Detroit Lions Superfans Make Video Rant After Allegedly Being Ejected from Game

The Detroit Lions won their first game of the 2015 season Sunday.

It was a grueling, 37-34 overtime victory against the middling Chicago Bears—the type of win that leaves you emotionally drained and thanking higher powers that you survived mostly intact.

Nonetheless, Earl Spring wanted to be there to see it through. The Lions superfan showed up for his 120th-plus consecutive Lions home game hoping to witness a win but claims he and a friend were bounced from Ford Field in the third quarter for cheering too loudly while the team was on defense.

Deadspin's Timothy Burke spotted video Spring posted to his Facebook account after the incident. Alongside "Detroit Don" (who stayed silent out of despondency, I assume), Spring laid into the team and its employees for treating excited fans poorly.

Warning: Video contains NSFW language.

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"Ain't been ejected, ain't had an incident in 120-some-odd games.... Superfan and Detroit Don, and this is how I get taken care of?" Spring said. "While we're 0-and-5? And we're in the middle of a divisional game?"

I just hope Detroit Don hasn't gone catatonic on us. He's one of eastern Michigan's foremost Dons. The Don community needs him.

Dan is on Twitter. He aspires to be one of the foremost Dans.