2011 MHR/Bronco Fans Census

Remember going to my Uncles house and watching Mikey Anderson run out the clock ever Sunday after church.

 cause I wish I’d set mine longer.

The year I stopped being a complete antagonist (cheering for the Raiders), and finally realized that I would be a Broncos fan for life.

I’m still not sure that my brother has forgiven me for cheering on Bo Jackson.

Super Bowls are great for converting youngsters…or AFC Championship Drives. lol

I was 6 and that was the first football game I remember watching. I have probably watched at least 95% of all Broncos games including preseason from that day until I moved from Colorado in 2004.

And demanded to be John Elway for Halloween for I believe 4 straight years. I was always mad at that the bronco stickers for my ghetto rigged costume… cause one would always be backwards.

have been an avid fan since then

and still remember having posters on my wall of Elway and another one of the three amigos. I’m sure I rooted for them earlier but just can’t remember.

I guess I started being a fan growing up in Wyoming because the Broncos were always televised and my family are all Bronco fans.

My favorite players throughout the years include Elway, Ricky Nattiel, Mark Jackson, Mecklenburg, Romanowski, Al Wilson, Atwater, Nalen, T. Davis, Jake the Snake, Ed McCaffrey, Rod Smith, and Jerry Rice.

I’m not sure how I found MHR but am one of the older guys here and have been a member since 08’. I’ve also never been to any pro NFL game but hope to change that this year as I’m planning on attending the Chiefs game over new years.

Am I the only commenter on this post that followed directions?

I was born in Golden and that is where the first TC (tryouts) were held. I was a little kid and a couple of us snuck through the fence and went out on the practice field at Mines. One of the coaches, it might have been Frank Filchock himself, said “Somebody get these damn kids out of here before they get hurt” and Goose Gonsoulin ran us off. I was hooked and have been a fan ever since, through good times and bad.

GO BRONCOS!!!

I chose 76 to 82, I was born in 75 and remember Deburg and Morton but the Elway and 3 Amigos years definitely solidified my fanatic status! “The Drive” “The Fumble” and all the humiliation of getting blown out of Super Bowls. I remember the good the bad and sometimes the ugly.

I live in NJ, and while I’m in a big sports family, the only team they care about are the Yankees. Well I hate baseball, and more then that the Yankees. Since I was young I always had an affinity to football, and I wasn’t half bad at it. Back to my parents, they never have had a team, although my mom was a big Fran Tarkenton fan and a G-men fan (I say that lightly, she may root for them but she doesn’t own any Gmen clothes, whereas she has every pink yankees clothing article lol!) as well. Both my brothers were Bears fans but I refused to fall in line with them.

I was born in 1991, and I think it was when I was 5 I started liking them. I vaguely remember the SB’s, but it was before them I liked our Broncos.

Truth be told, I actually think it was a video game, since they were the best team in it at the time. I’m a big gamer now, but back then you had to push a button before you could pass, or all you did was run. I realized that 5 years down the road lol, so I was running wild with TD and John Elway. Good stuff.

So I won’t lie to you, I was a bandwagon fan. But if you ask any of my friends, they’ll tell you its more then that, and I’ve stuck with this team and have done so proudly through good and bad, which isn’t easy being surrounded by Giants, Jets, and Pats fan. The only others are Steelers and Eagles lol, so I don’t get a whole lot of trash talking in of late, but hopefully EFX will change that!!!!!!!

Thanks for making me take the trip down memory lane super7, sometimes I forget the simplicity of being a Broncos fan and get caught up with hooting and hollering at what the team should be doing. Good stuff

but by then, we were into the Orange Crush age.

And been a fan since then, though I barely remember those last years with Elway.

Bless You!

You have the patience and heart we all (who remember the glory days) need!

The Broncos haven’t been an easy team to ‘friend’ in the past few years, but you sir, (or madam) are champion.

that i wouln’t have guessed that so many members of MHR became fans in the OC years meaning that those members are likely born in or around or before 1970.

I find this to be impressive. Most internet research says that sites like these skew to an audience that’s younger than that, but not here. Pretty cool.

This means that around a quarter of the people that have voted are 40 or older. Kudos (I am 35) but I respect that loyalty. Not many pro football teams have that.

Only the teams that had really strong 20 year stretches have that:

The Packers always get voted top fans because of the novelty of a fan-owned team in a Norman ROckwell town. In normal cities, there’s a helluva lot more than just pro football going on, but even if the Rockies are 20 games over .500 (they are not, its just an example) everybody wants to talk Broncos. All the time.

And I LOVE IT!

Was the first Broncos game I watched , visiting friends and they were all cheering for the Broncos ,,, Let me say it was’nt a very happy night when that game ended but I’ve been a fan since ….

