You have exactly 1 hour to harass me for the Eagles Loss....

[LynneSin]

....then I'm asking a mod to lock this thread.

My eyes are sore from so much crying last night - but I know there are folks out there that just want to rub the salt into my wounds.

Go ahead - you have an hour. Then football season is overwith for this gal.

[underpants]

1. No harassment here

I knew (I could FEEL) that Delhomme was that good despite the complete lack of talk about him.

Yeah now you have to wait and go through the whole process again next year. As a A-Braves and UVa fan I know AAAAAALLLLLLL about it.

[jimbo fett]

2. Always the bridesmaid but never the bride...

[unfrigginreal]

3. Hang in there LynneSin...

Here's to hoping that those tears are from joy in your post tomorrow. :)

[Wonco_the_Sane]

4. My Seahawks lost earlier than the Eagles

That being said...nah nah nah nah nah. :)


Good luck next year man. T.O. wants out of S.F.! Get McNabb a WR or two (or three) :) and he'll take you guys to the SB fer sure!!!

[YNGW]

5. Actually, you got a pretty good team.

But, the Eagles need to dump McNabb. He'll never get you over the top. He wasn't that good at Syracuse. Great athletic ability but he can't think on his feet.

[SOteric]

6. Awww....

[beawr]

7. As a 'Skins Fan

I can't have too much sympathy since you guys have our number. But I do have to ask: WHEN THE HELL ARE THE EAGLES GOING TO WIN THE DAMN SUPER BOWL? I mean, the other teams in the division, Washington, Dallas and New York, have won multiple Super Bowls, and Philly has NEVER been their patsy. Are the Cardinals going to win the Super Bowl before Philly?

[Wickerman]

8. I'm a Vikings fan

How the heck could I harass you? You are one decent receiver away from the big show. One great running back plus that receiver from dominating.

Hang in there - there is always next year!

[Dudley_DUright]

9. Even this Packers fan

is not prepared to gloat since I know all too well how painful it is to lose in the playoffs. I hope our teams will meet again in the playoffs next year (of course with different results next time!)

[tishaLA]

10. I still love my Eagles

and I won't forget that late hit that injured McNabb.

[LynneSin]

11. that was a bad call by the ref

there should have been a Roughing the Passer call on that play. McNabb was clearly down and they still went after him.

[Bertha Venation]

14. Damn right. n/t

[Shrek]

15. Couldn't have been roughing the passer

Since he didn't throw the ball. Should have been a late hit, though.

According to the TV commentators, the refs didn't see the initial hit, and thought McNabb just tripped or fell, so he wasn't down by contact. In those circumstances the second hit would have been legal (and to be fair, without a whistle the defensive player was justified in continuing to play).

[BigDaddyLove]

32. I don't think it's that big a deal that they didn't call...........

the late hit; the injury he recieved wouldn't have been lessened by 15 yards on the play...it pretty much killed any chance the Eagles had of winning from that point on.

[PVnRT]

12. You know

after the ribbing Packers fans took here after losing to the Eagles last week, I really should...but I won't.

[Bertha Venation]

13. I refuse.

Are condolences welcome? :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Now that I am over the effects of my mini-stroke last weekend.

Let me give you the hug you extended then to me....

:hug: Laura

Let's start gearing up for next year!!!

[regularguy]

17. The pain........THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That said, can't wait until next season! :hi:

[KG]

18. the iggles were very uptight

they seems so worried about losing they forgot how to win.

[Ishoutandscream]

19. I have no sympathy

For the Eagles or their "fans." I especially don't sympathize with someone who took delight in Michael Irvin's career "ending in the Vet" while laying paralyzed on the turf. It's karma.

[LynneSin]

21. Smiles fondly.....

....what a great moment in Eagles History

We may be the Boston Red Sox of football, but I'd rather be a fan of the Eagles any day of the week than a fan of those dope fiends in Dallas.

[Ishoutandscream]

23. Oh, that's brilliant.

Same old bullshit statement. That is so old and tired. Please let me know of a Cowboy that is currently a "dope fiend." I'm sure there may be one or two, just like on other teams.

Your statement of Irvin's injury is what gives all Eagles fans a bad name. I would rather support "dope fiends" than people who take pleasure at someone possibly having a life-threatening injury.

