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

[pray4surf]

I can't think of any player on the Niners that I dislike or the franchise for that matter.

As for the Ravens,
**** the Ravens and their annoying fans and Pollard for taking a kill shot a RG3.

[WilberMarshall]

Can't hate the Ravens... I am apathetic towards the Ravens.

Hate demands my time and requires effort...

[SkinsCrushCowboys]

I don't like the Ravens and cannot stand the Ray Lewis love affair. I will be rooting against them.

[FletchLives]

Who caught the Ray Lewis SNL skit?

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-li...-lewis/n32030/

[DButz65]

Baltimore hates all things DC and they hate the Redskins... guess they are jealous with envy we have such a rich past/tradition? SO F*** THEM! I have also worked up in Baltimore quite a bit, and I hate that trashy, dirty, run down place they call a city... their fans fit right in there, too bad they cant put a great wall of baltimore up to keep them all inside

[HLF]

Baltimore hates all things DC and they hate the Redskins... guess they are jealous with envy we have such a rich past/tradition? SO F*** THEM! I have also worked up in Baltimore quite a bit, and I hate that trashy, dirty, run down place they call a city... their fans fit right in there, too bad they cant put a great wall of baltimore up to keep them all inside

So much hate for a non rival team lmao thats hilarious.

Im from the northern burbs of Bmore but I hvnt lived there since 92(I come back 1 or 2 times a year) so I dont have to deal with Ravens fans 24/7 like you all have to do. Its honestly hard to find a Ravens fan that I have crossed thats had a beef with the Skins. Including my brother, other family and friends that I have still in MD. Raven fans in Atlanta ive ran into dont really "beef" with me. I was beginning to believe it was a generation thing than I see you, 42, with so much hate for a team we play 1 time in 4 years lmao smh

Im lost

[DButz65]

So much hate for a non rival team lmao thats hilarious.

Im from the northern burbs of Bmore but I hvnt lived there since 92(I come back 1 or 2 times a year) so I dont have to deal with Ravens fans 24/7 like you all have to do. Its honestly hard to find a Ravens fan that I have crossed thats had a beef with the Skins. Including my brother, other family and friends that I have still in MD. Raven fans in Atlanta ive ran into dont really "beef" with me. I was beginning to believe it was a generation thing than I see you, 42, with so much hate for a team we play 1 time in 4 years lmao smh

Im lost

You haven't been here, except for visiting a couple times a year, you said it yourself, you're lost..you just dont know... ever since baltimore won the super bowl the first time, they have hated us, plain and simple...so **** them in my honest opinion

[joe]

You haven't been here, except for visiting a couple times a year, you said it yourself, you're lost..you just dont know... ever since baltimore won the super bowl the first time, they have hated us, plain and simple...so **** them in my honest opinion

Actually, they hated the skins from the first home game at the stadium that my maryland tax dollars built. At the same time that first game was being played, the Redskins were losing to the Steelers. When the score was announced, the Baltimore fans cheered. Art Modell was quoted as saying that they needed to do a better job of educating their fans because the Skins were not division or even conference rivals, while the Steelers were. Baltimore has the same type of inferiority/superiority complex toward Washington as the French do toward the Germans (and just about every other country).

[Riggo#44]

I cannot root for the Ravens. One, their fans are insufferable, especially the ones in D.C. Two, every time I see them play Metallica's "The Thing That Should Not Be" just plays over and over. This team should still be in Cleveland; and Baltimore should have the abomination that is the current Browns. And you know what you wouldn't see? Ravens fans. Anywhere.

I would love to see how many Ravens fans there would be if they went through a Vinny Cerrato-type era.

[authentic]

I'm down for DC sports all the way, aside from the Terps and other state Collegiate teams.

I don't care much for the Ravens in regards to pure sport, but Ravens fans at my current and past jobs totally ruin any appreciation I could have for them representing Maryland. I've never openly initiated any hate towards the Ravens, but almost every Ravens fan I've encountered enjoys berating Redskins fans, for simply being fans.

