[Master4Caster]

I was at that game and the stadium was full of rabid, raving, riotous, rightous Redskins fans and damned few cowboys fans. It was one of the very few times since 1999 that FedEx was as loud and as rocking as RFK. Vibrating stands are a beautiful feeling.

But, Mitchell has a point. Up to last season, there were a LOT of NFC East fans in the stands. But that's a function of money, not loyalty. FedEx sells out every game by season ticket holders who are either true fans or ticket brokers. In the Turner years, a true fan was faced with the prospect of using an $80 ticket to see a team with a less than 50% chance of winning, or selling the ticket and watching on TV. So a lot of Cowboy/Eagles/Giants fans scalped tickets. Brokers sell to anybody. My company had season tickets and a couple of times before 2005, couldn't get any customers to go to the games. So those tickets went back to brokers - who sold them to the other guys.

In other cities I lived in, when the local team was bad for a long time, fans cancelled their season tickets. That doesn't happen here. People kept their tickets for the return to glory. I think that's next season. FedEx will be rocking from August to January. You watch & see.