NY Yankees are "The Stankees"
The New Orleans Saints when they have a bad season are the "Aints."
Let's keep if friendly please.
40whiners, but that doesn't really work now that Harbaugh is out of there.
From the "in b4 lock" file:
When they were still playing in the Silverdome, the Detroit Lions were referred to as the Pontiac Tampons, because they were only good for one period, and they didn't have a second string.
:-o
Quote from: renegade on October 08, 2019, 08:11:53 PM
From the "in b4 lock" file:
When they were still playing in the Silverdome, the Detroit Lions were referred to as the Pontiac Tampons, because they were only good for one period, and they didn't have a second string.
:-o
Heh...calling the Lions that got me and my Dad in trouble plenty of times with my Mom back in the 1980s/90s. I'll never understand how the Lions manage to consistently be the most popular team in the City (granted they are best professional team these days) when the Pistons, Tigers and Red Wings all won at least one championship since 1984.
Speaking of the Red Wings I'm surprised that "Dead Wings" hasn't become popular again since the team has sucked the last couple years.
Cincinnati Bungles
North Carolina Tar Holes
Marshall Blundering Turd
Alabama Crimson Turd
Puke Blue Devils
Dallas Cowgirls
Also, Shrub for Kyle Busch
The Yankmees (sometimes preceded or followed by an expletive), or Spankmees
The Cowgirls, or Joneses
Puke (the Evil Empire of college basketball)
The New York Mess
The New York Jest
The Racistskins
The Squealers, or Swillers
The Filthadelphia <insert team name>
Les Nats du Washington
Little Sisters of the Poor, Baltimore Chapter (for the O's)
The Devil Dogs, or the Triple A Double A's
The Twinkies, or the Yankee <insert word for female dogs>
The Clowns
Even have names for my teams when they tank:
The Ruins
The Red Sux or Dead Sox
The Suckits (Celtics)
The Giant Disaster
The Patsies
The UFraud Suckies (my college team; I borrow the O's name and substitute "Storrs" for the football team)
An oldie but goodie: The Failers
Chicago "Flubs"
Seattle "Seachickens"
Minnesota "Viqueens"
Anything I put up here that references that football team in Green Bay WI will get me banned. :-D
San Francisco "Phony-Whiners"
Dallas "Cowgirls"
New England "Patsies" (at least before Belichick and Brady arrived)
Purdue "Boilerfakers"
University of Arizona "Tucson Mildrats", as opposed to the University of Kentucky's "Lexington Mildrats" :)
Last, and certainly least, there's the Big Ten school that not only do I refuse to mention by their real name, but wouldn't root for if they were playing the Taliban: THE Columbus Suckeyes. :bigass:
Quote from: KeithE4Phx on October 08, 2019, 08:45:41 PM
Anything I put up here that references that football team in Green Bay WI will get me banned. :-D
I've probably heard every last one of being from the Detroit area. The fans that usually got it the worst were the ban wagon Packers fans that followed the other Detroit teams.
Quote from: KeithE4Phx on October 08, 2019, 08:45:41 PM
Chicago "Flubs"
Completely Useless By September
Chicago's Ugly Baseball Scrubs
Crying Until Bears Season
Can Usually Be Swept
Could U Be Suckier?
:)
VPI Chokies
Maryland Twerps or Turds
UNC Tar Holes
Atlanta Squaws (MLB team)
Dallas Cowshits
Pittsburgh Penis (NHL team)
Philadelphia Philthies (MLB team, though it really describes their fans!)
New York Mess (MLB team)
I've heard people in New York use an extremely offensive racist nickname for the NBA team that plays at Madison Square Garden. I won't repeat it.
Oh my goodness, dallas cowgirls, so funny and original hahahahahahaha :pan:
Boston Red Sux, Cheatriots or *s, Ruins
Notre Shame
Ohio (this is the Big 10 college)
Philly Cryers
Fake M- (Michigan State)
I used to call the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Brokebacks to annoy the locals when I lived in Texas, although I was secretly a Cowboy fan, I did it because the local DFW area fans are kind of pathetic. I had one neighbor that would come out of his apartment and scream his fool head off if the Boys won OR lost.
