Minor things that annoy you-sports edition

[Max Rockatansky]

When people say Indiana Bears, but not New Jersey Giants.

Indiana Bears

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

When people say Indiana Bears, but not New Jersey Giants.

Indiana Bears

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

[JayhawkCO]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

Any level of success since 1985?

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

Any level of success since 1985?

The Giants won a Super Bowl in the 90s

[kphoger]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs, but why are people calling them the Indiana Bears, but no one is calling them the New Jersey Giants?

[jlam]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs, but why are people calling them the Indiana Bears, but no one is calling them the New Jersey Giants?

People still call them the New Jersey Giants occasionally, but that wore out forty years ago. The Indiana Bears is a fresh and novel development.

[JayhawkCO]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

Any level of success since 1985?

The Giants won a Super Bowl in the 90s

That's what I meant. The Bears haven't won anything since '85. The Giants have won two Super Bowls.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs, but why are people calling them the Indiana Bears, but no one is calling them the New Jersey Giants?

People still call them the New Jersey Giants occasionally, but that wore out forty years ago. The Indiana Bears is a fresh and novel development.

But they don't play in Indianapolis, just a Chicago suburb (that just happens to be in another state). BTW I refuse to call them the Indiana Bears.

[kphoger]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs

You're not very good at this joke telling stuff.

[Max Rockatansky]

People sometimes out here make references to the "Santa Clara 49ers."  The Bears moving to outside the main urban core isn't unique to them. 

[Max Rockatansky]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs, but why are people calling them the Indiana Bears, but no one is calling them the New Jersey Giants?

People still call them the New Jersey Giants occasionally, but that wore out forty years ago. The Indiana Bears is a fresh and novel development.

But they don't play in Indianapolis, just a Chicago suburb (that just happens to be in another state). BTW I refuse to call them the Indiana Bears.

And yet you have referred to them as such several times in this very thread.

[kphoger]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

Ooh!  Ooh!  I know the answer!

The Indiana Bears are a baseball team, and the New Jersey Giants are not.

[jlam]

That's what I meant. The Bears haven't won anything since '85. The Giants have won two Super Bowls.

They've actually won four, at the conclusion of the 1986, 1990, 2007, and 2011 seasons. Four more than the Chicago Bears of Indiana have won over that same time period.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs, but why are people calling them the Indiana Bears, but no one is calling them the New Jersey Giants?

People still call them the New Jersey Giants occasionally, but that wore out forty years ago. The Indiana Bears is a fresh and novel development.

But they don't play in Indianapolis, just a Chicago suburb (that just happens to be in another state). BTW I refuse to call them the Indiana Bears.

And yet you have referred to them as such several times in this very thread.

I'm trying to get a point across.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

Brodie Brazil once made a Youtube video about if teams went by their literal names, very fun watch.

[jlam]

But they don't play in Indianapolis, just a Chicago suburb (that just happens to be in another state).

Does the rest of Indiana not count as Indiana? Somebody had better tell Indiana University.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

When people say Indiana Bears, but not New Jersey Giants.

Some people do make jokes about how there's only one team based in the state of NY.

[NWI_Irish96]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

I give up.  Tell me.  What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

No difference, they just happen to play in out of state suburbs, but why are people calling them the Indiana Bears, but no one is calling them the New Jersey Giants?

People still call them the New Jersey Giants occasionally, but that wore out forty years ago. The Indiana Bears is a fresh and novel development.

But they don't play in Indianapolis, just a Chicago suburb (that just happens to be in another state). BTW I refuse to call them the Indiana Bears.

Calling them the Indiana Bears isn't a serious thing. It's really just a way for us to troll the FIBs.

Between Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati, a good chunk of Indiana's population is part of a MSA centered in another state. I've lived in two of them.

[1995hoo]

Maybe the Northern Indiana Football Team should drop the name "Bears" and rename themselves after Joan of Arc.

[GaryV]

What is the difference between Indiana Bears and New Jersey Giants?

Ohio and Pennsylvania

[NWI_Irish96]

Maybe the Northern Indiana Football Team should drop the name "Bears" and rename themselves after Joan of Arc.

The Northern Indiana Football Team is headed up to Lambeau to kick some Badger ass.

[JayhawkCO]

That's what I meant. The Bears haven't won anything since '85. The Giants have won two Super Bowls.

They've actually won four, at the conclusion of the 1986, 1990, 2007, and 2011 seasons. Four more than the Chicago Bears of Indiana have won over that same time period.

Good call. I was just remembering the Eli ones. Completely forgot about the LT ones.

[formulanone]

Maybe the Northern Indiana Football Team should drop the name "Bears" and rename themselves after Joan of Arc.

The Northern Indiana Football Team is headed up to Lambeau to kick some Badger ass.

...you mean the Some Distance From Milwaukee Team? Personally, I they both stand a good chance of playing the victor of Pretty Good American Football Conference Team To-Be Determined From Another Metropolitan Statistical Area/State in the Ultimate Final Game Which Really Matters Played At City/Suburbs Which Changes Annually.