Patriots?

JOhnH said:
I assume you are criticizing my (incorrect) hyphen, but with you I’m never sure
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ah, no. not at all. to hyphen or not to hyphen is something I probably will never get right. I were a engineer. I be retired now, still have the good english of a engineer. :-)

Watching women wrestle in cole slaw just isn't very high on my list of things I would find interesting. Now, mud wrestling (mud-wrestling?) scene in Stripes is a different matter.
 
Flatiowa said:
You all should really experience some of the obscure sports in person…Chuck wagon and chariot races (the latter I think stopped, at least the cool classes around my area, in the mid 90’s. then the main contenders would run 30 gallon drums cut in half with bicycle tires and a forabreast team of thoroughbreds retired and retrained from the jockey tracks). School bus races, train races (not real trains, a truck and two junk cars chained together with a driver in the truck and a “brake man” in the second car), greased pig catching contests, armored MMA.. the world is pretty interesting when you get a ways from the cities…
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I have driven a few demolition derbies in my earlier years.

A real good way to rest and unwind from a tough day...
 
judypilot said:
I know, but not for a long time.
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11 years isn't particularly long.

just as an example, the cowboys haven't been there for 30 years.

and, of course, there are some teams that haven't made it to the super bowl ever, nevermind winning one.
 
Also remember, not only are the Bills 0-4 in the superbowl, they were only able to tie that record set by the Vikings.

I won't say that I'm rooting for them to get to 0-5 one day because I know some Bill's fans. Interesting people, Bill's fans. I think they mostly have cats.
 
Albany Tom said:
Also remember, not only are the Bills 0-4 in the superbowl, they were only able to tie that record set by the Vikings.

I won't say that I'm rooting for them to get to 0-5 one day because I know some Bill's fans. Interesting people, Bill's fans. I think they mostly have cats.
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ah, but they have the ignominy of being the only team to lose 4 consecutive super bowl games
 
Bob Noel said:
11 years isn't particularly long.

just as an example, the cowboys haven't been there for 30 years.

and, of course, there are some teams that haven't made it to the super bowl ever, nevermind winning one.
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Someone pointed out last year that if we got to a Bills-Vikings Super Bowl, one team would be winning their first Super Bowl after losing 4, and the other team would drop to a record 0-5 in Super Bowl appearances.
 
Bob Noel said:
11 years isn't particularly long.

just as an example, the cowboys haven't been there for 30 years.

and, of course, there are some teams that haven't made it to the super bowl ever, nevermind winning one.
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Has it really been 30 for the Cowboys?? I must be getting old. OK, fair point.
 
Bob Noel said:
… the cowboys haven't been there for 30 years...
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So long as that continues until Jerry Jones is dead or the team has left his family’s ownership, I’m fine with that continuing to increment.
 
TCABM said:
So long as that continues until Jerry Jones is dead or the team has left his family’s ownership, I’m fine with that continuing to increment.
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I don’t remember how old I was when I became a non-fan. I’m sure it was back in the days when they were called “America’s Team”. I remember thinking, “*I* didn’t vote for them!”
 
It’s been 1 year and 8 months since a New England–based team won a championship, so by local standards we’re clearly due again.

It seems like every Patriots Super Bowl win comes with some sort of last-minute drama, so I’m curious to see what form it takes this time.

I’m heading out on vacation tomorrow — first leg is BOS–SFO — and I’m fully expecting a plane full of Pats fans and an unnecessarily long line at Dunkin’.
 
Groundpounder said:
It’s been 1 year and 8 months since a New England–based team won a championship, so by local standards we’re clearly due again.

It seems like every Patriots Super Bowl win comes with some sort of last-minute drama, so I’m curious to see what form it takes this time.

I’m heading out on vacation tomorrow — first leg is BOS–SFO — and I’m fully expecting a plane full of Pats fans and an unnecessarily long line at Dunkin’.
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Are you going to the game? What is you second leg? Who's going to be in the left seat?
 
Matthew said:
I don’t remember how old I was when I became a non-fan. I’m sure it was back in the days when they were called “America’s Team”. I remember thinking, “*I* didn’t vote for them!”
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Dallas has never been America's Team. They're Jerry's Team.

The Green Bay Packers are America's Team - There are not just fans in all 50 states, there are OWNERS in all 50 states.
 
Matthew said:
Apparently it started in 1978:

America's Team - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Actually, it started a few years before that, in MLB.
The nickname “America’s Team” was first applied to the Atlanta Braves in the 1970s, when team owner Ted Turner began broadcasting Braves games nationwide on his superstation, TBS.


Those nationwide broadcasts made the Braves one of the few MLB teams regularly visible across the entire country, which helped the nickname stick. Over time, the team embraced it, and it continues to be associated with the franchise today.
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