I LOVE ME SOME HATE: A PATS FAN IN RAIDERLAND

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Published: March 17, 2009

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... me know I am alive and breathing. Most importantly it shows I am relevant. You see I haven't always felt this way.

I have been a Patriot fan since the day of the Moonshot '69, living in Rhode Island.  Just a few short years later I was transplanted by my parents to the foreign California coastline. Raider country back then....soon to give way to Niner country. 

Back then no one paid me any mind and barely even knew about my Patriots , except possibly that Jim Plunkett and Mike Haynes played for a while.  But the Patriots were awful in those days. The days before the Flying Elvis and Patriot Pat grimaced on the side of the Patriots white helmets. No one noticed or cared...or hated.  We were the forgotten franchise of the NFL.

Even a surprise run and appearance in the Super Bowl in 1985 didnt change it.  Of course the fact the Bears did a Super Bowl Shuffle all over The Pats didnt help my cause.

You see the bottom line is no one cares...

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