'15 FL LB Jeffery Holland

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Dust10 said:
Picking a favorite team based on one player is one of the hallmarks of a bandwagon fan. I love Peyton, but I rooted for the Bears over the Colts in the Super Bowl.
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Disagree. I think of a bandwagon fan as someone who roots for a team based on their level of success.
 
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hep said:
Disagree. I think of a bandwagon fan as someone who roots for a team based on their level of success.
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I agree. However, if a player (Lebron for instance) jumps around from team to team and your favorite player is Lebron, so whichever team he plays for automatically becomes your favorite team, doesn't that make you a bandwagon fan? You'd just be on the Lebron bandwagon, instead of the winning team bandwagon. There are different types of bandwagon fans.
 
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And, it should be said, there's nothing wrong with being a big fan of an athlete.
 
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Dust10 said:
Picking a favorite team based on one player is one of the hallmarks of a bandwagon fan. I love Peyton, but I rooted for the Bears over the Colts in the Super Bowl.
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Sacrilege, IMO. :hi: Why are you coming after me, again, Mr. Dempsey?
 
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005 said:
And, it should be said, there's nothing wrong with being a big fan of an athlete.
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I have no pro team, so I root for Peyton, who plays for the Broncos. And that's how you get the Broncos for me.
 
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Dust10 said:
I agree. However, if a player (Lebron for instance) jumps around from team to team and your favorite player is Lebron, so whichever team he plays for automatically becomes your favorite team, doesn't that make you a bandwagon fan? You'd just be on the Lebron bandwagon, instead of the winning team bandwagon. There are different types of bandwagon fans.
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That's to a point. I admire Peyton more than most players. I do not have a favorite team in the NFL. I root for the Titans but I am not a die hard fan of them or any team. I just watch certain players. I rooted for the Broncos, and will root for them as long as Peyton is there. I want to see Peyton win one more just like I want to see Duncan win one more NBA championship. I've always liked Adrian Peterson, so I want the Vikings to win. I hate Peter Pumpkin Eater Carrol and I want him to lose forever.
 
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Dust10 said:
I agree. However, if a player (Lebron for instance) jumps around from team to team and your favorite player is Lebron, so whichever team he plays for automatically becomes your favorite team, doesn't that make you a bandwagon fan? You'd just be on the Lebron bandwagon, instead of the winning team bandwagon. There are different types of bandwagon fans.
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Then you are calling half of East Tennessee bandwagon fans, sir.
 
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Dust10 said:
I agree. However, if a player (Lebron for instance) jumps around from team to team and your favorite player is Lebron, so whichever team he plays for automatically becomes your favorite team, doesn't that make you a bandwagon fan? You'd just be on the Lebron bandwagon, instead of the winning team bandwagon. There are different types of bandwagon fans.
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Not sure that I consider that a bandwagon fan. I have always considered it as someone who roots for teams that always win and changes teams when they lose. That could correlate though when a superstar is on a certain team (as in, a person was a Bulls fan when Jordan was there but became a Spurs when he left).

Normally, I do not follow a certain player as I basically have my favorite teams from where I was born and my parents were raised. But, I will root for the team that Peyton plays for (just not over my NFL team) because I think he is that special of a representative of our university.
 
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JRVFL said:
Then you are calling half of East Tennessee bandwagon fans, sir.
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I admit to being a Brett Hull (hockey) bandwagon fan when I was a kid because he was my favorite player. I rooted for the Blues, Stars, and Redwings because of him. I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just fully acknowledge its being a bandwagon fan. You were the one who said you hated bandwagon fans and liked to call them out.
 
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Dust10 said:
I admit to being a Brett Hull (hockey) bandwagon fan when I was a kid because he was my favorite player. I rooted for the Blues, Stars, and Redwings because of him. I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just fully acknowledge its being a bandwagon fan. You were the one who said you hated bandwagon fans and liked to call them out.
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I don't have a pro team. I'm not a Broncos fan, I'm a Peyton fan. Who happens to play for the Broncos.

This is way different from growing up in say Chattanooga and rooting for Florida because it's the cool thing to do or they win.
 
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JRVFL said:
Then you are calling half of East Tennessee bandwagon fans, sir.
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They are. Seen all them damn Bama tags and stickers all over their cars? Sheesh.. Lived here all my life and, as it's been stated many times, half the population have become lifelong Bama fans in the last five years.
 
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Wolfeman_Vol said:
They are. Seen all them damn Bama tags and stickers all over their cars? Sheesh.. Lived here all my life and, as it's been stated many times, half the population have become lifelong Bama fans in the last five years.
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Yeah, that is true, as well. But it's different from rooting for Peyton. And probably the reason I get so upset when I come across said posers.
 
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JRVFL said:
Yeah, that is true, as well. But it's different from rooting for Peyton. And probably the reason I get so upset when I come across said posers.
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A very good point you have there. I agree. It's hard for me because I hate the colts and the broncos. But I pull for Peyton to do well lol. Coming around a bit on the broncos though because they have so many of our vols on the roster.
 
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Wolfeman_Vol said:
They are. Seen all them damn Bama tags and stickers all over their cars? Sheesh.. Lived here all my life and, as it's been stated many times, half the population have become lifelong Bama fans in the last five years.
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So damn true. You could say the same thing about Gator fans in East Tn
 
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The Waco Kid said:
Tell me the last time y'all lost 8 games, lost to a 1-AA school and to Vandy by double digits at home.

I'll wait.

Haven't even had close to a year like that and y'all know it.
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Give me two national championships and three East titles in eight years and I will give you one super crap season.
 
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