I've called the Lions the Pussies/Pussycats and the Tennessee Vols the "Volunqueers", even though I am/was secretly a fan because the Vols fans in Knoxville are much like the Cowboy fans in DFW. I have also referred to the Packers as the Fudgepackers and the Vikings as the "Viqueens." I have also referred to the Buckeyes as the "Suck/Fuck"eyes.
I think that is about all I can think of. Every other team I am pretty neutral towards.
4 of the top 6 Premier League Teams: Cheatski, Spuds, Arses, Manure.
I heard of a time when the Detroit Red Wings was called the Dead Wings.
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on October 09, 2019, 07:31:30 AM
I heard of a time when the Detroit Red Wings was called the Dead Wings.
Or Dead Things
Patético and "Pathetic" for Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Bilbao respectively. And in general Patético (lit. "Pathetic") for any team that has Atlético in its name.
I've heard Real Mandril ("Real Mandrill") for Real Madrid and Farsa ("Hoax") for Barça too.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on October 09, 2019, 07:52:12 AM
Patético and Pathetic for Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Bilbao respectively. And in general Patético (lit. "Pathetic") for any team that has Atlético in its name.
I've heard Real Mandril ("Real Mandrill") for Real Madrid and Farsa ("Hoax") for Barça too.
What about Fake Madrid?
Damn you fast, quoting a post while I was editing it, so now what is quoted doesn't match with what is written in the original.
It's obvious why I've never heard "Fake" Madrid, that is a first for me.
Not by me but coworkers who had a friendly rivalry between them used the Golphins ( A Buffalo Bills fan to our Chef from Miami) for the Dolphins and the Buffalo Jills to Bob the Bills fan. :D
Winnipeg was Lose A Peg when their present (or former as I am not into the NHL) team the Jets, by my friend in Fort Myers. :sombrero:
The Deadskins was another directed to my former supervisor who was a die hard Washington Redskins fan. :bigass:
This is a list of all 30 derogatory names for the MLB teams I could think of, grouped by division:
Baltimore Sorryoles, Boston Red Sux, New York Stankees, Tampa Bay Drearies, Toronto Blow Jays
Chicago White Sux, Cleveland Shitholes, Detroit Kitty Cats, Kansas City Princesses, Minnesota Twinkies
Houston Assholes, Los Angeles Devils, Oakland F's, Seattle Scaryners, Texas Stinkers
Atlanta Scareds, Miami Fire Sale, New York Mess, Philadelphia Philthies, Washington Expos
Chicago Scrubs, Cincinnati Blues, Milwaukee Pukers, Pittsburgh Cheapos, St. Louis Evil Empire
Arizona Diamondfucks, Colorado Suckies, Los Angeles Bums, San Diego Mexicans, San Francisco Midgets
We all know what Bills stands for: Boy I Love Losing Superbowls. A Bills fan I know calls the Patriots the Patricias.
The few that I like to use when the two teams I follow the most are not doing well . . .
Nitwits (PSU)
F-ing A's (especially during Wild Card season)
The (Oakland) Pathetics
The (Oakland) A**holes
Quote from: Alps on October 09, 2019, 12:41:13 AM
Cheatriots
I forgot that one in my list.
Quote from: ce929wax on October 09, 2019, 01:08:04 AM
the Tennessee Vols the "Volunqueers"
Nothing sucks like a big orange. I have used the above term myself, but opted not to post it because, well, you know, certain types might accuse me of homophobia or bigotry or something. But since you blazed that trail.
Also, staying in that state, Vanderbilt Commode Doors.
There was a bumper sticker that made the rounds in these parts a few years ago that poked fun of Louisville, Duke (particularly Grayson Allen) and North Carolina. "Strippers, Trippers, and Class Skippers."
Also, "The Good (UK), The Bad (Louisville), and The Ugly (Tennessee.)"
Historically my family has been Cubs fans and called them the "Lovable Losers", though they have been stepping up the game more recently.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 08, 2019, 08:40:47 PMSpeaking of the Red Wings I'm surprised that "Dead Wings" hasn't become popular again since the team has sucked the last couple years.
Yeah, that one, too! :rofl:
Quote from: ce929wax on October 09, 2019, 01:08:04 AM
I used to call the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Brokebacks to annoy the locals when I lived in Texas, although I was secretly a Cowboy fan, I did it because the local DFW area fans are kind of pathetic. I had one neighbor that would come out of his apartment and scream his fool head off if the Boys won OR lost.
