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Wearing your teams UNI at an Away Game (1 Viewer)

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I know from experience (wore a McNair jersey to a jags titans game and a Vince jersey to an eagles titans game last year) that fans can give you a real hard time about wearing an opposing teams jersey in "their" house. Personally, I loved it especially when the Titans romped the eagles last year and my boy, The Freak could not even catch Vince or Pac, but I can see how crowds of people chanting obscenities at you and occasionally throwing things can get to you.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles game

w/ the "other" teams jersey.

 
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Wore a McCaffrey jersey to the Broncos/Chiefs game on Thanksgiving last year.

Fans were great to us. :mellow: Don't be an #######, and generally, you'll meet some good people.

 
Wore a McCaffrey jersey to the Broncos/Chiefs game on Thanksgiving last year.Fans were great to us. :mellow: Don't be an #######, and generally, you'll meet some good people.
I went to many Orioles games wearing Cleveland Indians gear. Keys has it right; stay in your shoes and you'll be fine.
 
I have found wearing a Rams jersey at the Seahawks games in Seattle is fine. Most Seattle fans are a bunch of little girls and tend not to bite.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team w/ the "other" teams jersey.
It really is a sad day when this is acceptable behavior!Here are the places we've been with the Colts and the results of wearing our teams colors:Tenn- Great fansJags- Obnoxious fansDallas- Overall okayBengals- OkayBaltimore- Just rediculousChiefs- Good fans that love to throw peanuts at opposing fansI'm sure it depends on what section and how you act. However, I nearly went after some idiot who was giving my 14 year old son a hard time last year in Jacksonville. If it weren't for some of the locals shutting him down, I'd have gone to jail.We never sit in the uppers at any away game. We never go anywhere alone in the stadium.
 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team

w/ the "other" teams jersey.
It really is a sad day when this is acceptable behavior!Here are the places we've been with the Colts and the results of wearing our teams colors:

Tenn- Great fans

Jags- Obnoxious fans

Dallas- Overall okay

Bengals- Okay

Baltimore- Just rediculous

Chiefs- Good fans that love to throw peanuts at opposing fans

I'm sure it depends on what section and how you act. However, I nearly went after some idiot who was giving my 14 year old son a hard time last year in Jacksonville. If it weren't for some of the locals shutting him down, I'd have gone to jail.

We never sit in the uppers at any away game. We never go anywhere alone in the stadium.
What kind of moron feels the need to pick on a kid? :cry:
 
i got so much grief in philly random people telling me to go ##### myself. I am 17 and was 16 at the time and did not do ANYTHING to draw attention to myself. I was with my dad the whole time and did not yell or cause any disturbance.

 
I wore a Packers Mark Chmura jersey to a Bears game at Soldier Field shortly after he was caught with that 17 year old girl. I got a lot of weird looks and some comments but no one punched me.

 
I went to a Packers away game in Miami and had no issues at all - had a good time shootin' the poo with the Phins fans around us. Even with a Packer victory, the Phins fans were pretty cordial. :tfp:

Baseball is probably a bit different because each game is less significant, but back when they were in the AL, I wore Brewers gear to a game against the Tigers @ Detroit, and had no issues whatsoever. Also no issues at a Brewers game in Minnesota.

Earlier this season, I wore a Brewers hat to a Mets game @ Shea, and I had no problems until the game was over - the Mets had won - and as the crowd was filtering down the ramps and out of the stadium, I had a guy turn to me out of nowhere and get in my face, "BREWERS? F*** the F***ING BREWERS!". It was classy. :confused: I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, and say maybe he wasn't an AHole, but just had too many :no:

Agree with earlier poster - I wouldn't even THINK about going to Philly in away team gear - for any sport.

 
Wearing Browns gear at:

Tennessee - No Problems, met some great people, great experience.

