How did you Come by YOUR team

tallaghtoutlaws

Naos wrote: »

Ps - here's a pic of Aqib Talib and his bro with my two mates (face's taken out as I've not get their permission, yet!)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/picture.php?albumid=1241&pictureid=6567

I'm guessing he meant the link above but it is a blank pic

Naos

Works for me

Is it not coming up?

Edit: Hang on - Ye saying it's not me and could be anyone is it?

tallaghtoutlaws

Naos wrote: »

Works for me

Is it not coming up?

Edit: Hang on - Ye saying it's not me and could be anyone is it?

Nope when we click the link nothing happens. It doesn't even show up in your post. If you uploaded the pic to boards it seems you can only view it.

Naos

Ah right, that means my other pic hasn't come up either! Let me fix that

Packers – skeleton_boy, Pherekydes, Conor74, spank inferno, cooker3, me-skywalker, Eternal Wonderer
...
Bears – Bobby Wade, Oatesy23, Spongey 1975, Jimdagym, dl, purcela, davetherave

The games greatest rivalry * is neck and neck...in the time honoured tradition of Packers Bears games we'll just have to slug it out!

* I'm biased...

cheesehead

Green Bay Packers. Conor74 - I ain't giving 'Da Bears an inch!

I chuckled when perusing this thread and saw Conor74's post above.

Having grown up 10 minutes from Giants Stadium, I was a big Giants supporter for years. However, as my screen name implies, I'm now living in Green Bay. It's very easy to root for the Packers. They are the only community-owned team in US professional sports (much like Barcelona Football Club). I'm sure GAA supporters (I know the GAA is not a "professional" athletic association) can relate to the idea of "community ownership". This allows the Packers to thrive in what is far and away the smallest "professional" sports market in the US. The city of Green Bay has a population of approximately 100,000 people - and they love their hometown heroes. Think about it, Los Angeles can't support a professional football team and Green Bay does.

Roughly estimating, 85% of Wisconsin deeply cares about how well the Packers are doing. Only about 35% of the Greater New York City area deeply cares about how well the Giants/Jets are doing. There are no "band-wagon" or "fair-weather" fans in Green Bay.

As an aside, as I shared with Tallaghtoutlaws in a different thread, the Packer's president is Mark Murphy (former Redskins player). One of the few "real" Irishmen in Green Bay is a Mayo man. He and his American wife are friends with Mark and they both say Mark is deeply proud of his Irish roots. Also, the head coach is Mike McCarthy - so they got that going for them! Go Pack Go!

tallaghtoutlaws

cheesehead wrote: »

Roughly estimating, 85% of Wisconsin deeply cares about how well the Packers are doing. Only about 35% of the Greater New York City area deeply cares about how well the Giants/Jets are doing. There are no "band-wagon" or "fair-weather" fans in Green Bay.

I'd say 45% since Brett Favre left But Isn't 35% of the Greater New York City Area still greater than the whole state of Wisconsin? But I do see what you are saying to some extent. As for band wagon and fair weather fans, maybe not in Green Bay but I have a fair few in Wisconsin

cheesehead

Ah Tallaghtoutlaws, there's always the fair few exceptions that prove the rule.

Approximately six years ago upon moving here, I knew I wasn't in the Greater New York City Metro area anymore when the local Green Bay evening news started their broadcast by interviewing two Green Bay offensive lineman and asking them their opinion on....wait for it....US armed forces operations in Iraq.

In the ensuing years I've attended (more than one) christening where the babe was wearing Packer green and gold. Hell, my neighbor (age 44) is named Arnie, after the great Packer quarterback Arnie Herber who played during .....the 1930's!

tallaghtoutlaws

cheesehead wrote: »

Ah Tallaghtoutlaws, there's always the fair few exceptions that prove the rule.

Approximately six years ago upon moving here, I knew I wasn't in the Greater New York City Metro area anymore when the local Green Bay evening news started their broadcast by interviewing two Green Bay offensive lineman and asking them their opinion on....wait for it....US armed forces operations in Iraq.

