Poll: As a Skins fan, Should I hate the Ravens and Why?

[aubreyjn]

It's either you hate them, or we all hate you!

That decision, I leave to you.......

agreed

[AllBusiness]

I hate the Carolina Panthers for almost the same exact reason as I do the Ravens(because they infringed on our fanbase). But then again, were those individuals ever REEEEEALLY true fans to start with?
The Ravens are worse because that specific franchise was STOLEN from Cleveland, essentially. Art Modell is a dirtball.

[e16bball]

It's the fans.

I have nothing against the team, and even rooted for them in 2000.

But the fans are so obnoxious, so uninformed, and so grating that it's impossible to want the Ravens to do well, lest those fans gain excitement and an even more annoying swagger.

[#98QBKiller]

I hate the Carolina Panthers for almost the same exact reason as I do the Ravens. The Ravens are worse because that specific franchise was STOLEN from Cleveland, essentially. Art Modell is a dirtball.

Art Modell

[Lar0n Landry]

I'm a die hard Skins fan but I like the Ravens a little bit

1. because Ed Reed is one of my favorite players and the best safety of my generation.

2. Because they are local and out of conference.

3. They have a great defense. probably the best I can ever remember watching.

[AllBusiness]

Thanks 99.

[HailSkinz1]

Growing up, I didn't really HATE the Colts, but I didn't much care for them. At the time (early 70s) I was an Orioles fan, but that didn't seem to resonate.

Now, I HATE the Orioles because of their dispicable and despisable owner and what he did to thwart our efforts to get a team in DC. And I used to HATE the Ravens primarily because of their thugs and the fact that the media has made a God out of Ray Lewis when I'm convinced he knew something about that murder in Atlanta (not to mention the fact that I'm more than a little tired of these guys with 6 children from 5 different women who walk around talking about being "men" - they haven't a clue what that means).

But, having said that, I have grown to respect the Ravens for what they put on the field and how they do it. They aren't looking for the one time shot, they know how to build a team. Their down periods don't last long because of the infrastructure and system they have in place. Because of that, I find myself being drawn into them a little.

Hail,

H

[Burgundy&Gold4Ever]

I've hated the Ravens ever since their inception. I'll always despise a team that steals a team from another city. It's particularly outrageous for Baltimore to do it. They moan and cry about the Colts being stolen from them -- and then they do the same thing to Cleveland!

[skinsarethebest]

I've hated the Ravens ever since their inception. I'll always despise a team that steals a team from another city. It's particularly outrageous for Baltimore to do it. They moan and cry about the Colts being stolen from them -- and then they do the same thing to Cleveland!

Would it pain you to know the Skins originally came from Boston?

I get your point, though.

[Skins-Canes-Mounties]

I'm from MD and I hate the Ravens.

Ravens fans hate the Redskins. Their fans are vocal about their hatred for the Skins. This makes Skins fans hate the fans, and the hatred of the Ravens is an extension of the hatred for the fans.

From what I understand, old Colts fans also hate the Redskins, and this seems to have carried over to the Ravens. You don't see as much hatred coming from the Skins fans of the old Colts, though.

[LaRonDontLikeUgly]

"Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate!" - Silky Johnson

I grew up in DC a die-hard Orioles fan.... they are still my team, but I just don't care about baseball anymore. At all.

As for the Gayvens, I initially had no problem with them. They were going to be my AFC team.

My position on that changed immediately as I attended the first scrimmage between the two teams. Ravens fans talk all this **** about the Redskins, but half of those cowards were probably rocking the burgundy and gold a few years ago. I have no respect for them, or the purple jerseys they wear.

Never thought I'd actually root for the Steelers- but I can't wait for them to smash Baltimore in the mouth this weekend.

[TMK9973]

In 2000 the skins were expected to win the super bowl. The redskins and ravens got in a TV turf battle about TV markets in Preseason. Ravens had yet to do anything, and the skins were expected to do so well, that everyone was a Redskins fan.

As the season wore on, Ravens fans started popping up everywhere.... They acted as if they had always been a Raven fan and started talking trash. Even more, most of them started beliving that the Ravens were the greatest football team of ALL TIME. Even when the Redskins beat them that year, it didn't stop.

Just before Kickoff at the playoffs, the put a sign up on the score board...

it said "todays Playoff Attendence - PSInet Stadium - 71,000+"

Then it continued

"FedEx field - 0,000"

I've hated them ever since....

[BAFGA]

because all of the ravens are thugs

baltimore sucks

fans who changed loyalty from the skins to ravens becuase they won the superbowl in 2001

And there will probably be more fans that change loyalty if they win another one. Not me, of course. I'm sure there are fans that are sick of Snyder and like what they see in the Ravens, so it wouldn't surprise me if the fanbase shrinks a little more, like the polar icecaps.

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

http://extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=277626&page=27

I know I shouldn't generalize, and every fan base, our own included, has it's good and bad elements; but if I EVER were in doubt or needed a reason to hate the jealous, DC wanabe's from up I95, the low life Raven troll with the VERY apt screen name we encountered late last night/early this am in the above thread gave it to me.

GO STEELERS! KICK BALTIMORES ASS FOR A THIRD TIME THIS YEAR!

Hail.

[Old Bay]

I initially had no ill will toward the Ravens. I liked the way their team was built and their defense was always one to covet.

But then, in the last year I've read and heard more about Ravens fans being hateful towards us for no reason in particular and watching the dirty play of the Ravens D has turned me off of them.

Whoever posted about the Cardinals is spot on. I don't want any of the other 3 winning the Super Bowl, though I doubt that will happen.