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Russell Jaslow said:
Met Life Stadium is jointly owned by both the Jets and Giants. They both paid for it. (And I believe Giants Stadium was never owned by the Giants. The Meadowlands Complex owned it. However, your point is still valid -- everyone knew it was the Giants' stadium, and the Jets were second hand citizens in it, unlike Met Life Stadium.)

In fact, it was the Jets who insisted on making it a lot fancier than what the Giants originally wanted.
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Right, what I meant was that the Jets never had their own stadium, they do share Met Life with the Giants. Worth noting, both teams played each other on Christmas Eve 2011. It was technically a Jets home game. Rex Ryan ordered the Giants trophies/banners covered up. This infuriating the Giants, winning 29-14. This served as a turning point for the Giants as they didn't lose again that season. Beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl. So in a way, you could blame the Jets for the Patriots not winning the Super Bowl that year. :D
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Carolina probably won't move again because of the 2006 Cup win.
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I was in Chapel Hill for a week on a business trip during the 2006 Cup playoffs and, while anecdote is not evidence, there appeared to be minimal interest. Not a single mention the whole time I was there from any of the locals, and there were plenty of those "meet and greet" occasions in which people desperately search for some congenial topic of conversation to be sociable with strangers. I was in a sports bar one night and it was crowded and active and I was the only one paying attention to the game at all.

I really enjoy Stanley Cup hockey, and yet it still seems weird to me, having grown up in Chicago, been to school in Boston, lived in Wyoming, and now living in New England, to watch an ice hockey game after I've been mowing the lawn. I can't imagine what it would be like to have an ice hockey franchise in a city where it never snows and rarely gets below freezing.
 
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86. Nashville Predators


Why? Don’t be catfished by these guys, yes they are the defending Western Conference Champions and doing pretty well right now, but for the first 15+ years, this team was butt.

The Good. As mentioned, they won the Western Conference last year, only losing at home on when eliminated by Pittsburgh in Game 6. First 8th seed to sweep a 1st seed.

The Bad…..typical expansion pains, being in the purgatory that is the Central Division, when being beat up by the Blackhawks and Red Wings (yes, I know the Wings on the in the East now)

The Ugly....The unis make me want to call them the Mustard Tigers

Where they play? Bridgestone Arena, kind of a rubbery, bald kind of arena, it was built in the hopes of landing a NHL team, the Devils flirted with moving there but was granted an expansion team in 1998.

Owner: Predators Holdings, LLC. The Predators original owner was Craig Leopold. He tried to sell the team but held on as new offers were made to buy the team and relocate. The NHL approved the sale in 2007 to a local group to keep the team in Nashville. There are still some disputes to shares of the team.

Coach: Peter Laviolette, a very good hockey coach who made the Islanders a respectable team again, coached the Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup, coached the Flyers to a Stanley Cup Final.

Top Current Players: P.K. Subban, Filip Forsberg, Pekka Renne

Hall of Famers…oh god! No!
 
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CommAvHusky said:
Right, what I meant was that the Jets never had their own stadium, they do share Met Life with the Giants. Worth noting, both teams played each other on Christmas Eve 2011. It was technically a Jets home game. Rex Ryan ordered the Giants trophies/banners covered up. This infuriating the Giants, winning 29-14. This served as a turning point for the Giants as they didn't lose again that season. Beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl. So in a way, you could blame the Jets for the Patriots not winning the Super Bowl that year. :D
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As a Jets fan, I'll take that "win." :) BTW, whenever the Jets are the home team, everything about the Giants are covered up. And vice versa. So, it really wasn't a Rex Ryan thing.

I once went to a Jets-Giants game at the old Giants Stadium when the Jets were the home team. Last game of the season. Jets win on the last play of the game. This essentially was going to knock the Giants out of the playoffs as long as the Rams won their game later in the day. So, us Jets fans started chanting, "R!A!M!S! RAMS! RAMS! RAMS!" :D

Oh, the Rams won...
 
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Mookie will say the 'neighborhood' where the preds play is prolly the coolest.
 
