The Arizona Cardinals bandwagon fans prevented me from becoming one as well yesterday as they sold out the NFC Championship game in a mere six minutes. This was decidedly better than the game against the Falcons two weeks ago when the league had to bail the team out by continually extending the TV blackout deadline (the team was aided by a local pool company that bought up 3000 or so tickets–thanks Leslies).
Apparently the internets were all jammed up and the telephones all beeped busy. I wouldn’t have known any of this as I tried to go the traditional route by standing in line at one of the satellite ticket sites. Boom, wrong answer. The line I went to in the East Valley was at least a half mile long and growing by the minute. Some fans showed up at the stadium at 9am, betting that the Eagles would take care of business yesterday (they did, it was glorious).
While I did take a jab at the bandwagon jumpers, I will say this: the crowds have been growing pretty steadily since the 2007 season when the new stadium was built and it’s about time that the crowd was predominately decked out in red. Ken Whisenhunt has also been appreciative of the change, saying that home field advantage would be a big step forward for the club, “Knowing the environment and knowing the way our fans have supported us gives us such an advantage and that is exactly what we want.”
Mock me all you want but with the Patriots out of it, I’ve jumped on the Buzzsaw Bandwagon. I don’t know what this entails, because I haven’t been to a Cardinals game since 1992 and I don’t plan on buying any new NFL gear (I’ve got a Pats shirt and that’s enough).
I’m still a unsure of how to behave now that I’m (sort of) on the Cardinals bandwagon. There’s no way I’m going to be an obnoxious asshole on the level of Roman (or even Spence or Clown). After all, this is the only NFC team to have never played in the NFC Championship game, let alone a Super Bowl in the Super Bowl era. Yes, they’re playing great the past few weeks and shocking the hell out of teams with their improved running game and stellar run defense, but they’re still the Cardinals. Until Ken Whisenhunt took over they ate loserflakes for breakfast (/buuurrrrrnnnnn!).
How does one behave as a bandwagon Cardinal fan? I’m serious, I have no idea. To me they’re the only reasonable option remaining to root for. First of all, fuck the Steelers and their fucking retard fans. Second of all, fuck McNabb and his soup slinging dumb ass. Third of all, fuck the Ravens and their thugass team. Who else is there to root for?
That’s it. With that logic, I might become obnoxious. Every other team remaining or their fanbase is even more unbearable than I could ever be. The Cardinals are the PWNZORS!!!1!111!!!eleventy!!!
How dare you lump me with those yahoos! I’m the least obnoxious person I know.
Clown, I think Roman would disagree about that. And he might use this as evidence.
After Roman’s week long jinx, this was the lock of the century.
And congrats on the win in the NFC championship game, Hef(regardless of who wins).
ooo…i like where this is going. keep talking.
you had me at hello.
Hef, tickets starting at 50 bucks:
http://www.stubhub.com/nfc-championship-tickets/
I use this site, the tickets usually arrive in a day.
Scratch that, 200 seems to be the cheapest. Damn capitalists.
Stubhub is legit. That’s where I got my Nickelback tickets.
/CRM
I’ve jumped on the Buzzsaw Bandwagon
Doesn’t that hurt? I mean with the Buzzsaw thing and all.
Hef you suck. How dare you ever talk about Rays fans.
This team are who I think they is.
I hope that Jesus carries Kurt Warner to heaven (or the Super Bowl) over the trash from Philly but the way I have been rolling the dice lately I am going to predict the Iggles win the Super Bowl 42-3 over the Steelers…in this scenario Brian Westbrook, McNabb and Headhunter Dawkins will co-share the MVP after Dawkins knocks Big Ben unconscious with a helmet to helmet spear which is not penalized or fined…Westbrook will run 24 times for 105 yard (70 on one play) and McNabb will slip in his own vomit and toss the ball up as Desean Jackson catches it in the end zone..it is the only way this can end..really my life needs total annihilation not just some chincy poorly coached loss
steelers suck.
yinsers suck. somehow they even pollute NW Ohio, with thier starter jackets, missing teeth, and gold medallions.
Hef, I have a friend who is a Cardinals bandwagon fan. He jumped on the bandwagon when he moved to Tempe and Larry Fitzgerald joined the team (he went to Pitt, hence the Fitz love). So far, he hasn’t been an obnoxious fan. He’s just watched the games and cheered for the team. Cardinals fans seem pretty docile compared to teams like the Eagles.
SG, they’re a lot of fun to watch. But it’s hard to change a label and they’ve been “The Cardinals” for the last 30 years…hard to get obnoxious about that.
Did this happen recently? I thought I heard about this a while ago.