Sep 26 2007
Rally Cap
I am a bad fan of the Chicago Bears or I am a fan of the bad Chicago Bears. Pick either statement, they both apply. However, my dear husband is an obnoxious fan of the Dallas Cowboys or a fan of the obnoxious Dallas Cowboys. Both of those statements apply as well. For all you Aussies who understand only footy (Rugby or Aussie Rules), I am talking about gridiron football. Why I let a football game and football team matter to me so much, I can not explain. When the game is on I am transformed into a mad yelling nutcase complete with chants, boos, jumping up and down, and yelling obnoxiousness. Zeke decided that this was a fun game that Mommy was playing and he would join in: “Watch da foobal Mommy?” Soon he was chanting “Defense…Defense”, jumping up and down and telling me, “Give me high five, Mommy!” When the game started to look dire, I ran upstairs to get a rally cap. A rally cap can be any hat worn inside out or backwards or both. Wearing this on your head helps your team to come back when behind in the game. I am a great believer in the rally cap, but my husband is not. Our current home had been sitting on the market for quite awhile with no action. When we put in an offer to buy the house, I had a peace that this was the house for us and that everything was going to go smoothly. Well, someone was lying in the weeds and put in an offer soon after ours. Both offers were being presented to the seller at the same time and our realtor was going to the negotiations on our behalf. We prayed and called my family to pray. The realtor called and it didn’t sound good. Dale and I were watching a baseball game and it was in the bottom of the 12th, 2 outs, with a runner on second. The tv cameras scanned the crowd and I saw a guy with a rally cap on. “That’s what we need to put us over the top,” I told Dale and stuck a rally cap on my head. 20 minutes later, the realtor called to say we got the house. If that didn’t get him to believe in the rally cap, I didn’t know what would. I was convinced he would accept the rally cap’s validity, but he didn’t. He likes dominating winning teams, he doesn’t want the game to be close. I, however, like to think that all is lost and be miraculously delivered from misery. The change in emotion is fantastic. However, my rally cap did not work during the Bears/Cowboys game partly because my eldest son was sitting across from me with Cowboys gear reminding me that I had failed to win him to my side and mostly because the Bears quarterback once again played awful. My gloating, obnoxious Cowboy fan husband called me after the game. The one time, so far, I was glad he was thousands of miles away and he has to call me to rub it in. But, today, good news: our quarterback is benched and my rally cap is back on my head. I’ll see you in the playoffs where payback will be sweet!
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This is a whole side to you Mugs, that I had never imagined.
I can relate so well to your story ’cause I am a tragic fan of the Brisbane Broncos, or I am a fan of the tragic Brisbane Broncos? I like the way you think Mugs … when we get to the US of A you have to take me to a Gridiron game. (I promise i will wear the rally cap in whichever fashion you tell me too).
Is the gridiron season on in December???
The NFL (gridiron) season runs from September through January. The Superbowl is February 3rd.
Juliet - Bears fans are not rational people. They are seemingly normal individuals that are transformed into raving lunatics each Sunday from September to January.
Mugs - do not worry, Dallas will get theirs on October 14th when they lose to the Patriots (America’s true team).
GO PATS
OK….the playoffs Muggs! That must be some big cap you have on.
But I feel your pain as I have screamed, stomped and yelled at my beloved
Vikes. I thought about calling you when they embarrased themselves last Sunday, but knew better.
Sherri’s right, I need a big rally cap. It’s looks to be a long and painful season.
I don’t know what Mugs is talking about. I thoroughly enjoyed both games. No rally cap needed here.
I just adhered to my Mother’s earlier not revised advice.
It’s all part of the plan.
What Plan?
The plan is to get the Pats thinking about the 1972 Dolphins. Then we’ll ruin your whole season by beating you in the Super Bowl.
Well at present I am more concerned about the Red Sox, GO SOX!!!!!!
I have to say I found it quite enjoyable that the player who caught the interception to end the rally was a former Chicago Bear. Believe in the rally cap!
I have a great concern as to what will become of New England Players and Fans if the Patriots go undefeated. They may become as arrogant and hated as the Cowboys and their fans.
Jake is looking forward to the Packers taking them down.
Mugs, as a true fan of New England sports I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop, even when they are winning there is always that chance that victory could get snatched away. the eternal pessimist.
Well Mike…victory got snatched away. Gabe, when very young, refused to break the family tie of two Bears fans and two Cowboys fans. He declared that he had been born in New York and would therefore be a Giants fan. So, in a show of family support, we all put on our rally caps, chanted “Defense…Defense” and cheered the demise of the evil empire that your beloved Pats had become.
The Wiitas joined the chant. Congrats, Gabe on a great Super Bowl victory!!!
Well congrats Gabe, the better team won, the Pats played horrible.
As for that eveil empire comment, there is only one, and it is the yankees
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Also, Belichik acted like a poor sport when he left the field before the game was over, a very class-less act in my book.
At least pitchers and cathers report in about 2 weeks, and I still have Lord Stanely’s cup to look forward too.
Well, I had a go at following American football.
I saw an article awhile ago on the Patriots and thought if I am going to follow a team, it may as well be a winning one so I was cheering “go Patriots go” (for the minute or so that I watched the game).
Have to go now, for some reason i have an urge for a glass of Pepsi.