I've called the Lions the Pussies/Pussycats and the Tennessee Vols the "Volunqueers", even though I am/was secretly a fan because the Vols fans in Knoxville are much like the Cowboy fans in DFW. I have also referred to the Packers as the Fudgepackers and the Vikings as the "Viqueens." I have also referred to the Buckeyes as the "Suck/Fuck"eyes.
I think that is about all I can think of. Every other team I am pretty neutral towards.
Sounds like someone has a case of the intolerances
New England Patsies. Boston Red Slobs
Minnesota Barneys (they're purple)
Motor City Kitties
OSU Luckeyes.
ND I-rash
Quote from: ozarkman417 on October 09, 2019, 12:07:26 PM
Historically my family has been Cubs fans and called them the "Lovable Losers", though they have been stepping up the game more recently.
Do you get bullied for being Cubs fans in Missouri? Brewer fans here gave up hating cubs fans a long time ago because there are so many of them in Wisconsin.
Deadskins.
Term used by long-time fans when referring to their lack of performance the last 20 years or so.
Quote from: Alps on October 09, 2019, 12:47:43 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on October 09, 2019, 01:08:04 AM
I used to call the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Brokebacks to annoy the locals when I lived in Texas, although I was secretly a Cowboy fan, I did it because the local DFW area fans are kind of pathetic. I had one neighbor that would come out of his apartment and scream his fool head off if the Boys won OR lost.
I've called the Lions the Pussies/Pussycats and the Tennessee Vols the "Volunqueers", even though I am/was secretly a fan because the Vols fans in Knoxville are much like the Cowboy fans in DFW. I have also referred to the Packers as the Fudgepackers and the Vikings as the "Viqueens." I have also referred to the Buckeyes as the "Suck/Fuck"eyes.
I think that is about all I can think of. Every other team I am pretty neutral towards.
Sounds like someone has a case of the intolerances
Everybody enjoys a good rant every now and then!
How about the Philadelphia Iggles.
That is how many people in the area pronounce it!
Quote from: Beltway on October 09, 2019, 10:03:20 PM
Deadskins.
Term used by long-time fans when referring to their lack of performance the last 20 years or so.
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Nope, not intolerant at all. Lots of people in the LGBTQ+ community are reclaiming the word queer as their own. I will concede that at the time I was doing that I was much less thoughtful and more intolerant than I am now. I've come to terms with some things about myself that puts me in that community. That is all I am going to say, so as not to derail the thread any more than I have.
Quote from: ce929wax on October 10, 2019, 01:05:51 AM
Nope, not intolerant at all. Lots of people in the LGBTQ+ community are reclaiming the word queer as their own. I will concede that at the time I was doing that I was much less thoughtful and more intolerant than I am now. I've come to terms with some things about myself that puts me in that community. That is all I am going to say, so as not to derail the thread any more than I have.
OK, this is completely off-topic, and I posed the question elsewhere and got no response, so ... what's the "+" stand for?
Quote from: hbelkins on October 10, 2019, 12:46:00 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on October 10, 2019, 01:05:51 AM
Nope, not intolerant at all. Lots of people in the LGBTQ+ community are reclaiming the word queer as their own. I will concede that at the time I was doing that I was much less thoughtful and more intolerant than I am now. I've come to terms with some things about myself that puts me in that community. That is all I am going to say, so as not to derail the thread any more than I have.
OK, this is completely off-topic, and I posed the question elsewhere and got no response, so ... what's the "+" stand for?
People have tried to add more letters to the abbreviation. The + is to prevent it from getting too long (and since nobody can agree on which extra letters to include, anyway).
Quote from: 1 on October 10, 2019, 12:47:03 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 10, 2019, 12:46:00 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on October 10, 2019, 01:05:51 AM
Nope, not intolerant at all. Lots of people in the LGBTQ+ community are reclaiming the word queer as their own. I will concede that at the time I was doing that I was much less thoughtful and more intolerant than I am now. I've come to terms with some things about myself that puts me in that community. That is all I am going to say, so as not to derail the thread any more than I have.
