How often do your favorite teams win championships? - Page 2

JasonC23 · 10-31-2005, 03:00 PM

05 White Sox

CLAP CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP

They're my true favorite team, so I voted for "Once" in the poll. But also...

Bears: 1985
Bulls: '91, '92, '93, '96, '97, '98

But I don't remember the Bears' victory that well, and I'm a casual basketball fan, so the one that truly meant something to me is this year's Sox.

Oh, and...

Iowa Hawkeyes football or basketball: (tears of sadness)

Masked · 10-31-2005, 03:03 PM

New Orleans Saints and Chicago Cubs

What do I win?

sterlingice · 10-31-2005, 03:23 PM

I get two for the Rockets but that's it. Doesn't help that my NFL team no longer exists (Oilers)

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Kodos · 10-31-2005, 03:27 PM

Can't go with the Texans (who have the stupidest nickname in all of professional sport)?

Fouts · 10-31-2005, 03:47 PM

Chargers - never
Padres - never
Lakers - too many
USC - too many

It's all or nothing. I'd give my left nut for a Chargers championship!

sterlingice · 10-31-2005, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kodos

Can't go with the Texans (who have the stupidest nickname in all of professional sport)?

Yeah, but I never lived there while the Texans have played.

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mckerney · 10-31-2005, 04:01 PM

Minnesota Twins - '91
Gopher Hockey - '01-'02, '02-'03

At least I could see another Gopher Hockey championship soon, other than that nothing looks too promising in the immediate future.

kingnebwsu · 10-31-2005, 04:51 PM

Ohio State football: 2002

Denver Broncos: back to back: '97&'98

Wright State basketball: awkward pause, no conf. title since '93 (I went to school there from '97-'02). This will change within a year or two.

Dr. Sak · 10-31-2005, 05:10 PM

College Football:
Penn State - 82 and 86 (and a disputed 94

)

Sixers did it once in the early 80s with the Doctor Julius Erving. The Flyers and Eagles never in my lifetime. I started rooting for Duke in college basketball when they got smack by UNLV and they have won it 3 times. But by far Penn State is my favorite team.

Easy Mac · 10-31-2005, 05:37 PM

Furman - 1988 (runners up 1985, 2001, only private school to win the 1-AA championship)
Atlanta Braves - 1995 (14 straight division titles)

timmae · 10-31-2005, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mustang

In my lifetime.. just football/basketball/baseball...

YOU AND i, i AND YOU MY FRIEND...

Packers - 1 (1996)
YES, HOW FRIGGIN SWEET IT WAS!! ALL THOSE YEARS OF DAVID WHITEHURST AND RANDY WRIGHT. ARGHH...

Brewers - 0
SMALL MARKET, NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.

Bucks - 1 (1970/71 although, I was 8 months old)
LEFT THE NBA YEARS AGO, AFTER THE STRIKE. YA KNOW WHAT... HAVEN'T MISSED IT ONE BIT.

Badgers - 0 (Although, 3 Rose Bowls and 1 Final Four are 3 Rose Bowls and 1 Final Four more than I ever thought I'd see from them growing up in the 80s...)
YES, THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN DOING GREAT. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HOCKEY TEAM!!! 1977, 1981, 1983 AND 1990!! MAYBE AGAIN SOON!!

YEPPERS..

miami_fan · 10-31-2005, 05:42 PM

UM Football-83,87,89,91,2001
UM Baseball-82,85,99,2001
Dolphins-

( I can't claim 72 or 73 still in diapers)
Heat- It better be this year

Marlins-97,03

I really want to become a Panthers fan but it is going to take some work!

Lorena · 10-31-2005, 05:50 PM

True favorite team eh? I might of misunderstood the question since at the moment, my TRUE favorite team is the Chargers, so I voted NONE. During basketball season, it's the Lakers and during baseball season, I casually follow the Dodgers.

Mantle2600 · 10-31-2005, 05:59 PM

Indians - 0
Browns - 0
Cavaliers - 0
Buckeyes - 2002

Sometimes i honestly hate being alive.

st.cronin · 10-31-2005, 06:05 PM

pats 3
sox 1
celtics 1 that I remember
bruins zero

panerd · 10-31-2005, 06:10 PM

Cardinals- '82 doesn't really count since I was in 2nd grade. But '85 and '87 really let me down. Can't say last year's sweep was anywhere need my disappointment in '85.

