Why did you become a Panther fan?

[caatfan]

This would be a good question for those in other parts of the country. If you live in the Carolinas and aren't a die hard fan of another team, becoming a Panthers fan should be a no brainer.

[Carl Spackler]

Because the Panthers signed Tom Nelson.

[ncsu12engr]

I love football and I was born and raised in NC so it happened naturally.

[Goondal]

I was not a huge NFL fan growing up because I had not team to root for.  I watched college football but mostly ignored the NFL.  When the Panthers came in that all changed, even though I moved to FL before their first game I finally had a team and have followed them ever since.  It also got more more into the NFL as a whole, especially in my 20s when I was gambling a lot.  Now that my gambling days are mostly done I really do not pay attention to the league outside of what effects Carolina but I still make sure to never miss a Panther game.  Should the nightmare scenario happen and the Panthers move I do not think I would ever watch another snap of the NFL.

[Boxhead85]

I wasn't a football fan growing up. First game I really watched was the expanision game bettween the Jaguars and Panthers. I vowed to become a fan of the team that won that game (thankfully it was the Jags).

[djp14]

Grew up as a Jets fan in New York. The family moved to Pineville in 1983, when I was 18. Without cable tv or internet, it became pretty hard to keep up with them, since they didn't get a lot of national games. When we got the Panthers in 1993, I jumped in with both feet. 

[JccOldTime23]

I was too into the Charlotte Hornets and the NBA in general to pay much attention to the NFL when I was a kid. Until my 10th birthday which was roughly 2 months before the start of the 1995 NFL season. I began learning about football and watching games on and off until 2001 when the Hornets moved and I threw all my efforts to the Panthers. Football has been my favorite sport since 2002 and I've only ever been a Panthers fan. I bleed purple, teal, black, & blue. I am still searching for a Nick Goings jersey to be my very first jersey purchase. I loved that guy in 2004 and 2005.

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[shelbypanther]

I grew up in the TB area and saw a bunch of bad football, although in the process at the old sombrero I got to see Montana drive the field to win a game late, Sweetness go over the top, and both Dickerson and Sanders run wild.

 

Moved up here and jumped on from the start in 1995.  Still have that damned Coke bottle they gave out at the Georgia Dome at the opener in 1995, a game we should have won after the miracle finish to force OT.  Win that game and we would have contended for a wild card in that first season, I base that opinion on the fact we won 5 of 6 after we got off the slide thanks to Sam against the Jets.