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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Apr 17, 2007 23:08:21 GMT -5
I have tallied and looked over the lists 3 times to check and make sure that there are no errors, and Here is your top 50 fav sports teams of WC Forums But first the teams that just barely missed the boat 60 USA Men's Soccer 59 Cincinatti Bengals 58 Marshall Thundering Herd 57 Arsenal 56 Arizona Diamondbacks 55 TCU Horned Frogs 54 Oklahoma Sooners 53 Maryland 52 San Diego Chargers 51 Texas Rangers And A hint for #50-45 MLB team that once had a Famous owner MLB Baseball team that has 2 WS titles An Original Member of the NHL Probably the most world wide known team of its sport One of the Most dominate Schools in the Big 10.
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Post by normcoleman on Apr 18, 2007 0:21:54 GMT -5
Id thought the Gunners would do better
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Post by Loki on Apr 18, 2007 4:19:07 GMT -5
I still demand a separate ranking for Football (Soccer) teams
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Post by megaman2184 on Apr 18, 2007 4:42:26 GMT -5
So wrestlecrap is picking the sorry teams? In that case, the 03 Det. Tigers should be #1!
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Post by Erik Majorwitz on Apr 18, 2007 4:44:39 GMT -5
I still demand a separate ranking for Football (Soccer) teams Why? Outside of the U.K., Europe, and Latin America, nobody cares about your brand of football. I can sympathize with you, playing American football here in Germany goes largely unrecognized.
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Post by aguamoose on Apr 18, 2007 4:47:04 GMT -5
dont you mean all of the world , minus USA care about football?
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Post by Loki on Apr 18, 2007 6:30:54 GMT -5
dont you mean all of the world , minus USA care about football? Yep, but if it's not popular in the U.S. it doesn't really matter ;D
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Post by 4real on Apr 18, 2007 9:30:09 GMT -5
Was i the only person who voted for Arsenal?
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Apr 18, 2007 10:32:59 GMT -5
Was i the only person who voted for Arsenal? no someone else did #50 The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan. In addition to winning more games and garnering the highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I-A history, the Wolverines are also known for their distinctive helmet design, fight song, and record-breaking attendance figures. Michigan began competing in intercollegiate football in 1879, and its program is credited with popularizing the game at the collegiate level west of the Appalachians. In 1887 its team introduced the game to students at Notre Dame who began their own storied football tradition and became one of the Wolverines' fiercest rivals. Since 1935, Michigan has almost always concluded its regular season schedule with a game against Ohio State. The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is widely regarded among the greatest in American sports. The Wolverines compete in the Big Ten Conference and have won or shared 42 league titles, more than any other football program in any conference. Their current head coach is Lloyd Carr who has led the team since 1995. National championships: 1901 1902 1903 1904 1918 1923 1932 1933 1947 1948 1997 Big Ten championships: 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 Records: # Most wins (860) and highest winning percentage (.745) in NCAA Division I-A football history # The highest NCAA home attendance every year since 1974 except 1997 # The longest current streak of over 100,000 in attendance at home (200 games) # The longest current bowl game streak (32) # The longest current streak of non-losing seasons (39) and the list goes on. Here is the #50 WC sports team. University of Michigan Wolverines
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Post by normcoleman on Apr 18, 2007 11:18:50 GMT -5
^ damn good program IMO
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Post by Tyfo on Apr 18, 2007 12:20:33 GMT -5
dont you mean all of the world , minus USA care about football? Thats not true. We here in the U.S. LOVE football. Its just not what you call football. The game you know as football here in the U.S. is quite unpopular and basically ignored. The only time I even remotley care about soccer ("football") is when the World Cup is on the horizon. Even then I dont really care that much. But I'll actually pay attention to highlights and see who wins, when usually when soccer highlights come up(if they do even) I just change the channel.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Apr 18, 2007 12:21:37 GMT -5
I believe the Michigan Wolverines have also won more Rose Bowls than any other football team.