In the ensuing years I've attended (more than one) christening where the babe was wearing Packer green and gold. Hell, my neighbor (age 44) is named Arnie, after the great Packer quarterback Arnie Herber who played during .....the 1930's!

My Brett Favre comment was me being sarcastic hence the

The bit in the middle which you missed was a genuine question as to the ratio of fans per state.

And the last bit when I say fair few I don't literally mean a handful. As I said previous I spend a lot of time in WI and have met many non Packers fans who turn into band wagoners or fair weathered when The Pack are doing well. But of course the majority are die hard I wasn't debating that. As for the tacky Packers wedding apparel yup I have witnessed that and have the pics to show for it. If I can find the pics of the wedding I went to were all the grooms men were wearing Packers ties and all the maids packers under garments

3hn2givr7mx1sc

My first post in this forum, but it's 4.57am and I'm bored so what they hey.:P

Patriots would be the team I'd like to see do best, but I don't have a particular team. I also like to see the Saints do well.

Patriots, just because I was in Boston a few years ago and went to a Boston Celtics NBA game and Boston Bruins NHL game, so Boston baby!:P

The Saints because I saw a programme that was on MTV about them a few years ago after the hurricane and they just seem to lift spirits in the city when they do well.

The Cool One

I've always been handy at most sports, but it's nearly always been the case that my older brother was that little bit better than me. So when I was in New York I discovered Eli Manning who was in a similar situation. I actually found out who he was because he was appearing in an ad on a big screen in Times Square and a drunken guy walked past screaming abuse at him about how he's a poor man's Peyton and adopted and what not.

Ever since then my interest in Football has grown from a pasisng interest to the fanatic level it is now and owe that to discovering a team. I've loved the Giants and Eli ever since. Winning the Super Bowl in 2007 was a particulary sweet moment for me.

Benimar

Hi, my first post on Boards, a real Newbie! Hope to be posting in this forum a fair bit.

My team is the Miami Dolphins. I was in Miami when I was quite young and remember seeing all the merchandise, so when the game started to be shown on Channel 4 I just gravitated to the Dolphins.

The fact I favour a pass happy game and Dan the Man was QB certainly helped!

The got to Super Bowl XVII in my 1st year supporting them and haven't even come close since.

tallaghtoutlaws

Benimar wrote: »

Hi, my first post on Boards, a real Newbie! Hope to be posting in this forum a fair bit.

My team is the Miami Dolphins. I was in Miami when I was quite young and remember seeing all the merchandise, so when the game started to be shown on Channel 4 I just gravitated to the Dolphins.

The fact I favour a pass happy game and Dan the Man was QB certainly helped!

The got to Super Bowl XVII in my 1st year supporting them and haven't even come lose since.

Welcome to Boards and the American Football section Benimar. Look forward to discussing football with you and more importantly the AFC East

BrenosBolts91

San Diego Super Chargers baby! Just give it to 21....I mean...just give it to 24!

raddo

Benimar wrote: »

Hi, my first post on Boards, a real Newbie! Hope to be posting in this forum a fair bit.

My team is the Miami Dolphins. I was in Miami when I was quite young and remember seeing all the merchandise, so when the game started to be shown on Channel 4 I just gravitated to the Dolphins.

The fact I favour a pass happy game and Dan the Man was QB certainly helped!

The got to Super Bowl XVII in my 1st year supporting them and haven't even come close since.

Go Phins!!

Benimar

raddo wrote: »

Go Phins!!

