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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I'd kinda like to know.No but talk to @mosslost because he doesn't think everyone is strange.
I was born in 1971 and my dad took me to my first game in October of 81. I was 10. They played HOU. Killed 'em. I played Pop Warner, little league & hockey so I was football/sports aware. I didn't really start being a true fan until '82 then the league went on f-ing strike.How old were you guys when you became Patriots fans? Kids? Teens? 20s? 30s? Etc? Turning 25 made me curious about age and fandom and never saw this question asked here when I was here.
Also: When do the body pains begin?
Also: When do the body pains begin?
Rod was in fact a very good coach, our DC in our playoff runs in the 80's.I went to a handful of games with my dad in the 80's. I was 12 when the Pats were in SB 20 against the Bears. I was rooting for them and I liked them and all but I don't think I was a true fan. In late 1990 I would play Tecmo Bowl with my buddy after school and that's where I learned the basic rules of football with downs and distance and it finally made sense to me. I really got into the NFC Championship game that season between the 49rs and Giants and then the Super Bowl with Giants and Bills. I decided to really get into football and follow it so I hopped on the Patriots bandwagon on the ground floor right after their 1990 1-15 season (My avatar is Rod Rust who coached that one terrible season and my username is because of him) and have been hooked ever since.
I must point out that I despise the Giants. If somebody likes them, fine, get out of my face and move to New York where you belong.Around 8 or 9 (RI'er) and I was watching a Giants Pats game with my Dad and Uncles who were all Giant fans and I heard the name Randy Vataha and for whatever reason bucked the trend and was hooked on the Pats.
Had our best uni's then.I was 29. I spent a year in New England in 81-82. Pats were 2-14, so no one could accuse me of being a bandwagon fan. And my favourite Pats player was ... Don Hasselbeck (always loved watching tight ends!)
Yeah, tough to evict my Dad and Uncles.I must point out that I despise the Giants. If somebody likes them, fine, get out of my face and move to New York where you belong.
The morning after the last game at old Foxboro Stadium, I greeted my ailing dad, who said, like always, "Well, the Patriots tried their best...it just wasn't quite good enough..."In the mid 70s when I was a teen. I used to watch the games and drive my dad crazy with questions. He's now 84 and we talk after every game. The last 17 years have been a dream and I savor where we are.
My 85 year old fan Dad left my brother's house in disgust during the last SB when the Falcons went up 28-3. He only lives about 5 minutes away and couldn't resist turning the tv on after a while to see "how much the Patriots lost by." The Pats were tying the score when he turned it on.The morning after the last game at old Foxboro Stadium, I greeted my ailing dad, who said, like always, "Well, the Patriots tried their best...it just wasn't quite good enough..."
I then rewound and played the tape on the VCR of the rest of the game, after he'd turned off the TV when the Raiders recovered the ball after the Woodson hit.
After '67, the Red Sox were always in the spotlight. The Bruins went through the most glorious, spectacular run this city, and maybe this country, has ever seen, even though it was relatively short. The Celtics were and remain the standard for success and commitment.At birth .........