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Post by Jeff on Apr 18, 2007 13:05:49 GMT -5
Eagles for the win
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Post by Agent P on Apr 18, 2007 13:21:32 GMT -5
Was i the only person who voted for Arsenal? They were my number 24
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Apr 18, 2007 15:33:07 GMT -5
#49 The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They currently play in the Central Division of the National Hockey League (NHL). They have won three Stanley Cup Championships and thirteen division titles since their foundation in 1926. The team's name was spelled Chicago Black Hawks prior to the 1986-87 season. The Blackhawks are one of the Original Six NHL teams along with the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings. Since 1994, the Blackhawks have played in the United Center in Chicago. The Chicago Black Hawks joined the NHL in 1926 as part of the league's successful foray into United States-based teams. They were founded by coffee tycoon Frederic McLaughlin. Most of the Hawks' original players came from the Portland Rosebuds of the Western Canada Hockey League, which had folded the previous season. The millennium has largely been a disappointing time for the Hawks thus far. Eric Daze, Alexei Zhamnov, and Tony Amonte emerged as some of the team's leading stars by this time. However, Chicago missed the playoffs for four straight years until they took a quick first-round exit in 2002. Amonte left for the Phoenix Coyotes in the summer of 2002, and the Blackhawks missed the playoffs again in 2003 and 2004. A somber note was struck in February of 2004, when ESPN named the Blackhawks the worst franchise in professional sports [1]. Indeed, the Blackhawks are now viewed with much indifference by Chicagoans, as the team seems to find any way possible to alienate what fans are left, what with owner "Dollar Bill" Wirtz raising ticket prices and still refusing to put home games on television. Many hockey fans in Chicago prefer the minor-league Chicago Wolves to the 'Hawks, who have advertised themselves by saying "We Play Hockey the Old-Fashioned Way: We Actually Win". The club under Wirtz was then subject of a highly critical book, Career Misconduct, sold outside games until Wirtz arrested its author and publisher. Following the lockout of the 2004-05 season, new GM Dale Tallon set about restructuring the team in the hopes of making a playoff run. Tallon made several moves in the summer of 2005, most notably the signing of Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup-winning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and All-Star defenceman Adrian Aucoin. However, injuries plagued Khabibulin and Aucoin (among others), and the Blackhawks again finished with one of the worst records in the league (26-43-13) — next-to-last in the Western Conference and twenty seventh in the league. The Blackhawks reached another low point on May 16, 2006, when they announced that longtime TV/radio play-by-play announcer Pat Foley, the voice of the 'Hawks for 25 years, was not going to be brought back, a move unpopular amongst most Blackhawks fans. With the third overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, the team selected Jonathan Toews, who'd led the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey team to the 2006 NCAA Frozen Four. The team has still not won the Cup since 1961, the longest drought of any current NHL team. (The current Senators franchise began play in 1992, named for a team that folded in 1934 and last won the Cup in 1927). They finished with the 4th worst record in the league, and in the Draft Lottery, won the opportunity to select 1st overall in the draft, whereas the team had never had a draft pick higher than 3rd overall. Stanley Cups: 1933-34 1937-38 1960-61 Conference Championships: 1991-92 Division Championships 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93 Your #49 favorite Team Chicago Blackhawks
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Apr 18, 2007 19:21:58 GMT -5
#48 The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, notable for being the only team from outside the United States to win the World Series. They are in the Eastern Division of the American League. 2006 was the Blue Jays' 30th season. They are Canada's only MLB franchise, and the only team in the Major Leagues outside the United States, as the Montreal Expos were relocated to Washington, D.C. to become the Washington Nationals after the 2004 season. The Toronto Blue Jays came into existence in 1976 as one of two teams slated to join the American League for the next season (the other being the Seattle Mariners). Toronto had been mentioned as a potential major league city several times, and had been home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League until 1967. The San Francisco Giants were considering a move to the city until the team was purchased by Bob Lurie in 1976. The franchise was originally owned by Labatt Breweries, with Imperial Trust and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as minority owners. The name "Blue Jays" came about when former Ontario Premier John Robarts, a member of the team's board of directors, started talking about a morning routine: "I was shaving this morning and I saw a blue jay out my window". [1] "That's an interesting name," a board member said, and it was the first time anyone had mentioned the words blue jay.[2] It was very likely that the new team would have worn blue in any case; blue has been Toronto's traditional sporting colour since the Toronto Argonauts adopted blue as their primary colour in 1873. Toronto's first solid season came in 1982 as they finished 78-84. Their pitching staff was led by starters Dave Stieb, Jim Clancy and Luis Leal, and the outfield featured a young Lloyd Moseby and Jesse Barfield. In 1983, the Blue Jays compiled their first winning record, 89-73, finishing in fourth place, 9 games behind the eventual World Series champions, the Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays' progress continued in 1984, finishing with the same 89-73 record, but this time in second place behind another World Series champion, the Detroit Tigers. 