Posted on 02/11/2010 8:03:24 AM PST by stainlessbanner
10. Philadelphia Eagles - inability to win the big game
9. Virginia Tech Football - won five of their last ten bowl games
8. Carolina Panthers - 3 winning seasons in last 10 years
7. Kentucky Men's Basketball - start strong, but don't finish strong
6. Cleveland Cavaliers - can't play together like a team
5. New York Mets - 2007: 17 games left to go and you can’t hold a seven game lead
4. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. - 363 career races, No. 88 has only won 18
3. Gonzaga Men's Basketball - mid conference, no major NBA players
2. Notre Dame Football - Just two 10-win seasons in the last 10 years, media darlings
1. Dallas Cowboys - 82-78 the last 10 years
I wouldn’t make a single change to that list, except make Dallas number 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2, also.
As a Dallas Cowboys fan, I must sadly agree. The Cowboys are a marquee franchise in U.S. Sports, and as such an enormous amount of attention is paid to them. They are better than average today, but haven’t been extraordinary in almost fifteen years.
Carolina Panthers over rated? Who on earth rates them highly? Dale Jr hasn’t had much success lately, but his 18 career wins put him at number 10 among all active drivers.
*sigh* The Landry/Schram/Staubach days are just a sweet memory.
Agree, but I would also add the dismal Washington Redskins and the equally dismal Baltimore Orioles. Neither has put a winning product on the field in years.
I am glad you did not include the 2009-2010 Red Wings. (or the post Scotty teams)
I had to read twice to make sure you are not Coach Dat Nguyen!
That’s a little hard on the NFC East. I don’t see how the Panthers could ever be overrated.
As for some golden oldies....you can’t forget the Atlanta Braves of the 90’s.They won something like 14 straight division titles and didn’t get out of the first round of the playoffs most years!
What - no New York Rangers?
Ummmmm.......don’t be so hard on the Cavaliers. None of the teams in the NBA play REAL team basketball anymore. It is a “see MEEEEE do MY thing” league littered with thugs and I don’t see it changing anytime soon.
That ties into why Gonzaga is so successful. They play a team game and don’t need any NBA “superstars” to get the job done.
In order to be over rated, a team must be highly rated. Aside from their own fans, who rates the Rangers high?
Hey, give Kentucky basketball a break! A decade of an incompetent affirmative action coach destroyed one of the nations most successful and storied programs. It takes a little time to rebound into the Kentucky of old. A coach was finally hired on the basis of ABILITY rather than color and the program is making strides. So stick around.
How about Danica Patrick? She gets all kinds of press and rarely, if ever, wins a race. Somewhat akin to that little hottie female tennis player a few years back who never won a tournament.
As good as they are, they are still overly hyped.
Now that Kentucky has a cheater of a coach ( he left town just before sanctions hit... again ), they might do better for awhile.
LOL!! Oh my! Calipari will make it across the Tennessee state line just ahead of the hangin’ judge!
“1. Dallas Cowboys - 82-78 the last 10 years”
Yeah, but they have won, like, 5 championships, putting them tied with the 49ers for second all-time behind the Steelers. Here’s the problem with overrated lists: overrated things are usually pretty good. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be rated so highly. In fact, the Cowboys are a very good franchise. Unlike the 49ers and the Packers, for instance, they have been (more or less) part of the elite in three seperate decades.
Agree, but I would also add the dismal Washington Redskins and the equally dismal Baltimore Orioles. Neither has put a winning product on the field in years.
Come on. We have at least won 3 super bowls. Consider Eagles and Vikings. They have never won one. BTW, next year Skins rule.
I’d pick the Boston Red Sox as most overrated team in sports history. MLB Network ranks Red Sox players ahead of others as if the Red Sox were the dominant dynasty in the 20th Century. For example, they ranked Fred Lynn and Yaz ahead of Joe DiMaggio and the rest of the legends. In another example, when discussing great Red Sox pitchers (as if), they leave out one of their greatest pitcher Babe Ruth.