Bengals- The '88 season really turned me on to pro football. (And really made me hate Joe Montana) I thought Blake and Pickens would pull one out in the mid '90s, they always did in Tecmo Bowl.

Mizzou Basketball- Does the elite eight count for anything?

Mizzou Football- none. But I have probably seen more coaches come and go than most fans!

cmp · 10-31-2005, 06:24 PM

Michigan Football - 97
Red Wings - 97, 98, 02
Pistons - 04

ThunderingHERD · 10-31-2005, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by streetballer22

Syracuse Orangemen Basketball 1
LA Lakers 3
NY Yankees 2

ThunderingHERD · 10-31-2005, 08:32 PM

Carolina Basketball - 2
Braves - 1
Panthers - 0
Hornets/Bobcats - 0

Draft Dodger · 10-31-2005, 08:39 PM

Dodgers in 81 and 88 and Avalanche in 2001 are the only ones that really have mattered to me. And, since the Avs win is the only time a championship has made me cry, I'm going to annoint that one the winner.

GoCanes · 10-31-2005, 09:12 PM

While I am a Dodger, NY Ranger, Titan and Laker fan, I bleed green and orange so I only counted the U's 5 championships. BTW while we may lose to a VERY good VaTerch team, watch out for us next year when we get the 'Noles and VaTech at home and KWright is a year better!!!

st.cronin · 10-31-2005, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoCanes

While I am a Dodger, NY Ranger, Titan and Laker fan, I bleed green and orange so I only counted the U's 5 championships. BTW while we may lose to a VERY good VaTerch team, watch out for us next year when we get the 'Noles and VaTech at home and KWright is a year better!!!

No worries, you're going to beat VaTech.

sterlingice · 10-31-2005, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThunderingHERD

I'm guessing he scratched off Patriots at the last moment

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RendeR · 11-01-2005, 01:44 AM

Shit I almost forgot NASCAR! With my joe Gibbs Racing Fanatiscism and being a long time (aka 20+ years) Terry labonte and Darrell Waltrip fan, I can tack a bunch on to mine....

Terry Labonte 2
Darrell Waltrip 3
Bobby Labonte 1
Tony Stewart 1 (soon to be 2!!!)

whooot, I'm pushing like 20 titles now....

larrymcg421 · 11-01-2005, 03:47 AM

I started watching sports in the early 80s, and all but one of my teams has won a championship.

Dolphins - I'd gladly trade all the championships won by my other teams for just one here, particularly between 83 and 99.
Hurricanes - 83, 87, 89, 91, 01 (although only the first and last are really satisfying for me now)
Braves - 95
Celtics - 84, 86

Icy · 11-01-2005, 04:03 AM

In Soccer i'm a Real Madrid fan since i was a kid so i'm used to see them win it all. Have been tons of times at their stadium, etc etc. The same for european basketball where i also support R.Madrid.

In football, well i'm a Dolphins fan and i started to follow football after the Marino era so i'm not used to lots of success.

In the NBA i support Memphis mainly because i started to follow the NBA when Gasol went there.

In Baseball i support the Marlins and saw them win in 2003, not good season this year.

In college sports i don't support any team specially, i enjoy watching any good game. I use to follow the teams i have managed in FBCB or TCY like Miami, Toledo, FIU, Baylor.

Ragone · 11-01-2005, 04:48 AM

Louisville Cardinals:80,85
Tampa Bay Lightning 2003.. err whatever that last year was

I basically started following hockey when tampa/ottawa was expansion teams.. so i kinda picked the american team to root for as my fav.. was alot of suffering thru the petr klima/brian bradley years

miami_fan · 11-01-2005, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I started watching sports in the early 80s, and all but one of my teams has won a championship.

