I'm not trying to change minds. I'm just saying that I personally don't understand it and explaining why I don't understand it. You guys can do whatever you want.
Never understood this. I moved to SF in 82', 1 day after they won their first Superbowl. I became a Giants fan but never a 49ner fan. I grew up a Steeler fan and could not make the switch. When I moved back to Portland 8 years later I walked into a bar and saw the Seahawk game TV on and asked who was winning. The response was " We are". I was taken aback by this. I grew up hating Seattle sports. Hell, I even hated the freaking Seattle Totems with a passion. I was like what is this "we shit". Did I enter the twilight zone or something? I kind of get it, because of the TV market in the NFL but still, I was way too set in my ways to make that change.
I went from being a Browns fan to a Bengals fan to a 49ers fan to finally a Seahawks fan. They even named a car after me. The Jeep BandWagoneer.
Personally I've always found the Lakers to be our biggest rival, even when the Sonics existed. I don't give two shits about the Timbers/Sounders and while the Winterhawks/Thunderbirds rivalry is fun, it's minor league hockey. The ducks and huskies is the only game every year where I root for the earth to open up at whatever stadium they are at and swallow the teams, coaches and fans up whole. That said I can't stand the seachickens so I'm good if anyone finds any reason to hate them. The Mariners are the only team I can stand in that city and even they make it incredibly difficult to root for them. Speaking of, anyone jumping on the Kracken bandwagon? I've never had a hockey team and am going to give it a try but being in Texas and not seeing their games, I have a feeling it will be an extremely casual fandom.