07-12-2019, 05:29 PM
The only team I really long-term dislike is the Steelers. I'm from Pittsburgh and the short story is my ol' man was a big fan and local fans cheering for Bradshaw to get hurt/retire turned him into a Steeler-hater (moreso someone who just can't stand common idiocy and group-think) and I started watching football when the Boomer/Ickey Woods Bengals were beating the Steelers.
I'm much more of a Bengals fan, but I've been a casual fan of the Bears since 1990 or so since I didn't root for the local teams (Steelers and Browns) so having two teams I liked made it more likely one would be on TV. Also, the Bears and Bengals were so bad at that time that I could root for two teams and still less than 8 wins per year...ouch. I dislike the Packers in the sense that they have fans that seem to not understand that having HOF QB play for 30 years at a time isn't a common occurrence, plus while I like the Bengals/Bears an annoying number of Steelers fans sort of like the Packers, too. They always give up on the teams halfway through the years and then are back in "super fan" mode by the time they make the playoffs later that year. Argh.
I like the Patriots quite a bit because the Steelers and their fans hate them, so if I rooted against the Patriots I'd be indistinguishable from a Steelers fan...and that would just be awful. I always point out on this board that were it not for the Patriots, the Steelers would likely have 8+ SB titles right now.
I'll also put a strike against the Seahawks, mostly because I find Russel Wilson to be an OK guy in reality, but also a bit of a weird guy, and not weird in a funny way. More than that, I was annoyed at how in the past 4 or so years when they made their push and won the SB so many people around here had "totally always sort of liked the Seahawks, for serious!" The Seahawks have also been the hot team to threaten to migrate to if/when you need to leave your current team. This has died down a bit as of late, though.
Anyways, that's all I've got for now. But I'll give an honorable mention for lousy big-market teams that stink up prime-time games year after year. Before the Eagles were good it seemed like every week there was a prime-time game between two NFC West squads that were all going to be 8-8 at the end of the season. Meh.
EDIT - I also started watching the CFL last year and it's not bad.
I'm much more of a Bengals fan, but I've been a casual fan of the Bears since 1990 or so since I didn't root for the local teams (Steelers and Browns) so having two teams I liked made it more likely one would be on TV. Also, the Bears and Bengals were so bad at that time that I could root for two teams and still less than 8 wins per year...ouch. I dislike the Packers in the sense that they have fans that seem to not understand that having HOF QB play for 30 years at a time isn't a common occurrence, plus while I like the Bengals/Bears an annoying number of Steelers fans sort of like the Packers, too. They always give up on the teams halfway through the years and then are back in "super fan" mode by the time they make the playoffs later that year. Argh.
I like the Patriots quite a bit because the Steelers and their fans hate them, so if I rooted against the Patriots I'd be indistinguishable from a Steelers fan...and that would just be awful. I always point out on this board that were it not for the Patriots, the Steelers would likely have 8+ SB titles right now.
I'll also put a strike against the Seahawks, mostly because I find Russel Wilson to be an OK guy in reality, but also a bit of a weird guy, and not weird in a funny way. More than that, I was annoyed at how in the past 4 or so years when they made their push and won the SB so many people around here had "totally always sort of liked the Seahawks, for serious!" The Seahawks have also been the hot team to threaten to migrate to if/when you need to leave your current team. This has died down a bit as of late, though.
Anyways, that's all I've got for now. But I'll give an honorable mention for lousy big-market teams that stink up prime-time games year after year. Before the Eagles were good it seemed like every week there was a prime-time game between two NFC West squads that were all going to be 8-8 at the end of the season. Meh.
EDIT - I also started watching the CFL last year and it's not bad.
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