that's what i figured. people will usually root for a team closest to them. i would think that the state of texas are more dallas cowboy fans than houston texan fans.

which new state do you think is ready for a professonal football (or other sports) team?

New York. Give them their own team and let us call the Jets and Giants by the name of the state they actually play from.

I would agree that there are probably less Texans fans, if only because they are a relatively new franchise, and Dallas is one of those "bandwagon" teams that people root for when there's no one else.

RIP Houston Oilers :(

Well, Nebraska obviously has no professional sports teams and only one big college, so that's why there's border to border devotion to Nebraska football. As for what pro teams, I grew up in NE Nebraska and my dad has always loved the Vikings. My husband grew up in Western Nebraska and they were all Denver Broncos fans. I think that people in SE Nebraska probably follow the KC Chiefs. And most people I know follow the KC Royals (although now with the Rockies, Western Nebraska fans probably follow them) because Omaha has the Royals AAA farm team.

And the fans are more polite at the games! I hate going to Fed-Ex field. No one will sit down for the entire game. It is soooo rude.
At M&T, you ONLY stand up for important plays, otherwise, you get yelled at to sit down! I'm so glad the Saints play the Ravens instead of the Skins next year so I don't have to go to Fed-Ex next year! I always go to a Ravens game anyway since they're my second fav team.

Someone sounds like a Bitter Betty...

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Sorry, but Giants Stadium which both teams play out of is in NJ. To my mind that makes then New Jersey Teams. Oh and the Statue of Liberty is in NJ as well. :P

I agree with you! Strangest set up ever. Then again, the Washington Redskins play in a stadium in Maryland.

That's different though as that is just a function of the tiny city of Washington not having room for a stadium.

Kinda the same as NYC. I guess they just didn't want it to go upstate NY.

They could have found room in one of the Boroughs if they wanted to. Or even right outside the city.

Yeah, I guess NJ is just cheaper.

how about a basketball franchise in kentucky?

Would make sense.

I'm originally from va, so I root for the redskins and a few college teams basically, alot of the surrounding states don't or didn't use to have pro teams like wv and the carolinas ( even though now they have the panthers ) but I know people still from md, va, nc, sc and wv who all root for the skins ! Go skins! : )

I'm from Florida but follow mostly Detroit teams owing to having lived there for 7 years. Exception is the Oakland Raiders for football (you may now commence Al Davis jokes, I've heard them all).

no way. UK, UofL, and WKU fans are all used to winning collegiate programs. even Murray State and EKU are used to some measured success in the OVC.

anything less than perennial post-season berths in the NBA would seem like underachieving.

to me, anyway.

it was funny seeing that old Kentucky Colonels (ABA) jersey in the movie Semi-Pro, though.

I live in DC and went to high school and college in Ohio, but I grew up in Indiana and have always been a Colts/Pacers fan.

My husband is a die-hard Miami Dolphins fan, but has lived in Indiana is entire life. He went to the same grade school as Bob Griese (although about 20 years later), so even his teachers were Dolphins fans.

If it's any consolation (to NYers that is), the practice field for the Giants is no longer in NJ. They now do their spring training and all of those other things in upstate NY.