Have you experienced a championship as a fan of another team

[HelpusAll]

Pirates and Bills = good times

[atlbillsfan1975]

The Atlanta Braves.

 

The 90's overall was a very hard time to be a sports fan for me. A lot of let downs.

 

Still like most here when the Bills win it, the high will be like none you can buy. It will last for ever and not have any ill side effects.

[PromoTheRobot]

Oh, how could I forget the 2 MAC championships UB has won? Men's basketball last year, but the more amazing one was the 2008 football title. They had to win 3 straight to get a shot at ranked Ball State, who they upset. That was the team with James Starks and Naaman Roosevelt.

Edited December 19, 2015 by PromoTheRobot

[buffalonian]

Chelsea FC

U.S. Women's National Soccer Team

[machine gun kelly]

Yolo- I'm sure you know by now, but I've lived in Tampa since i was 23, and grew up in Buffalo. Although i bleed red, white, and royal blue, I still root for the teams down here. The 2002 Bucs, The Lightning the next year, and in FL you have to pick a college team (FSU, UF, or Miami). those championships for the Gators were fantastic.

 

I now have to consider rooting for FSU as my oldest son plans to play lacrosse for them.

 

Nothing will complete my lifelong fandom though until our beloved Bills win it all. I promised my boys if the Bills make it, no matter the cost, we're going to that game.

[Nick the Greek]

Cuse basketball in 2003. I was a freshman there. Boy, that was fun.

 

Also, the Rochester Rhios won the USL Championship this year. It's minor league but hey, I'll take it.

Edited December 19, 2015 by Idandria

[filthymcnasty08]

Yankees

[GunnerBill]

I have experienced Arsenal winning three Premier League titles, 7 FA Cups, 1 League Cup and 1 European Cup Winners Cup and witnessed them reaching their first European Champions League Final.

 

The third of the Premier League Championships was now 11 years ago and was achieved without losing a game throughout a 38 game season which has never been done before or since. That was the greatest team the club has ever had or will ever have in my lifetime and whilst I obviously want us to win another - and we have a chance this year - but if we don't I will always have that. After 2005 we went 8 years without any kind of title before winning the FA Cup in 2014 and that was one of the greatest moments in my life. The emotions around me at Wembley Stadium that day were amazing... there was screaming, there were tears... it was something else really.

 

I also won 2 soccer Championships myself at semi-professional level - one as a player and one as a coach which were both pretty special.

 

 

I honestly think the Bills winning a Superbowl might top the lot.... because what that FA Cup in 2014 showed me was that the good times do feel even better after a prolonged period of hurt. It has been hurt all the way since I started watching the Bills.... so the good times are going to feel real good.

[chaccof]

You missed AFL as an option for some of us old farts that have been rooting for the Bills since their entrance to AFL.

 

But I have seen NC State win in 1983 when I was in grad school, and Duke win multiple times since 1985

 

Also listened to Amercs win Calder cup in 1986 after I moved back to NC from Rochester. However I don't believe any of these would top Bills finally winning the SB, Sabres winning the Stanley Cup and Cubs winning the World Series

Were you on campus when State won in '83? If so you probably remember how crazy that was....and great point about the AFL Bills....i was only five though so can't say i recall it.

[NOVABillsFan]

The Saints

[tuckan]

New York Yankees multiple times. 1983 Philadelphia 76ers.

[Rubes]

I moved to Chicago in 1989 and immediately became a big fan of the Bulls. It was pretty awesome when they won the first one.

 

That said, it wouldn't even compare to a Bills or Sabres win.

 

I'm not really a fan of MLS, but it was pretty cool when Real Salt Lake won it all a few years ago.

 

Can I count myself? I won the state championship in racquetball in my division some 12 years ago...that was pretty freaking great...

[dpberr]

Spurs fan for a little longer than the Bills.

 

Very proud to be a Spurs fan. It is a franchise that is run about as good as you can run one.

[Dr. Fong]

Notre Dame football fan. Those late 80s teams were fantastic to watch, but the excitement I felt was nothing compared to what it would feel like for the Bills to win it all.

[klos63]

Yankees many times.

 

Does St. Bonaventure winning the A-10 championship in 2012 count? It was amazing.

[Dr. K]

I went to grad school at the University of Kansas and lived in KC for five years 1977-82 and became a Royals fan. So I've had the pleasure of seeing KU win the NCAA basketball title in 1988 and 2008, and the Royals win the World Series in 1985 and this year.

 

I also suffered with the Jayhawks losing the NCAA title game three times, including once to Syracuse. And seeing the Royals have one of the worst records in baseball from 1985 to 2013, missing the playoffs for 28 years. I also saw the Royal lose to the Phillies in the 1980 World Series, got to see them lose the crucial game 5 in person at Royals Stadium.

Were you on campus when State won in '83? If so you probably remember how crazy that was....and great point about the AFL Bills....i was only five though so can't say i recall it.

1982-83 was my first year teaching at NC State, and I saw all that craziness, that 6-game winning streak that took them to the title against Houston. I was at the bonfire in the Brickyard the night that Lorenzo Charles's dunk off Derrick Wittenberg's missed jumper won the game at the buzzer.

 

Wittenberg was a student in my American Lit class. He earned a B.

Edited December 19, 2015 by Dr. K

[Saxum]

Poll is flawed in that you need to answer 2nd question even if you answer "Other".

 

Other can be other sports not listed which I guess technically all Americans have had in Olympics.

[Jkgobills]

Duke B Ball

LA Dodgers (been a while)

Carolina Hurricanes

 

Have enjoyed and celebrated their celebrated their championships. Attended a game 7 Stanley Cup Final. Had the Stanley Cup in my hands.

 

But none of it would compare to the sweetness of the Bills winning a Super Bowl.

[chaccof]

I went to grad school at the University of Kansas and lived in KC for five years 1977-82 and became a Royals fan. So I've had the pleasure of seeing KU win the NCAA basketball title in 1988 and 2008, and the Royals win the World Series in 1985 and this year.

 

I also suffered with the Jayhawks losing the NCAA title game three times, including once to Syracuse. And seeing the Royals have one of the worst records in baseball from 1985 to 2013, missing the playoffs for 28 years. I also saw the Royal lose to the Phillies in the 1980 World Series, got to see them lose the crucial game 5 in person at Royals Stadium.

1982-83 was my first year teaching at NC State, and I saw all that craziness, that 6-game winning streak that took them to the title against Houston. I was at the bonfire in the Brickyard the night that Lorenzo Charles's dunk off Derrick Wittenberg's missed jumper won the game at the buzzer.

 

Wittenberg was a student in my American Lit class. He earned a B.

That was awesome to say the least, particularly because no one expected State to win....i'm pretty sure that when Valvano took time out with 44 seconds left I prayed something to the effect of "God, let State win this and I'll never ask for another championship of any other team I root for....thus the Bills SB frustrations and the disputed goal in the Stanley Cup for the Sabers....sorry everyone...

[1B4IDie]

Bills fans only. Have you been to the mountaintop as a fan of another team? Or still waiting?

The Buffalo Bandits and Buffalo Wings roller hockey.

 

The Wiz and Nats haven't done it.

 

I don't think it would be the same though.