By the way, that dope fiend is having a pretty good career outside of football. He's doing fine now, apparently you are not.

Ghosts in Philly. Karma. It will never happen to your fair city. And for anyone to sympathize with you after taking great pride in an injured player laying paralyzed on the field needs to reexamine their feelings.

[VelmaD]

27. Statements like that...

are exactly why I can't seem to muster any sympathy for you today. I rescind what I said in my post 22 about at least trying to feel for you. SUFFER!!!

on edit: I just have to add that it's pretty pitiful when your "great moment" in franchise history is hurting an opposing player. I think I prefer my franchise and its 5 Super Bowl wins thank you very much.

[YNGW]

28. True

>SUFFER!!!

And as long as they keep McNabb on the roster, they'll be suffering for quite a while.

[VelmaD]

22. What you said

I'm trying to be a nice person and have a little compassion for Eagles fans but I just don't seem to be able to make it happen. Given the way some of the Eagles fans act about the Cowboys it's hard for me to drum up much in the way of sympathy this morning.

To all the Eagles fans out there - I want you to remember exactly how you feel this morning the next time you open your mouth to badmouth the Cowboys. I want you to remember how much you care about your team and how much it hurts to hear them bad-mouthed right now before you start ragging on the Cowboys. Remember that we feel just as strongly about our team before you say anything and then maybe we won't have so damn many fights.

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. That and I want to know where the "team of destiny, rub it in Packers

fans faces" guy is this AM. :hi:

[HuckleB]

29. Hmm. Very good question.

:)

[Ishoutandscream]

26. A voice of reason

Good to have an ally on this.

[NewHampster]

20. Red Sox fans

understand all too well. Huggggg

But Pats fans wanted the Eagles 'cause those pesky Carolinians have nothing to loose.

[joeybee12]

24. As a Giants fan, I can never bring myself to root for the Eagles, but I

really sort of, almost, but not quite, felt bad for you guys.

I'm also a Red Sox fan, so I know about curses, and I really think you guys have inherited one somehow.

[AngryAmish]

30. They are losers.

The Eagles deserve everything they get. Why? They are bad people.

The only thing worse than the Eagles themselves are the people of Philadelphia. They are crybabies. They are cowards. The only joy in life is to watch the suffering of others because it gives them a small satisfaction of knowing one person may be more wretched than themselves.

Do you know why there was both a jail and a courtroom in the old stadium? Because the people of Philadelphia would break the law in such a violent and repeated fashion that it became troublesome to transport them to the local lockup.

Philadelphia - the chancre of our nation.



p.s. - they are ugly, too. Both in spirit and appearance.

[Ishoutandscream]

31. Amen, brother!

Testify!

[LynneSin]

36. Oh pul-lease get over it

First, this is the last season of the Eagle's Court (which any Philly fan is quite aware of it). Since our move to Linc field, we've found that there has been less use of the Eagle's Court and the home Dallas game was the last session for the court.

Yes, Eagle/Philly fans, including myself, are an obnoxious group. But we are a proud group of fans who stick with our team through thick and thin.

You know why I can't stand Dallas fans? Because 99% of the Dallas fans we find in our area probably won't be a Dallas fan when they lose again. They are the typical bandwagon fans that also cheer on teams like the Lakers, Bulls (when Jordan was on the Team) or whoever else is heading to the playoffs. Dallas has the biggest following of fair-weather fans of all the team and is probably why we Eagles fans have the least amount of respect for them. Giants & Skins, our other rivals in the division, I can't stand those teams either. But I have respect for those teams and their fans. They are like us and they stick with the team no matter what.

You can bad mouth my team all you want, but you will never be able to deflate my soul, my breath and the heart of who I am. I am an Eagles fan! I'm proud of how our team did despite the issues early on in the season. I roll my eyes and the stupidity of the fans, who make up less than half a percent of all the fans out there.

Fly Eagles Fly, On The Road To Victory.
Fight Eagles Fight, Score A Touchdown 1-2-3.

Hit 'Em Low.
Hit 'Em High.
And We'll Watch Our Eagles Fly.

Fly Eagles Fly, On The Road To Victory.

