I been talking with Wheels (The S2 member, not the Blazer announcer) on Twitter and just found out that Timbers fans use Rip City Till I Die as one of their motto's. That's lame! Rip City is Blazer basketball. It's not soccer. Those pitch bitches need to step off!
I think it originated as Rose City Till I Die. In fact, I'm certain the majority of Timber fans see it as Rose City Till I Die. Wheels, what the hell? You know that.
Its Rose City Til I Die. NOT Rip City. The Timbers Army is about all things Portland. Rip City is specific to basketball. I don't know one member of the TA that thinks its Rip City Til I Die. Tonight, the TA hada gathering at the winterhawks game. They had something like 3 sections reserved. They are doing it at the Rose Garden also this season for a Blazers game. I can't say that I have seen such civic support from Blazers faithful. Hate soccer all you want, but the TA is dedicated to the Timbers and all things Portland and Oregon.
ok the run down for you who dont care... on teh Twitterz an influx of Blazer fans now feel the need to use/claim #RCTID as Blazers related, when a good chunk probably didnt give a crap about #Rose City or anything until it was "Cool" to do so (queue Maris' hitting "Post Quick Reply") there has been a Twitterz war of words with Blazer fans saying that it means the same thing for both Blazer fans and Timbers fans since its Portland, so they apply it and claim it however they want. I made a comment last night on how some Blazer fans are laughing it off like they dont care, but I find it both ironic and hypocritical that those people (not all Blazer fans) dont care about claiming it, when a good portion of Blazermaniacs were livid when Rip Hamilton was doing his whole Rip City deal around their title run. /rant
for the actual record since some are taking this as serious. The only actual #ripcity Timbers stuff has been in response to the spammin og #rctid I.E. I made a Timbers related one and hashtagged it #Ripcity #Tebow #TomBradysHair #RCTID #Romney all from the same tweet.
I don't see how it would fit -- Bill Shonley came up with the name as a alternative to a ball "swishing" through the net. :edit: Actually it would fit perfectly. I had a brain lapse there. I totally forgot about the soccer goals. Shows how much I follow soccer!
You obviously have not watched a game with the Army. Have never heard any chant or reference to Rip City for the Timbers. Have never heard RCTID in relation to the Blazers either. Have seen it numerous times on the Timbers board as well as in our chants, which are 100¿ better than the very unoriginal "defense" and "let's go blazers".
