quoth the raven, "nevermore"

who better to define my fabulously dark and daaangerous team, than the deep and brooding edgar allan poe? useless bit of information for the day: they were actually named in honor of the incredibly famous poem, which he wrote in baltimore. their mascots name? poe. how appropriate. only an english teacher [or a major dork like myself] would know author trivia behind a nfl team ha. also, im pretty sure dumbass mike tomlin tried to quote dylan thomas, another fab poet, after the game and f'ed it all up. how do you seriously not know the opening stanza of "do not go gentle into that good night"? ok, so maybe im one of the ten people in the world who know it. me and some random librarians in missouri. but if you dont know it, DONT try to quote it. i think what you wanted your team to do was "rage, rage against the dying of the light." but that didnt work out so well.

especially after you looooost because a rookie stole your ball and ran it back for an overtime game winner? booyah. a ravens win over a steelers loss just makes me want to dance. its so much sweeter than any other win. also, john harbaugh can get itttt. so glad he left the stupid eagles and came to us. sorry k, i know youre gona pout. ill try to be supportive of your corny team. even though i think you should come to the dark side bahahaha. also, i feel as though i should explain myself. i was never a football fan. put me in the nosebleeds at a phillies game and im the happiest girl in the world. but football? eh. switch to five years ago, and along came a boy who changed all that. while d gave me many wonderful things over the course of our relationship, my love of the ravens is by far one of my favs. ill admit, at first i was just trying to be susie homemaker, supporting my boyfriends weirdly obsessive behavior related to a purple football team. purple? not very beer and burping, sunday ritual, wings with the boys, shouting at the tv manly - if you ask me. but as time went on, i really got caught up in the hullabaloo. and before i knew it, wham. HUGE fan! i know stats, history, players, all kinds of crazy junk. i wear my flacco jersey every sunday, in new jersey, where i get made fun of on a daily basis. i asked for another one for christmas. i realllly want a purple one. ha. preferably with the names of one of these two studs on the back. youre looking at the overjoyed faces of ray rice from rutgers [holla at new jersey]. he is prob the smallest and fastest boy in the nfl right now. and ray lewis holds the record for being the longest nontenured athlete to stay with a team. which means, he is NOT under year-to-year contract to the ravens, folks. he could leave at any time. but he doesnt. and he hasnt for twelve years. because he loves his team. 

 

ok enough. i get it. it just annoys me when people are like, oh youre a big ravens fan? why? how long have you been a fan? youre not from baltimore. thats stupid. get over yourselves. the entire reason i dont like the eagles is because i wasnt going to just join everyone else. i know nothing about the team. i hate the coach. the fans, with the exception of my friends, are total looney tunes. and purples a way better color! the ravens may not be the best team in the nfl. but they try really hard. and they have alot of heart. which is all i can ask. that, and for them to beat the stupid steelers every once in awhile!