The Eagles suffered some wild mood swings in the Super Bowl yesterday. I started thinking about Philadelphia’s vocal fans—a very specific group of passionate rowdies. I like them on the whole, but somehow like them more when they lose. Which is a little like saying you like a band better when they’re acoustic. To know them properly you really need to hear them amped up.
Maybe I like Philadelphia fans simply because they’re not Boston or New York fans, which we can all agree are not good. Now you’re going to say What about Minnesota fans, what makes you so special? Answer: absolutely nothing. In fact, having won not a single game of merit, or even participated in a championship in any sport since 1991 we are not really in the arena, as it were. I earnestly wish we were good enough that our fans could be annoying too. That’s the dream!
Here are some different types of fans that are known to grate on the rest of us. This is all in good fun, of course. Except for Duke fans, of course, who really are the worst.