Cheer smokes have been a part of the NFL longer than the Super Bowl, DirectTV Sunday Ticket, and fantasy football. Gambling and performance enhancers may be the only aspects that predate cheer smokes in the overall fan experience.
Yahoo Sports crafted a nifty graphic with factoids that even myself as a rabid football fan did not know.
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Who knew the Cowboys cheer smokes never changed their uni in 15 years?
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How typical Cowboy fans: you live like it's still 1993 and Troy Aikman is your quarterback.
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The Ravens are the first NFL co-ed cheer team.
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Baltimore's original NFL franchise, the Colts, were the first NFL team with cheer smokes. That means the Indianapolis Colts are the oldest cheer team in pro football.
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If you been following my own personal exploits documenting cheer smokes, you would know that their 9-5 jobs include serving as funeral directors.
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Some are vastly intellectually superior than you.
![Titans Cheer Twitter](https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PreviewScreenSnapz054.png)
One can even marry you.
![Sea Gal Stephanie R-H Facebook](https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/156985_461911530510778_266720777_n.jpg)
The median age of cheer smokes are 25, which is not too off fromNew Orleans cheer smokes covering T-Swift's "22."
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But the oldest cheer smoke is Laura Vikmanis for my Bengals. She would have been a fine Hard Knocks sub-plot.
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It would have been hilarious to see Taylor Mays, even with his girlfriend, catch a glimpse of Laura.
![Laura Vikmanis Facebook](https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/302984_646409585373336_2138251077_n.jpg)