Name Your Game
 

Ok, in the English Premier League thread, DeltaSigStan made the following comment:



That post got me to thinking. It bothers me how people will jump on the bandwagon when a team starts to do well. Or, similarly, it also bothers me when haters accuse long-time fans of jumping on the bandwagon when they have been supporters all along.

So, since Stan is listing, lets all share as well. The good, the bad and the ugly....list all of your favorite teams good or not! :)


Kelly/Navane supports:


American Football:

* San Diego Chargers
* Any team which plays against the Raiders (heh).
* USC Trojans


Baseball:

*San Diego Padres
*Anaheim Angels (I lived in Long Beach for 7 years. There was NO WAY I was going to root for the Dodgers. Since I thought it would be nice to also support a more "local" team, I liked the Angels. I was so happy for them when they won the Series!)


Rubgy:

* England National Team
* Any local English team in the West Country! (esp. Bristol, Bath and Glos. - it's all good!)
* I always support England, but I do think the All Blacks are pretty cool.


English Football:

* Liverpool FC
* Bristol City FC
* Wimbledon AFC (no, not Milton Keynes!)


MLS Soccer:

* LA Galaxy


World Cup Football:

* USA National Team
* England National Team
* Poland National Team
* USA Women's National Team


Noticibly absent are any listings for basketball and hockey - I don't care for either sport. At my house, the others support the Lakers for basketball and the San Diego Gulls for hockey. Though, I only watch if I'm forced to or if it's a championship match.


Your turn!


.....Kelly :)

American Football:
New York Giants

Baseball:
New York Yankees (I was there during the Balboni era)

Rugby:
Either Springbok or All Blacks
Super 12 - Stormers
Provincial South Africa - Western Cape
Collegiate - Stellenbosch Maties (supposedly the largest rugby club in the world with over 12,000 members)

English Football:
Arsenal

Spanish Football:
Barcelona

Dutch Football:
Feyenoord

Hockey:
New York Rangers

Basketball:
New York Knicks

National Football Team:
French
South Africa
Indonesia

My teams
 

American Football:

University of Kentucky Wildcats!
Any team that plays against Louisville
Indiana Hoosiers
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns (but that allegiance goes with Tim Couch)

American Basketball:

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILDCATS!
Again, any team that plays against Louisville
Boston Celtics

NHL Hockey:

Columbus Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins (when not playing the Jackets)

MLS Soccer:

Columbus Crew

BASEBALL: Yankees (like Arya, I was there during the Steve Balboni, Andy Hawkins era. I've been a fan from the bad times to the good, Don Mattingly is still my favorite all-time athlete, and anyone who thinks I'm a bandwagon-jumper doesn't know what they're talking about)

FOOTBALL: Giants. I became a fan during the LT and Phil Simms years, and have stuck with them, through bad and good.

COLLEGE SPORTS: UConn. I'm a HUGE UConn basketball fan (since the Cliff Robinson days), and follow their other teams too, even if I'm a Boston U. alum.

BASKETBALL: Knicks fan, even if they suck now.

HOCKEY: Loved the Whalers...now I follow a few teams, but never the way I followed the Whale.

Collin

Re: Name Your Game
 

American Football:

* Nebraska Cornhuskers
* Kansas City Cheifs (but I've stopped following the NFL so closely sinc e getting to college)


Baseball:

*Nebraska Cornhuskers (gotta support the ole' U)
*Kansas City Royals, but I'll be honest the only reason I'm still paying attention is because they're in first place. I dont' think this is bandwagonish b/c I'll watch during April, and usually by that point they are out of it. Watch out for next year though too.
*Whoever is playing the Colorado Buffalos :mad:

English Football:

* Arsenal but I haven't payed close attention for a couple years.


MLS Soccer:

* Kansas City Wizards

World Cup Football:

* USA National Team
* Croatian National Team
* USA Youth National Teams during Youth World Cups...how about them U-17's right now???

