11 Years Ago Today... Down In Tampon

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Selassie I

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This was taken at one of our ROD Tampon tailgates.

My oldest son @Ramrasta sent me this pic a few hours ago. He's wearing the #11 Tavon jersey. I'm in the ED2105 Throwback and my wife is standing between us. The # 11 is kinda sacred to the wife and I because we got married on November 11th (11/11)... we didn't plan that btw. Anyway... my son's in the #11 and this was 11 years ago today.

@Ramhusker is on the far left in the Yellow TG jersey. But don't ask me to screw up the names of everyone else there lol. I know that there were more folks who showed up that are not in this pic. Point out who you are if you are in this please.

What a Motley Crew LOL







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Selassie I said:
This was taken at one of our ROD Tampon tailgates.

My oldest son @Ramrasta sent me this pic a few hours ago. He's wearing the #11 Tavon jersey. I'm in the ED2105 Throwback and my wife is standing between us. The # 11 is kinda sacred to the wife and I because we got married on November 11th (11/11)... we didn't plan that btw. Anyway... my son's in the #11 and this was 11 years ago today.

@Ramhusker is on the far left in the Yellow TG jersey. But don't ask me to screw up the names of everyone else there lol. I know that there were more folks who showed up that are not in this pic. Point out who you are if you are in this please.

What a Motley Crew LOL







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What a group of Rambily’s . Cool - looks like a good time.

How long of a run have you to had?
25 years?
 
I’ve been to two tailgates with some of these guys! Once in Tampa for tom Brady’s retirement party and one jags game back I believe fournettes Rookie year but I guess i missed this one!
 
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So Ram said:
What a group of Rambily’s . Cool - looks like a good time.

How long of a run have you to had?
25 years?
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Bruddah... I've been a Ram for 53 years now. I choose to become a Ramily member at 6 years of age despite my Pops being a Phins fan. I lived on Oahu back then and the LA Rams were the "Home" team for the Islands... I watched cartoons on Saturday mornings and Rams games on Sunday mornings. Because of the time difference, the Rams games aired in the morning on Sundays... kinda like the London games do here on the Mainland now.

My first playoff game I was ever able to attend was the NFC Championship Game in Tampon in 1979 though. I was back home in Florida visiting the Grandparents for the holidays and my Grandfather surprised me with tickets. Our orange grove had just been picked and I was sitting on top of a tractor trailer loaded with oranges...the trailers were open at the top (no roofs)... posing for a picture. Granddaddy used an orange picking pole to hand me up an envelope with the surprise. I've been to almost every Ram game in Tampon since. My caveman math tells me that's 47 years of watching games in the Old Sombrero and the new Ray-J stadiums. Fucking hell.
 
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Selassie I said:
Bruddah... I've been a Ram for 53 years now. I choose to become a Ramily member at 6 years of age despite my Pops being a Phins fan. I lived on Oahu back then and the LA Rams were the "Home" team for the Islands... I watched cartoons on Saturday mornings and Rams games on Sunday mornings. Because of the time difference, the Rams games aired in the morning on Sundays... kinda like the London games do here on the Mainland now.

My first playoff game I was ever able to attend was the NFC Championship Game in Tampon in 1979 though. I was back home in Florida visiting the Grandparents for the holidays and my Grandfather surprised me with tickets. Our orange grove had just been picked and I was sitting on top of a tractor trailer loaded with oranges...the trailers were open at the top (no roofs)... posing for a picture. Granddaddy used an orange picking pole to hand me up an envelope with the surprise. I've been to almost every Ram game in Tampon since. My caveman math tells me that's 47 years of watching games in the Old Sombrero and the new Ray-J stadiums. Fucking hell.
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That’s good stuff !! Classic childhood & being a Rams Fan.

I see you still go through your minstrel cycle with Tampon.

Was more posting about your Wife & son. Has she been a Rams Fan for years as well ?

Still have hope The Rams win the Superbowl at SOFI this year 2027.
 
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Been to two tailgates in Tampa with y’all, second with my daughter.

Was a great time had by all and we won both times!

And those ribs…damn…
 
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So Ram said:
That’s good stuff !! Classic childhood & being a Rams Fan.

I see you still go through your minstrel cycle with Tampon.

Was more posting about your Wife & son. Has she been a Rams Fan for years as well ?

Still have hope The Rams win the Superbowl at SOFI this year 2027.
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She was an eagles fan until we started dating. She liked Cunningham when he was QBing for those jackoffs. I put an end to that shit .
 
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Selassie I said:
Bruddah... I've been a Ram for 53 years now. I choose to become a Ramily member at 6 years of age despite my Pops being a Phins fan. I lived on Oahu back then and the LA Rams were the "Home" team for the Islands... I watched cartoons on Saturday mornings and Rams games on Sunday mornings. Because of the time difference, the Rams games aired in the morning on Sundays... kinda like the London games do here on the Mainland now.

My first playoff game I was ever able to attend was the NFC Championship Game in Tampon in 1979 though. I was back home in Florida visiting the Grandparents for the holidays and my Grandfather surprised me with tickets. Our orange grove had just been picked and I was sitting on top of a tractor trailer loaded with oranges...the trailers were open at the top (no roofs)... posing for a picture. Granddaddy used an orange picking pole to hand me up an envelope with the surprise. I've been to almost every Ram game in Tampon since. My caveman math tells me that's 47 years of watching games in the Old Sombrero and the new Ray-J stadiums. Fucking hell.
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I've been a longtime Rams fan myself since 1965 and used to go to the Coliseum when Roman Gabriel, Jack Snow, and Dick Bass were playing.
 
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I've been a longtime Rams fan myself since 1965 and used to go to the Coliseum when Roman Gabriel, Jack Snow, and Dick Bass were playing.
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I love it when there are people older than I am these days... because there just aren't that many anymore LOL.

I bet those games were just magical to attend. Badass Bruddah!
 
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Selassie I said:
I love it when there are people older than I am these days... because there just aren't that many anymore LOL.

I bet those games were just magical to attend. Badass Bruddah!
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I remember they sometimes sold out with 100,000 fans. The Rams had a lot of fans before they started moving around
 
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