the identify yourself thread. Like, who are you, what you do, why your an eagles fan etc.

Tom is the name.

Born in South Philadelphia on Trinity St. not far from the airport.  Been an Eagles fan for as long as I can remember.  Over the past 5 or 6 years though, I have become a seething Eagles fan.  Got to see my first game at the Linc a couple weeks ago against the Bills.  

Best Eagles Moment: I was in the Neshaminy Highschool Marching band and got to sit on the field towards the end of the second quarter to the right of the Eagles bench (we were playing as the halftime show at The Vet).  At the end of the quarter the Eagles punted the ball and it came down on my buddy's head.  I can't remember the punter at the time, but he was nice enough to come over after the play and see if we were alright.  I didn't care if my buddy was injured, I was just excited to be that close to a game ball.  

I'm a chemist and I work in Washington, DC.

P.S. I hate the redskins coverage, but at least I'm in an NFC East town.

Yeah, thats my real name. I've lived in South Central PA my whole life and in my area its a real crossroads between the steelers, eagles, redskins and ravens. My father is a diehard cowboys fan which absolutely kills me! I've always been an eagles fan, originally because green was my favorite color growing up, but later because i loved following a local team.

My first eagles memory (I'm only 23) was 1990 I think... the Giants were on fire and I remember vividly the eagles beating them and the dance that Byron Evans did in the Endzone after picking off phil simms!

I try to make it to the linc once a year...

My favorite eagles moments would include, Lito's pick against dallas, the entire 04 season, and the 4th and 1 stand in 1995

If a friend of mine introduced me to a complete stranger, It'd probably be something like this - This is Denver, he's an insane Eagles fan.

I like it that way

Unlike many die-hard Eagles fans (but like Denver, apparently), I don't come from a long line of die-hard Eagles fans, or even NFL fans.  My family is all pretty big PSU football fans, but my grandfather, dad, were pretty indifferent to the NFL.

But anyway, I grew up in York County, which is quite a bit closer to Baltimore than it is to Philly.  It's kind of a no-man's land with a mix of Ravens, Eagles, and Steelers fans.  I was a huge Orioles fan since I've been 3 years old and I probably owe my being an Eagles fan to the Irsay family, who moved the Colts to Indianapolis before I'd really gotten attached to them.

Without a Baltimore team to root for, I think I started rooting for the Eagles mostly just because they were the team I was seeing on TV every week, since I didn't really connect Philly with being "local" when I was little -- it seemed really far away (it's about 2 hours).

It didn't hurt that I really liked their uniforms, and how fun Randall and the Buddy Ryan defense were to watch.  I know I was watching games prior to it, but the Fog Bowl is the earliest Eagles game I specifically remember watching.

I really started following the NFL more closely while I was in high school from 91-95.  It was during this time that I discovered the bandwagon cowboy fans.  Although York County is, as I said, mostly Eagles, Ravens, and Steelers fans, I think, I also refer to it as "The land of bandwagon idiots."  I see a ton of Yankees and Red Sox hats everywhwere, and there was quite a Packers bandwagon, and a Cowboys bandwagon, and now I'm seeing entirely too many jerks in Patriots jerseys.  You've been a Pats fan since the 80's?  Sure, buddy, sure you have.

In college and a couple years after, I was around mostly Eagles fans, and that was a lot of fun.  Now I'm back in York County, defending the western flank of Eagles Country.  

I've been an Eagles fan since the late 70s when I was a kid.  One of my earliest sports memories was the Eagles playoff loss to the Falcons (DAMN YOU TO HELL STEVE BARTKOWSKI!!).  We blew a 13-0 4th qtr lead and lost 14-13 essentially because of a missed extra point in the first half!  The heartbreak goes back 30 years for me.

My dad used to take me to games in the late 70's early 80's and we'd sit in the 700 Level of course.  (That was quite an education for a young boy!) Eagles-Cowboys games were absolutely nuts back then.  I vividly recall wildly cheering when Tony Dorsett got hurt one game and I witnessed Cowboys fans getting beaten to a bloody pulp in the stands.  Good times!

I was at the 1991 Eagles-Jets game in the Meadowlands where Randall Cunningham went down for the season with an injury (also a memorable Eric Allen INT TD return that game).  Definitely not good times.

I grew up in Philly, but currently live in Tokyo, Japan.  At least I get to watch all the Eagles games on the internet (hurray for NFL Gamepass on Yahoo - too bad you can only get it outside of the USA).

Favorite Eagles: Harold Carmichael, Reggie White, Randall Cunningham, Anthony Toney, Andre Waters, and Donovan McNabb.

Tremendous site you have here, Jason.  Keep up the good work!

where Chambersburg is?