College Basketball
*Anyone who's playing Kansas, unless it's UT or Colorado


I can't stand the NBA, and I only pay attention to the NHL in the playoffs, and I'll usually pick a team at the beginning to root for since that makes it more fun. This past season it was Ottawa, and I think I may make them my semi-permanent favorite team.

The only team/sport to which I am completely loyal is Detroit Red Wings Hockey. I have been following them since '93...way before they won their three Stanley Cups.

I'm a Chicago Bears fan, and I will be no matter where in this world I live.

I'm also a Lakers and Bulls fan, and for college sports, University of Iowa.

Re: My teams
 

American Football

Cleveland Browns (Kelly Holcomb is the Starter for this Season:D )
Atlanta Falcons
Miami Dolphins


BASKETBALL

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY VIKINGS

Ohio State

Cleveland Cavaliers :D
San Antonio Spurs


BASEBALL

Cleveland Indians:D
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs


HOCKEY

Cleveland Barons
Pittsburgh Penguins
Columbus Blue Jackets

College Football - Oklahoma Sooners, Air Force Academy, and whoever's playing the Texas Shorthorns!

Pro Football - Miami Dolphins (Just because i live in the Dallas area does not make me automatically a Cowboys fan!)

Baseball - New York Yankees

College Basketball - BFD! Only watch it during the Finals.

Pro Basketball - San Antonio Spurs (for once a team with class!)

Hockey - Only during the playoffs.

Soccer National Team - Brasil, Germany, USA

Baseball:
Yankees or Mets

Football:
New England Patriots

Basketball:
whatever team Christian Laettner is on
otherwise, no preference

Hockey:
Boston Bruins

WNBA:
no preference, I just wish it was more popular

Soccer:
What's that?

Tennis:
Goran Ivanisevic
Serena Williams
Lindsay Davenport

Hockey
Vancouver Canucks (have been a fan since 1990 and stuck with them during the years of hell 96-01).
Ottawa Senators
San Jose Sharks

Minor League Hockey
Manitoba Moose (ok so it's the Vancouver Farm team - but they have some amazing talent)

WHL Hockey
Vancouver Giants
Kootney Ice

CFL Football
BC Lions

NFL Football
Miami Dolphins

Cart Racing
Paul Tracey

The only sport I really enjoy is baseball, and I'm a BOSTON RED SOX fan through and through.

I guess football I'd say the NE Patriots...or the Minnesota Vikings.

I'm not a faithful follower of much else...

Pro Football:
Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints
Cincinnati Bengals
(Just because I live in Dallas doesn't mean I became an instant Cowboys fan)

Baseball:
Detroit Tigers(although I haven't followed them in years)

Pro Basketball:
Spurs
Pistons

College Football:
LSU
La Tech
(Although I'm deep in Big 12 country, my heart still belongs to the SEC and WAC

College Basketball
LSU (both boys and girls)
La Tech (both boys and girls)

College Football: FLORID STATE SEMINOLES, Miami Hurricans, and anyone playing the Gators.

NFL: TAMPA BAY BUCS, ATLANTA FALCONS.

Don't really have a preference in any other sports...I will watch tennis if Venus and Serena are on, but that's about it.

NFL:
New York Giants
Dallas Cowboys
Philadelphia Eagles (only because of McNabb)

NBA:
Orlando Magic
Denver Nuggets (only because of Carmelo)

MLB:
New York Yankees

College Basketball and Football:
SYRACUSE ORANGEMEN

Home of the 2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions!!!! :D

Football:
the Bengals (hides head in shame) i remember the glory days with Boomer and Icky...i did the icky shuffle for the entire school with my class in kindergarden

Baseball:
the Reds

Hockey -- Toronto Maple Leafs!

Baseball -- NY Mets

American Football -- whoever's playing against the Eagles that day, just to annoy absolutely everyone I know.

