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Originally Posted by cpayne5
Chief Z got beat up in Philly once. He hasn't been back since.
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I was at the game as a kid in the Vet and saw him get beat up. He was a few sections over from where we were sitting. He got beat up in the upper deck and was thrown down the stairs. Don't know if that was the point he stopped going (that was around 1982-84).
I got tackled at a concession stand during a Wild Card Game around 1990. That was Buddy Ryan's last game (he was fired that week) and the year we came back to Vet after the infamous "Body Bag" Bowl MNF game. I had no problems after the game when we won as all the energy was taken out of the stunned crowd expecting "Body Bag Bowl 2"
To some fans defense, the guy who tackled me was pulled away by his friend and his friend apologized and other fans in line were saying what an asshole he was. There are bad apples in all stadiums, including our own I'm sure. though I can't vouch for FedEx, since I never have been there. Philly is a rough place to go in as the opposing fan, but it makes victory that much sweeter.
I am a Sixers and Flyers fan though and you have to give us Sixers fans props for being the first to boo Kobe Bryant, including the All-Star game. We saw right through that squeaky clean image right away. The way the media treated us, you thought we booed Jesus.