Hypothetical Sports Fan Situation
 

You must choose to cheer for 1 team in each major professional/college sport you currently follow.

Here are the rules:

-You live in Alaska, so you have no hometown connection to any major sports team.
-You've never followed these sports before, so you have no interest or hatred in any team, but you have all the historical information on teams you could ever want
-You have no affiliation to any team whatsoever
-You have your own private jet and unlimited amounts of $$$ which allows you to attend any and all sporting events you could want, as long as they don't conflict in time
-You have the best satellite dish ever, which picks up every tv station in the entire world including local stations, allowing you to see every televised sporting event possible.
-You can't pick any team you currently cheer for in real life
-Include the teams you currently cheer for in parentheses

Discuss

My choices:

MLB - Indians (Yankees/Brewers)
NBA - Heat (Bucks)
NFL - Chargers (Packers)
NCAABB - UCLA (Duke/Marquette)
NCAAFB - Notre Dame (Wisconsin)

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MLB - Angles (Red Sox)
NFL - Steelers (Patriots)
NCAAFB - Utah (Boston College)
NHL - Avalanche (Bruins)
NBA - Basketball is stupid (Basketball is stupid)
NCAABB - Basketball is stupid (Basketball is stupid)

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MLB- Cardinals(Mets)
NFL- Packers(Jets)
NHL- Red Wings (Rangers)

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I would probably choose to follow the teams that have the best combined history + chances each year of winning the championship (The Ultimate Bandwagoner). Extra stuff like celebrities and special events would also be good. NFL is toughest because of parity.

MLB - Yankees (Cubs, Red Sox, Braves)
NBA - Lakers (Bulls, Heat, Magic)
NFL - Giants (Bears)
NCAAFB - Notre Dame (Florida)
NCAABB - Duke (Florida)

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MLB - Dodgers (Yankees)
NBA - Cavs (Lakers in the 80s/90s)
NFL - Jets? (Redskins in the 80s/90s)
NHL - Red Wings (Blue Jackets)
NCAABB - ? (tOSU)
NCAAFB - ? (tOSU)

I'm not really a pro football/basketball fan, and haven't really watched either sport since 98.

College Sports are really hard to watch I would think unless you have a really strong connection to that school. There are so many teams out there that you could like, but I couldn't imaging rooting for any other team other than The Ohio State University.

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I'd wanna pick teams where each one was The Show in their area and the ownership/administration seemed at least adequate. Here goes.

MLB- St. Louis Cardinals (Twins)
NBA- Indianapolis Pacers (T-Wolves) -easiest pick, Jazz disallowed because its freaking Utah and I'm gonna wanna party if I'm making that kind of trip
NFL- Green Bay Packers (Vikings)
NCAABB- UConn (Minnesota- Go Gophs!) -toughest pick by far
NCAAFB- Notre Dame (Minnesota)

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so we have a vikings fan that would become a GB fan, and a Bo Sox fan that would be come a Yankee fan.

I know it's cold outside, but it would seem that Hell has officially frozen over.

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I don't really understand how to answer this, as I have followed these sports for some time and have some perspective that is likely clouding my judgment. I think that my answers would be entirely different if I were just recently exposed to everything like in the above scenario, but I have no idea how to account for that. But I'll play along and just use my biased perspective.

MLB - Cubs (Red Sox)
NBA - Pacers (none)
NFL - Chiefs (Eagles)
NCAABB - Gonzaga (Kentucky)
NCAAFB - ??? (Kentucky/Michigan)

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I don't really understand how to answer this, as I have followed these sports for some time and have some perspective that is likely clouding my judgment. I think that my answers would be entirely different if I were just recently exposed to everything like in the above scenario, but I have no idea how to account for that. But I'll play along and just use my biased perspective.



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The goal is to attempt to be as unbias as possible, while allowing a little bias to creep in obviously.

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MLB- Cubs (Mets)
NBA- Mavericks (Knicks)
NFL- Packers (Giants)
NHL- Flyers (Islanders)
NCAABB- Temple, 'til Chaney's gone (St. John's)
NCAAFB- Boston College (Penn St./Notre Dame)

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NHL - Leafs
NFL - Packers
NCAAFB - Notre Dame (I hate Notre Dame becuase of this [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img])
NCAABB - Uconn, Duke

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MLB - Marlins? (Giants)
NBA - LeBron, Chris Paul (I don't follow any teams, but I really enjoy watching the Kings and Warriors lose)
NFL - Texans (49ers)
NCAABB - Wisconsin (Fresno St.)
NCAAFB - Nebraska when they used to work the option (Fresno St.)

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MLB - St. Louis Cardinals (Mariners)
NBA - Mavericks (Sonics)
NFL - Packers (Seahawks)
NCAABB - North Carolina (Gonzaga/Washington)
NCAAFB - Tennessee or Alabama (Washington)

I tried to pick teams where the game day experience would be top of the line. I can only imagine how wild it would be to see 100,000+ fans at Nyland staduim in a game vs. Florida or a packed house in the Dean Dome vs. Duke.

