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(Daily Mail)   If Philadelphia were to lose the Super Bowl, it could still win in a way by becoming first city to taste defeat in three straight sports championships   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line
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Wanebo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 7:08:42 PM  
After the way Philly fans greeted the 49er's fans this past weekend...

I would like that.
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 7:12:05 PM  
Psh, wake me up when they get to four straight.

*chugs bourbon*
 
cherryl taggart [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 7:22:29 PM  
Subby, read up on ATL, aka Loserville.  Our teams choke so often, fans are required to know all the steps of the Heimlich maneuver before being sold seats below club level.

We support college teams all over the state before admitting we even have pro teams in Atlanta.
 
Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 8:36:05 PM  
The refs are definitely leaning toward Philly, but a lot could change in the next week and a half.
 
Naido [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 8:39:49 PM  
Yeah, but watching burly drunk dudes slide down greased poles is my fetish.
 
North_Central_Positronics [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 8:53:06 PM  
Phillies knocked the Cards out of the playoffs this year, so MO is looking for payback.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 9:22:24 PM  
The Phillies... what was the other one?

*checks article*

Oh f*ck off.
 
yahyahyah [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 9:27:55 PM  
MLS doesn't count.

I know, and it's okay if you're mad about that.

I understand, but MLS doesn't count. It might... someday.

Not now though.
 
Diamond Joe Biden [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 12:28:00 AM  

yahyahyah: MLS doesn't count.

I know, and it's okay if you're mad about that.

I understand, but MLS doesn't count. It might... someday.

Not now though.


That's big "stop liking what I don't like " energy.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 12:37:23 AM  

Diamond Joe Biden: yahyahyah: MLS doesn't count.

I know, and it's okay if you're mad about that.

I understand, but MLS doesn't count. It might... someday.

Not now though.

That's big "stop liking what I don't like " energy.


Go ahead and like it all you want.

But as far as trophies go, it's like sixth-tier soccer, and the only reason it's notable is because a few owners throw out big bucks for aging stars. The WNBA has more street cred, it at least features many of the best basketball players in the world on the women's side.
 
Mad Canadian
2023-01-31 12:38:26 AM  
MLS Championship?

Is that even a thing?
 
rc3ntexas
2023-01-31 12:43:37 AM  

puffy999: Diamond Joe Biden: yahyahyah: MLS doesn't count.

I know, and it's okay if you're mad about that.

I understand, but MLS doesn't count. It might... someday.

Not now though.

That's big "stop liking what I don't like " energy.

Go ahead and like it all you want.

But as far as trophies go, it's like sixth-tier soccer, and the only reason it's notable is because a few owners throw out big bucks for aging stars. The WNBA has more street cred, it at least features many of the best basketball players in the world on the women's side.


Fair enough, just two points.  What about the NWSL? Second , when municipalities start building Stadiums for your league, I think you have arrived.  Not even a soccer fan. Just making the points.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:46:27 AM  
Third time's the charm, right?
 
Mole Man
2023-01-31 1:15:59 AM  

cherryl taggart: Subby, read up on ATL, aka Loserville.  Our teams choke so often, fans are required to know all the steps of the Heimlich maneuver before being sold seats below club level.

We support college teams all over the state before admitting we even have pro teams in Atlanta.


Flames and Thrashers concur.
 
Mole Man
2023-01-31 1:16:57 AM  

cameroncrazy1984: Psh, wake me up when they get to four straight.

*chugs bourbon*


Like the Cryers will ever get to the finals.
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-01-31 2:24:13 AM  
They were 1-3 sometime around 1980 iirc.  And now I have to check.

1980 Phillies - W World Series
1980 Eagles - L Super Bowl
1980 Sixers - L NBA Finals
1980 Flyers - L Stanley Cup Final

So yeah, it's been done.
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 3:19:23 AM  

Stud Gerbil: They were 1-3 sometime around 1980 iirc.  And now I have to check.

1980 Phillies - W World Series
1980 Eagles - L Super Bowl
1980 Sixers - L NBA Finals
1980 Flyers - L Stanley Cup Final

So yeah, it's been done.


Not i the way you're thinking. Because chronologically, the World Series came before the Super Bowl since that's the 1980 NFL Season, meaning the 1981 Super Bowl. That makes it LLWL.

