Sports team with the widest and most loyal fan base:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Poll question: Sports team with the widest and most loyal fan base:

(i.e. front running noobs, LOL)

[Texasgal]

1. Other:

The TEXAS LONGHORNS!!!!

WOOT!!!

HOOK 'EM!

:bounce:

[jpgray]

2. Since we're talking sports fans, "widest" in what context?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. As in, geographically spread out. For instance, Yankees fans are all

over the damn country.

On Edit: I just now got the joke.

[dolo amber]

8. I don't think we're talking about Packers fans

:D

[jpgray]

9. There are some thick ass Packers out there, aren't there

:o

(last one I promise!)

[dolo amber]

12. That's a'ight, dig your own grave

Can't wait for Mrs.G to see that one. :P

[enigmatic]

4. Cleveland Browns

No question.

[JVS]

5. HA!

[Sanity Claws]

6. No question that you're wrong

I think they could be erased from the NFL and no one would notice.
:hide:

[Radical Activist]

7. Probably the Braves

They were the only MLB team for an entire region of the country for a very long time. A lot of people far away from Atlanta are fans, plus the number of their games aired on TV give them a huge fan base.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

10. Boston Red Sox fans win for patience, that's for sure.

Not sure about their wide appeal, but those fans suffered for decades yet stuck by their team.

Steeler fans are loyal but I think Boston has us beat.

[rockymountaindem]

11. When you said "most loyal" you ruled out two of the top contenders:

The NY Yankees and Manchester United F.C. A lot of Yanks "fans" are either jackass bandwagon riders or people who fancy themeselves badass NYers, or people in foreign countries who see the NY logo as a symbol of American cosmopolitanism. This is not to detract from you real Yankees fans out there, but even you must know this. It's the same for Manchester United. I go to the University of Toronto, and if I had a loonie for every Canadian, Indian or Pakistani with a ManU shirt or scarf who didn't know squat about the team I'd have a lot of money. I mean, if you're a ManU fan and don't know who Glazer is or why he's controversial, then you're not really a ManU fan (which I'm not, BTW, not a huge fan of soccer. I guess if I had to pick I'd go with Arsenal because I like the cannon on their logo).

For these reasons, I voted for my team, the Red Sox. I mean, you gotta really love a team to stick with 'em after 86 years of frustration and disappointment. We had our share of bandwagon riders, but now they're probably with the other Sox, so I guess in one way we're lucky about last season that the bandwagon thing didn't run out of control.

[u4ic]

26. I'd say Manchester United, too

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Green Bay...Not even a close contest. I'm stunned you don't have

them on there. Sold out forever....:eyes: ...and their fans OWN the damned team.

[KitchenWitch]

14. I agree with you MrsG

There are Packer fans EVERYWHERE!

Funny story. When we went to SoCal last November to visit my inlaws, my husband discovered that a pizzeria nearby his parents' house is where the SoCal Minnesota Vikings fan club meets. I got to watch the Monday Night Football game with a bunch of other Vikings fans!

Good times, good times.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. I bet you had a blast. I've run into Packers fans in many airports at

Christmas time...where ever fans of a team get together outside of the home state it's cool. :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

17. It was

Bad outcome for your guys, but oh well!

Good food, fun company, and away from home to boot.

[justabob]

18. Big Packer fan base here in Dallas nt

[DS1]

15. Ferrari. Duh.

[Burma Jones]

19. The Chicago Cubs

Everyone wants to go to Wrigley.....

[Fox Mulder]

20. Definitely not the Minnesota Vikings fans.

Most of us are fair-weather fans, at best.

[KitchenWitch]

22. Hey, I am a true blue Vikings fan

even when they suck.

[Fox Mulder]

23. I said "most".

:P

I'm a fan of the Vikes too, no matter how much they let me down every year.

[KitchenWitch]

24. I know!

I just wanted to be counted as one of the "bleeds purple" true fans!

[ET Awful]

27. Wouldn't that be more like a true purple Vikings fan?

:P

[KitchenWitch]

31. smartass!

:rofl:

[rooboy]

21. Wow. I'm stunned by the reponses to this thread.

Manchester United probably would have a bigger fan base worldwide than all of those other teams combined. In fact, I'd be a little surprised if the top 5-supported sports teams in the world weren't all soccer teams.

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. Nope. I'm still going to go with the team that is owned by their fans.

No contest.

[DS1]

29. You'd still be so completely wrong my mind is spinning

:shrug:

Google Results


Green Bag Packers - 4,820,000
Manchester United - 31,800,000
Ferrari - 28,000,000

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. Totally right.

:shrug: As much as people don't like it, it's the truth.

[DS1]

32. You've never left the country.

It's not your fault :-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. Ha! I have too.

;) I know of a Packer fan in Belgium even...He and his buddies are huge fans. :P

[DS1]

34. Fair enough

You're still wrong. But this seems to be some kind of sacred thing to you, so I'll leave it there.

:yoiks:

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. >

:spray: I'll get my Daddy to beat you up. :rofl:

[undeterred]

25. Packers and Cubs