Do you root for teams in your favorite teams conference/division?

Iceman · Oct 24, 2007

I know alot of guys that root for other Big Ten teams in big non conference games because their favorite team is Michigan and they play in the Big Ten.

Just heard a guy on the radio say he is rooting for Boston because being a Tigers fan he always roots for the AL.

I have never really did this. To tell the truth I think because of the rivalries and the closeness with these teams I end up rooting against them.

I know when Green Bay was in the Super Bowl back in the day there was no way I could root for them and Brett Favre (unless I bet on them, LOL).

gynecologist · Oct 24, 2007

I always root for a Pac-10 team when they play out of conference.

I find myself rooting for most California teams except the Lakers and the Raiders cause their fans are so obnoxious.

I don't care about divisions.

JohnnyB · Oct 24, 2007

Root for the Big 10, that's about it. Pro sports are much different.

goodcall · Oct 24, 2007

I certainly do...the better the rest of your conference does, the better you look.

In fact, in college basketball, every win your conference has in a non-conference game helps your RPI.

fhmesq44 · Oct 24, 2007

No, never and I don't understand it. I am a firm believer in my favorite team is Oklahoma and my second favorite team is whoever is playing Texas/Nebraska/OKST, I also can't stand KSU, A&M and TT and CU, the rest I don't care enough about to root against, but no, I hate those f*ers when they play OU and I hate them when they don't. Same holds true in the NFL (Raiders fan, hate Den, KC and SD) and soccer, I can't f*ing stand Chelsea or Liverpool and no, I don't root for them in Champions League play.

shdw01 · Oct 24, 2007

When your team is a WAC team, you have to root for all non-conference games....this earns you and your conference a little more respect than the usual zero....last year, I think the WAC was a 2-pt conversion away from winning every bowl game (4 or 5 of them)

ensign_lee · Oct 24, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
No, never and I don't understand it. I am a firm believer in my favorite team is TEXAS and my second favorite team is whoever is playing Mobilehoma/Texas A&M, I also can't stand KSU, A&M and TT and CU, the rest I don't care enough about to root against, but no, I hate those f*ers when they play their daddy (Texas) and I hate them when they don't.

Fixed your post. :nohead:

royboy_3831 · Oct 24, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
No, never and I don't understand it. I am a firm believer in my favorite team is Oklahoma and my second favorite team is whoever is playing Texas/Nebraska/OKST, I also can't stand KSU, A&M and TT and CU, the rest I don't care enough about to root against, but no, I hate those f*ers when they play OU and I hate them when they don't. Same holds true in the NFL (Raiders fan, hate Den, KC and SD) and soccer, I can't f*ing stand Chelsea or Liverpool and no, I don't root for them in Champions League play.

word. fuck the shorthorns and okie st, the day i root for them is the day i die.

gynecologist · Oct 25, 2007

I have some clients in Oklahoma and boy do they hate everything about the State of Texas.

Never knew the two states had such a beef..

bigtendominator · Oct 25, 2007

Johnny B said:
Root for the Big 10, that's about it. Pro sports are much different.

Agree completetly. Unlike most Buckeye fans, I don't hate Michigan. I hate Texas and A&M living in Dallas.
It is different down here. I think because there is more interaction between OU, Texas, and A&M fans in this part of the country, meaning you either work or live by someone who is affililated with one of those teams.

Big 12 fans don't seem to pull for other big 12 teams in bowls and NCAA hoops. Texas alone has 4 Big 12 schools and the entire Big 12 south is just in 2 States.

Where ever I have been, Big 10 fans have always cheered for other big 10 teams in bowls and NCAA from my experience.
I think because most big 10 teams are in other states, unless you live in Chicago, where you have numerous Big 10 schools represented, you just don't run into to many Bucks in Iowa or Hawkeye fans in Columbus.

TomBrady#1 · Oct 25, 2007

Sometimes. Case by case basis. Always want the Yankees to lose of course.

fhmesq44 · Oct 25, 2007

ensign_lee said:
Fixed your post. :nohead:

at least you are right about one thing.View attachment 3935

FairWarning · Oct 25, 2007

Michigan and Mich St fans will vote fore each other. Being a ND fan, I will not stoop that low unless I have $$ on them.

5starbomb · Oct 25, 2007

As a Cubs fan last year I was cheering against the Cards in the World Series, I definitely wanted Detroit to win

ensign_lee · Oct 25, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
at least you are right about one thing.

I don't see where I said that.

Typical Sooner; can't read. :missingte

fhmesq44 · Oct 25, 2007

ensign_lee said:
Typical Sooner; can't read. :missingte

Wait a minute, Vince Young wasn't a Sooner

VIEJODINOSAUR · Oct 25, 2007

Everybody in Philly hates the Cowboys...thanks to Buddy Ryan!!

ensign_lee · Oct 25, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
Wait a minute, Vince Young wasn't a Sooner

Once again, completely tangential to the topic, plus faulty logic.

If A, therefore B does not necessitate if B, therefore A.

Couldn't read the signs that said "don't settle in this territory before X date" either. But you know...they're sooners. That's where they got their name from anyhow.

hno:

TheWolf · Oct 25, 2007

Not really. Gambling has really warped my sense of fandom. I just want covers now. However, I still like to see my hometown teams do well.

ensign_lee · Oct 25, 2007

iceman: I hope my responses in this thread have answered your question.

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