Your Second Favorite Team
by number5 on Jul 3, 2009 12:35 AM EDT
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Since this is one of the slowest times of the offseason, it's fun to stir up conversation. So who's your second favorite team? And c'mon, do say that the Eagles are your only favorite team. Granted, this team is the best (in our eyes) and this should be the team to root for. But there has to be someone else you root for, even if it's for a little bit. Here's mine
The have a defence that reminds me of the green and a RB that can (and probably be better than) West. But of course the Eagles come first (ESPECIALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS)
(Add on as of Sunday July 05, 2009)
Who is your favorite non-eagle? The loss of Steve McNair has reminded me why I love football. He's one of the reasons I started to watch. Always would pick him in Madden. He is my favorite non eagle. (Imagine him as an Eagle.)
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i have plenty of favorite teams
my favorite team: the eagles
my second favorite team: the philadelphia eagles
my third favorite team: the birds
my fourth favorite team: HOW BOU THEM BIRDS BABY
my fifth favorite team: the iggles
my sixth favorite team: the sixers
my seventh favorite team: the phillies
my eigth favorite team: you get the idea..
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by Remis on Jul 3, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions 12 recs
classy comment man, rec’d
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by Remis on Jul 3, 2009 3:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wth, i can’t rec you, sorry man
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by Remis on Jul 3, 2009 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
you’re rec’ing yourself
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by Route36 on Jul 3, 2009 3:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dont make eye contact or youll have to talk to him
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by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT?!
who said that? WHO’S THERE???
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by Remis on Jul 4, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol you made me think of the scene when peter griffen says not to move in front of the hooker lol
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 4, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha… her eyesight is based on movement
by awd777 on Jul 5, 2009 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well mine are
1. eagles
2. phillies
3. 76ers
4. flyers
5. eagles
6. soul
7. eagles
8. purple orchid
9. tony lukes
10. eagles
11. gcobb
12. phillies
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha number 11
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by Remis on Jul 4, 2009 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
rec’d
"Eagles fans are a passionate group who love their team," said McNabb, "if not the actual players. It's not like winning a Super Bowl before the first month of the season is the hardest thing they've ever asked of me. That'd be all those times they asked me to go kill myself."
by greenbean#twoOH on Jul 3, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
my favorite team is the jaguars. i grew up rooting for the eagles but born and raised in jacksonville, so they are my number one team. we had a tough year last year, but i’m also a florida gator season ticket holder, and went to the SEC championship and national championship games, so that made up for it.
by abeaugh on Jul 3, 2009 2:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the niners
i was a huge joe montana fan, even from his notre dame days. chicken soup bowl:) they gave me something to be happy about in the 80’s.
i think i might be cursed…
"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid
by BroadStBullies on Jul 3, 2009 2:27 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
good post!
rec’d
"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid
by BroadStBullies on Jul 3, 2009 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In just football or all sports?
Well…Favorite football teams are 1. Eagles(duh) 2. Carolina Panthers. First game of the season is on my 20th birthday and my fav two teams face off. Cant get a better opener than that. I like the Panthers cuz of my best friend being from NC and a Panthers fan and also Steve Smith is my favorite receiver in the NFL. If the Panthers had a decent QB, that team would be extremely hard to beat with that running game and 1/2 man 1/2 amazing.
I predict final score 26-17 Eagles for the opener.
Overall favorite teams: E-A-G-L-E-S, Phillies, Sixers, Manchester United, Panthers.
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by Route36 on Jul 3, 2009 3:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol i root 4 liverpool just because all the no brainer amercians go for manchester because of road trip
and im part english so technically im allowed even though my Irish and Scottish ancestors are waiting to hit me with a shillelagh
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If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually...
grew up being a Man U. fan since the mid 90’s when i was like 7. I think you meant to say Euro Trip which didn’t come out till 9 years later. So i guess i am not a “no brainer American” :)
p.s. Liverpool will always be behind United!
