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    How many times have you held the brass ring?

    I feel blessed when it comes to sports teams’ success. Here are the teams with which I’m personally closely associated through some important aspect of my life history that while I was a fan finished a season winning and attaining the highest level of achievement or recognition available to it.

    Utah Stars ABA Champions (1971).

    Georgetown basketball NCAA champions (1984).

    University of Utah football (2004): 13-0, Fiesta Bowl Champions, no. 4 AP poll.

    University of Utah football (2008): 13-0, Sugar Bowl Champions, no. 1 BCS computer, no. 1 ELO Chess Computer, no. 2 AP Poll.

    Seattle Seahawks (2013): Super Bowl Champions.

    Georgetown in 1985 and Utah in 1998 played for the NCAA basketball championship and lost. Utah’s 1998 Final Four and hard fought loss to Kentucky in the title game was the most satisfying and enjoyable experience I ever had as a fan. GU went to the Final Four in 2007, which was nice. But last Sunday sure was a blast watching that with my family.

    I have a lot to be thankful for as a fan.
    When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

    --Jonathan Swift
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    Can't wait until BoylenOver/Redbird shows up. He rather miraculously has one of his teams competing for a championship in at least one sport every single year.
    So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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    • #3
      I am happy for you, SU.
      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
        How many times have you held the brass ring?
        Take the masturbation euphemisms to the BYU-I thread, please?
        Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

        There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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        • #5
          Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
          ELO Chess Computer
          So that's what makes that noise at the beginning of "Telephone Line."
          "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
          The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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          • #6
            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
            I feel blessed when it comes to sports teams’ success. Here are the teams with which I’m personally closely associated through some important aspect of my life history that while I was a fan finished a season winning and attaining the highest level of achievement or recognition available to it.

            Utah Stars ABA Champions (1971).

            Georgetown basketball NCAA champions (1984).

            University of Utah football (2004): 13-0, Fiesta Bowl Champions, no. 4 AP poll.

            University of Utah football (2008): 13-0, Sugar Bowl Champions, no. 1 BCS computer, no. 1 ELO Chess Computer, no. 2 AP Poll.

            Seattle Seahawks (2013): Super Bowl Champions.

            Georgetown in 1985 and Utah in 1998 played for the NCAA basketball championship and lost. Utah’s 1998 Final Four and hard fought loss to Kentucky in the title game was the most satisfying and enjoyable experience I ever had as a fan. GU went to the Final Four in 2007, which was nice. But last Sunday sure was a blast watching that with my family.

            I have a lot to be thankful for as a fan.
            Much like the higher ups at Fox, you're a sexist pig.

            http://tracking.si.com/2014/02/04/se...age/?eref=sihp
            Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

            There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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            • #7
              Zero.
              Get confident, stupid
              -landpoke

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                I feel blessed when it comes to sports teams’ success. Here are the teams with which I’m personally closely associated through some important aspect of my life history that while I was a fan finished a season winning and attaining the highest level of achievement or recognition available to it.

                Utah Stars ABA Champions (1971).

                Georgetown basketball NCAA champions (1984).

                University of Utah football (2004): 13-0, Fiesta Bowl Champions, no. 4 AP poll.

                University of Utah football (2008): 13-0, Sugar Bowl Champions, no. 1 BCS computer, no. 1 ELO Chess Computer, no. 2 AP Poll.

                Seattle Seahawks (2013): Super Bowl Champions.

                Georgetown in 1985 and Utah in 1998 played for the NCAA basketball championship and lost. Utah’s 1998 Final Four and hard fought loss to Kentucky in the title game was the most satisfying and enjoyable experience I ever had as a fan. GU went to the Final Four in 2007, which was nice. But last Sunday sure was a blast watching that with my family.

                I have a lot to be thankful for as a fan.
                So many times that I don't go to the parades anymore or ask someone else how many times they have.

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                • #9
                  Had SeattleUte attended Georgetown by 1984? Also, he had previously admitted that in 3 years of law school there, he only went to 6 basketball games.
                  Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                    Zero.
                    The good folks at BYU-I salute you.
                    I'm like LeBron James.
                    -mpfunk

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                      Zero.
                      If the Jazz would play Alec Burks 35-40 minutes a night you'd only be a handful of months away.
                      So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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                      • #12
                        I have never held the brass ring. I am not a professional athlete, nor was I a college athlete.

                        Teams I follow have won:

                        BYU - 1984 National Champions

                        LA Dodgers - 1988 World Series Champs

                        LA Kings - 2012 Stanley Cup Champions

                        Seattle Seahawks - 2014 Super Bowl Champions

                        But alas...never I.
                        Last edited by The_Tick; 02-04-2014, 03:52 PM.

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                        • #13
                          Lakers 10 times in my memory (16 overall)
                          BYU - once
                          Chicago Blackhawks twice in my memory
                          Dodgers once in my memory
                          My NFL fan loyalty is so weak that I can't really claim a championship even though as a kid I did root for the Broncos and Elway who as two
                          Dyslexics are teople poo...

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by The_Tick View Post
                            I have never held the brass ring. I am not a professional athlete, nor was I a college athlete.

                            Teams I follow have won:

                            BYU - 1984 National Champions

                            LA Dodgers - 1998 World Series Champs

                            LA Kings - 2012 Stanley Cup Champions

                            Seattle Seahawks - 2014 Super Bowl Champions

                            But alas...never I.
                            1988, although 1998 would be cool, too.

                            What about 1981?? That was against the Yankees. huge win.
                            Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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                            • #15
                              Although I can't claim an ABA Championship, I still count myself as extremely fortunate.

                              Dallas Cowboys: 92, 93 and 95.

                              Chicago Bulls: 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98

                              NY Yankees: 96, 98, 99, 00, 09

                              NE Patriots: 01, 03, 04

                              LA Lakers: 00, 01, 02, 09, 10

                              Boston Redsox: 04, 07, 13

                              Boston Celtics: 08

                              Seattle Seahawks: 13

                              Philadelphia Stars: 84
                              Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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