We Won! We Lost! We Won! even though the Lions did their best to lose again, they managed to pull it off thanks to a ref that needs to get a new prescription for his eyeglasses! But who knows, maybe he's got a shiny brand new mustang waiting for him in his driveway, it would probably be worth it for a game that really didn't mean anything, a WHOLE year to wait before more home games, but on the bright side
WE GOT THE ONIONS!! heh heh, got about half the packages that were left as soon as we walked in. Look for them on eBay tomorrow.We and the season ticket holders behind us tried to get the wave going, and although it didn't happen right away, I do take credit for us getting it started. It was a good one too, probably went a full 2 minutes. It was great fun! And great fun was had by all, well except for the Hanson hater, You Know Who You Are. Funny because as we were debating how good Jason is the Jumbotron flashed a picture of someone holding a hot pink sign that said something like 'Jason Hanson Rules'. hehe I love little moments like that.
I didn't see any Bears fans get kicked out, and they were actually quite tame for a change.
Some stoopid girls were yelling at our buds behind us about standing up during the game. I think chicks that go to football games to pick up guys should be outlawed. I made a couple of remarks back at them, but much to the chagrin of the Harley driving season ticket holder, there was no cat fight.
The bagel won because ONCE again the coffee cup CHEATED!!
I had this really strange feeling of being watched from across the field by someone with binoculars, damn stalkers!
I want to dress up, but there is no COOL way to be a lion. Maybe we can switch to the Detroit Pirates, that would be cool, or maybe the Detroit Gothics, that would be REALLY COOL, I could wear my bar clothes and I wouldn't have to see the stupid guy with cute little blue lions painted on his cheeks on the Jumbotron EVERY week.
There was a guy with a jester hat, that was sort of cool, hey ya, we could be the Detroit Jokers...haha
It seemed like there was a bunch of people that had never been to a football game before around us. We had to pause the game watching so the 2 rows in front of us could capture some family bonding moments on their shiny new digital cameras, dumbasses.
Well, next week we play someone. We aren't going to be in the playoffs and it's not a home game, and I absolutely SUCK at my football picks this year, although I hear Paul D. does too, which makes me feel better! The Merciless Gangsters from Hell are winning, and it sucks to listen to them spending their money (oops I mean their fake money) all day long at work!
This season may be over, but we can go to the Super Bowl next year.... I know we can =)
Forever your fan even when disgruntled ~ Doll
WHAT THE HELL??? First & foremost, I 'd like to say SHOW THE @#&^%$ REPLAY!!!
I pay good money for my season tickets AND I know the Lions can make some really stupid mistakes, so show me the damn replay Ford Field!!! I pay for my seats, and I EXPECT to be able to see every damn stupid mistake the Lions make in slow motion like the rest of the nation does! You don't have to worry about us booing the team, instant replays have nothing to do with the boos. Are you afraid we're going to find out the Lions are not good if we see the damn replay? C'mon.
I'm talking of course about whatever happened that made us lose the game in the last 8 seconds. I know something happened with the person holding the ball. I heard on the radio that he was a rookie, but it happened so damn quick, most of us at the game missed it.
I actually thought we were going to win this game
But you know what, I'd take Pittsburgh's Defense over any Offense any day, so I'm willing to stick with whoever our QB is, but I'd like to make a formal request to get Jake Plummer, there's someone with attitude!
We need CORNERS and SAFETY's. I LOVED the fact that finally someone else said that Dre Bly was one of the top 3 over-rated players in the NFL. We've got Rogers & Hall making plays up the wazoo to make it 3rd and very long, and then it NEVER fails, the pass is thrown and it's either a first down or a touchdown for the other team. Hey Millen, put some money in our damn defense PLEASE!!! You're a defense guy, just do it! And please quit drafting guys that are under 6 foot, especially for corners and safety's. Go get me some Charles Woodson.
Oh well, another season over, no playoffs again. At this point, I think the only reason I'm keeping my season tickets is because there is now a waiting list to get tickets to the games. And being the eternal optimist that I am, I want to be there when we actually WIN playoff games and make it to the Super Bowl. Some other things I noticed while at the game:
It was COLD!! It was freaking BONE cold today! I heard it was 9 degrees as we were walking in. The cold seeped right through any clothing you had on and if we didn't have salt in our bodies, everyone in Michigan would be a dead human popsicle right now. Makes you realize how smart God was =)
The guys in the row behind us gave us a standing ovation when we walked in. That was AWESOME! I told them they had to do that every week from now on! Thanks guys!
Minnesota really has some funny looking fans. And the little felt Viking hat with yellow braids sticking out of it looks really gay on Italian mob-looking guys!! And I don't mean happy.
There was some kind of a huge fight to the left of us. I tried standing on the chair to see exactly what happened but the whole crowd was standing up and I couldn't see, hopefully some Viking fan got kicked out.
