Just curious as to why the Panthers are your team.

[top dawg]

Not trying to toot my own horn (toot toot), but rarely have I found a thread where I actually took out the time to read all the responses. This has been nice. Thanks for your responses.

[SmittyMuhammad8789]

For me, the honest to god truth is that I hated the NFL all my life. In 2003, I watched the SB vs. the New England Patriots and jumped on the bandwagon and have been here ever since. I'm a die hard, don't get me wrong but my I wasn't a fan in '95. Football is a hard sport to understand at 3 years old...

[SorthNarolina]

I was in 1st grade in 95, I remember the sam mills INT duriing the 96 cowboys playoff game vividky. I didn't really pay attention until 99 or so. I started really rooting for the team in 02, really learned to hate vick with a passion. 03 was too good to be true.

[FreeDrinkMafia]

Never cared for the nfl but would watch highlights while catching up on ncaa action; usually knew the rookies and when i saw 89's first return go for a TD while living in Lejeune I had to keep looking in on him. Never looked away and now I have 'Lina blue walls over here.

:cheers2:

[BBQ&Beer]

^ Exact same, even the town. Except mix Cowboys with Redskins as well.

I wasn't a Redskin fan but Darrell Green is my all time favorite player.

(I haven't been to Reidsville in 4 years, I need to go back and get me so Short Sugar's.)

[Darth Hater]

They're not, but I got invited over here in 2005 from some of the fans and it turns out there's a lot of funny poo that goes on here and you guys are generally cool(even to us rivals) This board is probably the best board I've ever been on and the official Bears board sucked at the time. i rooted for the Panthers in 2003 in the SB and also after being on here I do root for the Panthers a lot more, just not when they play a certain team from the midwest that starts with a "C", ends with an "O" and has "HICAG" in the middle.

[hank pimple butt]

i was in the 5th grade and i just got swept up in panther mania!

[trexxcrap]

i was born and raised in myrtle beach, sc. i never liked any sports even though my grandfather religiously watched any sport on tv. then in 2003 when the panthers went to the superbowl i tried paying attention to football really hard and started to understand everything. then the next few years i was getting really really into it and learning all the players from all the teams. and in 2007 i became a die hard panthers fan. the main thing i love about the team is they are always always always an underdog. and everybody i know always talks down on Carolina about everything they do. and i always find ways to defend them

and now today, because the panthers went to the superbowl and i started paying attention to nfl. now im like a sports fanatic. i live for college football, basketball, nba, nfl. i love sports.

oh and im 21

[j2sgam]

I became a Panther fan after watching them lose their 3rd game to the Rams back in '95. I have been a Raider fan since I was 7, when they beat the Eagles in SB XV, and as I grew up I wanted an NFC team. One day I will see both my teams in the SuperBowl, one day...I almost went Giants, being from NY, almost went Dallas, the year they went 1-15 -the only team they beat that year was the Redskins, I can dig that. So I was still undecided and working on a tugboat in Morehead City, NC. Only had rabbit ears on the TV on the boat, but got to watch the game going home up the Intercoastal Waterway. Got home that night, told my Mom that the Panthers were my new team, and she loaded me up with Panther gear that Christmas. Going into the '96 season I was all about them, even had somebody call me a bandwagon fan 'cause they were winning, and they were quickly corrected by my friends, as I was hollering Carolina before the season started. They made that NFC championship run then and I have not looked back. I still dig my Raiders, its tough right now, but Carolina is more my team now that Oakland ever was...

[CatMan72]

1. Because I live in Charlotte.

2. Because I like the way the Panthers do business.

3. Because I got tired of the roller-coaster ride that is being a Skins fan.

[ncbobcat]

3. Because I got tired of the roller-coaster ride that is being a Skins fan.

So being a Panthers' fan is like a driving a Mercedes on the Autobon; a smooth thrilling ride?

I got your point, ex-Skins fan here too. But outside of ownership, the Panthers haven't the model of consistancy.

[brandon_87]

I lost a bet.

lmao :seeya:

[PantherDude]

That easy: I was born & raised in Charlotte. That & the team represent the Carolinas, so that help. :thumbsup:

[theTCKid89]

I started playing football in highschool, but i never had a team, didn't like the chargers, even though i'm from Cali. But i was a huge fan of Steve Smith since i'm undersized and he was undersized, but he teared through everyone. Started to watch the Panthers more and i realized they were kind of an underdog team especially in 03. And just started to watch the panthers more and more and realized how i loved how they played. So thats that!