Cincinnati - 1 Rowdy and Drunk woman threatened to kick my ###, I thought it was funny. Most people left me alone.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team

w/ the "other" teams jersey.
It really is a sad day when this is acceptable behavior!Here are the places we've been with the Colts and the results of wearing our teams colors:

Baltimore- Just rediculous

We never sit in the uppers at any away game. We never go anywhere alone in the stadium.
As a former Ravens PSL owner and season ticket holder, I always found Baltimore fans to be extremely aggressive, profane and rude to fans of other teams. The atmosphere (up in the cheap seats, where my tickets were) was not suitable for bringing my young kids, which was the whole reason I got season tickets in the first place. That being said, wearing Colts gear into Baltimore is just asking for abuse, just like wearing Ravens stuff to a game in Cleveland would be.

 
I have a Bengals friend who wore his jersey to a game at the Black Hole in Oakland. He went into take a piss, talked a little trash (the Bengals were winning at the time) and some a-holes ripped his jersey off and threw it over a pipe near the ceiling. They then lit it on fire and danced around it Lord of the Flies style.

Scary stuff.

He had to go buy a Raiders shirt to have something to wear.

 
I don't go to as many pro games, but I imagine that it's not nearly as bad as wearing the "wrong" jersey at any serious college game.

 
All I've ever seen in Houston from people wearing other team's jerseys is good-natured joking back and forth. Which is exactly what it should be.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team

w/ the "other" teams jersey.
It really is a sad day when this is acceptable behavior!Here are the places we've been with the Colts and the results of wearing our teams colors:

Baltimore- Just rediculous

We never sit in the uppers at any away game. We never go anywhere alone in the stadium.
As a former Ravens PSL owner and season ticket holder, I always found Baltimore fans to be extremely aggressive, profane and rude to fans of other teams. The atmosphere (up in the cheap seats, where my tickets were) was not suitable for bringing my young kids, which was the whole reason I got season tickets in the first place. That being said, wearing Colts gear into Baltimore is just asking for abuse, just like wearing Ravens stuff to a game in Cleveland would be.
I live in DC and Philly and the Ravens are by far the most out of control. I saw an older man get beat down by a couple Ravens fans and all you need to know about Philly is they have a jail on site with magistrate.The only time the Skins fans CAN get out of control is division games. Everyone breaks out the #### DALLAS tees.

I think in the mid-west and south football is more family orientated.

 
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For the most part you are OK at a Steelers game as long as you aren't loud and obnoxious yourself. You're likely to get a few comments thrown your way by a few idiots but you'll be fine if you just ignore them. I usually take my BIL to the Browns game each year and he is always decked out in the Browns colors. He's never had a problem and usually jokes around with the Steelers fans giving him a hard time.

That said things do get ratcheted up a few notches during the playoffs and the late games (gives people lots of time to get drunk). If you are a Ravens fan coming to Heinz Field for the Monday night game on Nov. 5 be prepared to hear some crap. If you can put up with a little of that then you'll be fine but it if you go looking for trouble you'll likely find it.

 
...I think in the mid-west and south football is more family orientated.
I know this will come off as stereotyping but I'm going to say it anyway. Just because it's stereotyping doesn't mean it also isn't true to some degree as a general trendI think it is more that as a generality people in the midwest and south are nicer to each other, or more civilized, however you care to put it.The midwest and south and west for that matter were rural areas for a long time. People settling there were more isolated, which meant when you needed help you really had to depend on your neighbors because there weren't many other people around. And it being spread out, there wasn't as much competition for resources and such. Neighbors were viewed as a treasure and a support network.The East Coast and especially the northern East Coast is more crowded and has been for generations. Long enough that neighbors being necessary for support lessened centuries ago. Cities like New York and Philly and Boston have a higher population density. Most other similarly-sized cities in the US had plenty of room to grow and are more spread out. The increased population density decreases the amount neighbors are a support network and increases how much they are competition for housing, affordable food and commerce, jobs, etc. In that kind of environment, behavior that would be self-defeating in rural areas becomes a more legitimate survival mechanism.Not saying that East Coasters are bad or nasty, that none are kind, or that there aren't as many shining beacons of goodness there as other places. And not that there aren't necessary similar attitudes in some other football places in the country (*cough Oakland*). But the general populace is slightly more likely to accept and engage in ruder behavior towards others because of the differing histories of the areas of the country, particularly in the urban environments where the football is played.
 