Roary walked down our aisle and waved and gave people Hi-5's. He's cool!!
The Donut won AGAIN!! Free donuts for us, but wait... the coffee cup threw the red flag. After the challenge it was ruled the Coffee actually won. OH YEA, they DID show us THAT replay!
No onion packets AGAIN! What the hell? We actually went to get them after the 1st quarter and they were already GONE! I figure other people must have figured out the fact that they don't last long way before us, and are secretly hoarding them and even possibly selling them on eBay.
The people at the concession stand SUCK! They are volunteers from different schools that work there for part of the proceeds to go to their school. Look, I know that's really nice & noble and crap, but I don't want to miss a WHOLE quarter of the game because they don't know what the hell they're doing.
I met some nice guys from Canada while waiting in line for my sausage. They are on the waiting list for season tickets, only 237 people in front of them... Can you BELIEVE that one?
Saw a co-worker and he bought me a beer. Thanks Bob!!
We had some irritating Viking fans to the right of us and I tried to get the crowd to pull a Piston's on them, but Lions fans are way too nice for anything like that!
Next week is Chicago, last home game (sigh). Their fans are pretty jerky though so it should be fun. Hey we've got to look forward to SOMETHING!
The Lions Rule!!! Did I say Shaun Rogers? Hell, get me a Kevin Jones jersey quick before they're all gone! Where the heck have you been hiding him all year Mariucci?? He had to prove himself? How is he supposed to prove himself when you don't give him the ball? Sort of like trying to get a loan and you have to prove you don't need a loan before they'll loan you the money
The Lions are kicking butt all over the field! Minnesota lost and we can actually be in the running to win our division once we finish kicking the crap outta the pack! OMG (I spit my pop out here) who is that new running back? Get me one of his jerseys too, #3. Harrington, I didn't know we had a running back named Harrington too! Wow, how cool is he?
Wait is that Dre Bly? Holy bejeezus, he is breaking up passes, no wonder he made it to the pro-bowl last year, and I was dogging him out...Silly me, oh wait! Who in the hell is #38? Keith or Steve Smith, I think. Who the heck is he, no really! Is he new? Well we should keep him, and hey here comes #28 Walker. Wow, he just did some type of Mortal Kombat jumping corkscrew hit, that was cool. Well, finally the real Lions are playing. It's halftime
Fox sports guys are talking about us, Howie looks like he REALLY wants to like us, but I think he's been burned by the Lions too. I like the Fox guys. Bradshaw and Johnson make a bet on the Lions game. Bradshaw gets a bag of beans(?)
Uh oh, we're staring to catch up in penalties now. Why can't anyone catch the damn ball anymore? Wait did I say anymore - hah. Things are starting to go awry. What does Mariucci say in the locker room? Whatever it is, it sure as hell doesn't work
NO WAY!! OMG! What the hell? 
&^$#&*!@ %&^$@@ GAWD, I can't believe how much JoMo Sucks!!!! He just threw a &^%^* interception... AGAIN. Oh, that's alright JoMo we really didn't want to win anyway. Did I actually compliment the ^&%% ? Someone please slap me if I even look at a #3 jersey with anything but disgust! Someone should check his bank account to see if he's getting big deposits on Mondays after we lose.
*CHALLENGE* It got overturned, whew! Okay, okay things are still okay. I'm starting to get that foreboding that comes along with being a Lions fan.
Bret is throwing long. Oh NICE!! Way to go Defense, two defenders and they both miss. The announcers just inform us that Bret has a grin on his face...wuuunderfulllll! We're losing that's it. Shaun Rogers nails Bret. Penalty, now Rogers is steaming (literally & figuratively) on the bench. Mariucci is yelling at him. Hey MOOCH, at least SOMEONE on this team has passion and heart!! Maybe you should be bitching JoMo out huh? What'd'ya think about that?
We Lost, surprise surprise...I think I'm going to wait before I get that Rogers jersey. I hear he's a free agent after this year and if history repeats itself, the Lions won't pay him and Rogers will get out by the skin of his teeth and make it to some team that will get him a Superbowl ring like he deserves. Maybe he'll take Jones with him. I always thought it was crappy that they didn't let Barry go, while they kept decimating the team around him.
Really guys, I KNOW you can win. I would kill (not literally-need a disclaimer these days) to be in the locker room. What is REALLY going on?? I don't get it. I want us to be playing in our own Superbowl in 2006. I want to be cheering for you guys at the playoffs THIS year! I was the one chewing out everyone in my section for mocking your wins at the beginning of the year, and now look at me! I'm sick of hearing Mooch give his spiel, which reminds me, where Spielman? (lightbulb)That's the missing piece, let's get the heart of this team back here to coach or do kick ass or do something, him and Porcher! Hear that Mooch? Go run over to Ohio and beg Chris to come and work for you!
