Bengals fball. Or the Bad ol' days I should say.

I believe this is the season that ushered in the lost decade? Maybe this was '92.... I forget.

Either way the jungle was still packed.

[NYBengalfan]

Ahh yes the good ol days of Bengals fball. Or the Bad ol' days I should say.

I believe this is the season that ushered in the lost decade? Maybe this was '92.... I forget.

Either way the jungle was still packed.

I think it was '97 or '98, because Boomer and Blake were both on the team at the same time.

[bengalindian]

I'm pretty sure it's the worst thing to be called as a sports fan. People have called me that, and then I proceed to name practically everyone on the roster and their position, and then I tell them the Bengals record for the last 10 years and they believe me. I tell them about my previous undefeated record (before the Indy game) at PBS even during the 2-14 seasons. And I tell them about how my dad and uncles were fans ever since they moved to this country in the 70s, and how I have a Bengals Super Bowl XXIII Champions pennant in my room, and that the Bengals haven't even won a Super Bowl. And then, if they give me more crap, I tell them to shut the f**k up.

WHO DEY

[PMThor]

I could care less what someone else calls me. I know how long I have been following the Bengals, I know what I have seen, and I don't need to prove it to anyone else. And I want bandwagon fans. It means you are winning.

Besides, how do you disprove that you aren't a bandwagon fan anyway? The harder you argue that you aren't a bandwagon fan, the more you look like one. Either way, the person who called you a bandwagon fan sees what they want to see.

by the way....JJAKQ27.... if that is you, I along with about 800 others work with you...

[BengalNation1281]

I've been really lucky, because the people around here who know me always stick up for me if anybody asks if I'm a bandwagon fan (since it usually happens at the bar). I can tell you the game when I became a Bengals fan, how many yards Blake threw for in that game and the game before, where I was and why it was...and I sport my Jeff Blake jersey with pride.

I was around for the bad old days, and I'll be around for the good days to come...and if anyone doubts me, I will simply have to kick their ass.