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I don't go to as many pro games, but I imagine that it's not nearly as bad as wearing the "wrong" jersey at any serious college game.
:cool: I've tried both, and its not close. I can wear a Bengals jersey in about any stadium there is (haven't done Philly yet though). Doing the same thing for my college team gets me 100 times the abuse.
 
Wore my Jags gear into Lambeau Field and had no problems at all. The fans were great in Green Bay. Of course it was 1 freaking degree at kickoff which could play a part in people being a little more subdued.

 
Wore a Pats jersey to the Broncos/Pats playoff game two years ago. It wasn't pretty. My seven year-old daughter learned some colorful new words from some of the classy Bronco fans.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team w/ the "other" teams jersey.
It really is a sad day when this is acceptable behavior!Here are the places we've been with the Colts and the results of wearing our teams colors:Tenn- Great fansJags- Obnoxious fansDallas- Overall okayBengals- OkayBaltimore- Just rediculousChiefs- Good fans that love to throw peanuts at opposing fansI'm sure it depends on what section and how you act. However, I nearly went after some idiot who was giving my 14 year old son a hard time last year in Jacksonville. If it weren't for some of the locals shutting him down, I'd have gone to jail.We never sit in the uppers at any away game. We never go anywhere alone in the stadium.
Believe me,I dont agree that it's acceptable behavior but I've heard a lot of horror stories aboutEagles fans,it's somewhat of a badge of honor to them. I must have completely forgotten aboutRavnes fans,they can be just as bad and have also built a nice little reputation for themselvesin this neck of the woods.
 
my buddy just moved to Philly from here in Texas and is a huge cowboy fan who will be going to the game up there.

i told him i would buy him a TO Cowboys jersey if he would wear it to the game, and he took me up on it. hope he doesn't get shanked or anything, but, i wouldnt mnd him getting some beer poured on him or something.

 
Depends where you go...and who you end up sitting by.

I am a Titans season ticket holder...but a Packer fan. And I have been in there for games several times now in my Favre jersey. Most of the time you get some good natured ribbing. But once had some obnoxious idiot taking it a bit over the line. Funny thing was he was not the drunk idiot...but the sober dork who knew very little about football. People would apologize for him saying not all fans were like that. I told them, I know, I live here and go to just about every game (this was not in my tickets but I had better seats for that game).

And at games in Lambeau I have seen both sides of it. The drunk idiots that will really berate a guy, to good natured fun...to an idiot with the Bear logo painted on his chest getting pelted with snowballs at a december game.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team w/ the "other" teams jersey.
I did this once. It ws kinda fun in an "MTV jackass" sort of way. It wasn't that bad.But would I wear a Florida State jersey at The Swamp, or vice versa? No chance. Whoever said college is worse is absolutely correct.
 
I know from experience (wore a McNair jersey to a jags titans game and a Vince jersey to an eagles titans game last year) that fans can give you a real hard time about wearing an opposing teams jersey in "their" house. Personally, I loved it especially when the Titans romped the eagles last year and my boy, The Freak could not even catch Vince or Pac, but I can see how crowds of people chanting obscenities at you and occasionally throwing things can get to you.
I didn't intentionally do this, but I did once wear my Footballguys.com Staff Hoodie (Black Hoodie with silver embroidery) to a game at Arrowhead one year. There were a LOT of hostile stares at me until people actually read the "Footballguys.com" and realized I wasn't a Raiders fan...I figured out why all the hostile stares looking in the mirror washing my hands after the second time I went to the john...lol. I don't think it would be good for one's health to wear a real Raiders jersey to Arrowhead...
 
As I mentioned about wearing a Colts jersey to Baltimore, you have to take into account the emotions of the particular game involved.

