Most hated teams ever in sports

[Scott5114]

That would be far too literal!

[bugo]

Just to set the record straight: I'm not an OU fan.  I'm a Razorback fan.  I can't stand the Sooners.  I'm just giving the devil his due.  OU is the more successful program in the Big 12.

[mightyace]

OU is the more successful program in the Big 12.

Especially with Nebraska headed for the Big Ten!  

(I'm not saying that Nebraska is more successful than OU or not.  Just that they won't be around to argue the point much longer.)

[bugo]

(I'm not saying that Nebraska is more successful than OU or not.  Just that they won't be around to argue the point much longer.)

Nebraska hasn't been an elite team in a few years.  I'm not saying they won't be again in the future, because they probably will, but they're in the same slump as Florida State, Notre Dame, and Miami.

[huskeroadgeek]

(I'm not saying that Nebraska is more successful than OU or not.  Just that they won't be around to argue the point much longer.)

Nebraska hasn't been an elite team in a few years.  I'm not saying they won't be again in the future, because they probably will, but they're in the same slump as Florida State, Notre Dame, and Miami.

Was in a slump, but headed out of it. I wouldn't compare us with Notre Dame-they are still in a slump and don't appear to be heading out of it.

[mgk920]

Me?  In no particular order:

-Notre Dame (I'm waiting with baited breath for their NBC ratings to totally tank and their then being pretty much forced to join a conference!  )
-Chicago Bears  (no explanation needed)
-Chicago Baby Bears (most useless fans in baseball)
-Minnesota Vikings (Brent Favre couldn't have happened to a nicer team - and they're still no closer to a new stadium in the MStP area than they ever were)
-Dallas Cowboys (Now Jerry Jones actually has to PAY for his $1G+ pleasure palace!)
-Tennessee Titans (ABSOLUTE WORST fans in the NFL! - And I see fans of every team, living just a few blocks from the hotel where the visiting teams stay at when they play in Green Bay)
-New York Yankees (George Steinbrenner was a highly honorable PERSON, but his team is PERFECT for hating!  You can BUY players, but if the chemistry isn't there, nothing else matters.)

Mike

[Brandon]

My most hated teams?

-Colorado Avalanche (aka the Assalanche aka the Nordilanche)
-Pittsburgh Penguins (touch Sid the Kid and get a penalty BS)
-Ohio State University (need I explain?)
-University of Michigan (Go State!)
-University of Texas - Austin (rather than share, they'd rather control a massively depreciated conference)
-University of Notre Dame (bunch of primadonnas)
-Chicago Bulls (I can admire them, but I hate them at the same time)
-New York Yankees, Giants, Mets, Jets, Islanders, Rangers, Knicks, etc (it's NYC, enough said)
-Anything from California

BTW, huskeroadgeek, welcome to the Big Ten.

[rickmastfan67]

-Pittsburgh Penguins (touch Sid the Kid and get a penalty BS)

If that was the case, everybody on Motreal would have been in the box at the same time...

[huskeroadgeek]

BTW, huskeroadgeek, welcome to the Big Ten.

Thanks. I and the vast majority of our fans are very excited about it.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

1. That School up North.
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
4. Baltimore Ravens
5. Atlanta Braves

[triplemultiplex]

Aside from the usual division rival implications, I have special hate for Chicago teams.  I'm specifically talking about the Bears & the Cubs.  I don't care about any other Chicago teams much because I don't care about those sports.  Every time the Cubs are in town, Milwaukee is flooded with these assholes from Illinois coming to visit "Wrigley North".  NOTHING in sports pisses me off more than that arrogant little FIB quip.  Don't let the tollgate hit your ass on the way back to your suburb, douches.  No team is more deserving of such a long pennant drought.

The Bears have gotten a slight reprieve from my NFL ire lately do to the situation with Brett Farve and the Vikings.  The sight of that Benedict Judas in that uniform still makes me angry.