Whenever you watch the Top 9 lists on MLBNetwook or Top 10 on the NFLNetwork, the actual players will laugh, disagree and demand to know who came up with the lists. The nerdy fat commentators (not the player-presenters) will proudly explain why this list is the most definitive list.
“As for some golden oldies....you can’t forget the Atlanta Braves of the 90’s.They won something like 14 straight division titles and didn’t get out of the first round of the playoffs most years!”
They were in the World Series 4 times in the 90s, winning once. Plus, they had just about the best (or at least the most star-studded) pitching staff of all time. If they were overrated, it’s because Ted Turner devoted a national network to them. But if you’re going to pick a team to broadcast that decade, aside from perhaps the Yankees that’s the one.
11. University of Michigan football
Gonzaga Men’s Basketball Team.
NO major NBA players????
Ever hear of...JOHN STOCKTON?!?
Not on the list but should be:
New York Yankees
Los Angeles Dodgers
All talk and hype.
Who Dat?
Yeah, but their cheerleaders are hot lesbians.
I cannot stand Danica Patrick. A man with her driving ability would never be in her position. Anna Kournikova is smokin hot, and at least she never positioned herself as something she’s not.
What? Doesn't diversity count?
How about the young female golfer, what’s her name.
Cowboys and Fighting Irish are obvious, but the Zags? They’ve reached 11 straight tourneys, going 14-11 despite often getting an undercard rating; they’re the winningest West Coast team. If anything, the Cinderella thing has gotten old-hat.
“Consider Eagles and Vikings”
Since when were the Vikings overrated? They’re barely part of the national sports media conversation, except when they’re talking about Favre, who has only been with the team for a season. The sole exception, so far as I recall (and I wasn’t around in the 60s and 70s, bear in mind), was the exceptional ‘98 season. Maybe they mention a Randy Moss or an Adrian Peterson every once in a while. For the most part, we might as well not exist, given that we only show up in the championship race once or twice a decade. Oh, and because we’re not on the coast or in Texas.
Case in point, even with media superstar Favre, the vast majority of the MSSM (mainstream sports media) chattering class was in the bag for the Cowboys in this year’s divisional playoff round. They were the league’s hot team, since for once they didn’t tank in December. Never mind that the Vikings were undefeated at home. Granted, the Vikes underperformed in nationally televised games (not played against the Packers). But those guys are supposed to be experts, not people who only catch Sunday Night Football.
Sure, toss ‘em in there, too. the more the merrier! Any town where their snow removal trucks are as effective as Zambonis deserve a good slap in the face.
“How about the young female golfer, what’s her name.”
I’ve never heard anyone hype her golf game.
Problem is that the Panthers will have a great season followed by a lousy season. They'll go 12-4 and look like a Super Bowl contender, but the next season they'll be 8-8.
I just never forgave them for losing to the Blue Jays in ‘92 and letting the World Series title end up in Canada.
...And let’s not forget,their one World Series victory was against the Cleveland Indians,who have a history of choking that rivals the Red Sox or Cubs!
She’s awfully bendy.
Next year Kentucky is going to suffer the same fate that UNC is suffering this year, when their "one-and-done" players turn pro.
Fred Lynn and Yaz ahead of DiMaggio? Williams, yes. Those two, absolutely not.
Wow. Are they that screwy?
Great Red Sox pitchers: Roger and the Babe, and...?
And their stupid fans believe it is their God given right to sing every single big free agent on the market no matter what the cost. And if they don't sign one, the locals flood the sports radio shows with "the Yankees are gonna suck this year!" misery. It's really quite tiring.
You know it really had to burn their fans to see us get our back-to-back titles.
“My point was that even if they had won every single World Series title ever, they still would be overhyped”
This is the sort of attitude with which it is impossible to have a rational discussion.
My favorite Opening Day banner at Wrigley Field one year was “Wait Til Next Year!”
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