A few years ago when the Seahawks were in Baltimore, people viewed the fans in Seattle jerseys as kind of a curiousity and ended up talking to them about where they were from, why they were Seahawks fans, etc. (this was before Seattle went to the Super Bowl). But when you show up wearing the colors of a team's most hated divisional rival (like the faux Raider fan at Arrowhead), you have to expect a much more heated response.

 
I don't go to as many pro games, but I imagine that it's not nearly as bad as wearing the "wrong" jersey at any serious college game.
I went to a Badger/Wolverine game in Michigan, and the guys next to me were wearing shirts that said "Ann Arbor is a whore". No problems at all. Maybe it's just because MI fans are pansies, or that 75% of the people in the stadium were senior citizens.
 
I once had a 50 yr old woman spit on me at a Dolphins game - I was wearing a Bronco Jersey. The broncos had just scored, and she took a swig of beer, turned around, and spit it at me. Absolutely terrible.

She did not represent the dolphins fan base though - outside of her, most people were very decent. That was the worst I have run into, and I've worn a Bronco jersey to away games at Tampa, Minnesota, and New Orleans. No problems anywhere else.

 
my buddy just moved to Philly from here in Texas and is a huge cowboy fan who will be going to the game up there.i told him i would buy him a TO Cowboys jersey if he would wear it to the game, and he took me up on it. hope he doesn't get shanked or anything, but, i wouldnt mnd him getting some beer poured on him or something.
I seriously would advise against that. If there are two things that will pi$$ off Iggles fans its Dallas and T.O. Beer would be the nicest thing that got spilled on him. And it is a shame that I can't wear other teams jerseys to Philly games in any sport (especially FBall or Hockey).
 
Sometimes people just bring this kind of stuff upon themselves. My wife and I went to a Raiders - Cards game a couple years ago at Sundevil Stadium in Tempe, AZ. I'm not sure right now if it was the regular season game in 2002 when we beat the Cards like 48-24 or an exhibition game the following season, but anyway we were sitting in the upper deck between all the latino's/mexicans, and some dumb### walks up the stands wearing an Elway shirt, with a big ole smile on his face. He was clearly trying to instigate people. State troopers had to come get him out because he got kicked in the back and people threw drinks/food at him.

Actually there were several fights in our section during that game, now that I think about it.

 
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Me and my uncle went to the Meadowlands for an Eagles-Giants game a few years ago, and I was wearing my Dawkins jersey (this was the same year when Dawk destroyed Ike Hilliard in their 1st meeting at the Vet, and knocked him out for the year). It wasn't that bad up there, we didn't get too much crap, it was about as expected. Also Eagles fans travel well, so everywhere I looked you could see a few green jerseys mixed in with the blue, so at least we didn't feel completely out of place. After the game (NYG won in OT) a couple people were bustin my chops as we walked out, but overall it was a pretty cool experience going into enemy territory representing the Birds.

Also at that Giants game in Philly that year (I believe '02) I know we gave our fair share of crap to anyone with the stones to wear Giants gear. Keep in mind this was at the Vet, in the 700 level, so there were definitely some fights. It would get crazy. Best thing to do is just keep walkin. If you try to get wise, you would definitely have a beer or 5 come flying at your head. And if a fight breaks out, it would always seem that the opposing fan would be the one escorted out.

oh yeah I was also at the Wild Card game @ the Linc last year, and hardly saw any NYG fans.

As a Philly fan, I fear no opposing stadium, but understand the apprehension of any opposing team's fans coming into Philly.

 
I have a Bengals friend who wore his jersey to a game at the Black Hole in Oakland. He went into take a piss, talked a little trash (the Bengals were winning at the time) and some a-holes ripped his jersey off and threw it over a pipe near the ceiling. They then lit it on fire and danced around it Lord of the Flies style. Scary stuff. He had to go buy a Raiders shirt to have something to wear.
:hophead: :banned: I don't know why, but this slayed me.
 
