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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 759688" data-attributes="member: 7261">LOL....hard to tell if people are being serious or a lot of this is said "tongue in cheek"?Personally, I never like or pull for a division rival, especially when that rival is "good".  The Vikings were hated by most Packer fans in the 70's, Bears in the 80's and after that......none of the other teams were that relavent to "hate" too much.  I never really recall hating the Lions.  As far as the team's fans go, I think you are going to find ***hats for fans of just about any major team.  I have friends and family that love the Bears and Vikings and they are nice people, they just happen to cheer for a different team than I do.  My Grandmother grew up a Bear fan, every Sunday she wore this big old grey Bears sweatshirt.  But if the Bears weren't playing, she always rooted for the Packers, Vikings and Lions, because "they are in our division and like family" she would tell me.   When my grandmother passed, I took ownership of that sweatshirt and once in awhile I wear it during a non-Packer Bear game.  Now if the Bears become relevant again, I may have to stuff that sweatshirt into the back of my closet.  I will be pulling for the Vikings to lose tomorrow, not because I don't like their fans, I just don't like a rival team winning.</blockquote>

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