OK, this is completely off-topic, and I posed the question elsewhere and got no response, so ... what's the "+" stand for?
People have tried to add more letters to the abbreviation. The + is to prevent it from getting too long (and since nobody can agree on which extra letters to include, anyway).
LGBTQ+%4AWSF2I0O@@#.
Quote from: thspfc on October 10, 2019, 08:56:13 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 10, 2019, 12:47:03 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 10, 2019, 12:46:00 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on October 10, 2019, 01:05:51 AM
Nope, not intolerant at all. Lots of people in the LGBTQ+ community are reclaiming the word queer as their own. I will concede that at the time I was doing that I was much less thoughtful and more intolerant than I am now. I've come to terms with some things about myself that puts me in that community. That is all I am going to say, so as not to derail the thread any more than I have.
OK, this is completely off-topic, and I posed the question elsewhere and got no response, so ... what's the "+" stand for?
People have tried to add more letters to the abbreviation. The + is to prevent it from getting too long (and since nobody can agree on which extra letters to include, anyway).
LGBTQ+%4AWSF2I0O@@#.
Ligbitists
Quote from: 1 on October 10, 2019, 12:47:03 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 10, 2019, 12:46:00 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on October 10, 2019, 01:05:51 AM
Nope, not intolerant at all. Lots of people in the LGBTQ+ community are reclaiming the word queer as their own. I will concede that at the time I was doing that I was much less thoughtful and more intolerant than I am now. I've come to terms with some things about myself that puts me in that community. That is all I am going to say, so as not to derail the thread any more than I have.
OK, this is completely off-topic, and I posed the question elsewhere and got no response, so ... what's the "+" stand for?
People have tried to add more letters to the abbreviation. The + is to prevent it from getting too long (and since nobody can agree on which extra letters to include, anyway).
Basically, it's "There are a lot of people who do not associate with the typical man marries woman dynamic, for one of several reasons. They may want 0 partners, or 2 or more. They may not want a partner of the opposite gender. They may not, themselves, identify with a gender. Or shades thereof."
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 09, 2019, 10:30:06 PM
Quote from: Beltway on October 09, 2019, 10:03:20 PM
Deadskins.
Term used by long-time fans when referring to their lack of performance the last 20 years or so.
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So which is worse, the Redskins or the Dolphins? This is the first time I can remember where I thought it might be possible for two 0-16 teams to happen. The Dolphins might have better chance winning a game with how bad the Jets are. Both are making the 0-16 Lions look like a playoff team by comparison.
Quote from: thspfc on October 08, 2019, 10:21:32 PM
Oh my goodness, dallas cowgirls, so funny and original hahahahahahaha :pan:
That's how I feel about "Viqueens" . If somebody wants to insult my favorite team, come up with something new and exciting. It's not like the team doesn't pump out plenty of new material to work with.
Kansas City Chefs (from a Snickers ad)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2019, 09:15:23 AM
So which is worse, the Redskins or the Dolphins?
We'll know the answer in about 48 hours (https://www.google.com/search?q=redskins+vs+dolphins&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS825US825&oq=redskins+vs+dolphins&aqs=chrome..69i57.4759j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8).
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2019, 09:15:23 AMThis is the first time I can remember where I thought it might be possible for two 0-16 teams to happen.
You thought it might be possible, and then you remembered they play each other?
(They can't both lose Sunday's matchup. :-P)
Unfortunately the planets aligned this year where the NFC East plays the AFC East, so the three 0-16 contenders will all knock each other from the running. Jets and Dolphins will probably split their pair against each other and the Skins will probably beat one or the other at worst.
Maybe the Redskins and the Dolphins can both go 0—15—1.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 11, 2019, 10:38:09 AM
Unfortunately the planets aligned this year where the NFC East plays the AFC East, so the three 0-16 contenders will all knock each other from the running. Jets and Dolphins will probably split their pair against each other and the Skins will probably beat one or the other at worst.
The Bengals, too, could still theoretically go 0-16, but AFC East also plays AFC North this year, so they should get to 2-14 by default.
Quote from: webny99 on October 11, 2019, 12:02:54 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 11, 2019, 10:38:09 AM
Unfortunately the planets aligned this year where the NFC East plays the AFC East, so the three 0-16 contenders will all knock each other from the running. Jets and Dolphins will probably split their pair against each other and the Skins will probably beat one or the other at worst.