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Russell Jaslow said:
As a Jets fan, I'll take that "win." :) BTW, whenever the Jets are the home team, everything about the Giants are covered up. And vice versa. So, it really wasn't a Rex Ryan thing.

I once went to a Jets-Giants game at the old Giants Stadium when the Jets were the home team. Last game of the season. Jets win on the last play of the game. This essentially was going to knock the Giants out of the playoffs as long as the Rams won their game later in the day. So, us Jets fans started chanting, "R!A!M!S! RAMS! RAMS! RAMS!" :D

Oh, the Rams won...
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1988 If I'm not mistaken.
 
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FreshFish said:
I can't imagine what it would be like to have an ice hockey franchise in a city where it never snows and rarely gets below freezing.
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The average low temperature in Raleigh is 32 or below from mid-December until early February. That hardly qualifies as "rarely gets below freezing". They also average 7.3" of snow per year.
 
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ScottK said:
The average low temperature in Raleigh is 32 or below from mid-December until early February. That hardly qualifies as "rarely gets below freezing". They also average 7.3" of snow per year.
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While this is true, the winters there are incredibly pleasant. It is genuinely comfortable most of the winter and even on the coldest days it feels like maybe a bracing New England fall day. Atmospherically there is never the leaden sky and suicide-inducing spareness* that is essential for a genuine hockey environment.

* Mandatory disclosure: I am exhilarated by the Nordic aesthetic of winter due to a lingering Stockholm Syndrome from 5 years in Ithaca.
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ScottK said:
The average low temperature in Raleigh is 32 or below from mid-December until early February. That hardly qualifies as "rarely gets below freezing". They also average 7.3" of snow per year.
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Living here. It ain't cold. :D

Part of the reason we moved here.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Living here. It ain't cold. :D

Part of the reason we moved here.
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I'm certainly not comparing it to a Northeast/Midwest winter. By those standards, yes, it's quite pleasant. I have a friend that lives that outside of Raleigh who complains all the time about how much he misses New England winters. However, to say that it "never snows" and "rarely gets below freezing" are completely untrue.
 
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ScottK said:
to say that it "never snows" and "rarely gets below freezing" are completely untrue.
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sorry, my thoughts had turned to LA and Tampa Bay by that point, but I didn't write that part down....:o


though there was the Jamaican bobsled team.

We lived in southwest Wyoming leading up to the 2000 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and our town of 12,500 hosted the Jamaican bobsled team for training. We'd see them in the rec center all the time.
 
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85. Carolina Panthers


Why? Easily one of the most inconsistent franchises in sports, following this team is like being on a roller coaster.

The Good. 2 time NFC Champions, went to the NFC Championship in only their second season. Finished 15-1 in 2015. A bad kickoff away from winning a Super Bowl.

The Bad. In 2001, they won on Opening Day, then lost their 15 games, a 2-14 season in 2010. Proceeding to play like butt after having championship caliber seasons.

The Ugly. Followed their amazing 2nd year of 12-4 to go 7-9. Went 7-9 one year after their first Super Bowl. Went 6-10 in 2016 after going 15-1 the year before.

Where they play? Bank of America Stadium. One day I hope Bank of America gets foreclosed.

Owner: Jerry Richardson, Richardson became the first person since George Halas to play in the NFL. He played for the Baltimore Colts in 1959 and 1960. Made his money owning Hardee’s franchises and becoming a food service giant.

Coach: Ron Rivera, Rivera played on the ’85 Bears Super Bowl as a linebacker. Currently in his 7th season coaching the Panthers

Top Current Players: Cam Newton, Julius Peppers, Luke Kuechly

Hall of Famers…Reggie White and Kevin Greene had cups of coffee in Carolina.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
Hey, the captain of the Potsdam hockey team when I was there did the 3/2 program and got a masters ... all in four years.

Slacker...
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2.5 years as a Math major and realized that if I was not enthralled by Advanced Calculus and Compiler Cobstruction, that was not the major for me. Switched to Accounting.
 
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