Rams running back Steven Jackson (39) is tackled by a swarm of Seahawks defenders in a 27-17 loss Sunday in St. Louis. ¦ L.G. PATTERSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA — The Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams NFL football teams are struggling. The Chiefs are 5-31 in their past 36 games, and the Rams are 1-10 after finishing last season 2-14. In 2007 they were 3-13. And yet, two die-hard fans in Columbia won’t be selling their season tickets anytime soon.
St. Louis Rams fan Jacob Glazer and Kansas City Chiefs fan Theresa Musket have a loyalty that runs deep. They have endured traffic, rain and freezing temperatures to see their teams. Every home game, they make the four-hour round-trip to the stadium, often leaving in disappointment.
They hear the jokes, and they dismiss them.
“Not many people support the Rams here or in St. Louis now,” Glazer said. “We’ve got a bunch of fair-weather fans. But I try to promote the team as much as possible.”
Attendance for both teams has been in free fall — more than 5,000 for the Rams and 8,000 for the Chiefs.
Like many diehard fans, Glazer and Musket don’t care. They got hooked on their teams at an early age.
Glazer, 21, a junior at MU originally from St. Louis, began attending Rams games after the franchise moved from Los Angeles in 1995. His dad started buying season tickets, and Glazer attends at least seven home games every year.
“It’s really easy to get tickets now,” he said.
The Rams won the Super Bowl in 1999, and Glazer traveled to Atlanta to watch them defeat the Tennessee Titans. He was in fifth grade and remembers skipping school to catch the parade on Market Street in downtown St. Louis.
Musket also finds herself in thinning company. She grew up a Chiefs fan in Independence, making the short trip with her parents to Arrowhead for home games until she was 12.
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