Dolphins - I'd gladly trade all the championships won by my other teams for just one here, particularly between 83 and 99.
Hurricanes - 83, 87, 89, 91, 01 (although only the first and last are really satisfying for me now)
Braves - 95
Celtics - 84, 86

I can't say I would trade ALL of them. How about the 89 one for a title for Danny

You and others have brought up a good point as to which titles were the most satisfying. Now that I think about it the two most satisfying championships won by my teams were the 83 Hurricanes and the 2003 Marlins.

Joe · 11-01-2005, 07:05 AM

Vikings- Never
T'Wolves- Never
Twins- 87 & 91
Gopher Football- Not in my lifetime
Gopher Basketball- Nope, only to the final four when they cheated

JeeberD · 11-01-2005, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

If we're dealing only with pro sports I'm at five.

Cowboys - '92, '93, '95
Rockets - '94, '95
Astros - Nope

Huck stole my post, but I would also add the Edmonton Oilers championship in 1990...

bronconick · 11-01-2005, 12:52 PM

College Hockey- Western Michigan- Let's win a NCAA game first
Pro Hockey- San Jose Sharks- Nope. (Why couldn't the guy who got me into hockey been a Wings fan, like everyone else in this cursed state.

)
College Football- Florida State- 1993, 1999
Western- Maybe if they drop to 1-AA
Pro Football- Detroit Lions- HAHAHAHAHA. Right.

(Large gap in interest)

Pistons in basketball, 89-90, 2004, but I only casualy follow the NBA, usually tuning in around the playoffs
Tigers in baseball- too young for 1984, and I'm even less interested in MLB then NBA.

Neuqua · 11-01-2005, 12:58 PM

Chicago Bulls - 6 times (Easily my favorite sport too so this worked out great)
Chicago Cubs - 0 times
Chicago Bears - 1 time (though I was 2 so I don't really count it)
Chicago Blackhawks - 0 times (though I don't care much for hockey)
NIU Football - 0 times (Freakin' Toledo)

Antmeister · 11-01-2005, 01:05 PM

Lakers - 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002
Chargers - None, but they went to one SuperBowl in my lifetime.
Padres - None, but I have seen them in one World Series. I wasn't a fan of baseball the previous time they went.

tucker342 · 11-01-2005, 07:52 PM

I'm much more of a college sports fan than a pro sports fan

pro championships:
Lakers: 5 total in my lifetime ('87, '88, 2000, 2001, 2002) only the last three count because I don't remember the other ones
Braves: 1 ('95)
49ers: 3 total in my lifetime('88, '89 and '94) only the one in '94 counts though cause I don't remember the other ones

College:
Iowa Hawkeyes: none in the two major sports (that will change if Kirk Ferentz stays) but we have a lot of championships in wrestling.....

tucker342 · 11-01-2005, 08:01 PM

dola-

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonC23

Iowa Hawkeyes football or basketball: (tears of sadness)

well at least we can cry together

while it won't happen in basketball as long as Steve Alford is the coach I do think if Kirk Ferentz stays we will have a legitimate chance to win a championship in football (it's sending chills down my spine just thinking about it

)

Pumpy Tudors · 11-01-2005, 08:12 PM

(in my time as a fan)

Denver Broncos - 2
St. Louis Cardinals - 1 (I became a fan of the team during the '82 season, even though I was only 5 years old)
New Jersey Devils - 3
Utah Jazz - 0 (JORDAN PUSHED OFF!)
Memphis Grizzlies - 65 ... no, wait. 0
New Orleans VooDoo - 0
UNO basketball - we won't even get back to the tournament if we can't beat UL-Lafayette
Memphis football - 0 (never gonna happen)
Memphis basketball - 0 (highly unlikely to happen)
Tulane football - 0 (even less likely than "never")

I guess I'll have to live with the 6 from the Broncos, Cards, and Devils. I can pretty much count on all three of them getting to the playoffs every year, but I don't expect any more championships for a long time. The hard part is watching my teams lose in the finals or the Super Bowl or whatever. Since I became a fan of the teams, I've watched the Broncos lose three Super Bowls, the Cardinals lose three World Series, the Devils lose one Stanley Cup Final (although I was somewhat happy for Ray Bourque), and the Jazz lose two NBA Finals. At least the Grizzlies won't get to the Finals anytime soon, and the VooDoo is on hiatus. The losses are hard, though.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-01-2005, 08:13 PM

Dola

Memphis did win the NIT a couple of years ago, but I won't count that.

