On the eve of the final game of this disappointing St. Louis Rams season, plenty of questions arise. The committee on NFL opportunities in Los Angeles is set to meet in about a week and a half to make a decision on who’s moving where and what’s to become of the NFL situation in LA. Fans alike of the St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Oakland Raiders all await their team’s fate.
Attendance at the last Rams home game in LA in 1994 and St. Louis in 2015. Photo via Keep the Rams in St. Louis on Facebook (facebook.com/KeepTheRamsInStLouis).
Dave Peacock and the St. Louis Stadium Task Force have worked their tails off to get the St. Louis Stadium proposal together and approved, and the entire city of St. Louis and Rams fans thank them whole heartedly. Now all we can do is wait, and watch Sunday’s regular season finale at Levi’s Stadium against the San Francisco 49ers; 385 miles away from where Mr. Enos Stanley Kroenke wants to build his beloved stadium in Inglewood.
As much as Rams fans like myself don’t want to admit it, Sunday’s game might be the last time we ever watch the “St. Louis Rams” play a game under that name. The game doesn’t mean much for either team, being that the Rams are 7-8 and the 49ers are 4-11 and neither are in contention for a playoff spot; although the Rams could finish at .500 for the first time since 2006.
I was talking to my old man the other day, who grew up a St. Louis Cardinals football fan. He was talking about the team back then and them moving and I found something incredibly ironic. Back in 1987, the Cardinals last home game in St. Louis came against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Rams could potentially move after this season and who was their last home game against this season? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The scores of the games were incredibly close too. The Cardinals beat the Bucs 31-28 in 1987 and a couple weeks ago the Rams beat the Bucs 31-23. I doubt the Rams lose tomorrow against the Niners, but if they were too, they would finish with the same amount of wins as the ’87 Cardinals, seven. A few very odd coincidences.
St. Louis Cardinals football fans offering their condolenses at the last St. Louis Cardinals football game at Busch Stadium on December 14, 1987. Photo via Jeff Roberson/AP Photo.
A conspiracy theorist would be all over that last paragraph but who knows? I think I can speak as a whole for Rams fans here. We will be glued to our televisions on Sunday watching our Rams just as we have throughout the years. We’ll yell at our screens every time Greg Robinson gets a holding penalty or a big return is cancelled out due to a block in the back penalty on special teams. We’ll also shout for joy every time we see AD99 in the backfield sacking the QB or Trumaine Johnson getting another interception. The possibility of the Rams leaving won’t be on my mind Sunday. For me, it’s going to be just like every other Sunday. Cheering my heart out for my favorite football team. Go Rams, and keep the Rams in St. Louis.
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The fact of the matter is . STL Missouri is a struggling town. The NFL is a greedy group of assholes in their twilight years. Sooner then later the fans of America will catch on to the tricks of the NFL holding one town hostage against another to get their greedy things done. Its nothing less then mafia style business practices to show power. Coke needed Pepsi to bring them to honesty and in the professional football arena there needs to be a second league city and fan owned. Until the fan realizes that they are being taken by the NFL imo there is no help for STL. The chances of us keeping the rams at this point is no existent and the city should stop wasting their time on what was… and start investing in a new team that will call STL home for what it is. One final thing. The downtown area for football in STL is Horrible and until they place the stadium in a place that is more convenient to the ticket buyer we will continue to see very little people show up to these games . The stadium MUST be moved west on I70 to open doors to new fans that cannot make the long drive to ridiculous traffic town every Sunday. Get it closer to St Charles Mo
One other thing… Put a top on the stadium or you will see 20% less people at the games during bad weather
Where do you get the 20% number from? Myself personally will attend at least twice as many games as I already do if it is an outdoor stadium. People I attend games with now all agree. A real football experience. If I want a warm family friendly indoor enviroment I will check ojt the Raiders in St Charles.
St. Louis doesn’t have a football team. Good Riddance.
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