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by Route36 on Jul 4, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too
I live in NC so i gotta have love for them. Also its the same thing with steve but i like him cuhz i was a short receiver and he is so yea. I hate delhomme and this is really a team loaded with talent and i swear its like he throws playoff games.
by birdsflyinhigh2590 on Jul 3, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
But I like to watch the Vikings because of All Day. And the Ravens because I have a deep admiration for Ray Lewis and Ed Reed and that dominant, stingy defense. Itll be a sad day when the best LB in history retires.
by Igglesfan13 on Jul 3, 2009 4:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and by deep admiration you mean homosexual connection ?
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There mos def
should have been a no homo in that sentence.
"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid
by BroadStBullies on Jul 5, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Living in New York
I’ve developed a decent respect for the Jets. Their fans remind me a lot of us compared to those tame, fairweather, bandwagon Giants fans.
But I can’t say they’re my 2nd favorite team.
There are the Eagles as my favorite, and then everyone else. One team may interest me slightly more than another for an arbitrary reason, but I don’t have any rank of ‘favorites’, I have one favorite.
"What did it feel like? That collision, I didn't feel nothing, because he was pretty much defenseless. It was like running through a cardboard box. Seriously. Cardboard box."- Sheldon Brown on his pounding of Reggie Bush in the '06 Playoffs
by jalarsen1 on Jul 3, 2009 7:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
From my perspective, i cannot see this at all
fairweather, bandwagon Giants fans.
Living in upstate NY, between Lake Ontario and the Adirondacks, it’s a pretty rural area. The probability of people liking the Bills, Giants or the Jets would seem high? That’s the furthest from the truth. Within a 30 mile radius of where i live, i know people that are fans of:
Bears
Bills
Chiefs
Cowboys
Dolphins
Giants
Jets
Packers
Patriots
Raiders
Rams
Redskins
Vikings
This is a pretty diverse list of teams coming from this area. These people were born here and are my age or older, and they have never swayed from their favorites. It’s the younger generation that gives the solid core of fans a bad rep. As far as i’m concern, i am a Giants fan, and someone wants to be a Giants fan, so be it. But, your going to be a fan through thick and thin. If not, move along!
by Hootman on Jul 3, 2009 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny about those rural areas
I grew up in a town of 2000 people in CT on the RI border. Most people were New York transplants, but you had some Boston influence too and just a whole lot of New England…anyway, being so far from any major sports team nobody was really a die hard fan of anything…you really had a quiet mix similar to what you describe…since you could never get out and actually see the game, no one got excited for anything…it wasn’t until I went to college in Philly that I grew to really love a sports team.
I’m in Staten Island now and I can say that things are split probably 50% for Giants 40% for Jets and that random, yet unshakable 5% for Cowboys and then 5% for everything else. And yes, Giants fans are WAY tamer than Jets fans.
During the playoffs, as we stuffed Eli’s 4th down run attempt, I stood on the bar and sang the Eagles fight song and I’m still here to talk about it. That would never happen in Philly.
"What did it feel like? That collision, I didn't feel nothing, because he was pretty much defenseless. It was like running through a cardboard box. Seriously. Cardboard box."- Sheldon Brown on his pounding of Reggie Bush in the '06 Playoffs
by jalarsen1 on Jul 4, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t necessarily have a 2nd favorite team, but there are a few teams like the Falcons and Texans that I’m interested in and will root for over teams that aren’t us.
Fly, Eagles, Fly...
by Bob_Q on Jul 3, 2009 7:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My second favorite team is...
…any team that is playing the Giants, Cowboys, or Redskins.
by Smitty2K3 on Jul 3, 2009 8:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Chargers
I lived in San Diego during part of the Dan Fouts era. But they are a very distant second. If they are playing the Eagles I want them dead.
I bleed green and I piss silver and blue
by oldasquick on Jul 3, 2009 8:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
scotch scotch scotch down in my belly mmm mmm mmm
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If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i love lamp.
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
by soman319 on Jul 3, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
brick is that a grenade ?
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If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why don't you go back to your home on Whore Island?
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by oldasquick on Jul 3, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you hear that ? Bears ... now the whole station is in danger !
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego,
which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.
I bleed green and I piss silver and blue
by oldasquick on Jul 3, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Anchorman tangents!
