All Time Favorites

[Orgazmo]

What is your all-time favorite sports team?

As a kid, I was infatuated with Shaq, to the point that, in elementary school, I read a large biography about his life (and learned that we share a birthday--it was meant to be).

I cried when I read in my local newspaper that he had been traded to the Lakers.

Nearly as strong as my love for Shaq was that for Anfernee Hardaway. And, once Shaq transformed into a turncoat motherfucker, I abandoned him and hitched my star directly to Penny. He was a badass for awhile, before slowly withering away into nothingness.

Their 94-95 season, which included the addition of Horace Grant, ended with an NBA Finals run that had me as happy as could be (save a championship).

What is my all-time favorite sports team? The 94-95 Orlando Magic.

[Beebs]

Lou Holtz Notre Dame

[f3lix]

2010-2011 TCU Horned Frogs Football Team

I started watching and appreciating TCU football because they were in the same conference as my university. To this day, I'm still a huge fan of their 4-2-5 defense, which focuses more on speed with zone coverage than anything else. They also had incredible speed at the RB and WR positions and featured senior QB Andy Dalton, TCU's all-time winningest QB leading the team. Dalton would break and extend almost every QB record at TCU during this season.

It started with a win over ranked Oregon State - a game which ended up being a little closer than imagined, but pushed TCU's preseason ranking up from #7 to #5. One could tell this team was going to be good when they got a preseason top 10 ranking from the media, which loves schools from big conferences. Their next game was a laugher as they crushed Tennessee Tech 62-7 and found themselves facing Robert Griffin III and Baylor. They stuffed RG3 and Baylor all game long, winning 45-10. Against rival SMU, they struggled early, but pulled away in the second half with a 41-24 victory.

Then it began.

They shut down EVERYBODY.

Colorado State 27-0
Wyoming 45-0
BYU 31-3
Air Force 38-7
UNLV 48-6

This lead to a #3 TCU vs. #5 Utah matchup, which was the first top-5 battle between two MWC teams ever. Both undefeated and mowing over their opponents, tickets were going for a minimum of $160 a piece, unheard of for a game at Utah. It was the featured game in Lagasse's Stadium in Vegas - not Bama/LSU. I had watched both of these two teams all year long and took a seat for in-game betting and began unloading on TCU. This game was over before it started. Before Utah even knew the game had started, they were down 40-0. The final of 47-7 put TCU into position to be the first non-AQ school to make a serious run at playing in the BCS Championship game.

Then came the game they couldn't have - a 40-35 shootout against Brady Hoke's San Diego State team, which lead to their only dropping in the rankings all year - from #3 to #4. TCU destroyed New Mexico the next game 66-17 and then came the big wait.

TCU had to hope Cam Newton and Auburn would fall to Alabama or in the SEC championship, or that Oregon would fall in the Pac-10 Championship. Both teams were media darlings with all offense and no defense, while TCU boasted the best defense in the country. 3 undefeated teams deserved to play for the title, but after all was said and done, all three survived unbeaten.

TCU was left out of the championship for the second straight season, despite being undefeated. In an effort to keep undefeated Boise State and TCU out of the national championship, Ohio State President Gordon Gee claimed that teams like those play "Little Sisters of the Poor."

They headed to the Rose Bowl to play against Wisconsin - a team that in its last three games had put up 83 points on Indiana, 48 at Michigan, and 70 against Northwestern. The idiots on TV loved the offense and deemed TCU as inferior and unable to stop the running attack of Wisconsin and cited JJ Watt as the man who would shut down TCU's offense. What nobody in the media could understand, was TCU being a 2-3 point favorite. I watched both teams play at UNLV that year and knew TCU was the better team. Vegas knew it, the media didn't. This is why they play the game.

TCU comes out with an altered helmet, a classy display of respect for the Rose Bowl.



I couldn't wait for my beloved Horned Frogs to shut up Brent Musburger and the morons on tv saying TCU was out of Wisconsin's league.

The first play of the game was a 40 yard run by Wisconsin... oh god... But TCU's bend, don't break, defense held them out of the end zone and Wisconsin lead 3-0. TCU marched right down the field and put up a TD. Wisconsin answered back with a TD and TCU did the same, taking a 14-10 lead. The offenses seemed unstoppable and the energy was electrifying. Then... the defenses woke up and TCU lead 14-13 at the half. I ran over to my computer and bet my entire online roll on UNDER 27.5 in the 2nd half. I knew TCU's defense well enough to know that once they were locked in, it was over. What I didn't anticipate was TCU driving right down the field again and taking a 21-13 lead just out of intermission.

TCU's defense completely shut down Wisconsin until there was 7 minutes to go. I looked at my dad and said, "The only thing I fear here is Wisconsin running the ball every play until they score." The fatigue of endless running at them wore down the smaller TCU line. And it happened... run, run, run, run, pass, run, run, run, run, run, Touchdown. Ugh... My under bet was in danger only because of overtime. Oddly enough, when Wisconsin went for the 2-pt conversion, they PASSED. TCU batted it down at the line. Moments later, they recovered the onside kick, got a first down, and it was over.



David had beaten Goliath, although David was the better team. Soon after, billboards showed up around Columbus, Ohio.



There really should have been a playoff, as TCU deserved a shot at the title. They finished ranked #2 and feature numerous players now in the NFL.

It was a thrilling season as a fan and awesome as a sports bettor.

[Ugly Bastard]

Great idea for a thread.

For me it was probably the 1995-96 Bulls. 72-10 record. Greatest player of all time gets paired with the most effective rebounder of all-time, and the greatest "second best player on my team" of all time. Their fourth best player averaged 23 points a game once for another team. Unbelievable. I only wish I had been a little older during their run so I could have appreciated it more.

[Saint DH]

The early 90s Cubs. They had Ryne Sandburg, Mark Grace, Andre Dawson, Sammy Sosa, and Greg Maddux. Sure, they didn't win any championships, but they were fun to watch. Good memories.

A close second would be Peyton Manning's Colts.

Funfact I still have Sandburg, Grace, and Dawson's jersey numbers memorized, 23, 17, and 8, respectively.

[thekremlin]

My first love was, like UB, Michael Jordan's Bulls. Whose wasn't?

But there will never be another season like 2004.

[Cocktooth]

With the Bulls and the Cubs taken off the board, I present to you, the 1992-1993 Turner Cup Champions.



This team had it all. Scotty Gruel who was then the all time leader in goals scored in all of minor league hockey. Steve Fletcher, who ave. 300 plus PIM per season. Pokey Reddick, who was the backstop of the team. Hockey in Fort Wayne, isn't what it use to be, but the memories of this team are not only on the walls in Fort Wayne, but throughout minor league hockey. 12-0 playoff run after starting the season horribly.

[f3lix]

I forgot about some things in my TCU post, so I've updated it.

[THEINCREDIBLEdork]

I always enjoy watching a trainwreck. So my favorite team of all time is the 2012 f3nominal football team.

Despite having the easiest schedule and the highest scoring Quarterback, they didn't make playoffs. During the 4th week of the season, they traded away the current 3rd highest scoring QB for an average running back with a 3rd round pedigree and at that time 3 total career touchdowns to his name. The QB had the 1rst and 3rd total fantasy points the previous two seasons. The RB now has 3 touchdowns in 7 games played this season.

[Dent]

Steve Bull - Top 20 Goals - YouTube

Steve Bull - Top 20 Goals - YouTube

Wolves of the 90's with Steve Bull up front