\I only remember because the Eagles went on a playoff losing streak after that, meaning their last win was 1-11-81, my brother's birth date.
 
Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadu
2023-01-31 3:40:05 AM  

Wanebo: After the way Philly fans greeted the 49er's fans this past weekend...

I would like that.


What are you talking about? Philly fans were just fine this weekend.
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-01-31 4:19:42 AM  

FriarReb98: Stud Gerbil: They were 1-3 sometime around 1980 iirc.  And now I have to check.

1980 Phillies - W World Series
1980 Eagles - L Super Bowl
1980 Sixers - L NBA Finals
1980 Flyers - L Stanley Cup Final

So yeah, it's been done.

Not i the way you're thinking. Because chronologically, the World Series came before the Super Bowl since that's the 1980 NFL Season, meaning the 1981 Super Bowl. That makes it LLWL.

\I only remember because the Eagles went on a playoff losing streak after that, meaning their last win was 1-11-81, my brother's birth date.


That was a great WS tho.   Brett v Schmidt.
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 4:33:12 AM  

Stud Gerbil: FriarReb98: Stud Gerbil: They were 1-3 sometime around 1980 iirc.  And now I have to check.

1980 Phillies - W World Series
1980 Eagles - L Super Bowl
1980 Sixers - L NBA Finals
1980 Flyers - L Stanley Cup Final

So yeah, it's been done.

Not i the way you're thinking. Because chronologically, the World Series came before the Super Bowl since that's the 1980 NFL Season, meaning the 1981 Super Bowl. That makes it LLWL.

\I only remember because the Eagles went on a playoff losing streak after that, meaning their last win was 1-11-81, my brother's birth date.

That was a great WS tho.   Brett v Schmidt.


I was 4. :P I honestly don't remember watching a World Series before the unpleasantness of 1986.

\fark McNamara and Schiraldi, and all the idiot Pink Hats who made Buckner's life a living hell
 
Nana's Vibrator
2023-01-31 5:57:49 AM  
Just getting that far is better than about 30 other cities... per sport.  Soak it in and remember the games that got you there, too.

(Maybe not the MLS games.  Watch those but maybe adopt a Premier League team.)
 
Cythraul
2023-01-31 6:08:46 AM  

Naido: Yeah, but watching burly drunk dudes slide down greased poles is my fetish.


Yours too?  Wanna share links?
 
youngandstupid
2023-01-31 7:19:39 AM  
I felt good about the last two games, but the Chiefs D line is way better than I thought, and I think Andy neutralizes the Eagles' pass rush with a ton of screens.
 
tommyl66
2023-01-31 7:25:57 AM  
We had it happen in New England, actually. January of 1986 the Patriots lost the Super Bowl, then my kickball team lost the big Second Grade vs. First Grade championship game that spring, and then my dad's company softball team lost the title game that summer, just before the Celtics thankfully ended our long, regional nightmare by winning the NBA title.
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-01-31 7:49:16 AM  

cameroncrazy1984: Psh, wake me up when they get to four straight.

*chugs bourbon*


Checks NHL Wild Card Standings.

It's possible....

tommyl66: We had it happen in New England, actually. January of 1986 the Patriots lost the Super Bowl, then my kickball team lost the big Second Grade vs. First Grade championship game that spring, and then my dad's company softball team lost the title game that summer, just before the Celtics thankfully ended our long, regional nightmare by winning the NBA title.


And then Len Bias....
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 8:05:34 AM  

cameroncrazy1984: Psh, wake me up when they get to four straight.

*chugs bourbon*


Maybe they'll make it to the Cup and lose there.

*snert*
 
Eddie Hazel's E string
2023-01-31 8:36:16 AM  

North_Central_Positronics: Phillies knocked the Cards out of the playoffs this year, so MO is looking for payback.


Good memory, but are the KC and STL markets really the same fans at all? I mean, KC even has its own baseball team...
 
iamskibibitz
2023-01-31 9:00:47 AM  

yahyahyah: MLS doesn't count.

I know, and it's okay if you're mad about that.

I understand, but MLS doesn't count. It might... someday.

Not now though.


It's now one of the top 10 pro sports leagues in the world in terms of revenue, which is pretty impressive when you consider there are dozens of pro soccer leagues.
 
ukexpat
2023-01-31 9:09:03 AM  
MLS? Excuse me while I laugh into my coffee...
 
