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Originally Posted by keithting
The 2 most memorable Eagles' contests at the Vet that I can recall were:
1. the Halloween game of 1999 when Michael Strahan picked off an errant pass in a very close game and ran it in for a GW touchdown in OT. Man, were there fights at that game!! You couldn't count them all !!! The upperdeck fans were dumping beer on a teenage girl wearing a big blue #92 jersey.
2. the last game ever at the Vet - the Buccanneers proved that the sub-40 degree rule was a myth and Chuckie went on to the Super Bowl after out-maneuvering the Eagles. It was frigid at that game and I remember finishing the 2nd half inside at the Chickie and Pete's bar. Farewell to the Vet...
There was a tire and auto repair business on Route 38 in Mount Laurel that listed the final score of every single Eagles game on a sign outside the store- - probably still does.....
I've seen many types of true fans - - I can remember when the streets of Pittsburgh were "near-empty" on Sundays when the Steelers played in the 1970-1980's, but the Eagles fans are definitely up there in terms of loyalty to their team....
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You could hear a pin drop in that dump after Barber pick 6'd Donovan. But it was OUR dump, and we'd defend that place like it was our own household. As agonizingly painful it can be at times to a) live in this city and watch sections of it take a nosedive and b) be diehard fanatics to this city's sports teams, I wouldnt have it any other way. Just hammered down a Pat's Steak with my out of town cousins, who were asking me why Philly gets such a bad rep. I told them that it's a question more loaded then the wiz-wit I was about to polish off. PHUCK the haters, they're all 'mo-thug fellaters.