LA fans are not like steagle fans

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  • #80811
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    One advantage the Eagles have that the Rams will never have — the fans in Philly are…better. Ya know.

    Some quirky facts about the Eagles at Wiki…

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    wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles

    The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets, when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia….

    Fight song: Fly, Eagles Fly
    Mascot: Swoop

    …The team consistently ranks in the top three in attendance and has sold out every game since the 1999 season.[7][8] In a Sports Illustrated poll of 321 NFL players, Eagles fans were selected the most intimidating fans in the NFL.[9]..
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    …Drawing inspiration from the Blue Eagle insignia of the National Recovery Administration—the centerpiece of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal[11]—Bell and Wray named the new franchise the Philadelphia Eagles…
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    ….The Eagles struggled over the course of their first decade, enduring repeated losing seasons. In December 1940, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney sold his franchise to Alexis Thompson for $160,000 and then used half of the proceeds to buy a half interest in the Eagles from his friend Bert Bell.[13] Soon after, Bell and Rooney traded the Eagles franchise to Thompson and moved it to Pittsburgh (as the “Steelers”), while Thompson moved the Steelers franchise to Philadelphia (as the “Eagles”).[13]….
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    …..In 1943, when manpower shortages stemming from World War II made it impossible to fill the roster, the team merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers forming the “Phil-Pitt Eagles” and were known as the “Steagles.”…
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    …By the late 1940s, head coach Earle “Greasy” Neale and running back Steve Van Buren led the team to three consecutive NFL Championship Games, winning two of them in 1948 and 1949. Those two championships mark the Eagles as the only NFL team ever to win back-to-back championships by shutouts, defeating the Chicago Cardinals, 7–0, in 1948—in a blizzard—and the Los Angeles Rams, 14–0, in 1949….

    #80822
    JackPMiller
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    Most people are born in Philadelphia, while LA, most of the fans are transplanted from other cities, where they grew up fans of other teams.

    As a Philadelphia, I believe the last time we beat them, was back in the NFC championship game.

    #80826
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    This interview is my favorite scene from this movie…..

    #80827
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    Rams at Eagles 1989 highlights

    #80833
    Herzog
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    The Eagles and the Steelers traded places? That’s some crazy shit

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