Good morning All! This morning I was thinking, Jetsism - Unfortunately, we don't - or can't - all be that. (I'm a Jets fan, so I should know.) So here's where regionalism comes into play. Now, aside from the fact that the New York Jets are the only FOOTBALL team it's absolutely correct to root for, why should I be a Jets fan? I mean, they hardly ever win anything close to a championship, and they always have inadequate players; in good years, it seems like they're a year or two away from winning it all. So what would make me a Jets fan? Well, I was born in NJ, The Jets were always on the radio / T.V. - When I was a kid, and after a while I was the one tuning in the games. My earliest memories involve the Jets in some way - The Jets clearly were a part of the family dynamic in some way, and today they're a family tradition. One of the first songs (I think it?s a song) my Daughter learned was "JETS-Jets-Jets-Jets." I'm a Jets fan 'cause that's how it is. It's the only way. So while the most important parts of my life are what should be the most important parts of my life, namely my loved ones (and even, believe it or not, my job - or, at least, the idea of contributing toward the support of my family), the Jets still rank pretty high, no matter how egregiously insane this sounds. Or is. Even though they're just a Football team, a bunch of guys who, as my wife likes to say, pick their noses one nostril at a time, who play a game for a living, whose function (in my life, anyway) is mere entertainment, they're way further up my list of things to be concerned about than, say, the national debt or the ozone layer. There's a sort of "thereness" about the Jets that I find comforting. And so it is with my loved ones, of whom there are many. Even the ones who've passed on are still "there," not that I handle losing them particularly well, but I guess you could say I believe in them, and I consider them a part of me. And somehow the Jets have managed to attain that status as well, not that they did so on purpose. They're not nearly as big a part of me as any given loved one, but they're sort of a loud part, and to deny them that "parthood" would be a lie. I can't help it, and, strangely enough, I enjoy it. Peace out everyone. GO Jetssism!!!
Jets - Just End The Season. I like the Jets in that they always seem to be the underdog, and I'm not one to jump on the bandwagon. I gotta stick with the team and ride out the bad years, and hope for some good ones. It seems like a bunch of good years are coming soon with Mangini and Tannenbaum, I can't wait for that division win.
Good story-fun reading it. I liked the THERENESS part because its so true. In the good times and mostly bad times, they are always there, and thats why i love the Jets
My father went to Dartmouth and as a kid I went to tons of games(we're talking the late 60's and early 70's here) and I loved the kelly green and white uniforms. They even had Indians on their helmets!!!(as they were a college that was founded as the first one to accept Native Americans, or something like that...). As I started to watch pro ball I fell for the team in Green and White. Then, of course, Joe made his prediction (16 point underdogs!!!!!), the AFL upstarts versus the stodgy NFL originals and the story was set.. I think if you are a jet fan, whether it is the colors, the underdog story or whatever.. you are a fan for life. I read a great quote from Gerald Eskenazis' book by the rabbi Myron Fenster (or whatever his name is). " Football is all about striving and redemption. As a Jet fan, I'm waiting a long time for the redemption..."