The Bengals, too, could still theoretically go 0-16, but AFC East also plays AFC North this year, so they should get to 2-14 by default.
I'm assuming Andy Dalton is good enough to get them at least a handful of wins by default.
Quote from: thspfc on October 09, 2019, 08:27:52 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on October 09, 2019, 12:07:26 PM
Historically my family has been Cubs fans and called them the "Lovable Losers", though they have been stepping up the game more recently.
Do you get bullied for being Cubs fans in Missouri? Brewer fans here gave up hating cubs fans a long time ago because there are so many of them in Wisconsin.
I don't know anyone who really cares about baseball, and living in Springfield all my life, I've been a Cardinals fan.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2019, 01:01:00 PM
Quote from: webny99 on October 11, 2019, 12:02:54 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 11, 2019, 10:38:09 AM
Unfortunately the planets aligned this year where the NFC East plays the AFC East, so the three 0-16 contenders will all knock each other from the running. Jets and Dolphins will probably split their pair against each other and the Skins will probably beat one or the other at worst.
The Bengals, too, could still theoretically go 0-16, but AFC East also plays AFC North this year, so they should get to 2-14 by default.
I'm assuming Andy Dalton is good enough to get them at least a handful of wins by default.
If Andy Dalton is the answer, it's a stupid question.
I like the unofficial nicknames that don't seem to come from big fans or rivals. Some of them seem designed for shorter sports headlines:
"Bucs": Pittsburgh Pirates
"Tribe": Cleveland Indians
"Habs": Montreal Canadiens (Les Habitants)
"Bosox", "Chisox", "Nats", "Caps": not hard to figure out, as they're straightforward abbreviations
"Knicks": Knickerbockers, but the nickname is the de facto real name now
Quote from: hbelkins on October 11, 2019, 06:48:41 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2019, 01:01:00 PM
Quote from: webny99 on October 11, 2019, 12:02:54 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 11, 2019, 10:38:09 AM
Unfortunately the planets aligned this year where the NFC East plays the AFC East, so the three 0-16 contenders will all knock each other from the running. Jets and Dolphins will probably split their pair against each other and the Skins will probably beat one or the other at worst.
The Bengals, too, could still theoretically go 0-16, but AFC East also plays AFC North this year, so they should get to 2-14 by default.
I'm assuming Andy Dalton is good enough to get them at least a handful of wins by default.
If Andy Dalton is the answer, it's a stupid question.
I'll rephrase, the Bengals at least appear to be a bad NFL team whereas the Dolphins and Redskins are arguably minor league caliber. By the same token Andy Dalton is definitely a bad starting quarter back but his passer rating is still above 80. Either way I'd still take the Bengals to win 3 games over what chance the Dolphins and Redskins have.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2019, 09:46:20 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 11, 2019, 06:48:41 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2019, 01:01:00 PM
Quote from: webny99 on October 11, 2019, 12:02:54 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 11, 2019, 10:38:09 AM
Unfortunately the planets aligned this year where the NFC East plays the AFC East, so the three 0-16 contenders will all knock each other from the running. Jets and Dolphins will probably split their pair against each other and the Skins will probably beat one or the other at worst.
The Bengals, too, could still theoretically go 0-16, but AFC East also plays AFC North this year, so they should get to 2-14 by default.
I'm assuming Andy Dalton is good enough to get them at least a handful of wins by default.
If Andy Dalton is the answer, it's a stupid question.
I'll rephrase, the Bengals at least appear to be a bad NFL team whereas the Dolphins and Redskins are arguably minor league caliber. By the same token Andy Dalton is definitely a bad starting quarter back but his passer rating is still above 80. Either way I'd still take the Bengals to win 3 games over what chance the Dolphins and Redskins have.
The trend in this area now is to be upset with Mike Brown.
Quote from: kurumi on October 11, 2019, 09:27:45 PM
"Habs": Montreal Canadiens (Les Habitants)
I never knew the origins of that moniker until just now.
