The_Kitchen_Guy
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What NFL team can truly claim the title of "America's Team"?
More years ago than I care to think about, a former Miss America went to work for CBS Sports. Her name was Phyllis George, which I only remember because she also used to be the spokesman for Oster, which was based here in Milwaukee.
She was the one who started calling the Dallas Cowboys "America's Team" on national broadcasts, a term that stuck in the craw of fans of old-line NFL teams like the Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions and [BIAS ALERT!] the Green Bay Packers.
For many years, I've been saying there are far more people who dislike the Cowboys than like them, and there are far more people who follow that Packers than any other team. As evidence of that, back in the 1990s, a reporter from Green Bay used to distribute an e-mail newsletter. Remember, in the 1990s, most of you didn't have computers at home at all, let alone an email address. Jeff Ash's newsletter had over 5,000 subscribers around the world - including Australia and Moscow. It evolved into a website called The South End Zone which is still one of the best resources for Packers and NFL statistics and trivia.
Well, fans of other NFL teams have been vindicated. Sorry, Dallas fans, the results are in.
A poll by the well respected Public Policy Polling recently determined that twice as many fans in the nation chose the Packers as their favorite team, from a list of nine. The group surveyed 700 American voters from Dec. 16-18, 2011.
22% of poll respondents said the Packers are their favorite team with 11% saying the Cowboys.
Our Chicago friends will probably be amazed (as was I) that only 8% said the Bears. 8% was also the results for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers. 7% said the New Orleans Saints, 6% said the New England Patriots, 4% said the Washington Redskins while only 2% reported the New York Jets as their favorite teams.
Oh, incidentally, 22% also reported that the Dallas Cowboys are the team they hate the most.
Sorry, Texas. The Green Bay Packers are now officially America's Team.
More years ago than I care to think about, a former Miss America went to work for CBS Sports. Her name was Phyllis George, which I only remember because she also used to be the spokesman for Oster, which was based here in Milwaukee.
She was the one who started calling the Dallas Cowboys "America's Team" on national broadcasts, a term that stuck in the craw of fans of old-line NFL teams like the Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions and [BIAS ALERT!] the Green Bay Packers.
For many years, I've been saying there are far more people who dislike the Cowboys than like them, and there are far more people who follow that Packers than any other team. As evidence of that, back in the 1990s, a reporter from Green Bay used to distribute an e-mail newsletter. Remember, in the 1990s, most of you didn't have computers at home at all, let alone an email address. Jeff Ash's newsletter had over 5,000 subscribers around the world - including Australia and Moscow. It evolved into a website called The South End Zone which is still one of the best resources for Packers and NFL statistics and trivia.
Well, fans of other NFL teams have been vindicated. Sorry, Dallas fans, the results are in.
A poll by the well respected Public Policy Polling recently determined that twice as many fans in the nation chose the Packers as their favorite team, from a list of nine. The group surveyed 700 American voters from Dec. 16-18, 2011.
22% of poll respondents said the Packers are their favorite team with 11% saying the Cowboys.
Our Chicago friends will probably be amazed (as was I) that only 8% said the Bears. 8% was also the results for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers. 7% said the New Orleans Saints, 6% said the New England Patriots, 4% said the Washington Redskins while only 2% reported the New York Jets as their favorite teams.
Oh, incidentally, 22% also reported that the Dallas Cowboys are the team they hate the most.
Sorry, Texas. The Green Bay Packers are now officially America's Team.