Around the NFL: Conference Championships Edition

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Understood. I can't really say I'm gung ho for any of the teams, but the least of the evils for me is Baltimore

Same here.

Maybe I am lucky that I don't know any a-hole Ravens fan. Most of them care more about beating Pittsburgh than the Redskins. Honestly, the thought of a Redskins/Ravens "rivalry" is laughable IMO. And like you said, I think they are a very well run organization. And they've been successful without resorting to the douchebag tactics of teams like the Pats.

A Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh SB would be a lot of fun too. It'd make the week leading up to the SB very interesting.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Same here.

Maybe I am lucky that I don't know any a-hole Ravens fan. Most of them care more about beating Pittsburgh than the Redskins. Honestly, the thought of a Redskins/Ravens "rivalry" is laughable IMO. And like you said, I think they are a very well run organization. And they've been successful without resorting to the douchebag tactics of teams like the Pats.

A Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh SB would be a lot of fun too. It'd make the week leading up to the SB very interesting.

I'll admit that I used to actually kind of like the ravens and I thought of them as my second team. Honestly, I was pumped when they won the Super Bowl during my freshman year of college because, although I grew up in a family of Redskins fanatics, I wasn't a huge sports fan until I got into college.

My hatred for the ravens started a couple of seasons later when my friends' got Skins season tickets. That year we played the steelers in a preseason game. At the game there was a group of 3 or 4 ravens fans sitting a few rows behind us fully decked out in ravens cap - purple camo, face-paint, stupid purple & black wigs - and they were cheering like crazy FOR THE STEELERS! We asked them why they were cheering for their rival and they said it was because of how much they hate the Skins, but they couldn't give a reason for why that was the case. It was insanity.
Over the years I met A TON of ravens fans who were just like that, and so my anti-passion for them grew, especially when I lived in Federal Hill for a year.


As for the actual point of this thread - I really wouldn't be surprised if the ravens do pull off another upset. It seems like their offense is really clicking now that Caldwell has a few games under his belt; and their defense always knows how to step up. Sunday evening should be pretty wild.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I'll admit that I used to actually kind of like the ravens and I thought of them as my second team. Honestly, I was pumped when they won the Super Bowl during my freshman year of college because, although I grew up in a family of Redskins fanatics, I wasn't a huge sports fan until I got into college.

My hatred for the ravens started a couple of seasons later when my friends' got Skins season tickets. That year we played the steelers in a preseason game. At the game there was a group of 3 or 4 ravens fans sitting a few rows behind us fully decked out in ravens cap - purple camo, face-paint, stupid purple & black wigs - and they were cheering like crazy FOR THE STEELERS! We asked them why they were cheering for their rival and they said it was because of how much they hate the Skins, but they couldn't give a reason for why that was the case. It was insanity.

Over the years I met A TON of ravens fans who were just like that, and so my anti-passion for them grew, especially when I lived in Federal Hill for a year.

Sounds like you've had the misfortune of meeting a whole bunch of fairweather Ravens fans who really need to get their fan card taken away. I worked in downtown Baltimore for two years and ran into a few annoying fans, but not many.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Sounds like you've had the misfortune of meeting a whole bunch of fairweather Ravens fans who really need to get their fan card taken away. I worked in downtown Baltimore for two years and ran into a few annoying fans, but not many.

Going with AMD on this one. I have lived in Baltimore for almost 20 years now. It's the unexplainable hatred of the Skins that really just gets to me. Plus, so many I meet are just real jerks.

If you're a Skins fan, how do you piss off a Ravens fan? Just tell them you really don't care if the Ravens win or lose. They HATE that Skins fans don't care that they hate them.