Interestingly the Redskins play at the Dolphins tomorrow (didn't know until I heard on the radio). Right now Washington is a 4 point road favorite which is pretty clear condemnation on what the book is on the Dolphins.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 12, 2019, 02:21:50 PM
Interestingly the Redskins play at the Dolphins tomorrow (didn't know until I heard on the radio). Right now Washington is a 4 point road favorite which is pretty clear condemnation on what the book is on the Dolphins.
TAAAAAANNK BOWWWWLLL!
Quote from: thspfc on October 12, 2019, 07:22:33 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 12, 2019, 02:21:50 PM
Interestingly the Redskins play at the Dolphins tomorrow (didn't know until I heard on the radio). Right now Washington is a 4 point road favorite which is pretty clear condemnation on what the book is on the Dolphins.
TAAAAAANNK BOWWWWLLL!
Toilet Bowl would probably be more accurate.
I was a Dolphins fan for 36 of my 48 years. Stress...WAS. I finally gave up on them this year. Only one Super Bowl appearance in that whole time (loss to San Francisco in XIX). The closest they would get since was the AFC Championship game against New England before XX and Buffalo before XXVII.
Still have all the love and respect in the world for Don Shula and Dan Marino. :)
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on October 12, 2019, 08:21:48 PM
I was a Dolphins fan for 36 of my 48 years. Stress...WAS. I finally gave up on them this year. Only one Super Bowl appearance in that whole time (loss to San Francisco in XIX). The closest they would get since was the AFC Championship game against New England before XX and Buffalo before XXVII.
Still have all the love and respect in the world for Don Shula and Dan Marino. :)
After Baltimore won the World Series in 1983, I rooted for them for many years as being the local team for my area in the pre-Nats era.
After about 20 years of nothing, I gave up on the Orioles.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 12, 2019, 07:29:39 PM
Quote from: thspfc on October 12, 2019, 07:22:33 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 12, 2019, 02:21:50 PM
Interestingly the Redskins play at the Dolphins tomorrow (didn't know until I heard on the radio). Right now Washington is a 4 point road favorite which is pretty clear condemnation on what the book is on the Dolphins.
TAAAAAANNK BOWWWWLLL!
Toilet Bowl would probably be more accurate.
You have a few of those Suck for Tua bowls coming up: Redskins/Dolphins, Jets/Dolphins (twice), Jets/Redskins, Jets/Bengals, Bengals/Dolphins. Somebody has to win those games (unless we get a rare tie)
I've never actually given up on a team for incompetence. As a Sox fan, I dealt with Buckner and Aaron F Boone. As a UConn fan, I dealt with the lesser known Christian Laettner shot in the 1990 East Regional Finals. I've dealt with 15 years of futility in the 90's and 2000's by the Celtics, as well as the Whalers never getting past the 2nd round. And right now, UConn football couldn't beat Trinity, Tunxis Community College, or Southington High School. I've only given up on one team: The Whalercanes, but that's because they gave up on Hartford. I remained an orphaned Whalers fan for years and couldn't follow Sleazy Petey Karmanos's franchise after being stabbed in the back. I would support a new team in Hartford in a heartbeat. But, unless Bettman leaves and the temperature in Hades falls to 20 below and there are blizzard conditions, it won't happen. I've since gravitated to the archrival Bruins because I'm Boston for pretty much everything else, and my dad watched them during the Orr/Espo heydays. Now, NFL football is a different story. When I started watching around 1985, the Pats and the Giants were always on, and it was okay to root for both because they rarely played each other, and had never played each other in a meaningful game. That is...until SB XLII. I had to become Switzerland, as I watched two of my proverbial siblings battle to the death. I was shielded from 18-1 only because it was the Giants, otherwise that would rank right up there in pain.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 12, 2019, 10:17:22 PM
Somebody has to win those games (unless we get a rare tie)
Three of the last four seasons (including 2019) have featured at least one tie game.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on October 12, 2019, 10:27:53 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 12, 2019, 10:17:22 PM
Somebody has to win those games (unless we get a rare tie)
Three of the last four seasons (including 2019) have featured at least one tie game.
...and OT was changed to 10 minuted, increasing the possibility.
Quote from: Big John on October 12, 2019, 10:30:11 PM
...and OT was changed to 10 minuted, increasing the possibility.