Ok here's mine:

Football:
Redskins
UNLV

Basketball:
I'm not a preofessional fan, but I hate the LAkers
UNLV Runnin' Rebels

Baseball:
Padres
UNLV

Soccer
US Women's National team
US Men's National team
German National team
English national team

Premier League
Liverpool

Bundesliga
Bayern Munchen (Munich)

Basketball: Indiana Pacers --I have never been a Knicks fan and people are always surprised at that.

Football: (Used to be) Giants, when I followed pro football back in the good old days when Jeff Hostetler and Dave Meggitt were my favorite players on the team. I like watching college football better now.

Hockey: NY Rangers

Baseball: NY Yankees (of course!)

College Basketball: Besides my school's team, I'm always partial to Gonzaga

Kappaloo supports

Hockey:
Toronto Maple Leafs (born and raised a fan)

Soccer/Football:
Team Italia (family connects again)
I loooove watching Italian games on tv. I don't understand a word they're saying I dont' care.

College football: Texas Longhorns

Pro football: Kansas City Chefs, er Chiefs (great googly moogly) I have a love/hate relationship with the Cowboys

MLB: Phillies and anyone who is playing the Dodgers ( can't stand the Dodgers, but I don't know why!!)

NBA: Spurs, since I am now mad at the Mavericks for trading Nick Van Exel. Used to be a big Knicks fan until Patrick Ewing went away.

Hockey: since I only watch during the Stanley Cup finals, I guess I'll be a homer and stick with the Stars

Fairly diverse, I'd say...

Football: Philadelphia Eagles
Baseball: Chicago White Sox


Other than that I really don't have any favs but I watch most other sports on tv.

Football:
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints
Ohio State
Ohio University

Baseball
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Texas Rangers

Hockey
St. Louis Blues

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I like Liverpool, too!

For basketball, I guess I have to put the UK Wildcats at the top of my list because I went to school there, but I really like Arkansas! :p

Those are all the sports I watch, except my personal fave, gymnastics.

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must be pretty bored during baseball season, considering that CU doesn't play Big XII baseball.

COLLEGE SPORTS

TEXAS A&M
Duke, yeah, yeah, i'm a bit of a bandwagon guy, but i'm mostly a Coach K fan. From all that i've read and heard about the guy, i'm a huge supporter. It works out well that A&M's BB team sucks and i can root for someone in the NCAA tourney every year.

NFL
Denver Broncos. I grew up in Denver with the team in the late 80's going to the Super Bowl 3 times and getting pounded 3 times. If you want to test my Bronco knowledge, i can name the reciever that caught the TD pass from Elway on "The Drive" can you?

Houston Texans. Mostly cuz they're a South Texas team, and their first year they had a lot of Ags on the roster. But i figure it's ok, cuz if they suck, its just cuz they're new.

NBA
GO SPURS GO!!!
(as if y'all didn't know) Been a fan since we moved to the Alamo city in '94.

MLB
not a huge baseball fan, but i grew up in Denver before the Rockies and was always a Mets fan(my dad's family is from NY) and even made it to Shea a couple times.

Since moving to Texas i've adopted the Astros as my new team.

that's about it. I've been fortunate, most of my teams have won championships. Now with Coach Fran i think A&M's on it's way, and i'm praying that the Astros can get their pitching and hitting together for the playoffs.

Kitso
KS 361 wins Coach Fran is gonna have at A&M over the course of his contract :p

football:
college: gators

nfl: tampa bay bucs
jacksonville jaguars (haha just kidding. but i had to give my home team some free publicity. hopefully they will be better this year)


baseball:
n.y yankees (right now they suck)

basketball:
l.a. lakers, new jersey nets (i loooooooove jason kidd. he is so awesome)

Soccer:
England: Manchester United
Italy: Juventus
Mexico: Chivas Rayadas
Argentina: Boca Juniors
USA : LA Galaxy
Scotland: I'm Catholic, so I guess I kinda have to be a Celtic fan.
WUSA: San Diego Spirit
MISL: San Diego Sockers
FIFA: USA, England, Anyone who plays France and beats their ass for that bullshit World Cup they wouldn't have won had it not been in France.

