Crimson Warrior
Dangerous Murray Zealot
man, how long does it take for Sunday 12 pm cst to get here? 
I keep thinking about jeff blake throwing the game ball to the folks in the endzone,
and DJ taking a victory lap with farves last pass attempt outstretched towards the lodge seats.
I heard a couple of times that, during the game, these two players were looking at the fans, gesturing, trying to get them fired up.
Do you think the 25k that showed up at SDS to pull for the cards appreciated this? Do you think those same 25k appreciated the spirited effort? the gutsy catches over the middle, or tireless run support by the secondary? The way the dline got the ball back for us right after we turned it over in the first quarter?
I'd say the appreciation factor was about a 15 on the scale of 1-10. To the cards fans who followed the team through the offseason, and who held their breath on every play last week against GB, this win was like gatorade to a man walking in the desert.
and whats funny is the players seem to sense that. They seem to understand how hungry this core group of fans are for wins.
I believe they appreciate true fans. And the good lord knows, the 25k at SDS on sunday, and the 10 or 15k around the nation that watched in sports bars or on direct tv are about as true as possible. unflaggingly loyal, never say die, throw ourselves on a hand grenade to save the lives of our offensive linemen. it is amazing how much this core group has suffered, yet, they have persevered.
Now take your average bandwagon fan. You know, the 69,879th ticket sold to that last game against SD in 1998.
The ones who go to the game if the temperature is less than 90, and they're sure they can carpool to the game. The ones who pull for the cowboys or steelers or rams on sunday when the cardinals have, with another loss, assured themselves of a losing season.
Do you think these guys appreciate jeff blake diving into the endzone? or gramatica kicking the ball inside the five?
Nope instead they look over at their fellow car pooler/bandwagoner and say "nice play." "now who is number 85 for us?"
they buy that 69,879th ticket because its fashionable, or because their bored, or because they think the cards are " a good story" this year. They disappear into the woodwork once the season is over or the cards go below .500.
Bandwagon fans are a necessary evil. They put $ in the coffers, which, presumbably go to buy free agents and extend contracts. We need them.
But oh how I loath them . because they don't deserve to experience the cardinals successes! How can we respect their opinion or accept them as part of us when they didn't go through the tough times like we did? How can you put a cardinals antenna ball on your car only after a four game cards win streak?
When the cards go on to win the superbowl someday, to me, the only opinions that will count will be those 40k (or so) cards fans nationwide that lived and died with each play this past sunday. Everybody will be welcome at the superbowl party, but the bandwagoners will just be guests at a family gathering
I keep thinking about jeff blake throwing the game ball to the folks in the endzone,
and DJ taking a victory lap with farves last pass attempt outstretched towards the lodge seats.
I heard a couple of times that, during the game, these two players were looking at the fans, gesturing, trying to get them fired up.
Do you think the 25k that showed up at SDS to pull for the cards appreciated this? Do you think those same 25k appreciated the spirited effort? the gutsy catches over the middle, or tireless run support by the secondary? The way the dline got the ball back for us right after we turned it over in the first quarter?
I'd say the appreciation factor was about a 15 on the scale of 1-10. To the cards fans who followed the team through the offseason, and who held their breath on every play last week against GB, this win was like gatorade to a man walking in the desert.
and whats funny is the players seem to sense that. They seem to understand how hungry this core group of fans are for wins.
I believe they appreciate true fans. And the good lord knows, the 25k at SDS on sunday, and the 10 or 15k around the nation that watched in sports bars or on direct tv are about as true as possible. unflaggingly loyal, never say die, throw ourselves on a hand grenade to save the lives of our offensive linemen. it is amazing how much this core group has suffered, yet, they have persevered.
Now take your average bandwagon fan. You know, the 69,879th ticket sold to that last game against SD in 1998.
The ones who go to the game if the temperature is less than 90, and they're sure they can carpool to the game. The ones who pull for the cowboys or steelers or rams on sunday when the cardinals have, with another loss, assured themselves of a losing season.
Do you think these guys appreciate jeff blake diving into the endzone? or gramatica kicking the ball inside the five?
Nope instead they look over at their fellow car pooler/bandwagoner and say "nice play." "now who is number 85 for us?"
they buy that 69,879th ticket because its fashionable, or because their bored, or because they think the cards are " a good story" this year. They disappear into the woodwork once the season is over or the cards go below .500.
Bandwagon fans are a necessary evil. They put $ in the coffers, which, presumbably go to buy free agents and extend contracts. We need them.
But oh how I loath them
. because they don't deserve to experience the cardinals successes! How can we respect their opinion or accept them as part of us when they didn't go through the tough times like we did? How can you put a cardinals antenna ball on your car only after a four game cards win streak?When the cards go on to win the superbowl someday, to me, the only opinions that will count will be those 40k (or so) cards fans nationwide that lived and died with each play this past sunday. Everybody will be welcome at the superbowl party, but the bandwagoners will just be guests at a family gathering
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