I still hate that rule change.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on October 12, 2019, 10:32:51 PM
Quote from: Big John on October 12, 2019, 10:30:11 PM
...and OT was changed to 10 minuted, increasing the possibility.
I still hate that rule change.
Ties are like kissing your sister. College football did away with them, and even the NHL did away with ties by adding the shootout. NFL should just go to NCAA overtime rules, not make it so we see
more of them (you'd see 1 every 2-3 seasons on average with the 15 minute OT).
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on October 12, 2019, 10:32:51 PM
Quote from: Big John on October 12, 2019, 10:30:11 PM
...and OT was changed to 10 minuted, increasing the possibility.
I still hate that rule change.
And its sole reason is in case some unlucky team has to play Thursday night after a Sunday OT. They should just fucking move football to Thursday because that's what they seem to want.
There was already one tie this year. Also, I don't think the Redskins are intentionally bad just managed by an incompetent owner.
Sounders are the Flounders for rival teams. At least we're delicious.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 13, 2019, 12:28:44 AM
Also, I don't think the Redskins are intentionally bad just managed by an incompetent owner.
Calling Dan Snyder
incompetent is putting it nicely.
At least the Dolphins went down in a blaze of glory trying to go for the win with the two point conversion instead of the point after kick to tie.
I wanted a tie, dammit.
My brother said a scoreless tie would have been appropriate, but that hasn't happened in the NFL since November 1943.
Anyone wonder why Iowa doesn't get a football team? Then Illinois and Minnesota would want one.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 13, 2019, 04:29:08 PM
I wanted a tie, dammit.
My brother said a scoreless tie would have been appropriate, but that hasn't happened in the NFL since November 1943.
But a tie would've put both teams out of 0-16 contention, not just one. My twisted fantasy for this season was the long-shot possibility of two teams going 0-16 in the same season, which I think would be a first. A bit unlikely, with how often the winless teams would be playing each other, but one can dream.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 12, 2019, 10:17:22 PM
I've never actually given up on a team for incompetence.
Neither have I. Both the Reds and Bengals have been bad lately, but I quit watching both MLB and NFL for other reasons. The MLB lost me after the 1994 strike, and I gradually lost interest in the Bengals in favor of NASCAR. If I had ever given any thought to watching the NFL again, the Kaepernick anthem-kneeling deal pushed me away permanently.
I've stuck with UK football for years, but I still watch and root for the Cats despite some awful teams.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 13, 2019, 05:44:56 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 12, 2019, 10:17:22 PM
I've never actually given up on a team for incompetence.
Neither have I. Both the Reds and Bengals have been bad lately, but I quit watching both MLB and NFL for other reasons. The MLB lost me after the 1994 strike, and I gradually lost interest in the Bengals in favor of NASCAR. If I had ever given any thought to watching the NFL again, the Kaepernick anthem-kneeling deal pushed me away permanently.
I've stuck with UK football for years, but I still watch and root for the Cats despite some awful teams.
Even NASCAR had a real problem with trying to be way too politically correct in the 2000s which coupled generational tastes differing really pushed a lot of the fan base away. I've more or less stuck with what traditionally is considered to be the big four American sports and auto racing in general over the years. I've found it easy to tune a lot of the political, celebrity culture, social implications or even political correctness by tuning out the glut of saturation sports media in favor of largely just watching the actual events. Really the only major sports body I kind of find more irksome than the others is the NCAA over how much top level sports has really become collegiate sports in name only.
Quote from: oscar on October 13, 2019, 04:59:28 PM
But a tie would've put both teams out of 0-16 contention, not just one. My twisted fantasy for this season was the long-shot possibility of two teams going 0-16 in the same season, which I think would be a first. A bit unlikely, with how often the winless teams would be playing each other, but one can dream.
Well, that didn't last. We're now down to two winless teams, and they'll play each other later this season. So at least one of them won't end up at 0-16.
This day isn't going well for me in sports. For football, the Panthers and Ravens won. Otherwise, every team I wanted to win lost, and every team I wanted to lose won.
Tonight's baseball game could salvage things. But I'm not optimistic the Astros will do much better than they did yesterday night.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 13, 2019, 04:20:50 PM
At least the Dolphins went down in a blaze of glory trying to go for the win with the two point conversion instead of the point after kick to tie.
