The Four Guys Who Sat In Front Of Me

fourthandmiles said:

1971-1962 makes you 9 years old at the time? Pretty easy to buy beer at the old stadium? LOL

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You're assuming that the 1962 in "Bostonian1962" is the year of my birth. You assume right and everything, but.................what was the question again?

Good detective work by the way, um, I mean my dad bought me the beer.

nepatz11 said:

Since I have caught so much flak for my advanced degree comment I just want to point out that I am a 29 year old slightly balding man with no job at the present moment and no girlfriend either. Oh yeah and I live with my parents (very much due to the no job thing which tends to be a problem when things like rent/bills arise). I was fired from my last job for stealing change from the copier. Im actually a complete loser in many ways. Oh but I am really good at Runescape and Nintendo Wii which is a plus. Oh yeah and my advanced degree is from McDonalds University.

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George?? George Costanza??????????

He's BALD???

nepatz11 said:

well why does it bother you so much then that your personally attackign me over a dumb message board post sorry if I used some dumb language I really didnt mean to categoriuze myself that way but dude take it easy like I said it was not meant to be taken seriously and I didnt mean it that way

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Maybe you shouldn't take YOURSELF so seriously.

I agree with most of what you said, but the Scituate part. I grew there and my family is still there. My dad owns a store in the town and it is not even close to being snobby. Now Cohasset and Duxbury I agree with you can also add Hingham

Patsrock said:

I agree with most of what you said, but the Scituate part. I grew there and my family is still there. My dad owns a store in the town and it is not even close to being snobby. Now Cohasset and Duxbury I agree with you can also add Hingham

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how do you generalize a town as snobby

JAYHAWKS34 said:

how do you generalize a town as snobby

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Yeah, its not like Squidville, where everyone is just like Squidward.

Lifer said:

Yeah, its not like Squidville, where everyone is just like Squidward.

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Lifer, you're on a nice roll today. LOL!

Hey guys, so I just went into the bathroom. I took a dookie, looked down and it turns out that I had balls! That's right! Not just one, but a full set of two! They both have advanced degrees in "importantology" and are into MMA on the weekends. They're not bald, though...

Bostonian1962 said:

You're assuming that the 1962 in "Bostonian1962" is the year of my birth. You assume right and everything, but.................what was the question again?

Good detective work by the way, um, I mean my dad bought me the beer.

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"To the fan that sat in back of me at the old stadium in 1971. It was 20 degrees in the sun. You were striped down to your waste and so drunk you peed your pants. You spilled beer down my back and didn't feel a thing when I clocked you. Your buddy was passed out in the 3rd period.

I'd just like to thank you for giving me such fond memories"

Are you the adopted son of Morris Buttermaker? "Would you cool it with the beer, Buttermaker"

dhamz said:

I often wonder when these threads pop up how many of those posting have been to both Gillette and multiple other stadiums around the league. It is neither louder or quieter than most any other stadiums in the league. I've been to probably a dozen games in other NFL stadiums and the other places were no different.

It is a cliche to knock the Patriots crowd for not impacting the game with crowd noise but in all honesty, that really doesn't happen often anywhere in the NFL and pretty much never in open air stadiums. There are only a couple of exceptions - Seattle and KC come to mind.

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I completely disagree. Last year in Cincy the crowd was insane until early in the 4th quarter when the Pats put it competely out of reach - Baltimore was crazy as well. Jax in 2006 was the worst crowd of the stadiums I have been to and they were louder than the crowd at Gillette when I went. For the record I went to Gillette for the Denver game in '06 and the crowd was absolutely terrible. Even in a close game they made no attempt to cheer on the defense even on 3rd downs, with Seymour and co. begging for it!

We are known around the league as the wine and cheese crowd and that is not by mistake!

I have been to: Cleveland, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Washington, Cincy, Baltimore and Gillette. Gillette had the least crowd noise and enthusiasm with Jax coming in second. I don't buy the stadium design excuse, because week two of last year flushed that theory down the toilet. That stadium can get plenty loud!

I know some STH's will feel compelled to get on me about this statement and explain how they cheer loudly at every game - I don't doubt that at all, nor do I think you folks are the reason for "wine and cheese crowd" label.

Just my 2 cents.

FYI, I just bought tickets for Sunday's game and I will be driving up from VA on Saturday after my boys football games. I have to admit I am not expecting much for crowd noise, but would love to be surprised.

mgcolby said:

I completely disagree. Last year in Cincy the crowd was insane until early in the 4th quarter when the Pats put it competely out of reach - Baltimore was crazy as well. Jax in 2006 was the worst crowd of the stadiums I have been to and they were louder than the crowd at Gillette when I went. For the record I went to Gillette for the Denver game in '06 and the crowd was absolutely terrible. Even in a close game they made no attempt to cheer on the defense even on 3rd downs, with Seymour and co. begging for it!

We are known around the league as the wine and cheese crowd and that is not by mistake!