The problem is that they're a young franchise who has experienced an inordinate amount of success in such a short time (17 seasons). IMO, its a gift and a curse. Its good because obviously they've won a SB after only being in Bmore 5 seasons and have remained competative due to great scouting and smart roster building. The downside of that is the inevitability of mediocrity that hits EVERY franchise at some point. You could call it the "Ebb and Flow" of sports franchises. The "Glory Days" won't last forever, meaning it will come a time when the Ravens will see consecutive sub .500 record seasons, as did the Skins for so many years prior. I keep warning Ravens fans of this, but they continue to dismiss it, because they simply don't know any better. It will be a fun day when the Skins are back on top (which we building our way toward) and the Ravens become subpar (which they will be sooner than later).

[RedskinsNation]

I HATE Dallas, HATE Philly and HATE the Giants. The only time I ever root for the Ravens to win is a time like this year when they played all of our rivals. I heavily dislike the Ravens, not so much the team itself per se as being composed of players I dont like but just the fact they are from BALTIMORE and I despise BALTIMORE because its the closest neighboring city to my hometown of DC and I get sick of the coupling of the two cities by the media, fans etc.....I have grown to hate Baltimore sports simply due to the fact Im tired of being associated with them/compared to them due to the close proximity. Sure, we are "neighbors" but i do not want to see that team win and have a leg up or have bragging rights or any type of positive view overshadowing my team. They are not a team I sit and watch and order a pizza and watch and root my tail off to have lose on a weekly basis like i do for philly, nyg and dallas. But, they are a team that when loses...it definitly brings a bit of joy on my Sunday afternoons in the Fall.

[General NSJ]

I'm a Skins fan that was born and raised in Baltimore and I have never once felt inferior to DC. Don't get me wrong, DC is a great place and I'd never tear it down like some of you love to do to my hometown, but to think that we are somehow in awe of DC is a bit misguided. Of course Bmore has its problems like every other town in America, but whenever the Ravens are mentioned, this board all of sudden becomes a "Bash Baltimore Fest". I honestly don't get it.

[WhoRUSupposed2Be]

I am beginning to wan off of Baltimore a little bit simply because I believe this to be their window dressing finale... this is it for those ******* and I hope that they realize it as well.

[authentic]

I am beginning to wan off of Baltimore a little bit simply because I believe this to be their window dressing finale... this is it for those ******* and I hope that they realize it as well.

IDK how the organization feels. But i can tell you for SURE that the fans don't realize it.

---------- Post added January-29th-2013 at 04:01 PM ----------

I'm a Skins fan that was born and raised in Baltimore and I have never once felt inferior to DC. Don't get me wrong, DC is a great place and I'd never tear it down like some of you love to do to my hometown, but to think that we are somehow in awe of DC is a bit misguided. Of course Bmore has its problems like every other town in America, but whenever the Ravens are mentioned, this board all of sudden becomes a "Bash Baltimore Fest". I honestly don't get it.

Thank you, bro^^ thats EXACTLY how i feel. As far as i'm concerned, i love Baltimore and i love DC as well. But i don't feel inferior to them. I appreciate DC as our sister city. Perhaps because i have alot of friends from the area.... But naw, I usually stay away when people start to bash Bmore, because i know i will end up getting caugh up in my feelings and take things personal.

[WhoRUSupposed2Be]

IDK how the organization feels. But i can tell you for SURE that the fans don't realize it.

---------- Post added January-29th-2013 at 04:01 PM ----------



Thank you, bro^^ thats EXACTLY how i feel. As far as i'm concerned, i love Baltimore and i love DC as well. But i don't feel inferior to them. I appreciate DC as our sister city. Perhaps because i have alot of friends from the area.... But naw, I usually stay away when people start to bash Bmore, because i know i will end up getting caugh up in my feelings and take things personal.

Let me make myself clear so I'm not sounding Napoleon or anything... I dislike the fanbase of Baltimore compared to the City itself. It is great place to hang out but you will find yourself misplaced in that town when it comes to football.

In my opinion, they should've just left it a baseball town