I was born in ‘94 but my love for football and the Broncos didn’t manifest until 2008, putting me in the 2007-2010 category. I’ve always liked the Broncos due to my dad being a long time Bronco fan, but moving to Colorado in 2005 and being able to consistently go to Broncos games in ‘08 really gave birth to my being a fan. Sadly, I have no memories of Elway and very vaguely remember anything before the ’08 season, but everything since then I remember very well. My first Broncos memory was a Thanksgiving game against the Cowboys.
I think that I’ll bleed orange and blue for life, regardless of the team’s situation.

My dad told me to pick a team before the 98-99 playoffs. My choice was between the 14-2 Broncos or the 13-3 Falcons, me being a kid, I had to pick one the best teams. Then I saw the Broncos logo and jersey and I was hooked.
Stayed on teh bandwagon ever since.
Will always bleed blue and orange.

1998 – the entire season

and here I am, even living in Brazil =)

And I was a bandwagon fan of the Cowboys, Redskins, and the Bears as a youngster. I think it was around 85 or 86 when I settled on the Broncos and took more than a passing interest in the game. I loved watching the D back then, with Rulon Jones, Greg Kragen and Karl Mecklenberg. Then I witnessed “The Drive” and I was hooked. The Broncos inspired me to play the game from the time I was in junior high, all through high school and into my Marine Corps career in the early 90’s. I also did a little coaching before I shipped out for bootcamp. I played both offensive and defensive tackle and I wore number 75 in honor of Rulon Jones and number 77 in honor of Karl Mecklenberg. My one regret was never going to college to see what I had left after a stint in the Marine Corps. Now I sound like Al Bundy!

Became a fan in 2005. Live in chicago. My dad is a dolphins fan and my brother likes the bears. when i was 9 i didnt really follow football. but i was watching a game and i thought the logos were cool on the helmets and then i liked the broncos haha. I remember being so mad when they lost to the Steelers in the Playoffs. And i was hoping the seahawks beat the steelers cause i hated them for beating us. Jake Plummer was like my favorite player :D

and I arrived there just after new years in ‘75. A civilian co-worker had converted me into a full Bronco fan before training camp of ’75. Every year, she invited a bunch of people over to her house for the Sunday games; we’d all bring a frozen cheeze pizza to bake and of course eat; and she provided beer, wine, and toppings to put on the pizzas. Then after the games we’d all have Kahlua and coffee before going home. I was part of this for six seasons before being re-assigned to Germany, and it was a great way to become a life long Bronco fan.

The only CO baseball was the Bears, the Rockies were the hockey team, and my Dad was building the arena that would eventually host the Nuggets.

I suppose I became a Broncos fan then, but I listed myself under the Elway years under the poll. My dad was a Broncos fan from his time living in Colorado (I would guess he is an Orange Crusher)… so I was along for the ride my whole life.

But it was when the Broncos lost the Super Bowl to the Giants, with me sitting there watching in my Broncos sweat pants and sweatshirt, and I saw everyone hurting from the loss (except for the giants who were doing the boogie woogie on the 50-yard line…ugh), that I understood what it was i was rooting for.

Been diehard ever since….

Long answer that spans three categories.

I’ve Been a Broncos fan since somewhere in the late 70’s to early 80’s so my answer would have split to options. Being born and raised in Florida I was a fan of the Dolphins in the glory days (never liked the Tampa Bay Bucs) but as I got older my attention turned to the Broncos during the Orange Crush days. I’m not sure if i was a true fan them but I sure liked ’em.

The Elway years created a revival for me but still being in Florida (in a very small town close to Gainesville) I wasn’t a rabid fan of any NFL team but instead wild about my local HS team, the Columbia High School Fighting Tigers and the Florida Gators.

I moved to Denver in 1997 and was sooooooo excited to be in a city with 4 pro sports teams to root for. The Broncos were an obvious choice since I had followed them for so long. It was kinda of weird because I had been such a wild and crazy bleed Orange & Blue college fan but when I got here I basically quit following college football because I didn’t get to go to the Florida games and neither CU nor CSU caught my attention. In 1997 I jumped 100% into the Broncos camp and have never looked back.

As a final comment I can’t remember ever watching more than 1 or maybe 2 Gators games when Tebow was playing there and most definitely was NOT a follower of him, my sister in Florida had to keep me informed. All I really cared about was whether or not they beat FSU and Georgia.

In conclusion, when was the true moment for me? The Helicopter :-) I’d have to say that was the moment that I became absolute RABID for the Broncos and it just keeps growing. I have an opinion about what the team should be doing but won’t post here.

Quote from a Texas rancher "I don’t want all the property in the world, but I do want all that which borders mine." Well, I don’t want all the wins in the world, but I do want all of the next ones.

Epilog – The only game I ever got to go to was at Mile High and me and 1 of my sons got to watch the Jason Elam kick that tied the record.