This is one of the shorter ones ive seen tho
"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid
by BroadStBullies on Jul 5, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don’t have a second favorite team to be honest… however, i do have have most hated teams: 1. cowboys 2. giants 3. patriots 4. redskins etc. basically, if i’m watching a game without the eagles, i’m rooting for the team i hate the least. also, if it’s an obscure game like say detroit vs. kansas city (both are teams i can care less about), i’ll root for the team with the most ties to the eagles. so, i’d pick kansas city for having vermiel and edwards as recent coaches. having said all that, those are only one-game deals. i would never cheer for those teams in the grand scheme of the sport. i’m a philly guy all the way.
by awd777 on Jul 3, 2009 9:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Favorite team – Philadelphia Eagles
Second favorite team – Anyone playing the Cowboys
"If they end up 2-14 and both of those wins came against Dallas, that's a pretty good year."
by midnitegreen on Jul 3, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
loll niice
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by Remis on Jul 5, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the right answer.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
by BrianS on Jul 5, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff garcia is the man, so i follow him lol
by bigd81 on Jul 3, 2009 11:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The only other team I will root for if it is not the Eagles or a team playing or division rivals are the Steelers. My Uncles who I have a close relationship with like them and I usually root for teams that my family root for. The only team that I root for that no one else in my family has before is the Oregon Ducks since I have lived here most of my life.
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by The Legend on Jul 3, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i used to root for the falcons when they had mike vick
vick was the most exciting player in the league so i loved watching falcons games (unless they were playing the eagles.) i guess i was more of a vick fan than falcons, but thats the closest ive been to a second favorite team.
by 5uperman on Jul 3, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Watch out! PETA, Vick-haters, and pet owners will hang you because of that comment.
I’m only joking but it’s not so far from the truth =P.
I used to abuse the defense with Vick when I drafted him in Madden 04. oh good times.
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
by soman319 on Jul 3, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason...
I used to like the Dolphins a lot when I was a kid. I’d pick them in old video games, had a Dolphins hat, etc etc. I can’t even say that it was because of Marino since I only really started paying attention to players names and such at the tail end of his career. It’s cool since they are in the AFC so there’s barely any conflict with the birds and they also play in a division with the Patriots who i distaste due to obvious reasons (primarily due to fairweather fans who tried to shove down their success down my throat and then disappeared after their last super bowl).
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
by soman319 on Jul 3, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i don't admit it often these days(who would?)
the oakland raiders. i loved the raiders as a kid. i still follow them fairly closely. they have a fanbase that kind of resembles ours. bo jackson. enough said.
by snowhill82 on Jul 3, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
rec instead of plus 1 :P thats why its there in actions :P
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If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 3, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My uncle’s second team is the Raiders which I find weird because when he grew up the Steelers and Raiders were rivals. He grew up in California but I still don’t think that is a good excuse because if I grew up in Texas, New York, or Washington there would be no way in hell that one of those teams would be my second team behind my Eagles
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by The Legend on Jul 3, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
in the nfl...
I loooove my Iggles. Don’t need any questions asked. But second is the Raiders. I think their fans are similar to us, and I have some strange admiration for Al Davis’s group of hated men in black. The whole world hates the Raiders, particularly ESPN, and for the most part, the world has hated on the Birds. It’s also nice to root for a team that has a fan base of our nature even though the team isn’t a powerhouse because it reminds me of how lucky we are to enjoy the Eagles go out every Sunday and win.
And the black uniforms are BAMF
by birds'n'raiders on Jul 3, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the black uniforms are sweet as fuck.
by snowhill82 on Jul 4, 2009 6:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
any time i watch a raiders game.....
i feel like i’m playing blitz the league.
by snowhill82 on Jul 4, 2009 6:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 4, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AAHHH
i hate the raiders and their loser fans. “HEY MAN!!! lets put SPIKES on our fake SHOULDER pads, name ourselves ZORLOCK, STAB a few people then JERK eachother off!!! YYEEAAAA!!!!”
No thanks.
