“They’d laugh at us, and look at us like we were dopes all dressed up in our Panthers jerseys and ask ‘who the hell do you want to watch on TV?” Nitz recalled. Still they’d meet Sundays to watch games at any bar that dared air them in Denver Bronco territory.
Joey Nitz, on being a Panthers fan in Denver They’d laugh at us, and look at us like we were dopes all dressed up in our Panthers jerseys and ask ‘who the hell do you want to watch on TV?’ Usually, they’d give us the smallest TV in the corner.
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They met in Denver in 2010, during the “Jimmy Clausen year,” when their favorite pro football team’s 2-14 record that season was the NFL’s worst. Josh Klein grew up a Panthers fan in Charlotte and Joey Nitz grew up the same in Winston-Salem. Whatever their reason, the cat’s growl is growing louder. Some don’t, but just like the character of the team or jumped on this raucous ride after a now 16-1 season. Most distant fans have some connection to Charlotte, or the Carolinas. At Amity Hall in New York City, or at Shelby’s, a Mom-and-Pop bar in downtown Denver, the lines last Sunday reached out the front door – many turned away after kick-off.Ĭhapters of the Charlotte-based Roaring Riot, a Panthers fan club, are springing up across the country with their own Riot names. Yet as the team’s wins mounted during this spectacular season, the crowds of far-flung Panthers fans have grown. For 17 weeks, in distant NFL cities like New York, Denver and San Francisco, they’ve cheered on the Carolina Panthers behind enemy lines.Īmid whispers, open snickers and often the objects of bewildering curiosity, they audaciously wear anything Panthers blue, black, silver and white: T-shirts, jerseys, sweatshirts and lately toboggans – even when they’re relegated to the smallest TV in the back of the bar.
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