Pro Football and the Denver Broncos

HI!

People ask me if I've become a Denver Broncos fan. I haven't been much of a pro football fan in the past .... maybe a little bit of a fan at the collegiate football level, especially rooting for U of W and any team playing Texas!

When we were in Oakland, the Raiders weren't easy to love. Rowdy fans and a string of bad teams lead to loyalties with teams like the SF 49ers. And even the Niners aren't loyal to their roots ..... moving to San Jose! Really? The San Jose 49ers?

I had a love of the Los Angeles Rams back in the days of Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch and the "Fearsome Foursome" (Rosie Greer, Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen, and Deacon Jones). It was, and still is, easy to get behind a charismatic player; but getting behind and staying with a team through thick and thin ..... another story.

But Denver is a different kind of football city. During the season, when you are invited someplace, people are quick to point out that the invitation won't conflict with the Broncos' game! Good thing Christmas isn't on a Monday, Thursday or Sunday! Good friends invited us over for wings, brews and "the Game" almost the same day we got here. And who wouldn't root for a team with the comeback kid on it? Manning broke the single-season touchdown passing record last night; he's on the road to breaking the single-season passing yards record; they are champions; the defense is playing better, ........ so there's lots to like. It's hard to go anywhere without getting into a conversation that includes discussion of the Broncos.

OK, going with the flow and enjoying it!