sportsguy2315
11-24-2009, 12:19 AM
With Thanksgiving coming up (and the irony that both of my rivalries occur this weekend), I wanted to see what teams families are divided over. Here are mine:
Vikings/Bears
My entire family is from Chicago, so logic would dictate I follow, right? No. I remember going to Bears camp with my dad when I was little and they had it in Platteville, Wisconsin and it was a 4 or 5 hour drive from our place in MN. I was honestly more excited to travel than to see the Bears! I never looked back when I asked for a Warren Moon jersey one year for Christmas and I got it. Needless to say, when I'm home with my dad and it's Vikings/Bears, it gets ugly. ;)Think imaginary line down the living room and criticized officiating all afternoon, along with the occasional threat to have the TV unplugged if we don't behave.
Seminoles/Gators
I know what you're saying, "Why does a Minnesotan care about southern football? Shouldn't you watch the Big Ten?" a) I'm a native Floridian. b) I don't care for one team stealing the show (cough, Ohio State) nine years out of ten then choking in their bowl game. Anyway, I've been a proud Seminole all my life (Despite the past few seasons and that other school winning the "national championships"). My cousins back down in South Florida LOVE the Gators like it was a family member; everything from Gator autographed footballs to Gator towels to (gulp) naming the family dog Tebow. In fact, my older cousin is a freshman at UF. Does this change things? No. It's a constant barrage of mud flung between the two sides about issues on and off the field. However, they were kind enough to get me a very well done collage of pictures of the rivalry over the years which still hangs in my room.
That said, I see my teams splitting this week; Vikes destroy Da Bears in Chi town while the Gaders beat my Noles before being swept out by a Crimson Tide in the Atlanta night ;)
Vikings/Bears
My entire family is from Chicago, so logic would dictate I follow, right? No. I remember going to Bears camp with my dad when I was little and they had it in Platteville, Wisconsin and it was a 4 or 5 hour drive from our place in MN. I was honestly more excited to travel than to see the Bears! I never looked back when I asked for a Warren Moon jersey one year for Christmas and I got it. Needless to say, when I'm home with my dad and it's Vikings/Bears, it gets ugly. ;)Think imaginary line down the living room and criticized officiating all afternoon, along with the occasional threat to have the TV unplugged if we don't behave.
Seminoles/Gators
I know what you're saying, "Why does a Minnesotan care about southern football? Shouldn't you watch the Big Ten?" a) I'm a native Floridian. b) I don't care for one team stealing the show (cough, Ohio State) nine years out of ten then choking in their bowl game. Anyway, I've been a proud Seminole all my life (Despite the past few seasons and that other school winning the "national championships"). My cousins back down in South Florida LOVE the Gators like it was a family member; everything from Gator autographed footballs to Gator towels to (gulp) naming the family dog Tebow. In fact, my older cousin is a freshman at UF. Does this change things? No. It's a constant barrage of mud flung between the two sides about issues on and off the field. However, they were kind enough to get me a very well done collage of pictures of the rivalry over the years which still hangs in my room.
That said, I see my teams splitting this week; Vikes destroy Da Bears in Chi town while the Gaders beat my Noles before being swept out by a Crimson Tide in the Atlanta night ;)