Antmeister · 11-01-2005, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fouts

...Chargers - never

It's all or nothing. I'd give my left nut for a Chargers championship!...

I'm with Fouts on this one. Although I raise him an extra nut because I don't need any more kids.

clintl · 11-01-2005, 08:41 PM

49ers - '81, '84, '88, '89, '94
Warriors (no longer my favorite but were at the time) - '74
UC Davis - NCAA Division II basketball, '98
Still waiting for the Giants and Sharks

Vinatieri for Prez · 11-02-2005, 01:50 AM

I've had good luck with football for sure:

Pats 3 championships in 4 years
Cornhuskers 3 championships in 4 years (while I attended)

I am pretty sure that is not going to happen again.

Terps · 11-02-2005, 01:57 AM

Orioles - 1983
N.Y. Giants - '86 & '91
Terps - 2002 Basketball
Capitals - Not yet.
Bullets/Wizards - Not yet.

Vince · 11-02-2005, 03:42 AM

Though I loves me my Niners ('81, '84, '88, '89, '94), my true favorite team is the San Francisco Giants. And that has been a sad, sad thing.

From the glory days of Will Clark, Candy Maldonado, Chili Davis, Jeffrey Leonard and Matt Williams (among others...I could name off just about anyone. Scott Garelts? Kirt Manwaring? How about Greg Litton?) to the crap that was the mid-nineties (I still have nightmares of William Van Launching Pad and Rikkert Faneyte), to the heartbreaking seasons like 2000 (Lost to the Mets in the first round) and 2003 (Lost to the Marlins in the first round).

2002 never happened.

AlexB · 11-02-2005, 04:40 AM

I've got two teams that I'm genuinely bothered about: the Dolphins haven't won a bean since I started following Marino & the Marks brothers.

Big Leicester City fan - never won a league title in their history (2nd in 1929 is the
closest they've come, but that was a little before my time).

Following Leicester is historically tough - we have a couple of 'quality' statistics: most number of FA Cup finals played without winning the CUP (4), second most Championship victories ever [(6) which means we get relegated a lot as well!]...

But we have never been outside of the top two divisions in our history, have won the League Cup 3 times, and under Martin O'Neill had relative success, being one of only five teams to finish in the top half of the Premiership all four years between 1997-2000, and were only of only five teams to win a trophy during that period (League Cup - twice).

But since then we have had the misfortune of having the managers Peter 'Fuckwit' Taylor ruin the club, and Mickey 'the Muppet' Adams start well, and then operate a footballers' retirement home policy as a substitute for squad building... We now are a mid table rebuilding Championship side...

For an alternative history, written while we were still in the Premiership, look at hxxp://www.mehstg.com/leicest.htm
The facts are unfortunately all right apart from the fact we only lost two play-off finals in a row, not four (we made the play-off final three years straight: losing twice, winning the third; then got relegated again, before immediately getting back to the final and winning again)

dawgfan · 11-02-2005, 01:20 PM

U of Washington football: '91 (that looks oh so long ago now in the depths of a 2nd straight awful season)
U of Washington basketball: never (but we're starting to get real good with Romar in charge)

Sonics: '78-79 (I was only 9, but I remember that year and the near miss the year before well)

Seahawks: never (though Holmgren seems to finally have things on the right track)

Mariners: never (man, 2001 was bitter, especially now that we're entering year 3 of the big rebuild)

vyshka · 11-02-2005, 01:26 PM

Tough call. I will go with my first favorite team the Pittsburgh Steelers though. Another team is from my home state, the Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling team. They won 9 straight NCAA titles in the 70s-80s, and then after a couple years went on another 7 year tear I believe. I am a Man Utd fan as well, but I am not sure what their total silverware tally is.

Kodos · 09-12-2006, 11:00 AM

Still waiting for a championship for one of my favorite teams.

And waiting...

And waiting...

Desnudo · 09-12-2006, 11:02 AM

The Miami Fusion?

