Two weeks ago, it would have been no contest, but now I have to ask: Who has the best fans, sports or politics? Let the debate begin.
"I sat outside the stadium in the piercing cold and waited for 15 hours to get playoff tickets."
"That's nothing. I watched CNN Headline News for eight days straight to see every vote get tallied on screen."
"I fell asleep on the couch during the third quarter."
"I fell asleep on the couch during the fifth Wolf Blitzer broadcast."
"My friend bought a 70-inch widescreen just to watch football."
"I had to buy a new 13-incher after I threw the old one out the window on election night."
"Stupid commentators."
"Stupid commentators."
"Of course, I've done some stupid things. I went to a 30-degree game with my shirt off. I streaked Scott Stadium during a nationally televised game. I climbed onto the goalposts after the Georgia Tech win last year."
"I couldn't read my ballot."
"My house is a shrine to orange and blue and everything Virginia."
"My house is a shrine to everything Bush: George Herbert Walker, George W., Jeb and especially George P. There's pictures of that young cutie everywhere."
"That's very strange."
"Well, you have a U.Va. Barbie Doll. And a 'Hoo Let the Dogs Out!' t-shirt."
"Point taken."
The players
"My favorite player of all time is Anthony Poindexter. No matter what game, big or small, you could count on him to play at his best. And if he hadn't broken his leg, he could have been the best safety in NFL history."
"I would have to say Al Gore. He was the vice president during the most prosperous time in recent American history. And if he had shaken 300 more hands in Palm Beach County..."
"What? What would he be?"
"The luckiest man in American history."
"I love how sports can make a nobody into somebody. Kurt Warner. Kevin Dyson. Nobody had heard of them a year ago."
"Katherine Harris. Bill Daley. Oregon. Nobody had heard of them a week ago."
"How ridiculous was George Welsh on that fourth down against BYU? How could he call a running play on what is obviously a punting situation? Did he really have that much confidence in his team? He ruined the game!"
"Voter.com ruined my life!"
"I wish the ACC basketball teams would stop whining about the officials and just play the game."
"Whining? What do you think the W. stands for?"
The Last Word
"I go to every game and wear my school colors. And for road games, I sit by the TV with my U.Va. Barbie and make sure that nobody says a word when the Cavs have the ball. And if anybody leaves the room and my team scores while they're away, they don't get to come back. I'm telling you - it works. I really think my doll won the Maryland game for us last year..."
"I voted"
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