Nice to see I won't be suffering alone :-)

mikemac

AFC

EAST
Bills - themont85
Dolphins – Icepickle, raddo,Miami 365, raddo, Benimar
Patriots – tallaghtoutlaws, Hazys, Utd4Ever, Mr. Guappa, eagle eye, Reacher Creature, Pat the Patriot, f1dan, de5pOi1er, bruschi, Toulousain, Archimedes, Iang87, Benedict XVI, Fox1978, mars_bar,, baz2009
Jets - SeekUp, LuckyLloyd, Zaph, Running Bing,

NORTH
Browns – bacon bites
Bengals - deisedude
Steelers – The Munky, The Sparrow, mdwexford, figs86, steelcityblues
Ravens - mikemac,Stab City, columok, Ravage 1616

SOUTH
Colts – Chanandler Bong, Dr. Slurm, davyjose, brennaldo,
Titans - Dohnny Jepp
Texans -
Jaguars – Kev_s88, GBX, Liam O, Mickeyt086, metaoblivia, menu14

WEST
Chargers - Leslie 91, donmeister, RuggieBear, Clawfield, Pauleta, BrenoBolt91
Broncos – UhOh, yerayeah,
Raiders – Max Power1, heyjude, Prefabsprouter, Titan#1, Frisbee, TheHeadhunter, randomchild,
Chiefs – Xavi6

NFC

EAST
Giants - Hynzie, boccy23, KrustyUCC, JJ, Third Echelon, golfnuts, Keno 92
Cowboys - Het-Field, Lirange, The Cool One
Eagles – yupyup7up,titan18,Its so Easy, bobo the clown, pyjamarama, dardelve,
Redskins - Cruiserweight

NORTH
Packers – skeleton_boy, Pherekydes, Conor74, spank inferno, cooker3, me-skywalker, christopher, Eternal Wonder, cheesehead
Lions – faulk28, MC_G,
Vikings – Vikings,
Bears – Bobby Wade, Oatesy23, Spongey 1975, Jimdagym, dl, purcela, davetherave

SOUTH
Falcons -
Buccaneers - johnnycnandy , Naos
Saints – Dodge, kevin11, jamsieboy86,
Panthers -

WEST
Seahawks - Royal Seahawk,Neil 3030, cambridge7, giddyup,
49ers – Sea Devils, Lothaar, supremenovice,Codofwar, VinylJunkie,
Cardinals – dougal, ondarack, frankmagnet, thebiggestjim,
Rams - Karluss

Dodge

Kinda hope someone reads this thread thinking about a team to adopt and picks the panthers, falcons or texans because no one else has

mikemac

What suprised me here is the love for the Jaguars.

That's pretty cool, supporting the little team

Raoul

feelingstressed wrote: »

AFC

EAST
Bills - themont85
Dolphins – Icepickle, raddo,Miami 365, raddo, Benimar
Patriots – tallaghtoutlaws, Hazys, Utd4Ever, Mr. Guappa, eagle eye, Reacher Creature, Pat the Patriot, f1dan, de5pOi1er, bruschi, Toulousain, Archimedes, Iang87, Benedict XVI, Fox1978, mars_bar,, baz2009
Jets - SeekUp, LuckyLloyd, Zaph, Running Bing,

NORTH
Browns – bacon bites
Bengals - deisedude
Steelers – The Munky, The Sparrow, mdwexford, figs86, steelcityblues
Ravens - mikemac,Stab City, columok, Ravage 1616

SOUTH
Colts – Chanandler Bong, Dr. Slurm, davyjose, brennaldo,
Titans - Dohnny Jepp
Texans -
Jaguars – Kev_s88, GBX, Liam O, Mickeyt086, metaoblivia, menu14

WEST
Chargers - Leslie 91, donmeister, RuggieBear, Clawfield, Pauleta, BrenoBolt91
Broncos – UhOh, yerayeah,
Raiders – Max Power1, heyjude, Prefabsprouter, Titan#1, Frisbee, TheHeadhunter, randomchild,
Chiefs – Xavi6

NFC

EAST
Giants - Hynzie, boccy23, KrustyUCC, JJ, Third Echelon, golfnuts, Keno 92
Cowboys - Het-Field, Lirange, The Cool One
Eagles – yupyup7up,titan18,Its so Easy, bobo the clown, pyjamarama, dardelve,
Redskins - Cruiserweight

