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Have you experienced a championship as a fan of another team

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Have you experienced a championship as a fan?  

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  1. 1. Have you experienced a championship as a fan of another team?

    • Yes
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    • No
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  2. 2. If yes, which sport?

    • NBA
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    • NHL
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    • MLB
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    • College Football
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    • College Basketball
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    • Soccer
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    • Other
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    • N/A, I am still waiting
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Born in '68

A's - '89

Warriors - '15 (lived in Buffalo for previous early 70's championships for A's/Warriors, no recollection)

UCLA BB - '95

 

Still awaiting Bills & Sabres. Bills SB championship would easily top all of the above, although Warriors championship last year was pretty sweet.

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Orange-men with Carmelo. And as someone mentioned, watching the Giants punk the undefeated Cheatriots was close. Unfortunately, a few of my friends are Giants fans who recognize the Bills for what it is- a second rate franchise with clueless management (still until proven otherwise). So I couldn't even celebrate publicly.

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Floated around as a kid, and latched on to 'fun teams that are good' in the late 80s/early 90s... so I got some championships as a Lakers and Dodgers fan... not so much with the Bills haha.

 

Best championship for me, was Lakers vs Celtics in 2010. Best individual sports memory was Kirk Gibson's homerun in the 1988 World Series.

 

If the Bills were to ever win a Superbowl it'd take the crown, I care about them much more than the other two teams, probably because they've struggled so much (and also I enjoy watching football more than basketball and baseball... but enjoy playing basketball the most)

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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.

sorry - I'll try to fix that
ko12010 RFA

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Celtics '08. Awesome, really fun year and playoff run, especially with one of my best friends and I experiencing it together while our other best friend was a Lakers fan (hah!), but honestly would barely be a blip on the radar of what it would feel like for me if (WHEN) the Bills and/or Sabres win it all.

 

The 05-06 Sabres season still stings, it truly does. We should have had the cup that year. Most fun I've ever had watching playoff hockey. Loved that team. Really felt like a curse was in full effect though with how it went down against Carolina. At full strength we win that series 4-1 and beat Edmonton 4-0 or 4-1 and probably have the confidence and experience to roll into another cup the next year and not fade down the stretch.

 

Also, my interest in the NBA has plummeted. One of the main turning points was maybe 2010 or 2011 I'm not sure when the Celts surprisingly looked like they might beat the hugely favored Heat. Rondo drives to the basket and his face is raked by someone. No call, no nothing. Lebron James and Wade etc were getting every call and I just finally admitted to myself that the refs controlled the outcome more than in any other sport. Haven't been into it much since.

 

And now the NFL is reminding me of that and it's not a good feeling. But I'll always watch the Bills and Sabres just because I love watching them play my two favorite sports. That's it.

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Celtics '08. Awesome, really fun year and playoff run, especially with one of my best friends and I experiencing it together while our other best friend was a Lakers fan (hah!), but honestly would barely be a blip on the radar of what it would feel like for me if (WHEN) the Bills and/or Sabres win it all.

 

The 05-06 Sabres season still stings, it truly does. We should have had the cup that year. Most fun I've ever had watching playoff hockey. Loved that team. Really felt like a curse was in full effect though with how it went down against Carolina. At full strength we win that series 4-1 and beat Edmonton 4-0 or 4-1 and probably have the confidence and experience to roll into another cup the next year and not fade down the stretch.

 

Also, my interest in the NBA has plummeted. One of the main turning points was maybe 2010 or 2011 I'm not sure when the Celts surprisingly looked like they might beat the hugely favored Heat. Rondo drives to the basket and his face is raked by someone. No call, no nothing. Lebron James and Wade etc were getting every call and I just finally admitted to myself that the refs controlled the outcome more than in any other sport. Haven't been into it much since.

 

And now the NFL is reminding me of that and it's not a good feeling. But I'll always watch the Bills and Sabres just because I love watching them play my two favorite sports. That's it.

haha. My heart breaks a little every time I see Pierce, Garnett and Rondo with their different teams. That was the squad!!! I know Rondo is an "acquired taste" but he remains one of my favorite C's of all time. Edited by YoloinOhio
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haha. My heart breaks a little every time I see Pierce, Garnett and Rondo with their different teams. That was the squad!!! I know Rondo is an "acquired taste" but he remains one of my favorite C's of all time.

Haha yeah, that's also another reason why I've stepped away from the NBA a good bit. The entire squad is different now, and with a different coach. Definitely a bummer that the original 'Big Three' didn't get more than one championship together. Injuries are always the killer. Still shaking my head over that 2010 Lakers loss. Up 13 going into the fourth or something close to that and lose? Not cool haha

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haha. My heart breaks a little every time I see Pierce, Garnett and Rondo with their different teams. That was the squad!!! I know Rondo is an "acquired taste" but he remains one of my favorite C's of all time.

Nothing was better than watching Rondo go all alpha dog and guarding Lebron like a madman.

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Nothing was better than watching Rondo go all alpha dog and guarding Lebron like a madman.

I'm not a LeBron hater per se (mostly because he does a lot for OSU recruiting lol) but living in Cavs country during his first go around in Cleveland, one of my favorite moments was when the Cavs lost to the Celtics in the 2010 playoffs and he ripped off his Cavs jersey while running into the locker room. The next month, he took his talents to South Beach. Edited by YoloinOhio
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My Texas longhorns while I was in school. It was unbelievable. I still think it's the best football game I've ever watched and the good guys won.

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1986 - NY Mets (I was 4 years old in '69 so that doesn't count)

1982, 1986 - Penn State

2005 - Liverpool

 

All were great but would pale in comparison if the Bills or Sabres ever did it.

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My Texas longhorns while I was in school. It was unbelievable. I still think it's the best football game I've ever watched and the good guys won.

one of the best CFB games of all time
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I'm not a LeBron hater per se (mostly because he does a lot for OSU recruiting lol) but living in Cavs country during his first go around in Cleveland, one of my favorite moments was when the Cavs lost to the Celtics in the 2010 playoffs and he ripped off his Cavs jersey while running into the locker room. The next month, he took his talents to South Beach.

SO sweet

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The Jays in 92-93 - and I was too young to understand how spoiled we were then.

 

Portland Timbers 2 weeks ago winning the MLS Cup. What was amazing was they took an early 2-0 lead, and I never had that feeling they'd find a way to lose the way I'm conditioned with the Bills. Still, I've only been a soccer fan for the ~7 years I've lived in PDX, and the Timbers won it all after only 5 years in MLS. I don't think the feeling comes close to what a SB win or a Sabres stanley cup would mean. The folks here don't understand how spoiled they are right now...

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