Is your loyalty to the state of Colorado or to the team?

They are intertwined, but I am a native of Colorado.

I grew up in Idaho (my dad was from Colorado and passed the team on to me)

But even though I have never lived in Colorado, I would not be able to remain a fan if they left, and I would not have a favorite team till one was back in Denver.

I live in California and although i would be stoked if somehow they moved to LA i would still be disappointed that they left Denver.. and i would follow the Broncos wherever city they moved to

I just LOVE the broncos.

I did sort of follow the hockey Rockies after they became the Devils, but only because Colorado didn’t have an NHL team any longer. But the second the Nords moved, I had a new team.

To me the Broncos are Denver. I would be heart broken if they left and could never cheer for them again. Bowlen would become my most hated owner and I would refuse to refer to the franchise by name. I feel for fans in places like Baltimore (pre Ravens) and Cleveland. To me this is like asking a Yankee fan if they’d still cheer for the Miami Yankees. I couldn’t do it. Like a girlfriend who ripped out your heart by marrying your best friend, I couldn’t cheer for them. Ever.

It just doesn’t sound right.

I have been through this recently. My mistress, my rugby league team (Manly Sea Eagles) were forced to merge with another club (North Sydney Bears). The new team was called the “Northern Eagles”. I still followed them put the deep down grass roots passion had gone. It was dirty, it had no heritage and they sucked.

Well that didn’t work out too well (alot of losing involved) and the fans made so much noise that the Northern Eagles disbanded and we went back to being the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The year was 2003. We were back at the big dance 4 yrs later and won the whole shabang the next year, 2008.
I tell you this to share my hope and belief that a team or a franchise can turn things around and not have to wait for years and years. BTW we also went out and got ourselves a club legend to assist us in our return to greatness.
The Broncos and Denver are one and the same. You can’t have the Broncos without Denver and Denver can not be without THE ALMIGHTY BRONCOS!

I would probably follow the team until Denver got another NFL franchise, wherein the old Broncos would probably fall to second on my list.

It’s a weird thing to think about… regardless, I would probably have lots of internal conflict about it.

I would hope that they leave the team nickname to Denver and take a new one, as the Ravens and Titans did. That way, when Denver got a NEW team, they’d still be the Broncos.

And, honestly, I don’t think Denver would be without a franchise for very long.

Im from LA soo I guess I would continue following the broncos
and ditch Colorado :(

“Is your loyalty to the state of Colorado or to the team?”

Both.

My loyalties lie with whatever NFL Team plays in Colorado. Which is currently and hopefully remains for all of eternity; the Denver Broncos.

It’s so wonderful here! When the Broncos suck, I just head up to the mountains.

If the Broncos move out of Denver, they would be abandoning their fan base, and I would no longer be a fan. I grew up in eastern North Dakota, so would most likely revert back to my secondary team, the Vikings (assuming they were stilll in Minnesota).

I have lived my whole life in San Diego so I will be a Broncos fan wherever they go, not that I think that will ever happen. For some of you it may seem weird that I since I was born and raised in San Diego and I don’t root for the Chargers. I became an Elway fan when I was 13 and they made the Super Bowl, which was down here that year. My dad was never a big football fan, so wasn’t watching Charger games with him and made up my own choice.

Broncos fan 4 life.

I became a Bronco fan long before I moved to Colorado back in the 70s. I lived in various parts of the state for 27 years, but work lead me farther west a few years ago, where I have remained a loyal fan. While I still like Colorado, it has changed much over the years and I don’t ever see myself moving back, so I guess I am a fan of the TEAM more so than the STATE. I am a country boy, so Denver never interested me much, other than as a place to visit every once in a while.

Would I remain a fan of the Broncos if they moved? Probably, but I suppose it would depend somewhat on WHERE they moved. If the Broncos move to LA and become the Stars or the Bangers I would probably bid them a fond farewell.

but if the broncos ended up in l.a. or somewhere else it would just be weird. like if the vikings move to l.a. (like the lakers did many years ago) would i like them? or would i still be looking at the vikings? would we still be the broncos if the team left denver? i guess for me, being from somewhere else, my loyalty can only go as far as the team goes. i have no ties to colorado other than the team. if they go, i guess i follow them wherever they end up.

I grew up in Colorado, but haven’t lived there in about 10 years (St Augustine, FL).

My answer is I don’t know, I just don’t know. I’ve loved the Broncos for so long now, but that would be the Broncos abandoning their fans, which means me, even though I don’t live in CO anymore. I would probably drop them as a team, but I just don’t see myself rooting for anyone else. I’d more than likely be a man without a team. Maybe just drop the NFL, maybe root for a new Denver/Colorado team. I couldn’t root for the local team here (Jags, because eff them).