NORTH
Packers – skeleton_boy, Pherekydes, Conor74, spank inferno, cooker3, me-skywalker, christopher, Eternal Wonder, cheesehead
Lions – faulk28, MC_G, Raoul:D:D:D
Vikings – Vikings,
Bears – Bobby Wade, Oatesy23, Spongey 1975, Jimdagym, dl, purcela, davetherave

SOUTH
Falcons -
Buccaneers - johnnycnandy , Naos
Saints – Dodge, kevin11, jamsieboy86,
Panthers -

WEST
Seahawks - Royal Seahawk,Neil 3030, cambridge7, giddyup,
49ers – Sea Devils, Lothaar, supremenovice,Codofwar, VinylJunkie,
Cardinals – dougal, ondarack, frankmagnet, thebiggestjim,
Rams - Karluss

Only really gotten into American football this past few years, never really had a team until this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEaFYsKg-7c

Gotta love matthew stafford!!

poldebruin

Hi,

First post in the American Football forum - so hi to all fellow supporters!

I began following the Denver Broncos in week 10 (i think) of the 1986 season.
I bought my my first issue of "First Down" (remember that) and the poster was John Elway - hung on wall and decided they were my team.

Lucky for me, I believe the following week was a Lions player!!

tallaghtoutlaws

poldebruin wrote: »

Hi,

First post in the American Football forum - so hi to all fellow supporters!

I began following the Denver Broncos in week 10 (i think) of the 1986 season.
I bought my my first issue of "First Down" (remember that) and the poster was John Elway - hung on wall and decided they were my team.

Lucky for me, I believe the following week was a Lions player!!

Welcome to the AF section poldebruin

And I miss the First Down Paper. Was a good read for sure.

poldebruin

Cheers Tallaghtoutlaws,

When I think back to the pre-internet days, and how excited I was heading down to the newsagents every thursday to collect First down and read the game reports of the previous weeks games!!

tallaghtoutlaws

poldebruin wrote: »

Cheers Tallaghtoutlaws,

When I think back to the pre-internet days, and how excited I was heading down to the newsagents every thursday to collect First down and read the game reports of the previous weeks games!!

I was the same had my local newsagent order it in for me. Im sure I still have a box in the attic full of them

poldebruin

ha...so do I - could never bring myself to dump them
And piles of Touchdown magazines too.

I actually had a peek at one not too long ago and the quality is shocking - certainly not what I remember through my 12 year old eyes!!

Tribesmen7

First time I watched American Football was in late 1998 as the playoffs were nearing. I knew nothing about the teams and had very little understanding of the rules. But I now had a passing interest in the sport and as the playoffs came along I decided to pick a team to support so as to make it more interesting. I picked the Denver Broncos (not knowing they were the current champions). They went on to repeat and for the next few years I kept an eye on what was going on in the sport and would watch the Superbowl but that was it.

In 2004 while in college my interest in the sport grew again, I kept a check on the Broncos results and would try to watch as many games as possible, which wasn't many seeing as I went back to college on Sunday evenings and we had no Sky Sports. But by this stage I was hooked and since finishing college in 2007 I now get to see so many more games and have continued to follow the Broncos since then.

And now like most of the teams I support in sport they are not very good (Galway in Hurling who I suppose are a good team but no Championship since 88!, Ireland and Galway Utd in soccer) so I am used of little success at this stage.

I only wish there was a team around Galway that I could take interest in but maybe sometime in the future.

But as for the NFL, roll on the new season!

UALacrosse

My dad was a fan, and then when I moved to D.C. naturally I was a Redskins fan.

DDC1990

Im a sports nut in general, but have a recently had a big interest in NFL.

Im first and foremost a Bucs fan. My aunt lives in Tampa so when I went over, I saw all the gear and I bought Madden 05. I learned most of the things I know from Madden as I didnt have Sky etc. Excited about their (hopefully) new departure, with Freeman and a revitalised Cadilac Williams. rookie Wr's and a Sapp like figure in Gerald McCoy. Looking forward to 10-11, which will most likely end badly as usual for us. Still clinging on to that 03 SB win against the Raiders. Only caught highlights though.