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MLB - Cubs (pirates) -went to a pirate/cubs game in chi, almost felt bad rooting for the bucs.
NBA - Heat (Spurs) - would love to see Shaq dominate the Lakers in teh finals
NFL - Bengals (Steelers) The bengals remind me a lot of my Pirates, so I like them, they give me hope
NCAABB - UNC (Pitt/Wake) so much history it would seem, UNC or Duke
NCAAFB - PSU (Pitt) I absolutely am really not a fan of Penn State, but my GF graduated from there, and it would be convenient.

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NFL: Patriots (Steelers)
MLB: Yankees (Pirates)
NBA: Cavs (Kings)
NCAAF: Miami (Pittsburgh)
NCCAB: Duke (Pittsburgh)

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MLB: Braves (Yankees)
NFL: Steelers (Bills)
NHL: Maple Leafs (Rangers)
NBA: Spurs (Knicks)
CBball: Duke (Syracuse/Minnesota)
CFball: Ohio State (Minnesota)

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MLB - Braves (Red Sox)
NBA - Spurs (Celtics)
NFL - Steelers (Pats)
NCAAF - ND (PSU)
NCAAB - UNC (um...PSU I guess?)

Wow, am I a true bandwagoner at heart or what? I almost picked the pirates for baseball, they'd be my second pick if only so I could get a Yuengling at games and they have a very beautiful park.

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Soccer - Barcelona (Sevilla)
NBA - Heat (Portland)
NFL - Chicago (Pittsburgh/SF)
MLB - St. Louis (SF)
NCAABB - Gonzaga (Oregon)
NCAAFB - USC (Oregon)

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I think I understand this right.

MLB: No idea here. Milwaukee maybe? (Athletics)
NFL: Green Bay (Seahawks)
NHL: Montreal (Canucks)
NBA: Detroit (Sonics)
NCAAB: Gonzaga (Illini)

Edit: And as the 3rd person to list Gonzaga basketball, the only logical conclusion is that Gonzaga is huge with Alaskans who own private jets.

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Redskins (Redskins)
Orioles (Orioles)
Capitals (Capitals)

stupid thread so i gave a stupid answer. that's how i roll.

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MLB: Cubs (Mariners)
NBA: Clippers (Blazers)
NFL: Colts (Seahawks)
NHL: Canadians (Canucks)
NCAAB: Gonzaga (Washington State)
NCAAF: Florida (Washington State)

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NBA: Cavs (get to have LeBron for next decade. Bulls)
NFL: Steelers (always in contention, good tradition. Bears)
MLB: Mets (always interesting. Cubs)
NCAABB: Duke (they're always good. Duh. South Carolina.)
NCAAFB: Texas (Love Vince Young. Always good talent. SC)

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I'm trying really hard to approach this as the OP wanted:

NFL: Patriots (Redskins)
Baseball: Yankees (Orioles ... Bleeeccchhhhh!!!)
NBA: Celtics (Wizards)
NHL: Red Wings (Penguins)
CollBB: Duke (Maryland ... Bleeeccchhhhh!!!)
CollFB: Notre Dame (Maryland)

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NHL: Senators (Avalanche)
NCAA Hockey: North Dakota (Minnesota)
NFL: Packers (Vikings)
MLB: Red Sox (Reds...I hate everything about this choice)
NBA: Celtics (Pacers)
NCAA Football: Miami (Indiana)
NCAA Basketball: Duke (Indiana)
Soccer: Man United/Brazil (None/USA)

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NFL - Chargers (Bills)
MLB - Astros (Yankees)
NBA - Grizzlies (Pistons)
NHL - Red Wings (Sabres)
NCAABB - Louisville (Syracuse)
NCAAF - Louisville (Syracuse)

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MLB - A's (Dodgers)
NFL - Packers (Chargers)
NBA - Pacers (Lakers)
NCAA FB - Notre Dame (UCLA)
NCAA BB - UNC/Gonzaga (UCLA)

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MLB- Pirates (Tigers)
NFL- Bengals (Lions)
NHL- Maple Leafs (Red Wings)
NBA- Clippers (Pistons)
NCAA FB- Oklahoma (UM)
NCAA BB- Georgetown (UNC: I was born in Chapel Hill in 1983. There was no other basketball team at the time.)

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MLB - Cardinals...solid and entertaining (Yankees)
NBA - Pacers...because of Danny Granger (Knicks - seriously considering this tradeup IRL)
NFL - Steelers/Patriots...like their styles (Giants)
NCAA - Texas...currently good at everything (New Mexico - only good at soccer, women's BB and skiing)

ScottieK

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NFL-Cowboys (Patriots)
NHL-Sharks (Senators)
NBA- 76ers (Raptors)

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MLB - Yankees (N/A)
NBA - Lakers (Suns)
NFL - 49ers (Cardinals)
NCAABB - Duke (Maryland)
NCAAFB - Notre Dame (ASU)

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MLB - Twins (Yankees)
NBA - Cavs (Knicks)
NFL - Chargers (Jets)
NCAABB - Kentucky (UConn, Duke)
NCAAFB - USC or LSU (Northwestern)

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NCAABB - Kentucky (UConn, Duke)


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I'm really curious as to how its possible to be a UConn and Duke fan.....