1989, which saw the opening of the Jays' new retractable-roofed home, SkyDome, also marked the start of an extremely successful five-year period for Toronto. In May, management fired manager Jimy Williams and replaced him with hitting instructor Cito Gaston. The club had a 12-24 record at the time of the firing, but recorded a 77-49 record under their new manager to win the American League East by 2 games. In the ALCS, Rickey Henderson led the Oakland Athletics to a 4-1 series win. In 1990, the Blue Jays again had a strong season, but finished in second place, 2 games behind the Boston Red Sox. Dave Stieb pitched his first and only no-hitter, beating the Cleveland Indians 3 to 0. During the offseason, the Blue Jays made one of the two biggest trades in franchise history, sending shortstop Tony Fernandez and first baseman Fred McGriff to the San Diego Padres for outfielder Joe Carter and second baseman Roberto Alomar. This would prove to be an excellent trade, as the Blue Jays again won the division in 1991. Once again, however, they fell short in the postseason, losing to the Minnesota Twins, who were on their way to their second World Series victory in five years, in the ALCS. Toronto became the first Major League club ever to draw over 4 million fans in one season. After the 1992 season, the Blue Jays let Dave Winfield and Tom Henke go, but signed free agents Paul Molitor from the Milwaukee Brewers and Dave Stewart from the Oakland Athletics. In 1993, the Blue Jays had seven All-Stars: hitters Devon White, Roberto Alomar, Paul Molitor, Joe Carter and John Olerud, starter Pat Hentgen, and closer Duane Ward. In August, the Jays acquired former nemesis Rickey Henderson from the Athletics. The Blue Jays cruised to a 95-67 record, seven games ahead of the New York Yankees, winning their third straight division title. The Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 4 games to 2 in the ALCS, and then the Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, for their second straight World Series victory. The World Series featured several exciting games, including Game 4, played under a slight rain, in which the Blue Jays came back from a 14-9 deficit to win 15-14 and take a 3 games to 1 lead in the series. It remains the highest scoring game in World Series history. Team motto: "Ya Gotta Believe" World Series titles: 1992 1993 AL Pennants: 1992 1993 East Division titles: 1985 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 1993 Your #48 team. Toronto Bluejays
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Apr 18, 2007 19:44:53 GMT -5
Interesting fact: The Philadelphia Philles changed their name to Blue Jays for two seasons before changing it back. I believe it was 1954-55 that they did it.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Apr 18, 2007 19:47:55 GMT -5
So, the Yankees are taking this, right?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 18, 2007 19:51:20 GMT -5
If the Montreal Canadiens don't make the Top 5.....I riot.
I'm not even a Canadiens fan, but let's not kid ourselves.....
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Apr 18, 2007 22:14:41 GMT -5
#47 The New Zealand national rugby league side represent New Zealand in the sport of rugby league. They are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. They are administered by the New Zealand Rugby League. The Kiwis were briefly considered world champions, until the 25th of November, 2006, when they were narrowly defeated by the Australian Kangaroos. The Kiwis have never won the Rugby League World Cup, although they reached the final in 1988 and 2000. They contest the Baskerville Shield against Great Britain, and play an annual ANZAC Test against Australia. The introduction of rugby into New Zealand was by Charles John Monro, son of Sir David Monro, who was then speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. The younger Monro had been sent to Christ's College, East Finchley in north London, England. That school had adopted rugby rules and Monro became an enthusiastic convert. He brought the game back to his native Nelson, and arranged the first rugby match between Nelson College and Nelson Football Club on May 14, 1870. When New Zealand's rugby union team (the All Blacks) toured Britain in 1905 they witnessed the growing popularity of the Northern Union games. On his return in 1906, All Black George William Smith met Australian entrepreneur, James J. Giltinan to discuss the potential of professional rugby in Australasia. The first New Zealand team to play professional rugby was known as the All Blacks. To avoid confusion, the terms professional All Blacks or All Golds are used. The Kiwis have a proud World Cup history and although they have yet to win the competition, they have appeared in the final twice. In 1988, New Zealand just pipped Great Britain for a place in the final against Australia. Played at Eden Park in Auckland, it was the most hyped game in the history of rugby league in New Zealand, and the crowd of 47,363 was the biggest ever for a game in New Zealand. Sadly for the Kiwis, the final proved to be a huge anti-climax and they were outplayed by the Aussies. New Zealand almost got their revenge on Australia in the 1995 World Cup semi-final, when with the scores level at 20-20 - a last minute drop-goal attempt by skipper Matthew Ridge brushed the wrong side of the post, allowing the game to go into extra-time. From there, Australia went on to win. The Kiwis again made the final in the 2000 cup, again going down to the Kangaroos 40-12. Since 2002, a New Zealand A team has been selected from players in the domestic New Zealand competition. New Zealand A toured France and the United States in 2002, and the United Kingdom in 2003. In 2004 they hosted New South Wales Country. 2005 would be considered one of the Kiwis greatest years, as they captured the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations title, effectively becoming "de facto" World Champions as the three best countries compete in that competition. In the course of winning the Tri-Nations the Kiwis defeated Australia in Sydney for the first time in half a century. In London the Kiwis posted their highest score ever against Great Britain, and in winning the final posted the first shut out of Australia in 20 years. The 24-0 result at Elland Road, Leeds equalled the Kiwis biggest ever win against Australia - a 49-25 win in Brisbane almost 50 years ago. The repercussions for the Australian rugby league team were huge, as long-time coach Wayne Bennett quit his post to be replaced by Sydney Roosters coach, Ricky Stuart. However, in New Zealand, Brian McClennan earned praise from the press and signed an extension to be coach of the Kiwis. New Zealand has been granted automatic qualification to the 2008 World Cup. Biggest winFlag of Tonga Tonga 0 - 74 New Zealand Flag of New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 1999 Biggest defeatFlag of Australia Australia 52 - 0 New Zealand Flag of New Zealand (Sydney, Australia; 5 May 2000 Your #47 WC team, The New Zealand National Rugby team(AKA All Blacks)
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