I have been to: Cleveland, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Washington, Cincy, Baltimore and Gillette. Gillette had the least crowd noise and enthusiasm with Jax coming in second. I don't buy the stadium design excuse, because week two of last year flushed that theory down the toilet. That stadium can get plenty loud!

I know some STH's will feel compelled to get on me about this statement and explain how they cheer loudly at every game - I don't doubt that at all, nor do I think you folks are the reason for "wine and cheese crowd" label.

Just my 2 cents.

FYI, I just bought tickets for Sunday's game and I will be driving up from VA on Saturday after my boys football games. I have to admit I am not expecting much for crowd noise, but would love to be surprised.

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I went to a game in KC in 2006 and I shocked how dead it was compared to the game I went to at Gillette in 2003.

Double G said:

There, that's telling those four guys with the tight pants and tucked in shirts and no Patriots gear on (does the term way too much information mean anything to you); so because they weren't jumping up and down and yelling and screaming, they are not true fans?

Christ, is it Sunday, 4:15 yet, I really can't take much more of this.

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For the original poster's sake, I hope the 4 lilly ***es don't read the his remarks.

Usually I want to go to Pats games to see them play, but as far as non-football reasons...

I haven't wanted to drive 13 hours to go to a pats game more since NEM threatened to beat you up and you told him what seat to find you in. Just for the record, did he ever show up?

Lifer said:

I went to a game in KC in 2006 and I shocked how dead it was compared to the game I went to at Gillette in 2003.

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We all know it can loud - but far to often people toss out the design excuse. I do realize that my Gillette sample is small, but I was shocked that in such a tight game versus a team that we tend to struggle with, who also ended our season the year before - that so many people would be quietly sitting down.

Patslifer said:

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Why do you continue to show pictures of yourself? No one cares what you look like or how you act. Its amazing how people like you are the some ones who complain about Gillette not being loud enough, but when someone else does it, you get all holier than thou.

mgcolby said:

We all know it can loud - but far to often people toss out the design excuse. I do realize that my Gillette sample is small, but I was shocked that in such a tight game versus a team that we tend to struggle with, who also ended our season the year before - that so many people would be quietly sitting down.

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In my experience the crowd noise has alot to do with where you sit. When I've sat in the corners of a 100s section, it's been loud. When I am up in 315 it feels like there's nothing to hold in the noise and even if everyone is screaming like they were during the AFCCG, it still is relatively quiet. I've never been in the 200s.

Patjew said:

In my experience the crowd noise has alot to do with where you sit. When I've sat in the corners of a 100s section, it's been loud. When I am up in 315 it feels like there's nothing to hold in the noise and even if everyone is screaming like they were during the AFCCG, it still is relatively quiet. I've never been in the 200s.

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It's for goyem only you cretin!

PatsWickedPissah said:

It's for goyem only you cretin!

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LOL, that explains it.

Ah, the thread that keeps on giving!

DaBruinz said:

Its amazing how people like you are the some ones who complain about Gillette not being loud enough, but when someone else does it, you get all holier than thou.

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You completely miss the point of the responses.

Now say two Hail Marys and three Lord's Prayers.

I had to log in and voice my agreement with the original poster. I disagree that fans can "watch the game as they like." I'm trying to think of a good example to make, and the only one I can think of is this:

At Boston College, there's an area of student housing called "The Mods". It's a bunch of "temporary" modular suites that sit in the main residential area of the campus, near the stadium. They have traditionally been the main social scene at BC, and the expectation was that if you lived in the Mods, you would do your part to host parties, tailgates, etc.

Occasionally, you would have people who would get a good lottery pick for housing, and they would say "oh, I can't wait...we're going to have a mod!" to which others would say, "Great! Ready to throw some good parties?" to which they would say, "oh no! We don't want that! We'll just go to other people's mods and let them throw the parties!"

Red flag. These people would be vilified, and rightly so. Living in the Mods comes with that expectation that you are fulfilling a very specific and important role in the student community. If you weren't prepared to play that role, then f&%k off and go live in some other area of the campus. You don't live in the Mods because it's the cool place to be, you live in the Mods to be a part of fulfilling the reasons *why* it is the cool place to be.

This is the same thing with going to a Patriots game. Stadium noise and fan support are very real advantages, and the "Gillette isn't designed for sound" excuse doesn't cut it. It isn't a "get out of jail" free pass. Going to a game is a privilege, but that privilege comes with a responsibility of fandom: to be attentive to the game, to be loudly supportive, and to stick with your team to the end (especially if the game is close).

It doesn't mean you have to be a boor or a drunk. It does mean you have to care enough to be a part of the spectacle, even if it isn't your natural inclination (which it isn't for me, but I'm as loud as anyone on the occasions I get to go to a game). Going to the game and using it as a backdrop for your own idleness is an insult to the many passionate fans who would love to be at the stadium and a disservice to the team whose members have said time and again how much they feed off the energy of a rowdy home crowd.

that original post sounded pretty snobbish.

I'm assuming it's a joke post, though --- like something from the onion.