I just don’t know, it would rip my heart out though.

Even though they always sucked (worse than the current Broncos team), I felt quite betrayed that they moved to Jersey…To this day, I still hate the Devils…..As far as the Broncos go, I have not lived in Denver for 15-years, but I imagine I would have to drop them like a hot potato….My local teams are the Raiders and Niners; I guess I would become a Niners fan…

For one I dont think I will ever have to worry about the Broncos leaving Denver. I hate the Devils. Once they left Colorado they were dead to me. I loved the fact the Avs beat them in the finals. All my favorite teams are in the great state of Colorado,even tho I am here in San Diego my loyalties are with Colorado. (except for CSU)

However, if they moved to Louisville (my backyard), I would be torn. I’d love to be a stones throw from the Broncos, but Denver and the Broncos are just meant to be together…

Just like the Baltimore Crows aren’t the Cleveland Browns.

Plain and simple. I couldn’t imagine the let down that would be. This city would riot and do many bad things if that happened. I’d probably be one of the many thousands to get tear gassed at Dove Valley.

The way I see it, so much of who the Broncos are, their history (the good times and bad), the fans, the altitude, the weather, the colors, even the name “Broncos”, is all inseparable from Denver, Colorado.

Like I said above, I’ve never lived there, and the thought of cheering for any other “Bronco Team” (I think they would leave the name behind) is worse than cheering for the Raiders.

It sure isn’t fun to think about, that is for certain.

but the thought of the Broncos leaving made me feel a little ill!

I’ve basically been a Bronco fan since birth. My parents took me, a 5-month old, to Cleveland for the 1987 Championship game, as in The Drive. The picture of my dad holding me along side some other Bronco-followers is still in an album somewhere

What team best represents us? Depends on how you look at wanting to be represented.

For me, born in Colorado, but with deep, deep roots in idaho, and now a deep, deep love of Alaska, The broncos have been the “Rocky Mountain Team”, and I let them represent the part of me that grew up in a rough wilderness, a place that fostered self-reliance and pride, and a humble integration into my own surroundings. I was proud of where I was from, and the type of people who would choose to live in mining towns and logging camps and oil fields. I felt like their money, their sons and their son’s sons, fueled Mile High Stadium, and I was happy to let the roar of that crowd speak for me.

I could barely handle the Broncos moving into Invesco field, a political and corporate machination, I would lose sight of them completely if they departed the rockies and the cradle of the self-made man. I identify with the Rocky Mountains, and love that the Broncos have always done such a tremendous job of representing that. And as much as I can find value in places like Seattle, or Florida, or New England, none of those places are what I was made of. The Broncos in LA? Doesn’t have much to do with me, frankly. The championships, 4th quarter comebacks, former players heroes, great stories, all those things will stay in Broncos Country, because they reside primarily in hearts and minds. Even if the two Lombardis someday sit in a locked display case in LA, the only intimacy those trophies will ever know is in Denver, and no LA fan will see them the same way that a Broncos fan sees them.

What i see in the Broncos is a big part of what MHR means to me, and why it is so difficult for me to witness the deep rifts in the fanbase. Pride in the Broncos has always been about pride in myself and my choices, and by proxy, pride in their fans, pride in where I came from, and what I took from there.

If they left, my eyes would still be riveted on the Rockies, and whatever happened there…

and actually would be in favor if they moved closer to me. They wont move, thats for sure, but this is my team and I’ll stick with them till I die no matter where they play

Born & raised in Denver one the few original fans from day one. I could never root for a transplanted team in Denver if Broncos left. But that won’t happen in my life time. If however Broncos ever did leave it would give me the chance to root for a team here in LA, or OC, Calif and the possibility of Elway as part owner should it ever come together.

I have lived in Mountain Time all my life (even when I left Utah, my Mormon mission was in Tucson and El Paso) so the Broncos are the region’s team. Perhaps if they left Colorado and became the Rocky Mountain Broncos, it wouldn’t hurt me but ultimately they need to stay in Denver, Flagstaff, Albuquerque or Salt Lake City, whatever. The Broncos need to stay in Denver if at all possible though!

Should the Broncos move out of state, they would be dead to me, the Broncos were and are the idenity of Colorado and Denver, they were the first professional franchise (other than the Bears, minor league baseball) so they helped provide Colorado with a national identity and in turn we provided the Broncos with an idenity. Moving them would be akin to the Browns leaving Cleveland and the Colts leaving Baltimore, there would be no love for them if they left.

my brain is melting just thinking about it!