The Bestest
2023-01-31 9:22:51 AM  
American soccer fans who shiat on MLS while supporting teams a continent or an ocean away are part of the problem.
 
Nana's Vibrator
2023-01-31 9:37:50 AM  

OtherLittleGuy: cameroncrazy1984: Psh, wake me up when they get to four straight.

*chugs bourbon*

Checks NHL Wild Card Standings.

It's possible....

tommyl66: We had it happen in New England, actually. January of 1986 the Patriots lost the Super Bowl, then my kickball team lost the big Second Grade vs. First Grade championship game that spring, and then my dad's company softball team lost the title game that summer, just before the Celtics thankfully ended our long, regional nightmare by winning the NBA title.

And then Len Bias....


Photo from TommyL, Sr.'s 1986 company softball game
Fark user imageView Full Size
 
The Smails Kid
2023-01-31 9:46:11 AM  

Eddie Hazel's E string: I mean, KC even has its own baseball team...


Yeah, they got uniforms and everything. It's really great!
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-01-31 10:22:45 AM  
Cleveland came this close to winning two championships in five months.   I will never forgive Trevor Bauer.
 
eagles95
2023-01-31 10:29:42 AM  

The Bestest: American soccer fans who shiat on MLS while supporting teams a continent or an ocean away are part of the problem.


Agreed. Most MLS clubs would curb stomp Wrexham. MLS is not a top 5 league yet but not the full blown  retirement league it was before. That's Saudi Arabia right Ronaldo

/Union fan
//Fark Gareth Bale
///doop
 
Nana's Vibrator
2023-01-31 10:45:18 AM  

eagles95: The Bestest: American soccer fans who shiat on MLS while supporting teams a continent or an ocean away are part of the problem.

Agreed. Most MLS clubs would curb stomp Wrexham. MLS is not a top 5 league yet but not the full blown  retirement league it was before. That's Saudi Arabia right Ronaldo

/Union fan
//Fark Gareth Bale
///doop


Brilliant idea.  MLS should be a relegated level 2 league and their 2 top teams should be promoted to... somewhere each year.  And relegated teams come to the US.  Welcome, Everton!

/It would never work in any way but it should
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2023-01-31 11:06:15 AM  
They'll have to cry themselves to sleep with their SB no less than 5 years ago. Darn.
 
ElFugawz [BareFark]
2023-01-31 11:12:44 AM  

Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadu: Wanebo: After the way Philly fans greeted the 49er's fans this past weekend...

I would like that.

What are you talking about? Philly fans were just fine this weekend.


Marcus Aurelius: The refs are definitely leaning toward Philly, but a lot could change in the next week and a half.


Gotta cry about something. Or, well, everything.

For all the hate that Philly fans get, none of the fan brawls, fires, or other violence in the news has involved them in a while.
And I don't think the ref'ing had much to do with the Eagles winning a game in which they blew out a team that could not protect their QBs.
 
ReverendLoki
2023-01-31 11:15:27 AM  

rc3ntexas: puffy999: Diamond Joe Biden: yahyahyah: MLS doesn't count.

I know, and it's okay if you're mad about that.

I understand, but MLS doesn't count. It might... someday.

Not now though.

That's big "stop liking what I don't like " energy.

Go ahead and like it all you want.

But as far as trophies go, it's like sixth-tier soccer, and the only reason it's notable is because a few owners throw out big bucks for aging stars. The WNBA has more street cred, it at least features many of the best basketball players in the world on the women's side.

Fair enough, just two points.  What about the NWSL? Second , when municipalities start building Stadiums for your league, I think you have arrived.  Not even a soccer fan. Just making the points.


By that measure, NWSL is just making it in....  The KC Current are building a stadium/training complex that has gotten visits from MLS and European team representatives that are interested in the design.
 
tommyl66
2023-01-31 11:31:26 AM  

Nana's Vibrator: OtherLittleGuy: cameroncrazy1984: Psh, wake me up when they get to four straight.

*chugs bourbon*

Checks NHL Wild Card Standings.