My second fave…. Chiefs. The place i go to watch the eagles (in MT) has always got a huge group of chiefs fans. They were there every sunday last season, cheered louder than anyone, and always went home upset. I felt bad, but also gained some respect for them. So secretly i was rooting for them inside. Also, my dad lives in KC and it’s pretty cool town. However, EAGLES ALL THE WAY BABY!!!
Eagles.
by #1EaglesFan on Jul 3, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
not the chiefs....
let me stab a few people…throw on some road warrior type shoulder pads….i don’t really want to jerk any one off….i have no objections to the name zorlock.
by snowhill82 on Jul 4, 2009 6:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is going to come out a touch off
but historically my second favorite football team has been the Gints.
Don’t kick me out please…
I lived in Hunterdon County NJ and didn’t have cable, on Sunday the antenna would point to whichever team was playing at the time/on at the time. The birds were blacked out alot back then b/c the games didn’t sell out too much.
Couple that with being able to yell, “Wide Left!!!!!!” in a room full of Buffalo Bills fans and – Historically the G-Men come in at number 2.
Eli has since fixed that…
by cavortingEagle on Jul 3, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry dude, but that's like having sex with your mother-in-law
It’s just not natural.
I bleed green and I piss silver and blue
by oldasquick on Jul 3, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure how you can be an Eagles fan and a Giants fan, seems like a conflict of interests
But if you had a super-hot mother-in-law? Unnatural, yes but I’d have to see the mother-in-law to make an accurate ruling on that one.
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by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on Jul 4, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid
by BroadStBullies on Jul 5, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Ravens as of Last year....
Nice to see some Philly connections finding success in the AFC. Yes i live in Baltimore, and yes i sometimes like when the Ravens lose and the Eagles win….BUT overall, with Harbaugh, Montgomery and Flacco in Balt, its hard not to root for them. My brother went to UD and grew up an Eagles Fan. Harbaugh has always been one of my favorites…..and WM was amazing.
by GreenInBaltimore on Jul 3, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Originally, I thought that was an atrocious question but now that I think about it, every Eagles fan should be a fan of anyone who is playing the Cowboys, Redskins, and NYG but if you like another team, it better be in the AFC. I root for other players, but not other teams. For instance, Lee Evans was my favorite college player ever when he played at Wisconsin, so he is my favorite non-Eagle, so if I had to pick it might be the Bills. Either way, other conference if anything for any teams fan.
by NJEagle on Jul 3, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Second favorite team in the NFL: Steelers when Bill Cowher was the head coach
Second favorite team in pro sports: New Zealand All Blacks
Tony Romo...why so serious?
by jaws1385 on Jul 4, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
by number5 on Jul 4, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
and if you don’t know, now you know!
imagine the eagles doin this
by va iggle fan on Jul 5, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My second favorite team is none until we start approaching playoff time. for example, the last game of last season, my second favorite team was the texans and the raiders. which ever team helps the eagles in the long run becomes my favorite team. if the eagles are on the high road to the playoffs themselves, then my second favorite team is the eagles, the third is the eagles, the fourth is the… you get the point
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by anuj on Jul 4, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the Ravens
Hate every single other NFL team.
by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 5, 2009 7:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I used to like the Cardinals
just because it was a guaranteed win on the schedule every year they were in our division. They went and messed that up last year. I have different reasons for rooting for different teams each week. I can’t really say I have a 2nd favorite team. I really like the Texans after what they did for us last season and have never really pissed me off (while the Raiders, 1980. I don’t care what they did for us last year. I hate that team.)
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by einman77 on Jul 5, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hold on
There are 30 other teams in the NFL???? Why did I not know of this. I always thought it was The Eagles, and that other team. Wow… just amazed.
by Sparki on Jul 5, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
There are a couple I could say.
The Saints are my number two for sure and I have a special place for the Niners in my heart as that was the team that I watched when I first fell in love with the sport.
by NOLACuse on Jul 6, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Packers
I’d have to say that since I’ve lived in Wisconsin my whole life being a Packer fan is a must……but they will always be #2 after my Eagles!!
by slandog on Jul 6, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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