Chiefs fans in Nashville have been proudly supporting their team this week
Carly Wansing’s workplace in Nashville allowed employees to show their support for the Tennessee Titans ahead of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game.
She had a different plan.
“I was the only one in red,” Wansing wrote Friday in an email. “My co-workers did a lot of trash talking and were pretty confident the Titans will win.
“I did get teased this morning that they were going to throw me out of the gas station and charge me extra for donuts because I had Chiefs (colors) on. This afternoon we stopped at Walmart and a guy told us to not beat the Titans too bad on Sunday.”
She’s not alone in supporting the Chiefs in hostile territory ahead of Sunday’s game.
Sissy Stevinson was supporting the Chiefs this past week before driving to Kansas City for the game.
“(Friday) was Titan Up day at work so plenty of two-tone blue walking around,” Stevinson wrote in an email. “We are representing the Chiefs with our RED! Glad to be leaving Titan Country and headed to KC. The car is packed full of warm red clothes.”
Stephanie Cole also is making the trip to Kansas City. But this past week she was supporting the Chiefs and noted how Titans fans were late to jump on the team’s bandwagon.
“This week has been fun! You get your occasional ‘Oh, you’re a Chiefs fan’ or ‘Can’t stop (Derrick) Henry’ or the NSFW comments,” Cole wrote in an email. “Throughout most of the season, you rarely heard mention of the Titans until that week 10 game. Now, everyone is a Titans fan again.
“Chiefs gear has been worn loud and proud ALL week, even the hidden gems while at work (I’m an ER nurse so uniforms are worn). When people notice ... we catch even more grief. We take everything in stride and a smile on our faces but believe me it’s hard to bite your tongue.”
Others in Nashville shared stories on Twitter about supporting the Chiefs.
Wansing’s children were allowed to wear Titans colors or school spirit clothes to school on Friday.
“They choose school spirit wear with Chiefs shirts underneath,” she wrote. “When their principal saw me, he said ‘oh no!’ But then said ‘That’s OK, we like Andy Reid, he is a good guy.’
“My oldest son’s teacher let him take off his school shirt and wear one his Chiefs shirts for most of the day.”
