Posted on 09/27/2006 7:56:05 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2006 Super Bowl Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers, are ranked as the No. 1 favorite National Football League (NFL) team among U.S. adults who follow pro football. Though the Steelers were in the top five last year, this is their first time at the top of this list since tracking began on this topic in 1998. The Dallas Cowboys remain at No. 2, a position they have held since 2004. Rounding out the top five are the Indianapolis Colts (No. 3, moving up five percentage points from last year's ranking), the Green Bay Packers (No. 4, dropping from No. 1 in 2005) and the New England Patriots (No. 5). These are the results of a nationwide survey conducted online by Harris Interactive(R) between September 7 and 13, 2006 among 2,747 U.S. adults, of whom 1,306 follow professional football.
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I enjoy those games. Three yards and a cloud of dust with some big hits. Loved that game!
Many people don't. You must be old-school Central Division.
You're right, this is a stupid poll.
I like to see polls that are seek better answers, such as asking what your favorite play was, or your favorite game? Mine is above.
So far as I know the writers of that song pitched it to Pittsburgh (which apparently wasn't interested) before they pitched it to Houston. I heard it on Pittsburgh radio when I was a kid (KDKA maybe?) when I was a kid. Anyway, a year or so later I heard it as "We're the Houston Oilers."
The NFL keeps track of sales -- it used to be that Oakland was one of the top teams for NFL-licensed merchandise. Of course those were the days when they were winning. Has anyone seen any data on that lately?
Close, means as in, who are the teams that fans are most willing to pay money to either buy stuff of, buy tickets to, or watch on TV.
Studies like this, are run separately from name ID studies (which are never, ever released).
Studies like this, simply tell the league, which teams can bring cash to the league......and often times are wrong.
FWIW. The Oakland Raiders usually hit up high on a lot of these surveys.
Who cares... Football is almost as lame as Soccer.
*Oakland Raiders usually hit up high on a lot of these surveys*
Oakland jumped the shark some yrs. ago.
The other week the San Diego Chargers beat them 27 - 0
The following week Chargers beat Tenn. 40 - 7
"Although I'm a lifelong Cowboys fan, I always liked the Oilers, particularly during the Snake/Campbell/Renfro years."
Recycled "Who Dat?" (says dey gonna beat dem Saints)! "Who Dat?"
circa 1994.
"picture of disturbing helmet"
The Bills are worse.
Ride on, ride on, ride on!!
I am in the midwest....gosh even when I traveled to Dallas I did not talk to a whole lot of Cowboy fans....
JETS stands for Just End The Season.
Stealers stole it.
Why do you hate America and apple pie?
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