(S1) - PT #5 - Fandom

[Ben]

What’s it like being a fan of the Mongoose’s, one of the NSFL’s prospective preseason teams? Pretty confusing, actually. When asked why they choose to follow a temporary team whose games don’t matter, whose players are objectively subpar (and will be gone after the preseason anyways), and who only play one other team, the fan’s answers are split pretty significantly. Some seem to pride themselves on going against the grain on what is popular, and so they chose the most unpopular teams. Others claim they enjoy watching S2 rookie prospects battle for their careers and draft stock. Still others don’t even seem to realize that this is a prospective team that only plays a preseason.

Despite these shortcomings, Mongoose fans are as passionate as they come, and most of all 34 of them come to every single Mongoose game. Mongoose fans and their arch-nemesis Sun Tropics fans are largely respectful and cordial to each other, likely due to the fact that these two teams do not have the history of bad blood that other established rivalries enjoy. Some of the Mongoose fan’s favorite past times include yelling at their defense for failing to stop Cobb, buying jerseys even though all of the players will be gone next season, pretending to be a scout of one of the other teams, and rubbing their 2-0 preseason record in the Sun Tropics faces.

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Hahaha this is good, I wanna know who all the 34 fans are!