I really admire the Pittsburgh fans. Ran into a few thousand of them on my way from the Observer to Bank of America Stadium tonight.
They understand. They understand football. They understand having a good time. They understand that they can like their team and yet not hate the world.
I brought my older kid to a game in Pittsburgh in 1999, left him in the bleachers, in the snow, while I watched from the press box. Hey, I was working.
As long as he didn't cheer too loudly for the visitors, fans took care of him.
I like the city, the people, the food and the football tradition. If they want to turn downtown Charlotte into Pittsburgh south, that's fine, too.
Of course, when I was up in Pittsburgh for a regular-season game last December, I saw Panther jerseys. There were two Steve Smiths and a Julius Peppers.
only one problem with pittsburgh fans! bandwagon jumpers who were born and raised in the carolinas.
Posted by: joe cool | September 01, 2011 at 08:19 PM
what become of all the 49er fans in the carolinas! they were all over the place when they were winning!
Posted by: joe cool | September 01, 2011 at 08:21 PM
Saw a guy wearing a Panthers jersey at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh last week, that was an odd sight indeed.
Posted by: Doofus | September 01, 2011 at 08:35 PM
A lot of the old traditional NFL teams have fans around here (mostly the 'skins) from pre-1995. Plus there are lots of so-called fans that are fans of whichever teams are winning. They just jump on bandwagons. They just want some of that winning image to rub off on themselves.
Posted by: Prag Matist | September 01, 2011 at 09:42 PM
Great point about the 49ers. Sad to say with most "fans" today it's the flavor of the week/who's winning. I'll stay loyal to my home team Panthers. BTW if the Chiefs had six superbowl wins half the people in Charlotte would be wearing red jerseys claiming some type of connection with Kansas City.
Posted by: T.M. | September 01, 2011 at 11:34 PM