Baseball:
San Diego Padres

Football:
New England Patriots

Hockey:
Colorado Avalanche

Ummm....the most popular sport in the World?

Baseball-- Yankees
Basketball-- Went through a long period when I was younger loving the Bulls (Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Tony Kukoc, Luke Longley, Steve Kerr days), now I'm kind of indifferent, but for some reason I hate the Lakers... if I had to say one it'd be the Jazz
Football-- Giants... but went through a short period of liking the Buffalo Bills
Hockey-- Rangers

NFL: San Fransisco 49ers
MLB: San Francisco Giants
NHL: Colorado Avalanche
NBA: San Antonio Spurs
Nascar: Jeff Gordon
NCAA: Notre Dame and Fresno State
Soccer:
England: Leeds United
Mexico: Chivas
MLS : San Jose Earthquakes
FIFA: USA

Soccer:
MLS: Chicago Fire
Scotland: Glasgow Rangers
MISL: Baltimore Blast
FIFA: I like what DSStan said! But I'll say:
US Mens National Team
Brasilian National Team
Anybody playing against France

Football:
Pittsburgh Steelers!

College Football
Pitt
Whosever playing against Penn State

Hockey:
Charlestown Chiefs :)

NBA:
Whoever Phil Jackson is coaching!

College Basketball:
Pitt
Concordia University

NASCAR:
Darryl Waltrip

Baseball:
Far from my favorite sport, but I like the minor league Washington Wildthings, and Mr. honeychile loves the Chicago White Sox (and is in a better mood when they win!)

Baseball
New York Mets (8 pack holder!)
Boston Red Sox
Long Island Ducks
Brooklyn Cyclones (future Mets)

Hockey
New York Islanders (season ticket holder!)

Football
New York Giants
Notre Dame

Soccer
New York/New Jersey Metrostars
Long Island Rough Riders
New York Power

Basketball
Not much of a basketball fan, but I'll watch an Adelphi game any day

And I try to watch as many Olympic sports as I can. NYC 2012!!!

Nice one, and sooooo true.

Gotta admit, I didn't know that the Long Island Rough Riders were still playing!

FYI, for all you soccer fans (and I love the fact that there are so many!), a great message board is www.bigsoccer.com. It's a worldwide site with something like a quarter of a million people registered!

Okay, first note: yay for all the San Diego fans in here :)

Baseball:
San Diego Padres
Seattle Mariners
Chicago Cubs (only when they're not playing the Pads)
Anyone beating the Giants :)

Football:
San Diego Chargers
Miami Dolphins
Chicago Bears
Anyone playing against the Raiders and beating them :)

Basketball:
Sacramento Kings!!!!
Chicago Bulls
Valparaiso Crusaders

All Olympics!!!

Yeah, they won the championship last year. The same guy owns the Ducks and the Rough Riders.

I only follow hockey really, but I love the Dallas Stars

Baseball
SF Giants

Football
SF 49er's

Basketball
LA Lakers

College Football
UT

College Baseball
Stanford

College Basketball
Stanford

I'll play along

Baseball
San Diego Padres
Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago White Sox
Arizona Diamondbacks

American Football
New England Patriots
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts
Seattle Seahawks
Tennessee Titans
Philadelphia Eagles
New Orleans Saints
Arizona Cardinals
Denver Broncos

Basketball - Men's
Los Angeles Lakers
Philadelphia 76ers
Phoenix Suns
Chicago Bulls

Basketball -- Women's
Phoenix Mercury
Washington Mystics
Los Angeles Sparks
Indiana Fever

College
Stony Brook Seawolves!!!!!!!!

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