It’s tough to put into words the feeling of euphoria surrounding the area in and around the Emerald City right now. Our last major championship of any kind came back in 2007, when the Seahawks won the NFC West. That seems like eons ago. Since then, we’ve had our hearts broken countless times and been dragged through mud in supporting our teams. They’ve all been bad, from start to finish. And it’s been terrible. I know Detroit likes to make a case for being America’s worst sports city, but Seattle, in 2008 at least, had the Motor City beat by a huge margin.
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Message boards are a fun place to engage in witty banter with other fans, unless that message board is Cougfan.com. Cougfan.com is a part of the Scout.com network, a group of websites devoted to college sports and recruiting, among other things. Dawgman.com is another member site in this network, and is easily the most populated Husky message board currently in operation. Both Cougfan.com and Dawgman.com offer both free and premium (i.e. not free) content. For the most part, you can have a pretty enjoyable experience on either of these websites without giving up a dime.
Well, kind of. You see, throughout this network of message boards (of which there is one for every Pac-10 school and beyond), only one board takes a strong dislike to outsiders and their opinions: Cougfan.com. Unlike Dawgman.com and the eight other Pac-10 websites, Cougfan.com is known for their penchant to ban anyone and everyone who doesn’t share a love of crimson and gray with the rest of the Kool-Aid drinkers on their propoganda machine. In fact, many of the more witty Cougar fans have been forced to head on over to the likes of Dawgman.com in order to engage in quality back-and-forth conversations with fans from other teams. Because that sort of thing is frowned upon at Cougfan.
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