Tigercat · 09-12-2006, 11:06 AM

My true Favorite teams, Only once
LSU Football - 2003
Saints - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahaha ha

Oakland A's have won some championships in my lifetime
LSU baseball mastered an entire decade almost

But baseball always comes after football, hell even after basketball. LSU basketball will hopefully make another run in my lifetime, maybe even soon?

Bee · 09-12-2006, 11:23 AM

Championships? What are those?

Conflaguration · 09-12-2006, 11:28 AM

Spurs? Hmmm, let's see...

1951, then again in 1961, then uh....yeah.

View Poll Results: How many times has your true favorite team won a championship?
Never	33	21.57%
Once	29	18.95%
Two to five times	60	39.22%
Six to ten times	25	16.34%
More than I can remember!	6	3.92%
Voters: 153. You may not vote on this poll

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10-31-2005, 03:03 PM	#52
Masked College Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area	New Orleans Saints and Chicago Cubs What do I win?

10-31-2005, 03:47 PM	#55
Fouts College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California	Chargers - never Padres - never Lakers - too many USC - too many It's all or nothing. I'd give my left nut for a Chargers championship!

10-31-2005, 04:01 PM	#57
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Minnesota Twins - '91 Gopher Hockey - '01-'02, '02-'03 At least I could see another Gopher Hockey championship soon, other than that nothing looks too promising in the immediate future.

10-31-2005, 04:51 PM	#58
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Ohio State football: 2002 Denver Broncos: back to back: '97&'98 Wright State basketball: awkward pause, no conf. title since '93 (I went to school there from '97-'02). This will change within a year or two.

10-31-2005, 05:10 PM	#59
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	College Football: Penn State - 82 and 86 (and a disputed 94 ) Sixers did it once in the early 80s with the Doctor Julius Erving. The Flyers and Eagles never in my lifetime. I started rooting for Duke in college basketball when they got smack by UNLV and they have won it 3 times. But by far Penn State is my favorite team.

10-31-2005, 05:42 PM	#62
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	UM Football-83,87,89,91,2001 UM Baseball-82,85,99,2001 Dolphins- ( I can't claim 72 or 73 still in diapers) Heat- It better be this year Marlins-97,03 I really want to become a Panthers fan but it is going to take some work!

10-31-2005, 05:50 PM	#63
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	True favorite team eh? I might of misunderstood the question since at the moment, my TRUE favorite team is the Chargers, so I voted NONE. During basketball season, it's the Lakers and during baseball season, I casually follow the Dodgers.

10-31-2005, 06:05 PM	#65
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	pats 3 sox 1 celtics 1 that I remember bruins zero

10-31-2005, 06:10 PM	#66
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	Cardinals- '82 doesn't really count since I was in 2nd grade. But '85 and '87 really let me down. Can't say last year's sweep was anywhere need my disappointment in '85. Bengals- The '88 season really turned me on to pro football. (And really made me hate Joe Montana) I thought Blake and Pickens would pull one out in the mid '90s, they always did in Tecmo Bowl. Mizzou Basketball- Does the elite eight count for anything? Mizzou Football- none. But I have probably seen more coaches come and go than most fans! Last edited by panerd : 10-31-2005 at 06:13 PM. Reason: Got the Bengal years wrong. Man I am getting old.

10-31-2005, 06:24 PM	#67
cmp Pro Rookie Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Grand Rapids, MI	Michigan Football - 97 Red Wings - 97, 98, 02 Pistons - 04

10-31-2005, 08:32 PM	#69
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10-31-2005, 08:39 PM	#70
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	Dodgers in 81 and 88 and Avalanche in 2001 are the only ones that really have mattered to me. And, since the Avs win is the only time a championship has made me cry, I'm going to annoint that one the winner. __________________ Mile High Hockey

10-31-2005, 09:12 PM	#71
GoCanes n00b Join Date: Feb 2002	While I am a Dodger, NY Ranger, Titan and Laker fan, I bleed green and orange so I only counted the U's 5 championships. BTW while we may lose to a VERY good VaTerch team, watch out for us next year when we get the 'Noles and VaTech at home and KWright is a year better!!!

