I posted this a little while ago in a similair thread:
y wife.
I am born and raised in Europe. The Netherlands to be exact. When I was in the military, I was deployed on a international (NATO) base, working with allot of nationalities, including Americans. Football still seemed like an odd sport to me. Why was is FOOT ball is they didn't really use their feet? Why do they keep stopping? Why does an hours play take 3-4 hours. I just did not get it, nor was I interested.
Then I met my wife. She is from Massachusetts . And a big fan of the NE patriots. She got me to watch a few games ( still with Bledsoe) but I did not get it, but she was really into it all. I laughed at her rolling on the floor yelling at ref's and never sat out a game ( to loooong).. But the more I watched it the more I started to figure out what was going on. I ended up buying a madden football videogame to learn more ( hey what was I going to do ).
Anyways to cut the story short. I started watching more games in 2001 and then Bledsoe got hurt and Brady took over, we wondered if this was the end of the season for the pat's and followed the rest of the games we were able to see, closely. But then things turned out great and they won this little thing called the Superbowl. My wife and me watched that game in Europe, deep in the night live broadcasted on American forces network. It was like 4.00 in the morning and my wife was highly pregnant, we actually had an appointment with the doctor for delivery of my daughter that same morning. It was an awesome event, that got me more into the game.
BUT I have only gotten REALLY into the game these past 2/3 years. And I still have much to learn about the game, but I know what I am watching and now get laughed at by my wife for being more fanatic then her at times. LOL
She tried to make me let me choose my own team-which I took as that I had to pick a different team to cheer for, but that just didn't work.
My connection to football is through her, MA and the NE patriots. I love(d) their attitude and back when I started the way they played and how they dealt with their underdog status.. I felt part of the event of them winning their first SB, and was highly annoyed they never seemed to get true acknowledgement of their work, even after their first SB.(or second or third)
I believe I will stay a pats fan forever, no matter is they win anymore SB's or not.
anyways.. I could just have said.. see sig
EDIT: My favorite player = T.B.
EDIT 2: My younger brother spend a year in Michigan on an student exchange program and is a lions fan, because of it