How is it a "we"...?

First of all I want to say before I write anything that yes, I do love sports and get pretty into it while watching games and yes, I do follow the NFL. However, no I don't do fantasy (seems like a waste of time and emotions) and no I don't sit around and talk about it like I'm the best color commentator there ever was come Monday morning. With that said, please explain the reasoning behind the use of the word "we" while explaining games. 

My office is like most offices (I'm assuming here) which means a good portion of Monday morning is devoted to phrases like "dude did you see that awesome down by <insert name of player here>" and "What an UPSET!" and random musing about the standings of various fantasy teams. Which in football season doesn't bother me at all (basketball season I want to invest in ear plugs). What I don't understand and wonder if/when I ever will is when people say "oh yeah we clobbered them" or "dude we had such a sick win over <inset team name here>". I'm sorry, what? We? As in YOU and the rest of the team? When was the last time you put on gear and was slammed to the ground by a defensive line man?

While I get wanting to have something to identify with and getting into the game and being a part of it, cool fine whatever, but that doesn't mean YOU did anything about that awesome play. And why is it that it is always "them" when they did something bad, but "we" when the team is riding high? Explain that one to me Lucy.

In my opinion the only people who can say "we" when referencing a team are the players themselves and college students.



Why do college students get a pass on this? Where's the logic in that you ask? Well technically THEY are UCLA students and UCLA students are playing the other teams. Therefore it's a united WE (with actually connection and not just a jersey and random facts of NFL knowledge) and so that's why they get a pass.

Until next time...