Me and my uncle went to the Meadowlands for an Eagles-Giants game a few years ago, and I was wearing my Dawkins jersey (this was the same year when Dawk destroyed Ike Hilliard in their 1st meeting at the Vet, and knocked him out for the year). It wasn't that bad up there, we didn't get too much crap, it was about as expected. Also Eagles fans travel well, so everywhere I looked you could see a few green jerseys mixed in with the blue, so at least we didn't feel completely out of place. After the game (NYG won in OT) a couple people were bustin my chops as we walked out, but overall it was a pretty cool experience going into enemy territory representing the Birds. Also at that Giants game in Philly that year (I believe '02) I know we gave our fair share of crap to anyone with the stones to wear Giants gear. Keep in mind this was at the Vet, in the 700 level, so there were definitely some fights. It would get crazy. Best thing to do is just keep walkin. If you try to get wise, you would definitely have a beer or 5 come flying at your head. And if a fight breaks out, it would always seem that the opposing fan would be the one escorted out. oh yeah I was also at the Wild Card game @ the Linc last year, and hardly saw any NYG fans.As a Philly fan, I fear no opposing stadium, but understand the apprehension of any opposing team's fans coming into Philly.
I'm a philly die-hard, but have never spilled beer, threatened someone or gone beyond playful teasing. I actually have several good friends who are Giants, Cowboys & Redskins fans so I welcome the jawing. However, I think your asking for it to come to any Philly sports arena wearing your opposite teams colors. Call me an enabler, but I live in the real world. :unsure: Based on ESPN, FOX commentary...etc, most have heard the horror stories that have taken place (snowballs at Santa, jailhouse at the bottom of Vet stadium, 5 yr old kids getting beer poured on them). Knowing this, why would you even take the chance to test it out. Some of these "fans" are just looking for a reason, and the balls you show wearing your rival team colors considering what everyone has heard about Eagles fans, is reason enough for them to focus on you. It is a shame, but that is way some people are, and you can proclaim world peace all the way to the dry cleaner or hospital. :shrug: I at least take comfort in knowing that some of my fellow Eagles fans have their limits and would never go to the extremes that Irish/English/Scottish/Latin/Spanish soccer fans go to when you wear the wrong colors in the wrong seats. :excited:
 
Kleck said:
I don't go to as many pro games, but I imagine that it's not nearly as bad as wearing the "wrong" jersey at any serious college game.
I went to a Badger/Wolverine game in Michigan, and the guys next to me were wearing shirts that said "Ann Arbor is a whore". No problems at all. Maybe it's just because MI fans are pansies, or that 75% of the people in the stadium were senior citizens.
This is what Badger fans do to Northwestern fans...
 
Gambino said:
Jefferson the Caregiver said:
If you are over the age of 11, it is not acceptable to wear a team's jersey to any event, home or away.
:goodposting: Grown men should not wear jerseys with other peoples name on it.
I have a Walter Payton throwback, and I'm proud to have his name on my back when I wear it. I cant wait til my sons old enough for me to tell him about Walter's legacy and explain to him that guys like that are the definition of real men.
 
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Gambino said:
Jefferson the Caregiver said:
If you are over the age of 11, it is not acceptable to wear a team's jersey to any event, home or away.
:gang2: Grown men should not wear jerseys with other peoples name on it.
I have a Walter Payton throwback, and I'm proud to have his name on my back when I wear it. I cant wait til my sons old enough for me to tell him about Walter's legacy and explain to him that guys like that are the definition of real men.
Quite honorable, and I can respect that. But you could do the same with a football card or by putting the jersey in a nice frame.
 
Gambino said:
Jefferson the Caregiver said:
If you are over the age of 11, it is not acceptable to wear a team's jersey to any event, home or away.
:lmao: Grown men should not wear jerseys with other peoples name on it.
I have a Walter Payton throwback, and I'm proud to have his name on my back when I wear it. I cant wait til my sons old enough for me to tell him about Walter's legacy and explain to him that guys like that are the definition of real men.
Quite honorable, and I can respect that. But you could do the same with a football card or by putting the jersey in a nice frame.
And who are you to say that one is acceptable and the other isnt?
 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team w/ the "other" teams jersey.
I wore my Rangers jersey into the Spectrum many times. Took a lot of heat and got hit with a pretzel once, but that was about it. Philly fans' bark is worse than their bite.
 
