April 16, 200818 yr Obviously most of us are Sox fans here but I know there is many posters who arent from Chicago.What are the teams in other sports that you have a passion for?I personally live and die with the Bears,Bulls,Hawks,Fire,and Illini football and basketball.Sure no surprises with my allegiances but what are yours?Do you follow any sports teams that maybe some of us would be surprised to know about?Maybe you have a favorite Lacrosse team,or a favorite Premier league soccer team,or maybe you are a deranged Packers fan,we should know about it.
April 16, 200818 yr In order of importance: Sox NIU athletics Illinois athletics Bears Bulls Blackhawks Edited April 16, 200818 yr by whitesoxfan101
April 16, 200818 yr Sox Bears I don't like much college basketball, but I'd have to say the Illini since my school's team sucks and I like Bruce Webber. I don't like the NBA anymore, the Bulls are a disappointment.
April 16, 200818 yr Baseball - White Sox Football - Dallas Cowboys Soccer - West Ham United Basketball - Orlando Magic Ice Hockey - Chicago Blackhawks Those are the major ones.
April 16, 200818 yr white sox, u of illinois, bears, and bulls. since i work at ohio state i tend to root for their teams when they aren't playing illinois or when it doesn't hurt illinois. it's not the same feeling as the first four, though, because i've rooted for them my whole life.
April 16, 200818 yr Always been Bears #1, I was disinterested in baseball in the second half of the '90s and since I was overseas a lot I was only a casual Sox fan until about late '04, beginning of '05 when I started getting back into it. Honestly in about April or May '05 I could not tell you the entire Sox regular lineup or recognize some of their faces outside of Konerko, Crede, maybe Buehrle and Garland, and I knew who Dye was before he came here. I wasn't a fairweather fan, I just didn't have time. Sox are a close 2nd though. The way the Bears tested my loyalty was different from the way MLB and the Sox tested me.
April 16, 200818 yr Local teams, in order of interest to me: Hawks (vaulted back to #1 since Rocky took over) Sox Wolves Fire Cubs Bulls Bears Outside of Chicago, there are about 6 NHL teams between the Sox and Wolves (Red Wings, Bruins, Flyers, Penguins, Blues and Senators), then the Packers fall in between the Fire and the Cubs, followed by 4 MLB teams before the Cubs as well (Cardinals, Brewers, Pirates, Diamondbacks). No college team in any sport makes my list. I couldn't possibly care less about college sports, until my nephew signs on somewhere to play collegiate soccer.
April 16, 200818 yr Only teams I have ever cared for in my short 24 years. Chisox, baseball, since Frank arrived Steelers, football, since Levon Kirkland days Heat, since Timmy Hardaway arrived UNC, since Stackhouse, Greg Ellis days TTU, since becoming a student a few years ago Flyers, since Lindros early days, interested waned over the years but I still keep an eye.
April 16, 200818 yr Football: Celtic CF, US National Team and the Irish National Team American Football: Bears Hockey: blackhawks Basketball: Bulls GAA ( Gaelic Football, what the Aussie Rules football is based off of ) County Kerry Hurling : Kerry of course
April 16, 200818 yr Sox SIU basketball Dolphins Bulls And I'm going to put the Blackhawks here as I'm trying to follow them more but I really don't think I can claim to be that big of a fan yet.
April 16, 200818 yr Author QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 16, 2008 -> 10:12 AM) Football: Celtic CF, US National Team and the Irish National Team American Football: Bears Hockey: blackhawks Basketball: Bulls GAA ( Gaelic Football, what the Aussie Rules football is based off of ) County Kerry Hurling : Kerry of course What the hell is hurling?
April 16, 200818 yr Sox are by far my number one team. From there, the Bears, Hawks, Bulls; which ever sport is in season. My college teams is Illinois The surprising team is the Steelers. I credit it back to Tecmo Super Bowl, which had Gregg Lloyd and Rod Woodson, who are two of my favorite football players. I still have a "Chaos and Mayhem" poster featuring those two hanging in my basement. Edited April 16, 200818 yr by smalls2598
April 16, 200818 yr In order of importance: Sox UCONN - i live in big east country not too far from connecticut Kansas City Chiefs - used to be a 49er fan...my allegiance went with Montana Seattle Sonics - fell in love with basketball at the same time Payton/Kemp were in their prime FSU football - i dont know...they were good when i was young Ottawa Senators - love hockey, my allegiance here flip flops ever since the Whalers left...we have their AHL team now so i follow them Florida Marlins - wanted to follow the NL more and when they joined MLB figured that was a way to start Liverpool (EPL) - FIFA video games got me started with them Kansas City Wizards (MLS) - I used to like Preki when he was good By the way, my dad doesnt follow sports at all, which is why myself and my brother like random teams (he likes the Indians, Bills, Bulls/Lakers, Notre Dame, Michigan and the Ducks) Edited April 16, 200818 yr by ChiSox_Sonix
April 16, 200818 yr Order of Importance: White Sox (by far,) then the rest are sort of tied. Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Illinois basketball, Illinois football, Missouri football, Missouri baseball.
April 16, 200818 yr white sox bears Vandy Bball Big Ten Football Bulls Illinois BBall Tiger Woods rectal examinations death anything having to do with soccer
April 16, 200818 yr Iowa State, far and away. I could tolerate the Sox losing a 100 games every year from here to eternity for a football national championship. ISU Sox/Colts Pacers Calgary for whatever reason.
April 16, 200818 yr QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 16, 2008 -> 12:45 PM) rectal examinations death anything having to do with soccer That made me laugh out loud at work and everybody turned around and started looking at me. BTW am I the only one on this board that likes the Bears better than the Sox, or otherwise doesn't have the Sox as his #1 team?
April 16, 200818 yr MLB: Sox NCAA: Minnesota Gophers NFL: Bears NBA: Utah Jazz (I'm working for them, so this is obligated), Philadelphia 76ers (in this order, with college basketball taking priority over college football) QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 16, 2008 -> 10:49 AM) Liverpool (EPL) - FIFA video games got me started with them Hey, me too, although I can't actually claim to be a fan of theirs since I don't follow the EPL (or any form of soccer) at all. Edited April 16, 200818 yr by Felix
April 16, 200818 yr White Sox and Northwestern football are way out in front. IMO it's debateable which is really #1, but basically anyone I know would say NU. Though it's painful to watch a lot of the time, NU basketball is #3, though I'll actually skip games for that and don't follow it quite as obsessively. After that it drops off even more. I would still call myself a fan of the Bulls and Bears, though I'm far more casual about it and haven't been to a game in quite a while for either of them. I also generally adopt college basketball team on a year-by-year basis when I like a particular roster since I follow it so closely and my primary team is generally so crappy, though I didn't really do that this season. Edited April 16, 200818 yr by ZoomSlowik
April 16, 200818 yr QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 16, 2008 -> 11:45 AM) rectal examinations death anything having to do with soccer If you've never had a rectal examination, I might put death before it. Iowa State, far and away. I could tolerate the Sox losing a 100 games every year from here to eternity for a football national championship. If I were a mod, I would banninate you from the board post haste for that statement!!! As for me: Bears football White Sox baseball Illini football Illini Basketball Blackhawk hockey Bulls basketball Fire futbol Chicago Bandits softball (mmmmm...Jennie Finch) Houston Texans football San Antonio Spurs basketball Every other major, minor, college and fringe sports team. The Cubs.
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