11-01-2005, 01:44 AM	#74
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Shit I almost forgot NASCAR! With my joe Gibbs Racing Fanatiscism and being a long time (aka 20+ years) Terry labonte and Darrell Waltrip fan, I can tack a bunch on to mine.... Terry Labonte 2 Darrell Waltrip 3 Bobby Labonte 1 Tony Stewart 1 (soon to be 2!!!) whooot, I'm pushing like 20 titles now.... __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

11-01-2005, 03:47 AM	#75
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	I started watching sports in the early 80s, and all but one of my teams has won a championship. Dolphins - I'd gladly trade all the championships won by my other teams for just one here, particularly between 83 and 99. Hurricanes - 83, 87, 89, 91, 01 (although only the first and last are really satisfying for me now) Braves - 95 Celtics - 84, 86 __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

11-01-2005, 04:03 AM	#76
Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	In Soccer i'm a Real Madrid fan since i was a kid so i'm used to see them win it all. Have been tons of times at their stadium, etc etc. The same for european basketball where i also support R.Madrid. In football, well i'm a Dolphins fan and i started to follow football after the Marino era so i'm not used to lots of success. In the NBA i support Memphis mainly because i started to follow the NBA when Gasol went there. In Baseball i support the Marlins and saw them win in 2003, not good season this year. In college sports i don't support any team specially, i enjoy watching any good game. I use to follow the teams i have managed in FBCB or TCY like Miami, Toledo, FIU, Baylor.

11-01-2005, 04:48 AM	#77
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Louisville Cardinals:80,85 Tampa Bay Lightning 2003.. err whatever that last year was I basically started following hockey when tampa/ottawa was expansion teams.. so i kinda picked the american team to root for as my fav.. was alot of suffering thru the petr klima/brian bradley years

11-01-2005, 07:05 AM	#79
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	Vikings- Never T'Wolves- Never Twins- 87 & 91 Gopher Football- Not in my lifetime Gopher Basketball- Nope, only to the final four when they cheated

11-01-2005, 12:52 PM	#81
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	College Hockey- Western Michigan- Let's win a NCAA game first Pro Hockey- San Jose Sharks- Nope. (Why couldn't the guy who got me into hockey been a Wings fan, like everyone else in this cursed state. ) College Football- Florida State- 1993, 1999 Western- Maybe if they drop to 1-AA Pro Football- Detroit Lions- HAHAHAHAHA. Right. (Large gap in interest) Pistons in basketball, 89-90, 2004, but I only casualy follow the NBA, usually tuning in around the playoffs Tigers in baseball- too young for 1984, and I'm even less interested in MLB then NBA.

11-01-2005, 12:58 PM	#82
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Chicago Bulls - 6 times (Easily my favorite sport too so this worked out great) Chicago Cubs - 0 times Chicago Bears - 1 time (though I was 2 so I don't really count it) Chicago Blackhawks - 0 times (though I don't care much for hockey) NIU Football - 0 times (Freakin' Toledo) __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

11-01-2005, 01:05 PM	#83
Antmeister Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue	Lakers - 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 Chargers - None, but they went to one SuperBowl in my lifetime. Padres - None, but I have seen them in one World Series. I wasn't a fan of baseball the previous time they went.

11-01-2005, 07:52 PM	#84
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	I'm much more of a college sports fan than a pro sports fan pro championships: Lakers: 5 total in my lifetime ('87, '88, 2000, 2001, 2002) only the last three count because I don't remember the other ones Braves: 1 ('95) 49ers: 3 total in my lifetime('88, '89 and '94) only the one in '94 counts though cause I don't remember the other ones College: Iowa Hawkeyes: none in the two major sports (that will change if Kirk Ferentz stays) but we have a lot of championships in wrestling.....

