Chicago White SOX and Green Bay Packers.

Michigan State University Spartans. I wrote a lot of tuition checks to that place. I feel like they owe me a few victories in return.

Before the wave of PC Wokeness spread through the NFL, I was a born and bred Green Bay Packers fan. Not one of these fair weather fans who joined on when Farve showed up and they started being competitive, but a fan who watched them play my entire childhood and they made the playoffs ONCE. And lost that wildcard game. The Bart Starr era. But we were still fans, even if the team sucked. The Farve and early Rodgers era was like a breath of fresh air and I enjoyed it while it lasted, all while shrugging off the tidal wave of "I'M A PACKERS FAN" that jumped onboard the winning train. That said, fuck the Packers and Rodgers. They are dead to me.

Now I really enjoy seeing the underdogs win in college football. Seeing LSU come back has been great this year and while everyone around here hated seeing Bama fall, they have been on top of the Mountain too long and the fan base was taking it for granted. Just like I hope LSU knocks off Clemson - not because I'm a huge LSU fan, but because I enjoy seeing the scrap, the climb to the top, the fall, etc.

The best college team in football, Alabama.

Purdue University - I did not grow up a fan, but became one as a student. Two of my buddies were athletic training majors so through them met a bunch of the football team (most memorable was Mike Alstott) and hung out with some of the linemen. I also used to be in class with the starting point guard on the women's basketball team. Having a personal connection made me a bigger fan.

Anybody playing the fonzanoons I listed in "enjoy seeing lose" thread.

I like to see LSU and unfortunately Clemson win, mostly because I think their coaches are stand up guys. Coach O and Dabo have "it" when it comes to motivating players, being winners in general.

Arizona, because I’m an alum. Nebraska, because I was born there. My parents are among those who started the NCAA record sellout streak that began in 1962; my brother (alumni) has the family tickets and I see at least one game/year. Wyoming, because I live there, our son graduated from there, and because as a resident of the state with the smallest population of the 50 states, we share an identity. Any of the service academies. When the Army/Navy game is on, I cheer for Army for a few good reasons, but I think it’s great that the USNA went 11-2 this year. Also know 2 active duty Air Force that attended the USAFA, and one currently there and on the football team.

BTW, the University of Arizona is the school from Tucson, whose colors are blue and red, and whose sports teams are called the Wildcats. Not the Scum Devils (sorry, wrong thread).

I was a faithful Denver Bronco fan for literally decades. I found it surprisingly easy to give up pro football with the Kaepernick/kneeling controversy. This year, I tried to let bygones be bygones and turned on a couple games. I found I just don’t care any longer. Maybe that’ll change. Right now, it doesn’t feel like it.

Tennessee Titans ........... cause they just beat the Patriots.

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drill sgt
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS / GREEN BAY PACKERS.... Saints are in my back yard and the way they brought the city (NEW ORLEANS) back to some normalcy after HURICANE KATRINA devastated the city as well as the state and the GULF COAST of LOUISANA and MISSISSIPPI….

GWbiker
It was Mercedes Benz who dumped a ton of money on New Orleans, with most of that cash, $60 mil, going to the Saints.
Also, donations from around the world got N.O. back on its feet

GWbiker, not being from here, you completely missed drill sgt’s point.

New Orleans was not flooded for a couple of days – it was flooded for a month.
If you had driven throughout the city, many areas were dead.

I was raised in New Orleans and Metairie and have lived across the lake since 1985.
We evacuated to my son’s home in Frisco, TX. It was three weeks after Katrina before we could return home, and we are forty miles north of the center of New Orleans.

The city was emotionally dead. Money to rebuild was pouring in from everywhere, but the heart was dying.

Tom Benson could have moved the Saint to San Antonio, instead he hired Payton and signed Brees (who said one reason he signed was after seeing the devastation, he and his wife wanted to be part of the rebuilding).

The Saints beat the Falcons the first game back in the dome and it was a great emotional uplift for the city. It took the mind away from the destruction for a few hours. What the Saints gave the city held a different value than donated money.

The people of New Orleans own the Saints, just in a different manner than Green Bay.

Geaux Tigers.

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I pull for the hometown teams but, don't get all fanatical about it. I'll go to a few baseball games and a college game but, that's it. My identity and well being isn't tied to those teams success/failure...it's entertainment.

Giants, 49ers, Warriors, Sharks, Cal Bears

Go Chiefs! Grew up in KC and I have been through all the ups and downs the last 41 years if my life.....

NY Rangers and Giants. Because GO BIG BROADWAY BLUE!!

Roll Tide! Mobile is my adopted home town. Two kids went to school there, when asked in 8th grade who I was for I picked Alabama. Didn’t even know who/what Auburn was.

Like to see the Raiders win - they’ve always been underdogs

When I was watching baseball back in the 80’s I could go to a game and sit at about row 6 along the third base line and watch Ron Cey, Dusty Baker, Steve Garvey and LaSorda for a whopping $18. Those were the Dodgers I remember.

Marshall University Thundering Herd.
Because it's been "in my blood" since 11-14-1970, the date of the plane crash that took everything away.

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Like to see the Raiders win - they’ve always been underdogs

Really?

I like the Saints because they are the regional team.

Like the Packers bc I'm a Mississippi boy and watched Favre play college ball down the road at USM and do nothing with the Falcons, then do well at GB. Just liked the fan base and GB vibe so have stayed a fan.

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Originally posted by redleg2/9:

quote:

drill sgt
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS / GREEN BAY PACKERS.... Saints are in my back yard and the way they brought the city (NEW ORLEANS) back to some normalcy after HURICANE KATRINA devastated the city as well as the state and the GULF COAST of LOUISANA and MISSISSIPPI….

GWbiker
It was Mercedes Benz who dumped a ton of money on New Orleans, with most of that cash, $60 mil, going to the Saints.
Also, donations from around the world got N.O. back on its feet

GWbiker, not being from here, you completely missed drill sgt’s point.

New Orleans was not flooded for a couple of days – it was flooded for a month.
If you had driven throughout the city, many areas were dead.

I was raised in New Orleans and Metairie and have lived across the lake since 1985.
We evacuated to my son’s home in Frisco, TX. It was three weeks after Katrina before we could return home, and we are forty miles north of the center of New Orleans.

The city was emotionally dead. Money to rebuild was pouring in from everywhere, but the heart was dying.

Tom Benson could have moved the Saint to San Antonio, instead he hired Payton and signed Brees (who said one reason he signed was after seeing the devastation, he and his wife wanted to be part of the rebuilding).

The Saints beat the Falcons the first game back in the dome and it was a great emotional uplift for the city. It took the mind away from the destruction for a few hours. What the Saints gave the city held a different value than donated money.

The people of New Orleans own the Saints, just in a different manner than Green Bay.

Geaux Tigers.

.

Sorry, but I don't have much sympathy for a city over 8 feet below sea level, run by Democrats, who for many years did nothing to prevent a major flood or take warning of a major Hurricane.

Kentucky Wildcats, since I graduated from UK and grew up with the Cats since I was a little kid, it's something you can't leave behind or outgrow...

NFL, used to be the Bungles but I don't follow it much anymore. Baseball - Reds, again my local team..Bench, Conception, Rose,

NBA - No real favorite, other than anyone but Golden State

Minnesota Vikings!! There are a few Minnesota members on board here. Need I say more!