i mean that's the meaning of sports fandom really - geographic pride
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
idk just like footy idk
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
i am nuts for a logo tho
Florida has a ton of transplant fans, which is probably why all three teams have trouble selling out their games. Everybody moving here to retire or for lower cost of living means we get lots of Jet fans (despicable), Cowboys fans, just fans from all over.
The allegiances in Florida at least somewhat depend on when you started watching football, where you live, and how many Florida teams existed at the time.
I live nowhere near Miami, but I became a Dolphins fan because my grandpa, a Giants fan who lived in NY, moved to FL, and decided to adopt an AFC team. At the time, the only Florida team was the Fins, so that was easy. by the time I was born, the Bucs existed but lived nowhere near us, and it was creamsicle era terribleness, so it became a way we bonded, watching the Dolphins together.
prior to the Jags, NFL fans seemed to gravitate towards Miami over TAmpa Bay cos Marino and also always in playoff contention, the Bucs were terrible. once the Dungy era started and they became good, a lot more people broke for Tampa Bay (or the ones in hiding came back), and once the Jags showed up...idk, idk if I recall the state EVER being fanatical about this team, just Duval county, who finally didn't have to travel 3 -5 hours to see a game. it did siphon away a bit from each team.
weirdly though I always felt like more of a Marino fan than a Dolphins fan growing up, to the point that when there were rumors after he was let go by Miami that he would wind up in Minnesota, I considered jumping to be a Vikes fan. never happened though.
I personally don't get the idea of abandoning an old team because you move. I do get adding a new team to root for though. like my grandpa did.
basically as long as you don't root for the Jets I won't vivisect you
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
should say Tampa was much closer to me growing up than Miami, but I followed in my grandpa's footsteps. when I go to games I usually have a moment where I'm going to my seat where I look up and say his name. we never got to go to one together.
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
geographic pride + before red zone etc your local team was the only one whose game you could see every week
though i do know a guy who grew up roughly equidistant from pittsburgh, cleveland and buffalo who became a cowboys fan 'because they were always on tv'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:31 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol i support this approach
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
geography gotta be by far the biggestgenerally liking the sport prob secondliking successful teams mb 3rd
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
i have found it harder to care abt Chicago sports since moving to L.A., i kinda cut myself off from following the teams there religiously like i used to (btw i follow the NBA and have a Bulls cap but it's almost entirely red so i stopped wearing it out as much after a few too many double takes from ppl) and while i still keep one eye on the Cubs i feel like my watch has somewhat ended now that they won the series in my lifetime. so when my brother calls to enthuse about Patrick Kane scoring his 1,000th career point for the Blackhawks i frantically try to remember who he is. since this is an NFL thread i'll add that it's extremely easy to ignore the Bears and i've also stopped watching the games and playing fantasy football but i still enjoy following the stats and the drama and i'll catch games if i'm out sometimes.
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
also w/r/t the NFL in L.A. it's very easy to ignore, even now that there's a team here again.
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
lmao can i just
The 2020 NFL Draft Stage Will Be IN The Bellagio Fountains, With Drafted Players Getting To The Stage Via Boathttps://t.co/7bSXzEc0En pic.twitter.com/bF8cPRKhrn— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 22, 2020
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
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― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
xpost of all the news sources breaking that story, u had to post the Portnoy tweet didn't u
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
idc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
eli retiring
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
Felt like he did that five years ago
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
needed to
― omg what did you type to find this gif? (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link
rip true legend
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO64LKCVAAAoyWE?format=jpg&name=360x360
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
miss u https://media3.giphy.com/media/q9TdZOZfsSspi/giphy.gif
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
first teenager to ever retire at age 39
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
MANNINGSMIND (eli version)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 January 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
Aaron Rodgers‘ comments about his Christian upbringing and questioning his faith have raised a lot of eyebrows — especially those of his estranged family.During an intimate conversation with girlfriend Danica Patrick on her Pretty Intense podcast, Green Bay Packers quarterback said that he had trouble connecting with his religious community as a child.“Most people that I knew, church was just… you just had to go,” the Super Bowl XLV champion recalled.But Rodgers’ family was not impressed with his candid comments, a source tells PEOPLE.“They were dismayed,” says the insider. “The family is very dedicated to their Christian faith.”“To them, his comments are basically a slap in the face to the fundamentals of who they are. It’s basically him turning his back on everything they have taught him.”Rogers, 36, has been estranged from his family – including Bachelorette star Jordan Rodgers – for several years. He has not spoken publicly about the reasons behind the estrangement, but the insider tells people that religion is a part of it.“The feeling is that Aaron has really turned his back on them,” says the insider. “There’s clearly a lot more to it, but that’s how he is perceived by his family.”“His comments are very hurtful to the family,” says the insider, who says that the family “still loves Aaron very much,” but disagrees with him about fundamental things. “They have these times where things start to thaw out, but then something like this happens, and then it’s back to square one. It’s sad.”In a 2017 interview with the New York Times, the family patriarch, Ed Rodgers, said that “fame can change things,” and that Aaron allegedly stopped talking to his family members at the end of 2014, shortly after he began dating actress Olivia Munn.During the Pretty Intense podcast, Rodgers told Patrick that he has gone down a path to a “different type of spirituality” that is more meaningful to him than what he experienced as a child.“I don’t know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell,” he said. “What type of loving, sensitive, omnipresent, omnipotent being wants to condemn his beautiful creation to a fiery hell at the end of all this?”Rodgers did not specifically refer to himself as an atheist, but he said that religion can divide people.“Religion can be a crutch, it can be something that people have to have to make themselves feel better,” Rodgers continued. “Because it’s set up binary, it’s us and them, saved and unsaved, heaven and hell, it’s enlightened and heathen, it’s holy and righteous … that makes a lot of people feel better about themselves.”
