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World Champs > National Champs

Posted on 2/12/23 at 9:57 pm
Posted by Kansas City King
Columbia, MO
Member since Oct 2020
2288 posts
Posted on 2/12/23 at 9:57 pm
The state of Missouri brings home another. Remember who the real top dogs of football are. Kiss the Super Bowl Champion rings
This post was edited on 2/12/23 at 10:00 pm
Posted by ClassicCityAlum
Palm Beach, FL
Member since Mar 2019
883 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 3:03 pm to
The Chiefs could be bought and moved to a new city tomorrow.

Your university will always be the flagship and most conspicuous representation of your state. That is why College > Pro, among other reasons.

Also, no other country plays football, so if winning NCAA makes you “only” a national champ, then winning the NFL likewise limits your claim.

Let’s not pretend that pro teams represent the football prowess of their city / region / state. Unless, of course, you believe New England and California are the football juggernauts of the U.S.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54617 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

Let’s not pretend that pro teams represent the football prowess of their city / region / state.


Well, I will give credit to pos teams that started playing in the leather helmet days in a city and are still playing in that same city today.
Posted by DirtyDawg
President of the East Cobb Snobs
Member since Aug 2013
15539 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 3:22 pm to
A college title means wayyyyyyyy more to a college alumni/fan, than a pro title means to a pro fan


Posted by Pulpwood Patterson
Member since Dec 2017
1799 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:04 pm to
This is fair. Boston and San Francisco are two of the biggest soft nerd city’s in America. Yet they’ve won a LOT of pro championships. They would win jack sheet if they actually had to assemble a team in Football, Basketball, or Baseballl from their citizenry.

I could build a nasty MLB roster if you just gave me Cobb County, GA; Orange County, CA, and Dade County, FL

Likewise I’d like my Chances in football with Polk County FL, Gwinnett County, GA, greater New Orleans, Houston, and Dade/Broward Florida

In basketball all I need is South Chicago and the 5 Burroughs of NYC
Posted by Mulkey Man
Member since Apr 2021
19403 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:22 pm to
quote:

A college title means wayyyyyyyy more to a college alumni/fan, than a pro title means to a pro fan


It's all subjective, of course. LSU titles are always fun, but I have to say seeing the Saints win a Super Bowl after decades of futility was awesome.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:26 pm to
I've enjoyed both over the last few years and they bring equal amounts of joy
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
4298 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:27 pm to
quote:

This is fair. Boston and San Francisco are two of the biggest soft nerd city’s in America. Yet they’ve won a LOT of pro championships. They would win jack sheet if they actually had to assemble a team in Football, Basketball, or Baseballl from their citizenry.

So?

How many natties would Saban have at UA with nothing but in-state talent!
Posted by McMillan
Member since Jul 2018
5870 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:28 pm to
This is a pro Missouri thread, but I have to concur. The Ozark hillbilly nor his offspring will ever move Mizzou elsewhere, and that makes college sports all the more better for all its warts.
This post was edited on 2/13/23 at 4:30 pm
Posted by MIzzouMark
Member since Jan 2019
2949 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:29 pm to
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Also, no other country plays football,


Doesn't Canada have a pro league? Also I think Mexico plays in some parts of the country.
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
10871 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 5:30 pm to
I prefer college football. I use to go to Falcons games but after the Michael Vick dog fighting fiasco that the Falcons didnt think was a big deal I haven’t gone back.
Never experienced the passion and loyalty to pro football that is present at college games.
This post was edited on 2/13/23 at 6:39 pm
Posted by Pulpwood Patterson
Member since Dec 2017
1799 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 6:14 pm to
Probably not as many.

But at no point in the history of Alabama’s football program have AL kids not been a significant portion of Alabama’s roster. Alabama’s attachment to Alabama football stems from the fact that it’s a team comprised of “Us”.

Pro sports are an agency for entertainment. College Football is more than that. And I enjoy pro sports and follow the Falcons, Hawks, Braves, & United.

But I went to class with Hines Ward, Champ Bailey, Matt Stinchcomb, Paul Snellings, and Adam Meadows. I’ve been to sorority mixers with Kirby Smart. And I played against lots of guys in HS that played for UGA. It’s a totally different level of attachment.
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9830 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 6:15 pm to
KCK > KCMO
Posted by Bama54
Neverland
Member since Nov 2011
5018 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 6:21 pm to
Wrong board
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
10871 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 7:00 pm to
Gwinnett County has some great football teams
Posted by GamecockUltimate
Columbia,SC
Member since Feb 2019
6739 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 7:07 pm to
so youre riding the coattails of a pro team?


Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
10871 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 7:12 pm to
Well when that’s all you have to brag about I guess you do.
Posted by GoldenDawg
Dawg in Exile
Member since Oct 2013
19077 posts
Posted on 2/13/23 at 7:13 pm to
The Super Bowl IS a National Championship.

It was Kansas City v. Philadelphia, not U.S.A. v. China.

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