11-01-2005, 08:12 PM	#86
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	(in my time as a fan) Denver Broncos - 2 St. Louis Cardinals - 1 (I became a fan of the team during the '82 season, even though I was only 5 years old) New Jersey Devils - 3 Utah Jazz - 0 (JORDAN PUSHED OFF!) Memphis Grizzlies - 65 ... no, wait. 0 New Orleans VooDoo - 0 UNO basketball - we won't even get back to the tournament if we can't beat UL-Lafayette Memphis football - 0 (never gonna happen) Memphis basketball - 0 (highly unlikely to happen) Tulane football - 0 (even less likely than "never") I guess I'll have to live with the 6 from the Broncos, Cards, and Devils. I can pretty much count on all three of them getting to the playoffs every year, but I don't expect any more championships for a long time. The hard part is watching my teams lose in the finals or the Super Bowl or whatever. Since I became a fan of the teams, I've watched the Broncos lose three Super Bowls, the Cardinals lose three World Series, the Devils lose one Stanley Cup Final (although I was somewhat happy for Ray Bourque), and the Jazz lose two NBA Finals. At least the Grizzlies won't get to the Finals anytime soon, and the VooDoo is on hiatus. The losses are hard, though. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-01-2005, 08:13 PM	#87
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Dola Memphis did win the NIT a couple of years ago, but I won't count that. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-01-2005, 08:41 PM	#89
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	49ers - '81, '84, '88, '89, '94 Warriors (no longer my favorite but were at the time) - '74 UC Davis - NCAA Division II basketball, '98 Still waiting for the Giants and Sharks

11-02-2005, 01:50 AM	#90
Vinatieri for Prez College Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle	I've had good luck with football for sure: Pats 3 championships in 4 years Cornhuskers 3 championships in 4 years (while I attended) I am pretty sure that is not going to happen again.

11-02-2005, 01:57 AM	#91
Terps College Prospect Join Date: Jul 2001	Orioles - 1983 N.Y. Giants - '86 & '91 Terps - 2002 Basketball Capitals - Not yet. Bullets/Wizards - Not yet.

11-02-2005, 03:42 AM	#92
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Though I loves me my Niners ('81, '84, '88, '89, '94), my true favorite team is the San Francisco Giants. And that has been a sad, sad thing. From the glory days of Will Clark, Candy Maldonado, Chili Davis, Jeffrey Leonard and Matt Williams (among others...I could name off just about anyone. Scott Garelts? Kirt Manwaring? How about Greg Litton?) to the crap that was the mid-nineties (I still have nightmares of William Van Launching Pad and Rikkert Faneyte), to the heartbreaking seasons like 2000 (Lost to the Mets in the first round) and 2003 (Lost to the Marlins in the first round). 2002 never happened. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

11-02-2005, 04:40 AM	#93
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	I've got two teams that I'm genuinely bothered about: the Dolphins haven't won a bean since I started following Marino & the Marks brothers. Big Leicester City fan - never won a league title in their history (2nd in 1929 is the closest they've come, but that was a little before my time). Following Leicester is historically tough - we have a couple of 'quality' statistics: most number of FA Cup finals played without winning the CUP (4), second most Championship victories ever [(6) which means we get relegated a lot as well!]... But we have never been outside of the top two divisions in our history, have won the League Cup 3 times, and under Martin O'Neill had relative success, being one of only five teams to finish in the top half of the Premiership all four years between 1997-2000, and were only of only five teams to win a trophy during that period (League Cup - twice). But since then we have had the misfortune of having the managers Peter 'Fuckwit' Taylor ruin the club, and Mickey 'the Muppet' Adams start well, and then operate a footballers' retirement home policy as a substitute for squad building... We now are a mid table rebuilding Championship side... For an alternative history, written while we were still in the Premiership, look at hxxp://www.mehstg.com/leicest.htm The facts are unfortunately all right apart from the fact we only lost two play-off finals in a row, not four (we made the play-off final three years straight: losing twice, winning the third; then got relegated again, before immediately getting back to the final and winning again) __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports! Last edited by AlexB : 11-02-2005 at 04:41 AM.

11-02-2005, 01:20 PM	#94
dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	U of Washington football: '91 (that looks oh so long ago now in the depths of a 2nd straight awful season) U of Washington basketball: never (but we're starting to get real good with Romar in charge) Sonics: '78-79 (I was only 9, but I remember that year and the near miss the year before well) Seahawks: never (though Holmgren seems to finally have things on the right track) Mariners: never (man, 2001 was bitter, especially now that we're entering year 3 of the big rebuild)