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Originally posted by mrblonde
Nothing against you personally, but it sure seemed to me that Cleveland started cheering when Couch was on the turf holding his knee than when Holcomb came out to relieve him. Anyway, I can empathize with you now that Holcombs hurt. Keep in mind that some quarterbacks arent going to do well on certain teams, and who starts is up to the head coach and GM. Believe me, I cheered as a Pittsburgh fan when Kordell was yanked, but I would have been against my own fellow fans if it had been because he was hurt.
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Yeah, it was just a pretty crappy situation overall. And I can only speak for myself and the people around me when I say that we were cheering for Holcomb. We couldn't really see who was hurt at first, we just saw that someone was injured but Holcomb was warming up. While we probably should've waited until we saw what was going on to start cheering for Holcomb, sometimes these things happen. I was hoping for a Steelers-style quarterback switch to happen, as were a lot of people, and it seems like all of us got way too excited at the wrong time.
I personally think it's horrible if anyone was in fact cheering because they were happy Couch was injured. I can't see how anyone could be happy seeing someone else's pain, whether they're on your rival team or your own. I can't see Cleveland fans or any other fans cheering if anyone, no matter what team, was hurt (unless Art Modell himself got taken out on accident, then I think there'd be some cheering from Cleveland). Maybe that's why I'm so quick to defend the people at the game - I just can't fathom why anyone would cheer if someone was hurt, so I've been assuming that 99.99% were cheering for Holcomb when no one really knows what everyone was thinking at the time.
It just struck me that this must be how the girls on "Sorority Life" feel. "I swear, that slap was totally taken out of context!!"
