Rank your local sports teams in terms of popularity.

[SmileyBoy]

You can do two lists if you live in a city near a large metro area that has local teams, but also cheers for the major teams in the nearby metro. One for local teams and one with all area teams.

Local teams:

1) NDSU Bison Everything
2) F-M Red Hawks Minor League Baseball
3) Concordia College Cobbers Everything
4) F-M Jets Junior League Hockey
5) MSU-Moorhead Dragons Everything
6) High School Sports

All area teams:

1) Minnesota Vikings
2) NDSU Bison Everything
3) Minnesota Twins
4) Minnesota Timberwolves
5) UND Everything
6) Minnesota Wild
7) F-M Red Hawks Minor League Baseball
8) Concordia College Cobbers Everything
9) U of M Gophers Everything
10) F-M Jets Junior League Hockey
11) MSU-Moorhead Dragons Everything
12) High School Sports

[WeRQ4U]

1. Pretty close.........yet oh so far.

Local Teams

1) UND Sioux Everything
2) Stockman/Slope City League Basketball Squad - 5 game win streak BABY!!
3) DSU Blue Hawk Everything
4) Dickinson High School Everything


Including All Teams

1) Minnesota Twins
2) Duke Basketball
3) Minnesota Vikings
4) Minnesota Timberwolves
5) UND Everything
6) Gopher Basketball
7) NDSU Football/Basketball

[SmileyBoy]

2. I would say NDSU and UND are pretty equal statewide...

The state bleeds gold just as much as it bleeds green.;)

[WeRQ4U]

3. You're probably right.

And even more so now that they aren't playing each other anymore.

I grew up in a mixed home. My father in a UND and UND Law Alum and my mother went to pharmacy school at NDSU.

I went to UND.

[SmileyBoy]

4. Yeah, all the farmers and ranchers are NDSU faithful.

Probably the townies are more leaning towards UND, but I think the difference is that UND grads tend to stay in North Dakota more than NDSU grads. As a friend of mine once put it, "An NDSU grad looks at Chicago or LA and says, 'That's where I wanna be!' A UND grad sees Fargo and says, 'That's where I wanna be!'":)

[Initech]

5. Local teams for La La Land:

1. USC Trojans - football
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Los Angeles Kings
4. UCLA Bruins - every thing else except football
5. Anaheim Angels
6. Los Angeles Dodgers
7. Los Angeles Clippers
8. Anaheim Ducks

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. Some other Clevelanders may disagree with me....

But right now, it's:
1) Cavaliers
2) Browns
3) Indians

In a few months, it will be:
1) Indians
2) Cavs
3) Browns

And then a few months later, it will be:
1) Browns
2) Indians
3) Cavs

Cleveland sports fans kinda like whomever's playing at the time, and try to forget everybody else. Not that I can blame them, after over half a century of abject disappointment. Still, they're a bunch of fair-weather fans.

:hide:

[WeRQ4U]

7. That's interesting.

I wonder if it's like that for most. Not with me. The Minnesota Twins are numero uno all year long. My homepage is their MLB site and I keep up to date with all the offseason transactions. I don't do anything similar with either the T-wolves or the Vikings.

[kick-ass-bob]

8. I have no freaking idea who is tops.

Duke, UNC, NC State basketball teams
Durham Bulls
NC State football
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina Mudcats
College baseball, women's college basketball (Duke, UNC this year, NC State in years past)
:shrug:

I can't rank all that.

Nationally, UNC has more fans, but around this area, it is pretty evenly split.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

14. Let's hear it for the ACC!

As long as there's no mention of Duke football in there, I'd have to agree with you wholeheartedly! :evilgrin:

[noonwitch]

9. Detroit

1. Pistons-popular with everyone in the area, across racial lines and all.
2. Red Wings-most popular team in the league. They sell the most merchandise in the NHL.
3. MSU Spartans. Lots of alumni in the area.
4. UM Wolverines. Same as above, but a slightly smaller school with less alumni than State.
5. Tigers-always loved, even in their decline.
6. U of D Titans. They usually have a decent b-ball team.
7. Grand Rapids Griffins-the Red Wings' "farm" team. When the Wings hire too many high-paid goalies to meet the salary cap, they usually send one to the Griffiths. They did this to Cujo a few years back.
8. EMU Hurons/CMU Chippies/WMU Broncos. Smaller schools than the Big 10 schools, but still schools with lots of alumni in the area.
9. Every High School, college and little league team in the country.

and lastly

10. the Lions

[1gobluedem]

16. Agree with almost all of that

But would reverse 3 and 4. Of course, I live in Ann Arbor....

EMU is the Eagles now. Gag.

[Ravenseye]

10. Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pitt Panthers - College Basketball
Pitt Panthers - College Football
Penn State Nittany Lions - College Football

All the rest is miniscule..Duquesne used to have a good bball team, but not anymore...Robert Morris Who? Pittsburgh Riverhounds eh? Where do they play?

[Reverend_Smitty]

11. This will be tough...

I live in Central NJ so it's a bit of a melting pot

1) Eagles
2) Yankees
3) Giants
4) Mets
5) Flyers
6) Jets
7) Sixers
8) Knicks
9) Devils
10) Rangers
11) Nets

I don't know how accurate that list is but I can say with great certainty that the Eagles and Yankees are by far the most popular teams around here

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. Washington DC

1) Washington Redskins (NFL)
2) Washington Nationals (MLB)
3) Washington Wizards
4) DC United (MLS) and Washington Capitals (NHL)

[Left Is Write]

13. Uh...not much to choose from here.

During college football season, the Broncos are elevated to the status of gods. Bronco fever can be pretty fun at times.

Other than that, there's Steelhead hockey, Stampede basketball, and Hawks baseball, all of which do well.

[1gobluedem]

15. My brother used to coach at MSU Moorhead

Women's basketball. He just moved on to UW Milwaukee this summer. We have lots of Dragon stuff...

[WeRQ4U]

18. That's funny.

I, like any other athlete in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, used to get brochures from them on a twice-a-week rate when I was a senior in high school. They offered, but I went to UND on a track and field scholarship instead.

Small world. MSU Moorhead...go figure.

[imperialismispasse]

17. Philly

1. Birds
2. Phils
3. Sixers
5. Temple/'Nova/St Joe's b-ball
6. Flyers
7. Drexel/LaSalle/Penn b-ball
8. All other college and high school sports
9. Little league. No really it's very popular here

[yellowdogintexas]

19. The Dallas Cowboys are most likely still #1,over all

The Mavericks are gaining on them
TCU is very popular
Texas Rangers
Dallas Stars

not local but
Texas Longhorns,
Aggies
OU Sooners
Texas Tech