Statement win for the Redskins.
Ever since I learned that they do not want to be called Southern Cal, I have referred to them as nothing but that, as in, "I was in South Bend Saturday to watch the Irish beat Southern Cal for the third straight year."
Quote from: cabiness42 on October 14, 2019, 07:18:09 PM
Ever since I learned that they do not want to be called Southern Cal, I have referred to them as nothing but that, as in, "I was in South Bend Saturday to watch the Irish beat Southern Cal for the third straight year."
It gets worse, and they know it. Starts with "University of Spoiled Children", and gets more vile from there.
Quote from: cabiness42 on October 14, 2019, 07:18:09 PM
Ever since I learned that they do not want to be called Southern Cal, I have referred to them as nothing but that, as in, "I was in South Bend Saturday to watch the Irish beat Southern Cal for the third straight year."
You mean Votre Shame.
"Griz Country" comes to mind, referring to Montana. I was naive calling them the butt of a joke in 1-AA because of that loss to Oregon.
I not only used to refer to the "Chicago Spares", I did a parody of their theme song:
Spare yourself, Chicago Spares
You've gotta spare yourself from victory
I had more to it but can't remember it all. Even fans of Chicago's NFL team that I knew thought that was funny.
There was also the Nebraska Pornhuskers, from my time in Omaha.
I can only hope my Badgers beat the Suckeyes this weekend, especially after that debacle against Illi-noise last weekend.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on October 23, 2019, 02:22:08 PM
I can only hope my Badgers beat the Suckeyes this weekend, especially after that debacle against Illi-noise last weekend.
They're very illinoiying to spoil their season like that.
Baltimore Ratbirds
Cincinnati Bungholes
Shittsburgh Steelers
Chicago White Sux
Kansas Shitty Royals
Detroit Pissed-ons
Chicago Bolsheviks
scUM, TTUN (The/That Team Up North), TSUN (The School/State Up North), Bitchagain, Meatchicken, Skunk Bears, Wolverweasels, Ann Arbor is a whore, etc.
The Nits (Penn State)
Indianer
Ooosk (USC)
Wright State, Wrong School
Don't really have one for Wisconsin, other than anytime I hear their fight song I think of these lyrics making fun of their band's style:
"On Wisconsin, play it louder! Blast! Blast! Blast! Blast! Blast!
You all march as if you have a stick shoved up your ass!"
Not nessasasrly a nickname I recall years ago when Dennis Miller joked the last time the Lions won was against the Christians in the coliseum.
Quote from: thspfc on October 09, 2019, 08:27:52 PM
Brewer fans here gave up hating cubs fans a long time ago because there are so many of them in Wisconsin.
Gave up? Since when? I know a lot of people that apparently missed that memo.
Quote from: DaBigE on January 09, 2020, 01:34:25 PM
Quote from: thspfc on October 09, 2019, 08:27:52 PM
Brewer fans here gave up hating cubs fans a long time ago because there are so many of them in Wisconsin.
Gave up? Since when? I know a lot of people that apparently missed that memo.
I certainly haven't given up. I don't care if I'm the last Brewers fan surrounded by Scrubs fans, I'm gonna keep on hating them.
Unamazing Blue aka The Skunks.
Chicago Scrubs and White Sucks.
New York Yuckies.
Chicago Chipmunks.
Chicago Bullshit.
Quote from: dvferyance on January 09, 2020, 12:53:52 PM
Not nessasasrly a nickname I recall years ago when Dennis Miller joked the last time the Lions won was against the Christians in the coliseum.
That's even a regional joke about the Lie-Downs.
Quote from: Brandon on January 10, 2020, 07:24:56 PM
Chicago Chipmunks.
From
A Christmas Story?
Quote from: A Christmas Story
The old man – The Chicago Bears: The terror of the midway. What a laugh. More like the Chicago Chipmunks... maybe. But Bears, never.
Quote from: kphoger on January 13, 2020, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: Brandon on January 10, 2020, 07:24:56 PM
Chicago Chipmunks.
From A Christmas Story?
Quote from: A Christmas Story
The old man – The Chicago Bears: The terror of the midway. What a laugh. More like the Chicago Chipmunks... maybe. But Bears, never.
Where else? :-D