Digging Deep - why do you remain a fan of this franchise?

[CowgirlsFan]

Because the Bills are my best friend Aussiew's team.

[reddogblitz]

I was raised as a Dallas Cowboys fan by my father who was in tight with the team. He got me a job selling programs at Texas Stadium in 1972 which I did until that evil swine Jerry Jones bought the team. Then I half rooted for them to win and half rooted for them to lose. Very confusing. Then in 1995 I met a woman who was a Bills season ticket holder for years. I started watching games with her and from seeing how hard they played and how much fun it was watching the games I switched my fan-hood solely to the Bills in 1996. I am now a Bills fan by marriage!

 

I was on the Seattle Seahawks Drumline and went to the Super Bowl with them in 2005. It was fun and I was a fan, but it just wasn't the same. Now I hate the Pete Carrol Seahawks.

 

I watch every game and root for the Bills like crazy. One day we'll be good again and it's going to be sweet! Until then, it's business as usual. Follow every move they make and on Sunday root like HELL !!!

 

Go BILLS !!!!

[Buffalo Barbarian]

It's my team and my town, it's like being patriotic but for your team like one would be of their country.

 

I guess it is a natural instinct of mine.

 

I am loyal to my country "Proud to be an American". I can't imagine not being patriotic especially on a day like today. Happy Veterans Day

 

I am loyal to my hometown team. "Bills fan to the core." It is part of being a real Western New York'er.

 

yep

[Pilsner]

I was born on the west coast and have never been to Buffalo so I can't explain it. Red, White and Blue + American Buffalo + blue collar work ethic. Perhaps it's more than that. The Buffalo Bills. It's Iconic, it's historical, it's in my blood. It just feels right to be a fan.

[CSRABILLSFAN]

I own to many Bills items to quit now.

[rockpile]

Parents both from Buffalo, I was raised in Rochester. I honestly can't remember a time when I wasn't a fan. Lucky enough to go to a lot of games in the late 80's and early 90's with my Dad. Moved to NC after college and would find a bar to watch games (later Direct TV Ticket), and would break down the game each week with my Dad. Bills Fanhood has its' bonds.

 

When my Dad was dying of cancer he told me that he "wished he had enough time to see the Bills win one Superbowl". I told him that "none of us have enough time to see them win a Superbowl".

 

I told that story during the eulogy at his funeral, and it brought laughter from all attending (a church of mostly Bills Fans).

 

Fanhood isn't logical, it's emotional. For if it was logical, most of us would root for an organization that was better run and was deserving of our passion

 

I think I will be saying that to my grandsons sometimes!

Edited November 13, 2013 by rockpile

[SactoBillFan]

Grew up in WNY little old Allegany. Been gone awhile but can't root for any other team.

[Kemp2Warlick]

Born in Buffalo. Have been a fan from the beginning. I remember reading the Courier Express looking for Bills news.

[RevWarRifleman]

I think I will be saying that to my grandsons sometimes!

An awesome post! Thanks for posting it, man. Don't worry, you're Dad still watches the Bills with you.

[IslandBillsFan]

Being from the Buff is the origin. But in these trying times I think it's that anticipation in the beginning of the season to have a "good year".

[Jkgobills]

 

An awesome post! Thanks for posting it, man. Don't worry, you're Dad still watches the Bills with you.

 

 

I know he is....I can still hear him yelling at the TV .

[JuanGuzman]

As a 6 year old, ever the contrarian, I was cheering for the Bills to beat the Giants in the superbowl despite my dad being a giants fan. As the Bills went on to lose more superbowls it became kind of a family joke that I was Bills fan (the lovable losers) even though in reality I had no interest in football at that age.

 

Anyway the family had CFL season tickets and Flutie was always in the running for most outstanding player. I never really liked Flutie in CFL cause he was on the wrong teams but when he moved to the NFL it was right around the time my friends and I started getting into the NFL. Flutie was a player I knew of, he was an incredible CFL QB, and I wanted to see him succeed in the NFL.