I remember being a Bandwagon Patriots fan for a while also, and still like them to do well. Tom Brady is a legend. I like a couple of other teams, Lions because of Stafford and now Suh. I like the outspoken players such as Lewis, "Ocho", and TO.

Anyways, just like to introduce myself and hopefully bond with the other suffering Bucs fans.

mikemac

AFC

EAST
Bills - themont85
Dolphins – Icepickle, raddo,Miami 365, raddo, Benimar
Patriots – tallaghtoutlaws, Hazys, Utd4Ever, Mr. Guappa, eagle eye, Reacher Creature, Pat the Patriot, f1dan, de5pOi1er, bruschi, Toulousain, Archimedes, Iang87, Benedict XVI, Fox1978, mars_bar,, baz2009
Jets - SeekUp, LuckyLloyd, Zaph, Running Bing,

NORTH
Browns – bacon bites
Bengals - deisedude
Steelers – The Munky, The Sparrow, mdwexford, figs86, steelcityblues
Ravens - mikemac,Stab City, columok, Ravage 1616

SOUTH
Colts – Chanandler Bong, Dr. Slurm, davyjose, brennaldo,
Titans - Dohnny Jepp
Texans -
Jaguars – Kev_s88, GBX, Liam O, Mickeyt086, metaoblivia, menu14

WEST
Chargers - Leslie 91, donmeister, RuggieBear, Clawfield, Pauleta, BrenoBolt91
Broncos – UhOh, yerayeah, poldebruin, Tribesmen7
Raiders – Max Power1, heyjude, Prefabsprouter, Titan#1, Frisbee, TheHeadhunter, randomchild,
Chiefs – Xavi6

NFC

EAST
Giants - Hynzie, boccy23, KrustyUCC, JJ, Third Echelon, golfnuts, Keno 92
Cowboys - Het-Field, Lirange, The Cool One
Eagles – yupyup7up,titan18,Its so Easy, bobo the clown, pyjamarama, dardelve,
Redskins - Cruiserweight, UALacrosse

NORTH
Packers – skeleton_boy, Pherekydes, Conor74, spank inferno, cooker3, me-skywalker, christopher, Eternal Wonder, cheesehead
Lions – faulk28, MC_G, Raoul, DDC1990
Vikings – Vikings,
Bears – Bobby Wade, Oatesy23, Spongey 1975, Jimdagym, dl, purcela, davetherave

SOUTH
Falcons -
Buccaneers - johnnycnandy , Naos
Saints – Dodge, kevin11, jamsieboy86,
Panthers -

WEST
Seahawks - Royal Seahawk,Neil 3030, cambridge7, giddyup,
49ers – Sea Devils, Lothaar, supremenovice,Codofwar, VinylJunkie,
Cardinals – dougal, ondarack, frankmagnet, thebiggestjim,
Rams - Karluss

DDC1990

feelingstressed wrote: »

AFC

EAST
Bills - themont85
Dolphins – Icepickle, raddo,Miami 365, raddo, Benimar
Patriots – tallaghtoutlaws, Hazys, Utd4Ever, Mr. Guappa, eagle eye, Reacher Creature, Pat the Patriot, f1dan, de5pOi1er, bruschi, Toulousain, Archimedes, Iang87, Benedict XVI, Fox1978, mars_bar,, baz2009
Jets - SeekUp, LuckyLloyd, Zaph, Running Bing,

NORTH
Browns – bacon bites
Bengals - deisedude
Steelers – The Munky, The Sparrow, mdwexford, figs86, steelcityblues
Ravens - mikemac,Stab City, columok, Ravage 1616

SOUTH
Colts – Chanandler Bong, Dr. Slurm, davyjose, brennaldo,
Titans - Dohnny Jepp
Texans -
Jaguars – Kev_s88, GBX, Liam O, Mickeyt086, metaoblivia, menu14