E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!!!

http://philadelphia-eagles.net/fightsongs/eagles_vocal.mp3

[VelmaD]

38. Yeah, I am SO sure

it's REALLY easy to be a Cowboy fan in your area Lynn. I'd just jump right on that bandwagon if I was in Philly. :eyes:

Speaking as a life-long Cowboy fans I can state pretty definitively that you have NO IDEA what you're talking about. The Cowboy fans I know were with the team when they were 1-15 back in the late 80s. We were with the team the last couple of years when things were lean again. We're with the Cowboys FOR LIFE. Cowboy fans feel just as strongly about them as you do about the Eagles - we just don't express it by exulting in opponent injuries, throwing batteries, and taunting opposing players about the death of their child.

You hate the Cowboys for one reason and one reason only...because they've won 5 Super Bowls and your Eagles have won ZERO.

[LynneSin]

42. You know nothing about me

You know I was a Cowboy fan for the longest time?

HA!!!!!

Threw you guys for a loop!!


I'll tell you why I hate the Cowboys - Jimmy Jones.

What he did to Tom Landry was UNFORGIVABLE.

Sure, it was time for Tom Landry to step down as the coach of the Cowboys, but to someone like Tom Landry you don't just throw them out on the street. You show respect by offering a position within the organization even if it's some sort of special interest position. I have never EVER forgiven Jimmy Jones for what he did to the Dallas Cowboys.

And don't think of me as a fairweather fan. The 2 sports I've watched the longest in life has been baseball and football. The other team I started cheering on back in 1974 was the Cincinnati Reds (I was 8 and there was another Reds fan in the family). To this day I am STILL a Cincinnati Reds fan and believe me, we have had some sad, sorriful years and horrible owners (Marge Schott)!!!!

My favorite teams have all won plenty of championship games so believe me, I'm not sitting around crying my eyes out because "Dallas has 5 Superbowl rings." That's just one of those things Dallas fans keep 'Claiming' that Eagles harp on. Just like us Eagles fan think of ways to sit around and abuse fans of other teams, throw batteries, boo santa claus and press heartbreak on those who have lost family members. Nice assumption - I expected better of you. Like any other group of people out there with similiar interests, we too have people who have made us look bad. Obnoxious fans are synomous with the Philadelphia area. To be honest, it got really bad when they brought Buddy Ryan in as coach because he encouraged that kind of behaviour at Philly. But Andy Reid has been a class act who expects better of the fans of his team, probably why they're shutting down the Eagles Court - hardly any business there anymore.

So you know, you go enjoy your '5 Superbowl Rings'. I expected better class from you, but once again you're proving to be a cowboys fan - I should have known better

[VelmaD]

44. Finally something we agree on.

I cried when they fired Tom Landry. But you know what...it happens. Coaches get fired.

Also, I'd be interested to know how you could still be a Reds fan when Marge Schott owned the team given her overt racism but you abandoned the Cowboys over Jerry Jones (and it is Jerry Jones btw, not Jimmy) firing Landry.

Remember, the Cowboy fans on this board did not start this fight. And you have NO ROOM to be lecturing ANYBODY about class the way you comment sometimes about Michael Irvin's injury.

[LynneSin]

45. Marge Schott was a tough one....

....but then Deion Sanders and the other African Americans on the team would come out and defend her time and time again.

I could never figure it out. Personally, I think she had some sort of mental illness. I remember when Marge first took over the team she did great things for the Reds and brought in the 1990 championship. It seems only later in her tenure that the erractic behavior started.

:shrug:

It's truce time. Personally, you're one of my favorite folks here. Let's promise not to talk football again...we have so many other things we should be battling it out for - like getting that village idiot out of the White House

[VelmaD]

48. It's a deal

*spit shake*

Well, with one caveat - we can talk football as long as we're both bad-mouthing the Redskins. :evilgrin: (To all those Skins fans out there - just kidding. Congrats on the return of Joe Gibbs btw.)

I like you a whole lot and agree with you on just about everything and I don't like fighting with you either. :-( I suppose we're just engaging in the oldest Democratic tradition of all - pointless internacine squabbling over pointless differences when we should be focusing on what's really important. Heck, if we can stop fighting over Cowboys vs. Eagles then maybe there's hope for the Party after all. ;-)

I had never considered the mental illness angle with Marge Schott. Very well could be the case. She did seem to get worse as the years went by. I will admit to watching the Reds with increasingly morbid fascination just to see what was going to come out of her mouth.