 

It seemed natural to root the Bills giving the old family joke, Flutie, and it also helped that they actually made the playoffs under Wade Phillips a couple times. Kids are natural front runners. Anyway it was between the Bills and Jaguars for a while (I just thought Fred Taylor was a beast & 12 year old me liked the jaguar name). Realizing I couldn't have "two teams" I decided to go all in for for the Bills and haven't looked back since. I just wish they would give me something to root for.

[Captain Hindsight]

I went to a game with my father when I was maybe 7 years old. It was maybe 10 degrees out and we were sitting in what is now the Jim Kelly Club (wasn't then). My dad looked over in the box and saw his boss sitting in the front row so he waved and his boss came out and invited us inside. But the windows on the box were tinted and I was so scared I wouldn't be able to see so i refused to go in. After much coaxing and a promise I could get anything I wanted inside I reluctantly accepted to go in. My dads boss took me to all the merchandise stores and food places and I felt bad asking him to buy me something so finally I just asked for some french fries.

 

My dad still calls me a dummy for that

 

Simply put some of my first memories was sitting outside with my dad and brother chanting "DANNY DANNY" and tasting some really bad apple juice . I'm hooked for life. Even when the Bills are horrible I can always count on them to give me something to talk about and root for. Frankly I wouldn't trade it for anything and someday I'll be rewarded for my patience and consistent loyalty

[flmike]

Rooting for the Bills keeps me tied to where I was born and my earliest memories. I haven't lived in Buffalo since I was in 1st grade, but I've moved so much that I hate the question of "What's your hometown?" I just say I'm from Buffalo now. Go Bills!

[Livinginthepast]

I am from St.Catharines, Ontario but the Bills were the home team for me and my family starting in the early 80s. I can remember being heartbroken when Ferguson and Cribbs et al. lost to the Chargers in the playoffs and were so close to winning. When Kelly and Marv came to town I was in my late teens and the Bills were so much fun to watch. I often have to remind myself how awesome they were by watching that team on youtube. They were just so great. Its one of the greatest disappointments in my life that they failed to win a SB esp when they were a best team of the era. The Flutie era rekindled my interest but the last 14 years have really shaken my faith. My wife constantly questions my mental health as I scream at the TV when the Bills find a way to lose and screw me over emotionally. But there I am, week after week watching them like a sucker!!

[YoloinOhio]

I was born and raised in Buffalo. My Dad was and still is a huge Bills fan, along with my whole family. We always listened to the radio call-in shows about the Bills in the car to and from school. I was in 8th grade when they first made the playoffs that started the SB era. That was when I really got invested. I was a freshman in college when they went to their last SB. I remember sitting in my dorm room in Ohio by myself watching the game and being immensely homesick because I realized there weren't any other Bills fans there. After I graduated and moved to Columbus I still found a place to watch them every Sunday. I am as much of a fan now after the 13/14 years of no playoffs as I was back then. It is in my blood. Sometimes I wish I could choose not to be a Bills fan, it is ruined many Sundays (and Mondays) for me for many years. But it isn't possible. I am sometimes a Bills apologist because I love the team so much, I have a hard time criticizing and always give the benefit of the doubt and have hope. I think being a Bills fan builds character though somehow.

[Max997]

Digging Deep - why do you remain a fan of this franchise?

 

What are we supposed to do? Become a fan of another team just bc the Bills haven't been winning or bc another team has?

 

Anyone who does that isn't really a fan to begin with

 

I would only stop being a fan if the team ends up moving to another city

Edited November 14, 2013 by Max997

[ExiledInIllinois]

Because it is my home team.

[Wayne Fontes]

I can't wait until they win a SB or move out of town.

[PromoTheRobot]

Because I am not a fan of the NFL. I'm a fan of the Bills. There is no other team I really care all that much about. So I'm only interested in how one team is doing. The Bills. If there were no Bills the NFL would cease to exist for me.

 

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