I went to the Christmas day Bears Packers game two years ago at Lambeau.

Wore an Urlacher Jersey(with the front over my head...so you can still read the back) and wore an old Salaam jersey underneath with Vasher taped over the Salaam part. Most thought it was funny.

I had some talking stuff and saying they would use my jersey to wipe their ###. But after we went up big I started talking back and nothing more was said. It was all in fun.

 
My advice to you and all other FGUY subscribers is dont show up to an Eagles team

w/ the "other" teams jersey.
It really is a sad day when this is acceptable behavior!Here are the places we've been with the Colts and the results of wearing our teams colors:

Baltimore- Just rediculous

We never sit in the uppers at any away game. We never go anywhere alone in the stadium.
As a former Ravens PSL owner and season ticket holder, I always found Baltimore fans to be extremely aggressive, profane and rude to fans of other teams. The atmosphere (up in the cheap seats, where my tickets were) was not suitable for bringing my young kids, which was the whole reason I got season tickets in the first place. That being said, wearing Colts gear into Baltimore is just asking for abuse, just like wearing Ravens stuff to a game in Cleveland would be.
I went to a Titans/Ravens game once in Baltimore (only Steelers game I've missed on TV in the past 8 years) and the loudest sheer of the game, no joke, came when they put the Cincinnati/Pittsburgh final on the jumbotron and the fans saw the Steelers had lost. The whole stadium began chanting "PITTSBURGH SUCKS !! PITTSBURGH SUCKS !!" I couldn't believe it. Later that afternoon, we were at Shula's and they flashed the score and the whole bar started singing : "F--K THE STEELERS !! *clap clap clapclapclap* F--K THE STEELERS !!" Ravens fans hate the Steelers more than they like the Ravens, I think. However, there's a Steelers bar right across the street from the M&T Bank Center or whatever the hell it's called.

 
Gambino said:
Jefferson the Caregiver said:
If you are over the age of 11, it is not acceptable to wear a team's jersey to any event, home or away.
:lmao: Grown men should not wear jerseys with other peoples name on it.
Beats wearing a jersey with your own name on it.
 
Gambino said:
Jefferson the Caregiver said:
If you are over the age of 11, it is not acceptable to wear a team's jersey to any event, home or away.
:thumbup: Grown men should not wear jerseys with other peoples name on it.
I have a Walter Payton throwback, and I'm proud to have his name on my back when I wear it. I cant wait til my sons old enough for me to tell him about Walter's legacy and explain to him that guys like that are the definition of real men.
Quite honorable, and I can respect that. But you could do the same with a football card or by putting the jersey in a nice frame.
And who are you to say that one is acceptable and the other isnt?
Don't let me stop you. Put your favorite jersey on, tuck it into your blue jean shorts, clip your cellphones and PDA onto your leather weave belt, clip the bluetooth onto your ear, strap the oakleys down...and don't forget to put your ankle socks on before you slip the sandals on to head out to the game :unsure:
 
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Last Jags game I was at, a bunch of transplanted Pittsburghers were at the game throwing a giant tailgate party to promote a new restaurant they'd just opened in J'Ville. They spotted my Ward jersey and started yelling "Hines !!!" "Ward !!" "86 !!" I finally realized they were talking to me, so I walked over there. They gave me carte blanche on their buffet until game time (2+ hours) : unlimited kielbasa, sausage and peppers, fried chicken, burgers, dogs, ribs, BBQ chicken, cold salads, soda and beer (8 varieties including Corona, Heineken, and Sam Adams.) Never would have happened had I not had my jersey on for them to spot from behind as I was walking by.

Anyone who says a grown man can't wear a jersey can kiss my ###. :thumbup:

 

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