I also have to hate those goddamn Yankees and their ridiculous payroll.  It's not just that they can basically buy whoever they want and use the rest of the Majors as a farm system and have a payroll greater than like four or five teams combined, it's the arrogance about the Yankees.  Oh, we're such a storied and historic franchise; we're baseball in it's glory days, everyone has to respect us, we're salt of the Earth Americana... I'm sorry, but fuck the Yankees.  They bought all those championships.

You know why football is so much more popular now?  Parity.  Until just recently, the NFL enjoyed years of 'any given Sunday' where any team could could quite possibly beat any other team.  ESPN contributes to this Yankee hate from the rest of America.  I swear ESPN thinks the entire MLB consists of the Yankees and the Red Sox since it's usually one of those teams playing anytime they televise a game.  Like those teams need the exposure.

I'll also mention the Cowboys since they were at the peak of their power when the Packers were on the rise in the 90's so they represented the final obstacle between us and the Super Bowl and I grew to hate them quite readily.  I'm still kinda disappointed that Carolina robbed us of the chance to stomp on Dallas' nuts en route to bringing the Lombardi Trophy home.

In light of recent events and even though I don't get into the NBA much, I'm fully prepared to hate the Miami Heat for some time.  Here's another clear attempt to buy a championship; something I hate in general.

I want teams to 'earn' their championships by drafting smartly and trading minor leaguers and developing that talent into the All Stars that will one day win it all.  Shelling out a hundreds of millions dollars to cobble together a bunch of big money free agents is not an honorable means to the same end.

[agentsteel53]

the draft (like most other socialism) rewards lazy owners who will not invest in their team and instead enjoy running a perpetually last-place operation.  See: the Pirates.

as much as I dislike the Yankees (I'm a Red Sox fan - it comes with the territory), I like them infinitely more than teams like the Pirates and the Royals because they're lazy, sad-feces franchises who are making no effort whatsoever to crawl out of the cellar.

say what you will about George Steinbrenner, but he genuinely loved owning his team and saw it as a lot more than a line on the balance sheet.

as for Brett Favre - I don't hate him, I just wish he'd stop receiving coverage.  The following other sports-related concepts need to go away as well: Tiger Woods, Floyd Landis, the NCAA, Rick Reilly, the RBI, and finally the entire appalling spectacle known as horse racing.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

the draft (like most other socialism) rewards lazy owners who will not invest in their team and instead enjoy running a perpetually last-place operation.  See: the Pirates.

as much as I dislike the Yankees (I'm a Red Sox fan - it comes with the territory), I like them infinitely more than teams like the Pirates and the Royals because they're lazy, sad-feces franchises who are making no effort whatsoever to crawl out of the cellar.

say what you will about George Steinbrenner, but he genuinely loved owning his team and saw it as a lot more than a line on the balance sheet.

as for Brett Favre - I don't hate him, I just wish he'd stop receiving coverage.  The following other sports-related concepts need to go away as well: Tiger Woods, Floyd Landis, the NCAA, Rick Reilly, the RBI, and finally the entire appalling spectacle known as horse racing.

If you don't "socialism" in sports, then you must be a huge fan of the college ranks then?

[agentsteel53]

If you don't "socialism" in sports, then you must be a huge fan of the college ranks then?

no.  the hypocrisy of "amateurism" is appalling. 

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

If you don't "socialism" in sports, then you must be a huge fan of the college ranks then?

no.  the hypocrisy of "amateurism" is appalling. 

But there's no "socialism." The best players go to the best teams.  No helping the "lesser teams" like the "socialistic" draft does with professional teams.

[agentsteel53]

But there's no "socialism." The best players go to the best teams.  No helping the "lesser teams" like the "socialistic" draft does with professional teams.

no, there is not.  there's also no socialism in space.  wanna live there?

The fact remains that players are not allowed to retain agents, or openly be compensated for their services. 

[realjd]

no, there is not.  there's also no socialism in space.  wanna live there?

