The Green Bay Packers are America's favorite team

[Poiuyt]

"The Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys remain #1 and #2 respectively in the annual Harris Poll of the nation's favorite professional football teams. Both teams have seen their fan support receive a slight boost over the past year. For the Packers, its popularity has actually rebounded to that of its heyday in the late 1990s."

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[noclonyofthechimp]

1. Sorry..Patriots are mine :) Lived in New England for 30 years

[edbermac]

4. Ditto...and popularity doesn't win Super Bowls...

Gearing up for another parade through downtown Boston...ho-hum...

[noclonyofthechimp]

9. GO Sox! Go Pats!

I do like Bret though. Great guy. Has been through a lot between his father's death and now his wife's breast cancer. Didn't he have another recent death in the family also? :(

[Poiuyt]

23. His wife's brother

He was killed in an ATV accident on Brett's farm a couple of months ago. And thena couple of weeks ago, his mother took ill while on a book signing tour and had to be hospitalized. She's OK though.

It has been a very tough year for Brett personally.

[noclonyofthechimp]

51. Poor guy. My prayer's are with him and his family

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. Packers are Cheezie and the Cowboys are Gay!

this is the result of MY poll!

[noclonyofthechimp]

13. I remember when the Packers and Pats went to the bowl in 97..I

had a huge party and walked around with a cheese grinder..we got beat though!

[redqueen]

20. FUCK YOU!

;)

[Ganja Ninja]

3. I think if you asked who the most hated teams are ...

you would find the Cowboys at the top of that poll too.

[AllegroRondo]

5. Especially among Packer fans

n/t

[noclonyofthechimp]

15. Exactly. How come they get to play on Thanksgiving anyway?

THE holiday was created in New England. Why can't New Enland Play??? Not a TX team???:think: What a whiner I am, huh??

[Ganja Ninja]

18. Detroit was always the established Thanksgiving Day team.

They still are but after so many years as a perennial doormat the league needed a team that was competitive and had rivals in the northeast as a ratings draw for Thanksgiving.

[redqueen]

22. NO NO NO NO NO

The facts are that NOBODY wanted to play on that day, so the NFL offered it up to whomever would do so, and said they could have it forever. Steelers and the Boys took 'em up on it.

Let the rest keep whining like the babies they are. :P

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. NO NO NO NO NO

The Lions and the Cowboys took them up on it.

[redqueen]

26. Oops

hehe... Thanks!

[judge_smales]

6. In a country that re-elected Bush I'm not surprized.

Most Americans are idiots.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. All that matters to me is my household. GO PACK GO!!!!

I feel it in my bones....:hi:

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

8. I find it VERY hard to believe

that the Steeler Nation was in the middle of the pack. Black and Gold is EVERYWHERE!

DBDB

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

21. Lotta bandwagoners this year. I've loved the Steelers since those

great 70's teams that beat the Cowpokes TWICE in the Superbowl. Of course the pokes have gotten revenge once now...

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

31. I grew up in Chicago and all my family

was from Pittsburgh. I loved the Bears growing up (who could love Sweetness?) but I took a solid ass-kicking on more than a few occasions for liking the Steelers.

I was a closet Terrible Towel waver for years. Now I am in the burgh B-)

DBDB

[HuckleB]

33. It'll be up at the top next year, I suspect.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Hey how come the Pack sucked it up so bad early this season?

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Hey, how come they were able to right the ship, which is all that really

matters??? :shrug:

;)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

16. I'm not surprised at them doing well now. I just didn't understand how

they fell into such a hole early with their talent.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Secondary was spotty and suspect. Grady Jackson was out.

And they brought on the blitz too often, and easily readable.

[HuckleB]

32. The defense is still incredibly sketchy.

I don't think they'll be in the game with Philly this week, unless the coaching staff comes up with a magical game plan.

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. I feel it in my bones, HuckleB, truly I do. They need to not blitz and

stay tough on D instead of soft D. :hi:

[ewagner]

11. I'm a fan of packers

win or lose....basically because they aren't owned by some multi-millionaires or corporations....

but I did notice something strange about last night's game....Madden and Michaels damned near cannonized Farve and the Packers. They went out of their way to give Deanna Farve a lot of time....

This is just wierd.....so much praise...

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I agree ewagner. I think they overdo with the praise on Brett at times.

Longwell never gets enough praise in my opinion. And it's funny...I remember in 1996 they weren't even talking about them as a Super Bowl contender until they had to. Although, if you listen to Chris Collinsworth, you get another picture. His hatred of Brett and the Packers is palpable.

[fishnfla]

48. Psst, Mrs Grumpy

(Longwell is not a Democrat) shhhh

[ScreamingMeemie]

57. He's a darned good kicker. I cannot get myself to boycott events, or

atheletes or singers, actors etc....if I really really like them. :7

[redqueen]

24. They were down on their knees.

It was sickening.

I especially hated the Favre montage ...

:puke:

[ewagner]

27. As much as I like Farve

I thought the coverage/fawning was over-the-top.

[redqueen]

28. I wonder how great Favre woulda been all this time

if he hadn't been blissed out on painkillers.

