Formo
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15 years ago

Off the charts. Can't be calibrated. Only a Bills-Vikings or Browns-Vikings Super Bowl would have more significant "Whatever happens, one of these two effed-up fan bases is coming away as a Super Bowl champion and there's nothing we can do to stop it" potential. The Jets, Bills, Vikings and Browns are the Mount Rushmore of effed-up NFL fan bases: 50-plus years of history, lots of losing and misery, generations of fans and some particularly soul-crushing heartbreaks (in my Levels of Losing 2.0 column, those three franchises probably nailed every level combined). You can't root for any of these teams without having them infect your DNA in some way. Being a Saints fan hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs, but there's a spiritual optimism about them -- something tied to the festiveness of Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras and the city in general -- that was beaten out of the Jets/Bills/Vikes/Browns fans a long time ago. Saints fans roll with the punches. Jets/Bills/Vikes/Browns fans expect to get punched, contort their faces into a giant wince, wait for a punch that never comes, say to themselves, "Cool, I'm not gonna get punched, it's gonna be OK!" ... and then they get clocked.

So having two of the Effed-Up Mount Rushmore teams as our Super Bowl matchup could potentially end the world as we know it. CBS should promote it, "Super Bowl XLIV: We Know It's Improbable, But Trust Us, Somebody Has To Win."

"Bill Simmons" wrote:



I don't like him, but he brings up a good point about the memorable factor of a Vikings/Jets SuperBowl (I think the odds are like 9-1 or something like that).
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Scottish_Packer
15 years ago
For the non-supporting fan it would be a worst case scenario. The Jets have no big names, and little recent history of winning and the Vikings are born losers! ..... cries of "what else is on?" would echo throughout the land.
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15 years ago
This is like when there was the possibility of a Cubs/Sox WS a number of years back, and neither team got in. Colts/Saints sounds right.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago

Off the charts. Can't be calibrated. Only a Bills-Vikings or Browns-Vikings Super Bowl would have more significant "Whatever happens, one of these two effed-up fan bases is coming away as a Super Bowl champion and there's nothing we can do to stop it" potential. The Jets, Bills, Vikings and Browns are the Mount Rushmore of effed-up NFL fan bases:

"Bill Simmons" wrote:



Three AFC teams, one NFC Team? Notice a trend? The Eagles don't have 'effed' up fans? If we're talking about futility, the Lions don't get a mention?
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DGB454
15 years ago
Lions should get top billing on the futility chart.
coltonja
15 years ago
I will cry if it is a Jets/Vikings SB. That would be one of the most hyped(I can't stand the thought with Voldemort and Rex Ryan still being around after tomorrow) and most horrible games of all time(Jets offense is one of the most boring teams to watch)

Go Colts! Go Saints!
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Formo
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15 years ago

Off the charts. Can't be calibrated. Only a Bills-Vikings or Browns-Vikings Super Bowl would have more significant "Whatever happens, one of these two effed-up fan bases is coming away as a Super Bowl champion and there's nothing we can do to stop it" potential. The Jets, Bills, Vikings and Browns are the Mount Rushmore of effed-up NFL fan bases:

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



Three AFC teams, one NFC Team? Notice a trend? The Eagles don't have 'effed' up fans? If we're talking about futility, the Lions don't get a mention?

"Bill Simmons" wrote:



Yeah, I thought that too.. Until I remembered how the Lions have about as much history as the Packers. I stopped feeling so bad for their fans when I remembered that.
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Packers_Finland
15 years ago

For the non-supporting fan it would be a worst case scenario. The Jets have no big names, and little recent history of winning and the Vikings are born losers! ..... cries of "what else is on?" would echo throughout the land.

"Scottish_Packer" wrote:



Jets have lots of big names. The governor of New York actually changed Manhattan to Revis Island for the time being.
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Cheesey
15 years ago
Looks as though the universe is safe.
On BOTH levels.
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WhatHappensNow
15 years ago
Crisis Averted!
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