During an intimate conversation with girlfriend Danica Patrick on her Pretty Intense podcast, Green Bay Packers quarterback said that he had trouble connecting with his religious community as a child.
“Most people that I knew, church was just… you just had to go,” the Super Bowl XLV champion recalled.
But Rodgers’ family was not impressed with his candid comments, a source tells PEOPLE.
“They were dismayed,” says the insider. “The family is very dedicated to their Christian faith.”
“To them, his comments are basically a slap in the face to the fundamentals of who they are. It’s basically him turning his back on everything they have taught him.”
Rogers, 36, has been estranged from his family – including Bachelorette star Jordan Rodgers – for several years. He has not spoken publicly about the reasons behind the estrangement, but the insider tells people that religion is a part of it.
“The feeling is that Aaron has really turned his back on them,” says the insider. “There’s clearly a lot more to it, but that’s how he is perceived by his family.”
“His comments are very hurtful to the family,” says the insider, who says that the family “still loves Aaron very much,” but disagrees with him about fundamental things. “They have these times where things start to thaw out, but then something like this happens, and then it’s back to square one. It’s sad.”
In a 2017 interview with the New York Times, the family patriarch, Ed Rodgers, said that “fame can change things,” and that Aaron allegedly stopped talking to his family members at the end of 2014, shortly after he began dating actress Olivia Munn.
During the Pretty Intense podcast, Rodgers told Patrick that he has gone down a path to a “different type of spirituality” that is more meaningful to him than what he experienced as a child.
“I don’t know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell,” he said. “What type of loving, sensitive, omnipresent, omnipotent being wants to condemn his beautiful creation to a fiery hell at the end of all this?”
Rodgers did not specifically refer to himself as an atheist, but he said that religion can divide people.
“Religion can be a crutch, it can be something that people have to have to make themselves feel better,” Rodgers continued. “Because it’s set up binary, it’s us and them, saved and unsaved, heaven and hell, it’s enlightened and heathen, it’s holy and righteous … that makes a lot of people feel better about themselves.”
otm Aaron, you should just chill w/Danica and start a new family.
― omar little, Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
lol at framing this story as the poor Rodgers family that is hurt + sad who gives a fuck about them!
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
if that's what caused the friction between him and his family (and I know the article doesn't even remotely state that), that'd be so anticlimactic
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 January 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
stop making me like you, Aaron Rodgers
― Brad C., Thursday, 23 January 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
“What type of loving, sensitive, omnipresent, omnipotent being wants to condemn his beautiful creation to a fiery hell at the end of all this?”
funny I had the same thought watching the 2015 NFCCG
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 January 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
Victor Frankenstein
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 January 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
Eli Manning
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
had no idea Eli made the Top 10 in so many categories, I guess just making it 200+ games as a starting QB will do that
― frogbs, Friday, 24 January 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
especially in this era
― lag∞n, Friday, 24 January 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
― beard papa, Friday, 24 January 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
I really don't like the Niners, but I love their type of football.
I hope they win and Jimmy G. only throws 4 passes this time.
― earlnash, Monday, 27 January 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
I'm kinda thinking now SF should win, but I'd rather KC get a title than SF, even though I love the running back based offense. I still hate the Niners for being good for two decades and beating the Bears and Bengals a few times when it mattered.
― earlnash, Sunday, 2 February 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
Plus I think the Steelers, Niners and Pats all having 6 Superbowl titles would have to be considered a sign of the Apocalypse.
― earlnash, Sunday, 2 February 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
Also rooting KC but thinking SF.
lagoon better post here, hope there's not some dumb basketball game going on
― otm into winter (rip van wanko), Sunday, 2 February 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
I've enjoyed watching SF's old-school tactics this season, but I'd rather see KC win tonight and I think they will
― Brad C., Sunday, 2 February 2020 23:13 (four years ago) link
I don’t know who Demi Lovato is, but she just did a pretty damn good national anthem.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 2 February 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
wonder if she'd have been chosen minus the OD
― otm into winter (rip van wanko), Sunday, 2 February 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
i am leaning towards KC atm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
ive wanted kc going in and to now, no shockah there and despite my allegiance to another afc west team. I like reid enuf, i like mahomes enuf, im almost ok w kc fans enuf. 😐
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:23 (four years ago) link
That catch by Watkins was absurd
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
Def not the start the 9ers wanted
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
Garropolo's pick was mind-blowingly stupid.
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:36 (four years ago) link
i wanted to hear the billie song
― otm into winter (rip van wanko), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:49 (four years ago) link
Wow fuck off Google
― frogbs, Monday, 3 February 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
Can’t believe they called that on Kittle
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Monday, 3 February 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
Someone tell Terry Bradshaw that his glasses are on top of his hat
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 3 February 2020 01:06 (four years ago) link
super bowl commercials as a whole are now indistinguishable from the social media landscape
you can replicate the experience of watching them any day of the year by scrolling through popular posts on twitter reddit and maybe a little facebook for 15 minutes
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 3 February 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
Agree
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Monday, 3 February 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link
this is the game pace SF wanted
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 February 2020 02:01 (four years ago) link