The fact remains that players are not allowed to retain agents, or openly be compensated for their services. 

I was about to try to argue that they're compensated by getting an education, but I couldn't type that with a straight face!

[Scott5114]

It sounds like the only sport you would like is professional poker... every man for himself, you either figure it out or you don't! Phil Hellmuth is an ass but the only reason he got to where he is today is because he's so good at the game.

[agentsteel53]

It sounds like the only sport you would like is professional poker... every man for himself, you either figure it out or you don't! Phil Hellmuth is an ass but the only reason he got to where he is today is because he's so good at the game.

no, having a set of rules is perfectly fine.  it's rewarding lazy owners (like those that own the Pirates, Royals, Clippers, Knicks, etc) that doesn't fly with me. 

speaking of the NBA draft being rigged... the NBA draft is rigged.  For those that say socialism implies fairness - here, socialism implies the exact opposite of fairness.  Sometimes the commissioner rigs it (1985), other times teams are purposely tanking just to get in the draft, which is a form of rigging all its own.

being rewarded to lose is antithetical to the nature of sport.

[mightyace]

being rewarded to lose is antithetical to the nature of sport.

That's one bane of NASCAR right now.  The "start and park" teams.  Because the purse money for 23rd place is not enough better then that for 43rd place, unsponsored or under-sponsored teams, those teams will start the race and purposely pull into the garage sometime in the first 100 laps with bogus issues like "handling" and "electrical."

It may be a good business model, but not sporting. IMHO

[golden eagle]

BTW, huskeroadgeek, welcome to the Big Ten.

Thanks. I and the vast majority of our fans are very excited about it.

Has there been any decision on whether or not Nebraska will continue to play Colorado and/or Oklahoma after they join the Big Ten? Other than that, I think the Big Ten is a good fit for the Huskers. Imagine playing the likes of Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin every year. The only marquee matchups they have in the Big XII is Texas and Oklahoma.

[jgb191]

Dallas Cowboys -- and this coming from a Texan born and raised.  

The Cowboys organization can go bankrupt and fold, and I won't lose any sleep (in fact, I'd dream).  I wish the Dallas/Fort Worth area can get a new NFL franchise to replace the Cowboys, then I might consider pulling for them as well.

I'm surprised the San Antonio Spurs aren't mentioned on here as the most hated ever, as I've been reading on other sports sites.  Hated for all the wrong reasons too.

[huskeroadgeek]

BTW, huskeroadgeek, welcome to the Big Ten.

Thanks. I and the vast majority of our fans are very excited about it.

Has there been any decision on whether or not Nebraska will continue to play Colorado and/or Oklahoma after they join the Big Ten? Other than that, I think the Big Ten is a good fit for the Huskers. Imagine playing the likes of Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin every year. The only marquee matchups they have in the Big XII is Texas and Oklahoma.

We won't play any of the current Big 12 teams on a regular basis. I'm sure we'll try to schedule Oklahoma at some point. A lot of our fans are still upset about the fact we haven't played Oklahoma every year since we joined the Big 12-they were our biggest rivals from the 60s through the 90s. I'm really looking forward to all of the new rivalries we will start in the Big Ten-other than Texas and Oklahoma, just about every Big Ten team we play will be more interesting than what we have in the Big 12.

[Brandon]

^^ Actually, you guys could play Oklahoma every year (as Michigan and Michigan State play Notre Dame) in pre-conference play.  It would be ironic that you could play Oklahoma more often outside of the Big 12 than inside the Big 12.

[Michael in Philly]

1.  Yankees
2.  New York Giants
3.  Cowboys
4.  Yankees
5.  Mets
6.  Braves
7.  Yankees
8.  Duke
9.  Roger Federer
10.  Yankees.

The Phils will be in first by the end of the week.
And I went to Georgetown.

Oh.  I forgot:  Yankees.
And Cleveland rocks.  At least in June.