After my last post I got a few interesting comments that seemed to bring my fandom into question. To be honest, I'm surprised it took this long for people to get on me for the fact that my two sentence biography says that I've been a diehard fan for "seven years."
If you want to know my full story than you can check out my introductory post way back in September. The gist of it is that I've lived in Minnesota since I was one year old, but I wasn't always into sports. So while it was nice to see Minnesota teams win I wasn't emotionally invested. I've considered myself a Vikings fan nearly all my life, but I really didn't become a 'diehard' fan until around seven years ago. That's when I began watching every game and reading any news story I could find on them. That's when I became truly emotionally invested.
So where does that leave me? Am I not a true fan? Are other people better fans than me? My wife would probably say I'm too much of a fan already..sometimes. I've never gotten into the elitist fan thing. Frankly, I think the more Vikings fans the merrier. I suppose the caveat to that is the fans who only start rooting for a team when they're winning big. Nobody likes a front runner.
Some may also say that, due to my relative lateness as a "diehard" fan, my disappointment over the NFC Championship game isn't as great as their's. Well, they're probably right. I was devastated after the Vikings loss, but ifothers want to believe thatthey felt even worse then I did then I won't argue.
I already consider myself a true Vikings fan, but perhaps I need to experience even more heartbreak before others accept my fandom. If that's the case then I'm not worried at all. It's only a matter of time before the Vikings break my heart a couple dozen more times. After all, they're the Vikings. It's what they do.