[ewagner]

38. I don't know about that

how many stories are there from the "golden era" about Q-backs playing hung over or even drunk...Sonny Jergenson comes to mind...it's said that when he retired all bartenders in DC wore black armbands.......

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. He's been off the painkillers for quite a time now and is still one of the

best QB's to play the game. :shrug: He won the Super Bowl after he got off of them.

[tishaLA]

34. I was gonna post on this last night, in fact

The whole Mrs. Favre thing...I really respect that Favre and his wife are working so hard to fight her cancer, really. But Jeebus! I felt like it was part football, part Lifetime movie last night. How many fucking times did I need to see her cheering in the stands, as if his touchdown throws--or Najeh's longer rushes--had some great significance to her battle against cancer.

It was completely absurd.

[SaveElmer]

19. Yeah...unless you happen to live in ...

Minnesota, Detroit, Chicago, Washington, New York, Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Miami, Carolina, New England, Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, New Orleans, Seattle, Denver, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Atlanta, Arizona, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Jacksonvilee, Tennessee or Indianapolis!!!

[madison2000]

29. I live in WI and I don't give a damn about football

which can be a very lonely thing. I didn't care much for it when I lived in Chicago either.

But the amazing thing is, in WI the WOMEN really love football. In IL it always seemed to me that the women were just "faking it" for the sake of their husbands and boyfriends!

[HuckleB]

30. Hmm.

I suppose that's nice and all, but for a lifetime Packer fan to see the team compared to the Cowboys is just disheartening. Besides, who really needs all the fair-weather fans? Everyone knows they'll blow with the wind as soon as Favre retires.

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. Bingo. You said it. Just like they walk out on losing games. It irritates

me that diehard fans cannot get tickets because of bandwagon folk. :hi:

[HuckleB]

46. Smile.

:hi:

[Seabiscuit]

35. Please don't curse us Cheeseheads with that stupid Dallas moniker

[Zomby Woof]

36. Minnesota will win the NFC North

They will beat the Bears this Sunday, the Packers will be whipped like a red-headed stepchild by the Eagles (who will win the NFC), and the Cheese-whizzers will never again claim first place for the rest of the season.

This is objective, because I am not a fan of either team. The Packers are in over their drunken heads. Have a beer, Brett!

[HuckleB]

37. Probably.

But the Vikes have self-destructive streak that keeps them iffy.

[Zomby Woof]

39. true

But the Packers will only lose in the playoffs, possibly to the Eagles in a rematch.

[HuckleB]

40. Yes. The Eagles are foregone conclusion, barring key injuries.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

41. Not in my house.

In fact the Cheesheads are the most hated with the Cowgirls a very close second.

I know the Bears suck this year, but if Grossman hadn't gotten hurt plus the fact that Urlacher is out as well, who knows what would have happened. After all, the Bears did beat the Cheeseheads in the second game of the season in Lambeau.

In fact I hate the Packers so much that in January 1998, when I was living in Ireland, I stayed up all night to watch Denver beat them in the Super Bowl. Boy was it was sweet getting phone calls from my brothers back in Chitown and laughing our asses off.

[rockymountaindem]

49. You're welcome.

Those were good days.

Too bad we're not doing so hot in the current decade. I think Shanahan has worked his magic and it's time for him to move on. We're doing about as well as we did with Wade Phillips back in the day.

[northzax]

45. I find this hard to believe

Americans don't like community owned franchises, they'd much prefer teams owned by billionares who screw their cities out of hundreds of millions of dollars to build new stadiums for them.

[fishnfla]

47. The packers have been near the top of this poll for years now

for several reasons:

1. They are one of the oldest franchises in the NFL. Lots of fans grew up with the Pack
2. They are the only community owned team in almost all professional sports.
3. Green Bay is small-town USA and very blue collar. I grew up there, believe me it aint nothing but the Packers and toilet paper.
4. Vince Lombardi and the birth of the NFL on national TV. The Packers of the 60's were the team. Lots of fans came from that time.
5. right now, Brett Favre
6. Everybody loves cheese
7. Mrs Grumpy

[RevCheesehead]

50. Green Bay is growing a LOT this year...

Hi there, Fish!
You wouldn't recognize Oneida St. anymore - it's growing beyond hwy 172! Bay Park Mall is land-locked, so all the new stores are moving south.

America's team? Only if they're winning.
But they're MY team for life (thank you, Mrs. McGinn, for teaching us how to be true fans post-Lombardi!)

[fishnfla]

52. Nice stained glass Reverend Cheese Ma'am!!!

That did not come out right did it---nothing but the Packers and TP? My Bad.

[SmileyBoy]

53. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! YEAH RIGHT!!!!!

Bullshit poll.

[NCN007]

54. who cares?

Everyone hates the raiders, but are terrified of the fans. Now thats something to be proud of. Gotta love the black hole. Just Win Baby

:evilgrin:

[Left Is Write]

55. They are? Tell that to a Vikings fan.

[SmileyBoy]

56. Exactly.

The Cowpukes and the Puckers are my two most hated teams.