Way to go Lions, thanks for the excitement, I have to go get my medication now, maybe I'll share it with Art Regner, I'm so glad he's on after the games again!! His ranting is the only thing that kept me sane a couple of years ago.. hehehehe Hmmm, wonder if he plays football
Lions beat the Cardinals! I can't tell you the score though, I left my seat early in a quest to find a Shaun Rogers jersey... No luck!? The defense definitely is forgotten among the gridiron hero's. What a turn I've taken this year. I was a huge pollyanna fan from when we first got our season tickets back in the Silverdome days.
This year has been so bad, I've finally lost my enthusiasm. Penalties, interceptions, missed scoring opportunities - hah, I wasn't let down this time. I was now of those smug spectators that just sat in my seat the whole game, with a grin on my face thinking 'So what else is new?'. Well, they did win at home and THAT is new & normally I'd be screaming 'Lion's Rule' or some other phrase with all the other die-hard raucous fans.
But I wasn't impressed with the win, even though winning this game kept them alive for the playoffs. It was the Arizona Cardinals afterall with rookies playing the major positions. We should have creamed them... Another bright spot was that Joey Harrington looked like he actually TRIED to get a first down running!! Talk about excitement.
Perhaps because of the lackadaisical demeanor of the Lions as a whole, it has made me more attuned to what is going on in the stands around me. And I've decided it would be a good thing to record them for posterity. Notably:
The donut won AGAIN!! Woohoo, free donuts for everyone in the lower bowl. Coffee had the lead but had a caffeine heart attack or something right before the finish line.
Roary (Lions mascot)- I want a t-shirt!! Forget about the 'Family Fun Zone' shoot the t-shirt gun at section 140 for once!
But Roary was kind enough to come stand on a chair near us and try to get the crowd riled up. I think more fans were excited to see him then the play of the Lions.
There was a heavier lady sitting a few rows down that got up to boogie to some 80's flashback song and fell on the guy behind her and then on her butt! Heh, it was funny.
The guy that sits behind me apologized for his friends behavior the week before at the Indy game.
My niece got into an argument with the season ticket holder next to us over Jason Hanson. C'mon now, you can't be ripping on Jason he's one of our leading scorers!! Don't worry Jason, Stefani had your back!
Why aren't there any Shaun Rogers Jerseys??!!
The concessions stand was once again out of dehydrated/rehydrated, gooey, nasty, yet somehow tasty onion sauce for our hotdogs - AGAIN. We decided that next game we'll have to grab some as soon as we walk in and save it for later.
We didn't make it on the Jumbotron (or whatever it's called) - AGAIN.
The 'First Down' dude SUCKS. He must be drunk to be able to do that every week with a straight face. I mean does he really thinks he looks cool? I think he must because when I was watching him do his little arm chopping spiel on the sideline and he noticed that the camera man wasn't broadcasting it, he looked hurt.
'First Down Dude' also sings the Lions 'fight' song. You know the one...'Forward down the field, a Lions team that will not yield (snicker, snicker)... the best thing about his singing is the group of fans that sit behind him and act like dorks in the background while he singing. I must add that I liked our old singer better.
Back to the Lions. You know how some mothers in the wild eat their young? Well that's what the Lions fans do to our quarterbacks! Kramer, Ware, Mitchell (he deserved it), Batch, McMahon and now Harrington. We have had a quarterback controversy for as long as I can remember, and due to the radio stations, sports writers and fans it seems like we have a new freaking quarterback every couple of years. Joey's (or JoMo, as some fans affectionately call him) head is now on the platter.
I admit I don't like the 'prima-donna' type quarterbacks. Give me Brett Favre or Daunte Culpepper or someone that would be comfortable playing linebacker as a quarterback anyday over our Joey. I have come to the conclusion that THAT is the real issue here in DEE-Troit, where the natives get upset when our title of 'murder capital of the world' is taken from us. We LIKE our 'bad' reputation as maligned as it may be. We like to be the 'bad asses', especially with our sports teams. Who can ever forget the Bad Boys in the Piston years, Rodman & Laimbeer or Gibby & Rozema with the Tigers or Probert, McCarty and Vladdy with the Wings?
Much can be forgiven if our QB is a bad ass too. That is what McMahon has that Harrington does not. The intangible. The anticipation. The excitement. If you beat us, well at least our QB took out your linebacker! Hah! A good example of that was today after Jason Hanson kicked. The ball was returned and it looked like it was going to be returned for a touchdown.
It was the runner against our kicker. Our little Jason Hanson, the only thing in the way of a sure touchdown for the Cardinals. I must say it is an embarrassment to be taken down by the kicker because it happens so rarely. Hanson has done it on more than one occasion! Hanson dropped him, he also received a standing ovation afterwards and he is beloved by the fans. Well, except for the one sitting by my Stefani.
We LOVE our Bad Boys, unfortunately the Lions have never had one... No Romanowski, no Turley, No Sapp, but we do have Shaun Rogers and I WANT his jersey dammit!