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What’s With All The Red
by Paul on 05/12/08 at 10:54 AM ET
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from Michael E. Young of the Dallas Morning News,
To some, Detroit fans are known as the “Red Army.” Others favor the slightly disparaging “U-Haul Army,” for the Detroit diaspora that carried Michiganders east, west and south when troubled times hit the region’s auto manufacturers.
Maybe that scattering is the reason Red Wings fans remain so true to the home team. Only a few groups – like the rabid fans of the New York Yankees and Green Bay Packers – can match this unwavering dedication. Packers fans travel in such numbers that they can make a game at Texas Stadium feel like a trip to the frozen tundra.
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thanks to Snapshots for the pointer…
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Not surprising really. I live in SF and there is a huge Michigan/Wings contingent here. We’ve become so popular, our local sports bar has Gordie Howe painted on the front. I won’t even start about the crowds that show up at the Shark tank. It’s almost embarrassing for the Sharks. Another interesting fact is that U of M has one of the the largest number of living alumni, at 420,000 for an instituion of higher learning. I’m sure not all graduates stay in MI.
Posted by Puck from San Francisco, CA on 05/12/08 at 01:14 PM ET