Why you chose to be a Redskins fan:

Born in Bethesda, MD. Raised in Herndon, and Virginia Beach, VA... The Skins ARE THE HOME TEAM of VA! (which a lot of people who live there like to ignore, and CHOOSE to root for other teams!) I have always been a fan of the Skins, I can remember going to super bowl parties with my parents and watching the Skins win and loose SBs in the 80s and 90s. Went to my first Skins game in 1985 at RFK, it was magical for a 7yr old kid, and I've been hooked ever since. I live in New Orleans now, and have season tickets to the Saints for 4yrs now, but I just don't feel the connection like I do to the Skins. Its like being male, or heterosexual, being a Skins fan is just part of BEING WHO I AM...

Hometeam.

I came out of the womb wearing Burgandy and Gold...literally. I just stuck with it.

It was Lombardi and George Allen who got me hooked about the time that I was old enough to get hooked. By the mid-70's it was all over for me in terms of fandom.

A few years ago my political conscience told me that maybe I should root for a team with a more correct nickname. So I tried rooting against the Redskins. I couldn't pull it off for more than 5 minutes. I have burgundy and gold blood. Not rooting for the Redskins was like rooting for the Cowboys - it cannot be done!

Well this is my first post and I figured what better way to pop the cherry then to post in this thread.

I choose to be a Redskins fan because I was born into it. My whole family are die hard Redskins fans and to love any other team might as well be a sin. I was brought up into it and have been a die hard Skins fan ever since. I couldn't imagine rooting for any other team and lord knows I wouldn't want it any other way either.

Welcome aboard!

I was young but I watched the super bowl, that's still one of the happiest days that I can ever recall

man how cool is it to see your team that you've supported go to the super bowl and win it convincingly? and how about detroit stomping dallas one week and we made them look inept in the nfc championship?

glad that I cared more about sports than cartoons as I could've easily missed that being only 8; I remember being so sad because I wasn't allowed to watch the MNF game where Monk got the receptions record.. I knewwww he was going to get it vs Denver and he sure did

This was a memorable game for me. My first game being there live, first monday night game, saw elway play, and monk broke record. Cool day indeed.

It's especially interesting to hear about how Skins supporters with no connection to Washington became fans.

Dead show@ RFK smoked grass and passed out under Jocobes wife's, well; snatch. Lived there for weeks....

Dead show@ RFK smoked grass and passed out under Jocobes wife's, well; snatch. Lived there for weeks....

Was that the Dead with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty? I was there (kind of) that day...fond memories.