WEST
Chargers - Leslie 91, donmeister, RuggieBear, Clawfield, Pauleta, BrenoBolt91
Broncos – UhOh, yerayeah, poldebruin, Tribesmen7
Raiders – Max Power1, heyjude, Prefabsprouter, Titan#1, Frisbee, TheHeadhunter, randomchild,
Chiefs – Xavi6

NFC

EAST
Giants - Hynzie, boccy23, KrustyUCC, JJ, Third Echelon, golfnuts, Keno 92
Cowboys - Het-Field, Lirange, The Cool One
Eagles – yupyup7up,titan18,Its so Easy, bobo the clown, pyjamarama, dardelve,
Redskins - Cruiserweight, UALacrosse

NORTH
Packers – skeleton_boy, Pherekydes, Conor74, spank inferno, cooker3, me-skywalker, christopher, Eternal Wonder, cheesehead
Lions – faulk28, MC_G, Raoul, DDC1990
Vikings – Vikings,
Bears – Bobby Wade, Oatesy23, Spongey 1975, Jimdagym, dl, purcela, davetherave

SOUTH
Falcons -
Buccaneers - johnnycnandy , Naos
Saints – Dodge, kevin11, jamsieboy86,
Panthers -

WEST
Seahawks - Royal Seahawk,Neil 3030, cambridge7, giddyup,
49ers – Sea Devils, Lothaar, supremenovice,Codofwar, VinylJunkie,
Cardinals – dougal, ondarack, frankmagnet, thebiggestjim,
Rams - Karluss

AFC

EAST
Bills - themont85
Dolphins – Icepickle, raddo,Miami 365, raddo, Benimar
Patriots – tallaghtoutlaws, Hazys, Utd4Ever, Mr. Guappa, eagle eye, Reacher Creature, Pat the Patriot, f1dan, de5pOi1er, bruschi, Toulousain, Archimedes, Iang87, Benedict XVI, Fox1978, mars_bar,, baz2009
Jets - SeekUp, LuckyLloyd, Zaph, Running Bing,

NORTH
Browns – bacon bites
Bengals - deisedude
Steelers – The Munky, The Sparrow, mdwexford, figs86, steelcityblues
Ravens - mikemac,Stab City, columok, Ravage 1616

SOUTH
Colts – Chanandler Bong, Dr. Slurm, davyjose, brennaldo,
Titans - Dohnny Jepp
Texans -
Jaguars – Kev_s88, GBX, Liam O, Mickeyt086, metaoblivia, menu14

WEST
Chargers - Leslie 91, donmeister, RuggieBear, Clawfield, Pauleta, BrenoBolt91
Broncos – UhOh, yerayeah, poldebruin, Tribesmen7
Raiders – Max Power1, heyjude, Prefabsprouter, Titan#1, Frisbee, TheHeadhunter, randomchild,
Chiefs – Xavi6

NFC

EAST
Giants - Hynzie, boccy23, KrustyUCC, JJ, Third Echelon, golfnuts, Keno 92
Cowboys - Het-Field, Lirange, The Cool One
Eagles – yupyup7up,titan18,Its so Easy, bobo the clown, pyjamarama, dardelve,
Redskins - Cruiserweight, UALacrosse

NORTH
Packers – skeleton_boy, Pherekydes, Conor74, spank inferno, cooker3, me-skywalker, christopher, Eternal Wonder, cheesehead
Lions – faulk28, MC_G, Raoul, DDC1990
Vikings – Vikings,
Bears – Bobby Wade, Oatesy23, Spongey 1975, Jimdagym, dl, purcela, davetherave

SOUTH
Falcons -
Buccaneers - johnnycnandy , Naos, DDC1990
Saints – Dodge, kevin11, jamsieboy86,
Panthers -

WEST
Seahawks - Royal Seahawk,Neil 3030, cambridge7, giddyup,
49ers – Sea Devils, Lothaar, supremenovice,Codofwar, VinylJunkie,
Cardinals – dougal, ondarack, frankmagnet, thebiggestjim,
Rams - Karluss

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