2024 NFL Thread

[MikeDeTiger]

I am indifferent to the Falcons and Seahawks.

But I maintain a deep, seething hatred for the dirty birds located in the city of brotherly hate.

To clarify, I didn't mean people hate all of them.  They usually hate one of them, depending on their fandom, and refer to them as the Dirty Birds in the process.  Your hatred of the Eagles and indifference towards the Falcons/Seahawks is a routine example.  

It's odd for me....I'm not at all a Saints fan, that part of Louisiana culture never rubbed off on me.....yet I inherited Saints fans' hatred of the Falcons.  I despise the Falcons (Dirty Birds) despite the fact I don't care about the Saints.  Go figure.  

Wife hates the Eagles for obvious reasons and calls them the Dirty Birds.  I currently hate the Eagles, but that's because I hated several of their players in college, including the a-hole DT from UGA who performed a literal WWF suplex on Jayden Daniels in the 2022 SECCG.  And also because Hurts is the okayest QB ever to be hailed as great, and I want people to see him for what he is.  But, take all that away someday, and I'll go back to not caring about the Eagles.  

[MrNubbz]

Quote from: utee94 on January 29, 2025, 11:09:40 AM

I am indifferent to the Falcons and Seahawks.

But I maintain a deep, seething hatred for the dirty birds located in the city of brotherly hate.

Your hatred of the Eagles and indifference towards the Falcons/Seahawks is a routine example. 

It's odd for me....I'm not at all a Saints fan, that part of Louisiana culture never rubbed off on me.....yet I inherited Saints fans' hatred of the Falcons.  I despise the Falcons (Dirty Birds) despite the fact I don't care about the Saints.  Go figure.

You're all welcome to despise the Squeelers and the knuckle dragging, pierogi munching ebola chimps that cheer them on.😎

[FearlessF]

the only dirty birds I know live in Hotlanta

but, I don't like the Eagles because their fans booed santa
don't like the seahawks because of Pete the cheat

I did like the seahawks back in the day of Jim Zorn and Steve Largent

disliked the Squeelers since the 70s

[MikeDeTiger]

Were the Saints ever in a division with the Cowboys?  Seems like when I was young there was a lot of....maybe not hatred, but mild distaste, for Dallas.  

[SFBadger96]

Don't think so. The Chiefs were an AFL team. Dallas was always NFL. After the merger, AFC/NFC.

[SFBadger96]

I don't remember when you were young, but my impression is that for people not from Texas, Dallas was always pretty easy to dislike, claiming to be America's Team and all. Petered out a bit in the mid 80s when the Cowboys had a down stretch, but came back with a vengeance in the early 90s.

[utee94]

I don't remember when you were young, but my impression is that for people not from Texas, Dallas was always pretty easy to dislike, claiming to be America's Team and all. Petered out a bit in the mid 80s when the Cowboys had a down stretch, but came back with a vengeance in the early 90s.

Were the Saints ever in a division with the Cowboys?  Seems like when I was young there was a lot of....maybe not hatred, but mild distaste, for Dallas. 

Yeah I can't think of anything specific for Saints fans to dislike Dallas, not even any history that I can recall of a series of hotly contested playoff games, like the Cowboys and Niners had, or Superbowls, like the Cowboys and Steelers had.

Sounds more to me like just general dislike of the Cowboys that can be found anywhere.

[slugsrbad]

Santa deserved it. 

[FearlessF]

[MrNubbz]

What'd ya go and do that for we're gonna hear about a 1 championship dynasty hype from Mdirt shortly,bastage. Not sure if those numbers are entirely accurate might wanna stay off of MGOBOARD 🥳

[FearlessF]

gotta be accurate - got it from Facebook

[ELA]

Nebraska would have been higher if NFL teams weren't so scared of running the option.

But seriously, Michigan being both an elite program, and running a pro style offense for almost the duration of that period, give or take the RichRod era, and the Dennis Franklin/Rick Leach years, I think helps

[MrNubbz]

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/10-colleges-that-have-produced-most-active-nfl-players?slide=23
OK Bug Eater this from US News and World Report Website from this past December

Here are the 20 colleges that had the most former players listed as active on an NFL roster as of Dec. 2, 2024, according to ESPN.

Colleges with the most NFL players
University of Alabama: 62
The Ohio State University—Columbus: 50
University of Georgia: 46
Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge: 44
University of Notre Dame (IN): 41
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor: 37
University of Texas at Austin: 36
University of Oklahoma: 35
University of Florida: 32
The Pennsylvania State University—University Park: 31
University of Washington: 31
University of Oregon: 29
Clemson University (SC): 28
University of Iowa: 28
University of Tennessee—Knoxville: 28
Texas A&M University: 25
University of California—Los Angeles: 25
University of Mississippi: 25
University of Wisconsin—Madison: 25
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 24

[FearlessF]

Corngrats 
Try to get to the super bowl