Always remember, it could have been worse than her though. I'm a life-long Texas Rangers fan and I had to live through several years of Shrub being our "owner". I'm even willing to put up with him coming back to the Rangers if it means he's no longer squatting in the White House.

[LynneSin]

49. Heck, we'll give Bush ownership of the Eagles....

....if he promises to leave the White House right now.

And only a spit shake? Are we using our own spit or the spit of our cats???

[VelmaD]

50. I woudn't wish...

him owning your favorite team on a dog I didn't like. It's big of you to volunteer to take him. Personally I'd like to send him back to Connecticutt where he REALLY came from but that seems cruel to the people there as well. Maybe we could just send him to a cell at Guantanemo Bay. Maybe he could organize a stick-ball league for the other inmates - I hear Condi Rice is a pretty good shortstop. :evilgrin:

Eeeeeew. No cat spit. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeew.

[LynneSin]

51. I've swapped spit with my cat

He loves licking me on the lips.

I swear my cat is part dog. When I get home from work he greets me at the door, wagging his tail. And he'll keep meowing until I pick him up and hug him - and then he'll start licking me on the face.

Cat spit - no big deal!!

[VelmaD]

52. More than we wanted to know...

about your relationship with your cat. ;-)

Your cat sounds a lot like my best friend's "middle child" cat. If he was any dumber he'd be a dog. He's needy. He whines. He runs into things for no reason. He's a dog in disguise.

Ok, someone is gonna have to explain to me some day how EVERY thread on DU ends up being about cats. *snort*

[Zomby Woof]

55. ...or yaks!

:D

[Ishoutandscream]

54. Class, huh? Like being gleeful at Irvin's injury

A Philly fan should never lecture ANYONE about class.

In Dallas, you are allowed to be a Philly fan. We don't usher vague threats or taunts - we just shake our heads and feel sorry for them.

[AngryAmish]

46. Total loyalty is a good thing

But in this case you are loyal to a team that resides in Philadelphia. If one finds oneself in Philly any moral and intelligent person must flee at the first opportunity.

It would be good for America is Philadelphia was shunned in every way.

[HuckleB]

37. Wow! A fine example of adolescent blather.

Sportsmanship means nothing to some. I'm starting to think that the lack of sportmanship might be an indicator of arrested development. It might be worth a study or two.

[PopSixSquish]

33. So Would Another Great Memory for the Eagles....

be when fans in the end zone taunted Joe Jurevicius who had just caught a touchdown pass in the first Monday night game this season, by asking him where/how his son was?

For those who don't know the story, JJ's son had been born a month premature the week before the Bucs/Eagles 2003 NFC championship game. JJ wasn't even in Philly until the day before the game. He caught a short out pass from Brad Johnson and turned on the afterburners scooting down the sidelines until pushed out of bounds. Mike Alstott scored a touchdown on the next play and the Bucs never looked back.

Michael Jurevicius (JJ's son) died of complications due to his premature birth in March 2003.

[Ishoutandscream]

34. Ah, Philly fans

Can you say "scum of the earth?"

[AngryAmish]

35. I can

[HuckleB]

40. Blah. Blah. Blah.

Should I generalize an opinion of Dallas fans from your posts? If so, it certainly won't be a kind opinion.

[Ishoutandscream]

53. Just giving back what has been given to me

This is redemption, pure and simple. Sorry if you don't like it.

Should I generalize every Green Bay fan as pompous and moralizing because of your posts? If so, it wouldn't be a kind opinion.

[bicentennial_baby]

39. Nasty

If true, that sort of behavior is disgusting.

[HuckleB]

41. Yes, that was ugly.

It's also a small minority of fans. This sort of fan roots for every team in the league, by the way. Shall we generalize this to all NFL fans? If not, why?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

43. My condolences, Lynne-I was hoping for a Pats/Eagles Superbowl

The receivers just couldn't pull through for McNabb last night.

I do understand curses and heart break-I'm a Red Sox fan, after all.

;-)

[DS1]

47. Believe it on not, I feld bad for you

That's reflected in the game thread, I saw how much you wanted a win, alas, greater forces were in action. :shrug: