For about the past 50 years Dallas has been perceived by the rest of the nation as a "white-coller" city where as Houston has been perceived as a "blue-coller" city. Because of this sports journalism tends to report more on Dallas then Houston despite the fact that Houston is a much bigger town. Thats where my personal hate for Dallas stems from. In fact I generally root for most "blue-coller", under-publized cities (Detroit, Baltimore).
Why? Are you f'n kidding me...You should be banned for asking that kind of question... Well, ok, Dallas sux...that's all you need to know...
mavs fans didnt exist for years. then they randomly came out of nowhere when their team got good. they dont know crap about basketball, but they'll talk to you about it like theyve been following it for years. you ask a mavs fans to name 10 players from the 1990s and 95% of them cant do it.
dallas fans sux!! i hate them all!! mavs fans should stick to cheering for the cowboys!! cuban and the mavs will never win anything!!
Replace "Cubs," "Red Sox," and other team names in this article with "Mavericks," and you have the Doctrine of Refined: Ten tips if you're jumping on a bandwagon http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080620 The NBA season is over. Two great fan bandwagons met in the Finals, and only one came out on top, ready to add extra seats and a second deck for all the new riders. Looks like fun to be a Cubs fan, doesn't it? Well, follow DJ's tips, and jump on the bandwagon! Now baseball season is in the spotlight. And with midseason quickly approaching, it is time for many of the unscrupulous among us to decide to which team we will attach ourselves like a barnacle to a whale. Will people flock to an old favorite like the Red Sox? Or how about the upstart Rays? Why not the Cubs? Not only do they have the best record in the National League, but they provide the added allure of letting a bandwagon jumper pretend he has suffered through 100 seasons without a title. So, fancy a bandwagon jump? Here are 10 steps to doing it right: 1. Pick your bandwagon It goes without saying that you first have to search for an appropriate bandwagon to jump onto. So look high. Look low. Actually, just look high. You are a bandwagon jumper, after all -- only the teams at the top of the standings should be attractive to you. 2. Stock up on gear If you are going to be a respectable bandwagon fan, you need to have all the coolest new team-logo apparel. T-shirts, hats, beach towels, drink cozies -- all of it. Think twice about dropping $150 on an official team jersey, however. You'll wish you had that money back when you inevitably leap off this bandwagon and latch onto another one in a few months. Bandwagon-jumping requires measured financial investment. If you spend too much, you might feel tied to a team even when it starts losing. Yuck! Also, never, ever, ever, under any circumstances, get a team-logo tattoo. Remember, you are a bandwagon fan. You might feel caught up in the excitement now, that this is finally the team you will stay with forever. But you are wrong. You will stray again. And there is no going back from a tattoo. Somewhere in Alaska, there is a sad man walking the streets, stuck forever with a tattoo he got on his chest in 1993, of the Charlotte Hornets' logo. BANDWAGON 411 Here's everything you need to know about bandwagon riding: • The eight kinds of bandwagon fans and how to spot them • Ten tips for bandwagoners • History's biggest bandwagons • 12 legendary victories a Cubs bandwagoneer must know • Cubs bandwagon dictionary • Uni Watch: Cubs edition 3. Get the family involved Now that you are plastered with team apparel, it's time to get the wife and kids on board as well. You'll want to get the Mrs. a pink team shirt. A pink hat, too. Maybe even a jean jacket with the team logo on the back in rhinestones. Classy! Junior also will need some gear, like T-shirts, a bib and a hat. Remember: Jumping on a bandwagon can be a wonderful experience for the entire family. An opportunity like this might not come along for several more months! 4. Create a connection Deep down, even the biggest bandwagon fans know they are spineless, depraved sorts. That's why they feel the need to invent some sort of lifelong bond to their current team of choice. You need to do the same, so that when you are pushed by skeptics as to why you suddenly root for Team X from 3,000 miles away, you can say: "What?! I have been a fan since I was a kid. You see, it all began when … ." And then you throw in some concocted story about loving the team since before you even escaped the womb. For instance, if you feel like being Member No. 37,465,989 on the Boston Red Sox bandwagon, try this: "I am not a bandwagon Red Sox fan! My relatives are originally from Massachusetts. I still have family there." And then, just don't mention that you are referring to the pilgrims as your relatives and America as your family. 5. Research, Part 1: Get the basics Jumping on a bandwagon requires due diligence. So flip on a sports radio show from your new team's home city and listen for 15 minutes. You'll soon know who is totally awesome and who is a disgrace and should be immediately released/traded/fired. Now you are sufficiently informed! Feel free to share your new knowledge freely. And loudly. If you know how to pronounce Ryan Theriot's name, you're on your way to being a Cubs fan. 6. Research, Part 2: Go a little deeper Want to rebuff the claims that you are nothing but a bandwagon fan? A lowly parasite? Then take five minutes to learn how to pronounce an obscure player's name. Would a bandwagon fan know Ryan Theriot's name is pronounced Terry-O, not Therry-O, Therry-Ot or Terry-Ot? Of course not! It's an insane proposition! You are a true fan! Now, take five more minutes and do some research online to find a player on your new team's roster who has been called underrated. Feel free to drop this newfound tidbit as often as possible in your conversations with friends and acquaintances about the team: "Sure, [star players X, Y and Z] are great. But I don't think [underrated player] gets enough credit." Oh, snap! Look who's an insider all of a sudden! 7. Research, Part 3: Learn whom to hate Part of being a fan -- bandwagon or otherwise -- is working up a good hatred for your favorite team's big rival. As a bandwagon fan, you are lucky -- like new love, young hate is strong and memorable. And there's no quicker way to prove your fan bona fides than by heckling the fans of your rival. Just hope those fans don't remember your face a few months from now when you jump on their bandwagon after your current team hits a rough patch. 8. Take on the identity of the team and its fan base You have put in the work. You have spent more than $100 on T-shirts, hats and other stuff. You have dedicated some 30 minutes of time to researching your new team. No one can question your commitment now! So feel free to start referring to the team not as "them" but as "we." Call yourself a member of "[Team X] Nation." And make sure to talk about all your suffering. You, a devoted lifetime fan, have waited so long for a championship! For it was days and days ago that your beloved Celtics won a championship. And four long months before that when your Giants won the Super Bowl. The humanity! Won't someone save you? Will you not get to experience 100 championships in your lifetime? 9. Avoid "real" fans These people think they are better than you. They think because they actually do have real family from Massachusetts or wherever, or because they have invested 30 years in a team instead of 30 minutes, that they somehow are more die-hard than you. They will be suspicious of you. They will ask you questions that can tread dangerously close to revealing that you know little more than how to pronounce "Theriot" or the name of that one underrated player. Shame on them! How dare they try to make you feel guilty for being a bandwagon fan! They are the stupid ones for wasting time rooting for bad teams, right? So steer clear of these people. And whatever you do, don't let them anywhere near your car. They might get the wrong impression when they see that your bumper is covered in Red Sox, Yankees, Lakers, Celtics, Cowboys, Patriots, USC football and Duke basketball stickers. As though it's your fault that you have deep, childhood ties to all those teams! 10. Get a car flag When Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong planted a United States flag on the moon in 1969, it signified that we had expanded the realm of human possibility and traveled to another world. So, too, when you plant a team flag on your car, it signifies that you have expanded the realm of human depravity and traveled to yet another bandwagon. Congratulations! And may your bandwagon drive off a cliff.
i'm originally from the Houston area, acutally ALVIN (Home of Nolan Ryan), and have had the unfortunate opportunity, and great misery, to live in dallas for the past few years. and let me say, I HATE IT HERE! I'm countin the days until I get to move back to H-Town and buy Rockets season tickets. mavs fans DO SUCK, and they're all a bunch of houston haters. there's a common hate for each other, dallas and Houston folk that is. Houston peeps are much more hospitable, while dallas peeps are a bunch of a-holes. But... I do like sticking it to their woman.
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THAT is what I hate. If these douchebags had stuck it out throught the tough times, and gloated now, I'd say I guess they've earned it. But I don't think that's the case. But I think the majority of their fans were probably Laker fans during their 3 Championships. I HATE, HATE, HATE people who change their allegiance like that. I've lived in Austin for the past 2 years. If I was one of these douchebag type fans, it would be really easy for me to suddenly become a Spur(m)s fan - this is Spur(m)s country. But, no. I've been a Rockets fan since the early 90's, and I will be a Rockets fan as long as they play in Houston.
Couldn't have said it better myself...the fans suck, the team sucks and Cuban sucks (good owner though, I got to give them that) They think they're the **** because they've been winning for the past few years...looks like they're going to start losing now with stupid trades like the Kidd one...I'll be laughing my butt off in 2 years when they miss the playoffs completely losers
yeah...pissed me off back then, pissed me off when Donaghy mentioned this a last week and still pisses me off now The Mavs suck
Oh yeah, they think Dirk is the **** too...I'm sorry but the Rockets have had the better franchise, the better history, the best Texas player, more championships better all-stars Also the Mavs have 0 championships and got P'owned by D-wade...that made that finals, even though I hated seeing Shaq get another championship, it was worth it to see that look on Cuban and Nowitzki's face I was laughing so hard last season when they got eliminated by GS in the first round...Dirk getting that MVP trophy and a first round exit was priceless did i mention they have 0 championships? Well they have 0 championships...I wanna see they're banner warm-ups...lol, do they even have one?
Look, it's a t (u)rd , it's a Tom Cruise. No, it's a Mark "friggin" Cuban!!! The Mavs are so freakin great, they managed give up 62 points to Kobe Bryant in less than 4 quarters, blow 2-0 lead with 14 point lead in Game 3 (NBA Finals), and get bounced from the playoffs by 8th seeded team that only won 42 games with the MVP on their team in almost less than 2 years. Houston = Clutch City > Dallas = Unclutch City Silly Mavs (fans)....championships r 4 winners. Not posers.
