Sixers Fans Simply Decided The Sixers Are Good Now, And It Worked. I remember it well. I was 1. 6, right at the start of my senior year of high school, and my friends and I drove down to Veterans Stadium to watch the Phillies play the Reds. It may actually have been the first time I went to a Phillies game unaccompanied by my elders. Things didnt go well for the Phillies. The Reds actually hit nine home runs, a National League record, in a 2. The Sunset Limited Full Movie Online Free. We didnt mind we were used to the Phillies sucking. We played tag in an empty 7. Veterans Stadium. We flirted with girls and hoped theyd flirt back. After seeing us play tag, probably not. And we did the E A G L E S chant. I remember doing the E A G L E S chant several times during that drubbing of the Phillies. Watch The Bourne Legacy Online Full Movie on this page. It wasnt the first time Id done the chant at a Phillies game, and it wouldnt be the last. 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When fans were bored during the boring main event of WWEs card in Philadelphia on Sunday night, though, they didnt chant E A G L E S. They chanted Trust the Process. This wasnt the first time in recent months I heard a Trust the Process chant at a Philadelphia event. Fans chanted it at the Big. Philly. Fans chant it at Phillies games. I heard a few dudes in their early 2. Obviously, people are still going to do the E A G L E S chant, especially given that football season is on the horizon. HTB1CoNpKpXXXXcgXFXXq6xXFXXXQ/Auriculares-Protable-Bluetooth-Headphones-Wireless-Foldable-Stereo-Earphone-3-5mm-Audio-Jack-Headsets.jpg' alt='Watch Otis Online Mic' title='Watch Otis Online Mic' />Forgotten Coast Events Calendar Historic Apalchicola Independence Day Celebration Fireworks, Blacks Island Pirate Band, Marina 5K Run Fishing Tournament. Mic Listen to the podcast Whartons Eric Bradlow discusses his research on binge consumption of online learning content. The phrase Netflix and chill may apply. How the hell, though, did Trust the Process replace, even if briefly, the E A G L E S chant as the default chant for bored Philadelphians It isnt just the chant. When I was in Wildwood, N. J. this weekend, the t shirt game had changed drastically since I filed my annual report on it in early June. Most t shirt shops suddenly had a ton of merchandise for Jake and Logan Paul. There were a bunch of shirts supporting Conor Mc. Gregor in his upcoming boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. There were Aaron Judge shirseys. But every store on the boardwalk had a row of Sixers jersey pinnies to sell to eager fans. There were even plenty of shirts for newly acquired free agent J. J. Redick for the Duke fan, or the white guy who wants to wear a jersey of a white guy. Shirts of Markelle Fultz had the number hed just changed to 2. Wildwood moves fast one shop was already also selling a The Juice Is Loose t shirt. At the start of the summer season, these pinnies were all leftover Team USA gear from the previous summer. As August approaches, the Sixers have taken over the boardwalk. I know that chants and Wildwood boardwalk tees are weird gauges of whats popular. But its true The Sixers are now the hottest team in Philadelphia. The Eagles will get a ton of attention now that training camp has begun, but the Sixers are the team people here are excited about. Basically, this offseason Sixers fans decided that their team is good now. And it worked Every mention of major NBA teams has to mention the Sixers, a team that has averaged fewer than 1. Joel Embiid is great when hes played, but he has been injured for most of his professional career. Everyone else on the team is basically okay or a question mark who has not yet played an NBA game. Also, there is Jahlil Okafor. When the Sixers traded for the first overall pick, fans declared victory for The Process, retweeted old tweets that made sportswriters looked bad, and decided the Sixers had one of the best cores in the NBA without having so much as one young player whos been both good and healthy. Its fun Since winning the NBA championship in 1. Sixers have made two Eastern Conference Finals appearances in 1. Finals appearance in 2. In that stretch theyve only been in the final eight NBA teams nine times, and four of those times were in the 1. Aside from a blip with Allen Iverson in the late 1. Right now, though, the Sixers are all potential. So why not just pretend theyre already good and start trash talking like youre a fan of the NBA championsI dont know how everyone has bought into this, but Im all for it. Lane Kiffin Owned By Autograph Seekers. Florida Atlantic head football coach Lane Kiffin, the most frequently dunked on coach in recent college football history, has willingly shared two more stories about times in which he was savagely owned. ESPNs Heather Dinich has an entertaining story in which college football coaches share the strangest autograph requests theyve ever received. Kiffin, perhaps resigned to the fact that he must always be the butt of the joke, shared two stories. The first Lane Kiffin was head coach at USC when some of his own autographed items were sent back to him. It had a little something to do with him leaving for the Trojans just 1. Knoxville. A Tennessee fan mailed me things I signed for him because they said they dont want this trash in their house, he said, so they mailed it back to me. Ruined. The second story ocurred while Kiffin was the offensive coordinator at Alabama. He told Dinich that a Crimson Tide fan asked him to sign a picture of the famous Rocky Block play from 2. Alabamas 1. 2 1. Tennessee, where Kiffin was the head coach at the time Kiffin was Alabamas offensive coordinator when he was handed the picture to sign. She asked me to sign it with Roll Tide on it, Kiffin said, sounding still incredulous at the request. I said, Ill sign it, but I dont think I can really write Roll Tide on this picture.