It's possible....

tommyl66: We had it happen in New England, actually. January of 1986 the Patriots lost the Super Bowl, then my kickball team lost the big Second Grade vs. First Grade championship game that spring, and then my dad's company softball team lost the title game that summer, just before the Celtics thankfully ended our long, regional nightmare by winning the NBA title.

And then Len Bias....

Photo from TommyL, Sr.'s 1986 company softball game
[Fark user image image 239x211]


Fark user imageView Full Size
 
BeatrixK [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:36:45 AM  
Cheffers' team is officiating:  no chance in hell Philly gets called for anything.

Cheffers will try DQ'ing Mahomes for excessive limping in the first quarter.

fark. Cheffers.
 
Hey Nurse! [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:43:32 AM  

Eddie Hazel's E string: North_Central_Positronics: Phillies knocked the Cards out of the playoffs this year, so MO is looking for payback.

Good memory, but are the KC and STL markets really the same fans at all? I mean, KC even has its own baseball team...


Baseball -no. Football - yes. Once we lost the Rams, it was a natural to go to the Chiefs. Mahomes made it easy. Team is doing well, same state. If we ever get an NFL team back (fat chance) we will go back to hating them (once Travis, Patrick, and Andy retire).
 
Hey Nurse! [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:46:08 AM  
Oh, and shamelessly stolen from another thread:
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Joe_diGriz [BareFark]
2023-01-31 11:46:22 AM  

ElFugawz: in which they blew out a team that could not protect their QBs.


What? You mean putting a backup TE on a guy with 16 sacks, who should have (but wasn't, somehow) been nominated for DPoY, wasn't a great idea?
 
buckeyebrain
2023-01-31 12:19:43 PM  
1980:  Philadelphia had their teams in the title game/series in the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL.  Only the Phillies actually won.
 
CptnSpldng [BareFark]
2023-01-31 1:43:51 PM  

FriarReb98: Stud Gerbil: They were 1-3 sometime around 1980 iirc.  And now I have to check.

1980 Phillies - W World Series
1980 Eagles - L Super Bowl
1980 Sixers - L NBA Finals
1980 Flyers - L Stanley Cup Final

So yeah, it's been done.

Not i the way you're thinking. Because chronologically, the World Series came before the Super Bowl since that's the 1980 NFL Season, meaning the 1981 Super Bowl. That makes it LLWL.

\I only remember because the Eagles went on a playoff losing streak after that, meaning their last win was 1-11-81, my brother's birth date.


And our first child was born on Super Bowl Sunday. I went home and ended up falling asleep on the couch while the Iggles lost.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 1:53:10 PM  
Should they change the area code to 043 if this happens?
 
The Bestest
2023-01-31 3:46:52 PM  

kdawg7736: Should they change the area code to 043 if this happens?


Area codes cannot begin with 0.

Captain Pedant, away!
 
Diamond Joe Biden [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 3:52:07 PM  

eagles95: The Bestest: American soccer fans who shiat on MLS while supporting teams a continent or an ocean away are part of the problem.

Agreed. Most MLS clubs would curb stomp Wrexham. MLS is not a top 5 league yet but not the full blown  retirement league it was before. That's Saudi Arabia right Ronaldo

/Union fan
//Fark Gareth Bale
///doop


Thank you both for articulating that way better than I could yesterday.
DOOP
 
Wadded Beef [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 6:06:23 PM  

FriarReb98: Stud Gerbil: FriarReb98: Stud Gerbil: They were 1-3 sometime around 1980 iirc.  And now I have to check.

1980 Phillies - W World Series
1980 Eagles - L Super Bowl
1980 Sixers - L NBA Finals
1980 Flyers - L Stanley Cup Final

So yeah, it's been done.

Not i the way you're thinking. Because chronologically, the World Series came before the Super Bowl since that's the 1980 NFL Season, meaning the 1981 Super Bowl. That makes it LLWL.

\I only remember because the Eagles went on a playoff losing streak after that, meaning their last win was 1-11-81, my brother's birth date.

That was a great WS tho.   Brett v Schmidt.

I was 4. :P I honestly don't remember watching a World Series before the unpleasantness of 1986.

\fark McNamara and Schiraldi, and all the idiot Pink Hats who made Buckner's life a living hell


Buckner deserved so much better. It's not like the Sox automatically win if he makes the play at first. The game was tied by then.
 
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