What made you a Packers fan?

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What sucks about being a die hard Packers fan when you have never lived in Wisconsin is the 'bandwagon' insult gets thrown at you a lot when you mention it. I picked the team when I was around five years old. My dad told me we were at the store, I saw a Green Bay hat, so I grabbed it, put it on, and looked at him expectantly, so he had to get it for me. I don't remember it, but I've been a Packer fan ever since I can remember, and have never strayed to another team.

Pack for life.

I'm in the same type of situation as I live in South Carolina which is far away from Wisconsin because I get ragged by my brother (who's a panthers fan).
 

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I'm in the same type of situation as I live in South Carolina which is far away from Wisconsin because I get ragged by my brother (who's a panthers fan).
Panthers fans have nothing to rag on you about!!!!
I hate the Panthers because their stadium is where Nick Collins (and Terrance Murphy) career ended with the necks.
 

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What made me a Packers fan?
Some big Italian goon who told me I'd be taking a Frozen Tundra nap if I didn't comply. :eek:
 
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I'm in the same type of situation as I live in South Carolina which is far away from Wisconsin because I get ragged by my brother (who's a panthers fan).
Just disown your brother......job done (he`s like a sick animal being a panther fan, and you wouldn`t let a sick animal suffer !)
 

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I'm in the same type of situation as I live in South Carolina which is far away from Wisconsin because I get ragged by my brother (who's a panthers fan).
The same thing here. I live in Los Angeles and my boyfriend is always talking s**t. He's a Falcons fan.
 

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Was a self-proclaimed Lions fan my few years of football since I live in Michigan, getting all the Lions' games and started watching Lions games at the end of the 2010 season, and they eventually went on a 4 game win streak to end the season, swept the following pre-season, and started the 2011 season 5-0. Following this, once they started losing more games than they won, I stopped being very interested in them, a big indication they they weren't my real team and I was mostly interested in them because they were a winning team.

All along, the Packers were my real team; I just brushed it off every time I thought of it. Go Pack Go.
 

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First of all ... let's address the colors, G and Y :
"What are the official color shades of the Packers?"
Dark Green (*** 5535-C), Gold (*** 1235-C) and White



Second, you dumped the Lions because they stopped winning?? I don't quite know what to say to that....
 

Green and Yellow

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First of all ... let's address the colors, G and Y :
"What are the official color shades of the Packers?"
Dark Green (*** 5535-C), Gold (*** 1235-C) and White



Second, you dumped the Lions because they stopped winning?? I don't quite know what to say to that....

Not because they were losing, but because I knew I wasn't a real fan of that team when just because they started losing some games I started losing faith with them. In contrast, I'm a huge Pistons fan, I know that because they've had 3 straight losing seasons and I've watched them through thick and thin, never considering liking another team. I've liked the Packers this whole entire time from the first time I saw them play. I don't know if it's their uniforms, history, team, or players that have made me a fan of them. I honestly don't know what I've always loved about them, but every time I have seen them score I felt like celebrating, even when they played Detroit. Every time they step on the field I get a passion I usually don't get watching the Lions step on. Also, Green and Yellow is a song about the Packers. I'm fully aware that the colors are green and gold.
 

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Ok. Fair enough. You're OK. ;) Just challenging the new guy... just to be a pr*ck. :)
 

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Well, I'm a lifelong Jets fan, but they suck this year. I mean they blow hard. So I'm hoping to jump on your bandwagon for the rest of the season or maybe even forever. If you all will have me, that is.
 
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My brother bought me a 1984 Packer Yearbook with Forrest Gregg on the cover as a Christmas present. Sure, before that the Packers were on TV and all but I was more of a Brewer fan. After reading that mag cover to cover I was on board the Cheesewagon Express....
 

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First of all ... let's address the colors, G and Y :
"What are the official color shades of the Packers?"
Dark Green (*** 5535-C), Gold (*** 1235-C) and White



Second, you dumped the Lions because they stopped winning?? I don't quite know what to say to that....

My step son did that..He was a cowboys fan, then when they got bad, and he moved to Tampa he became a Tampa fan
 

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You may! I was raised as a Packers fan. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. My father took a strong liking to the way the Packers were run as a team by Lombardi once he came over from the Giants, so it started there. Then, when the Texans left (my father admired the Hunts, also) Dallas, there was a void, because the Cowboys, who were NOT popular in our neighborhood in Oak Cliff, certainly didn't fit the bill. The Packers were a natural fit for my father's personality, and he loved them enough to get me interested in football in general, and the Packers in particular. I got a green jersey (more of a shirt, really) with a number 15 on it when I was a tyke, and it mushroomed from there.

I live in East Texas now, and we are all still Packers fans, except for my brother, who is a Redskins fan. (I suspect that was a Cowboys thing, too. lol)

BTW, weeds and I go back a few years. Not that I think that he's worth the oxygen he is stealing from real humans, but, yeah, we go back a little bit. ;)
 

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Hey ya, T'fer. I had heard that your keyboarding privileges had been revoked by your Mom. :) Hope you're well and all is good in East Texas.
 

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The first game I watched was in the 2010 season when Atlanta beat Green Bay 17-14. For some reason that I can't remember, I came out of that game as a Packers fan and haven't looked back.
 

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My friend is deeply infatuated with Clay Matthews, so she WROTE A RAP ABOUT HIM! Watch it here Wisconsinites!
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I'm a proud packer fan.. ON WISCONSIN!
 

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Being raised in Madison from about 3-20 probably had something to do with it. Good thing, because I was born in Illinois, and moved next to Chicago after I did my time in the navy, and could have been a Bears fan! :eek:
 

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My dad is a Vikings fan so naturally I wanted to be a Packers fan lol. Robert Brooks was one of my favorite players growing up. I used to pretend I was a white version on him when we played football in the lot... endzone dance and all.
 

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