Top 5 sports teams you root for to lose...
 

It seems that it is easier to root for a team to lose (since there will be more of them) than it is to root for a team to win, esp. if one got animosities or hatred towards a particular team or rival. This becomes more pronounced during post-season play, I think, because of the energy it takes to get there and the (usually) high expectation...and to see the team lose becomes sweet justice.

Anyway, what is your list of top 5 teams you root for to lose?

Here's mine:

College basketball: Kentucky
Baseball: Yankees
Pro football: Falcons and Raiders
Hockey: Red Wings

The degree of 'hatred' seems to vary season to season but for 20 years, UK has been the constant with the Raiders becoming even more hated, if that's possible.

Baseball: Yankees
Football: Colts and Steelers
Basketball: Knicks and Lakers

UGA (any sport), Hendrick Motorsports, SF Giants, UConn (women's hoops), and LSU (women's hoops & football)

And, since you mentioned the change over time, that's my current list.
If you had asked me 20 years ago, it would have probably been something like:
UGA (anything), Pirates (Bonds era), Yankees, 49ers, and the Celtics.

Baseball: Cardinals
Pro Football: Redskins, Giants
College Football: Longhorns
College Basketball: Duke

The Bucs move from the NFC Central to the NFC South rendered most of my hatred for teams obsolete. I have to consciously remind myself to root against the Falcons, Saints, and Panthers. (Hell, I wear a New Orleans Saints shirt while doing yard work...I would never, ever, ever, ever have owned a Packers, Lions, Bears, or Vikings shirt. Ever.

Yeah, 30 years ago when I was a sports fanatic, my list would have been: Cowboys, Dodgers, Cowboys, Notre Dame and did I mention the Cowboys?

1 - LA Dodgers
2 - Washington Red4skins
3 - Dallas Cowboys
4 - LA Dodgers
5 - NY Yankees

Yankees
Duke

I really don't need 5 teams. These 2 are enough. :D

/tk

NY Yankees
Duke
Nebraska
Raiders
Lakers

Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, Lakers might be my only teams to actively root against.

Packers x 5

Ooh, forgot about Nebraska. That's a good one. I'd put them in there with the Cowboys and Notre Dame.

Overall, I think I've mellowed. In the past, I might have listed teams like the Dodgers (just didn't like them for whatever reason), NY Rangers, Edmonton Oilers (though that's really more 20 years ago). Maybe even the Braves, though with them I respect the organization and actually like the TBS tv crew. Oh, and the Celtics. But like I said, I've softened.

Iowa State
Chicago Cubs
Oakland Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs
Duke Mens Basketball

Yankees
Redskins
Red Wings
Florida football
Notre Dame football

1) Los Angeles Dodgers
2) Los Angeles Dodgers
3) Los Angeles Dodgers
4) Los Angeles Dodgers
5) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Realistically...

1) Los Angeles Dodgers
2) Anaheim Angels
3) Dallas Cowboys
4) Los Angeles Lakers
5) Sacramento Kings

College Basketball: Duke
College Football: USC
Baseball: Yankees
NBA: Miami

NY Yankees
Duke
Montclair St
Bucs, Falcons, Panthers

1) New York Yankees
2) Notre Dame Football
3) Dallas Cowboys
4) Tampa Bay Buccanears
5) North Carolina Basketball

That's fairly accurate. I'd run through Boston in a Yankees jersey rather than root for the Dodgers.

Actually, I'd add the Cowboys and Patriots to that list - too much of Boston on the latter.

1) Yankees
2) Braves
3) Cowboys
4) Notre Dame
5) Raiders

For a long, long, LONG time the Niners were at the top of my list, but the last few years have kinda dulled the hatred...

College: Kansas Jayhawks
Baseball: Houston Astros/Boston Red Sox
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers

1. NY Yankees
2. UNC
3. All NFC East except the Giants

Never got in to hockey and have lost all interest in the NBA.

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. New York Yankees
3. Arizona Wildcats
4. Los Angeles Lakers
5. New York Giants - Philadelphia Eagles (tie)

Tried to diversify the list a bit... although, to be honest, the only team I'm fanatical about is the Redskins, so I probably should have made my list look like this:

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. New York Giants
3. Philadelphia Eagles
4. Oakland Raiders (yes, I will forever be bitter about Super Bowl XVIII)
5. Dallas Cowboys

I don't think I can put mine in any particular order, but my top 5 are like this:

Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Raiders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers

The only other team that comes close is the Red Wings, but since they don't play my Devils very often, I put the divisional rivals on the list instead. There are a couple of other NHL Western Conference teams that I really don't like, but they don't quite compare to the teams I mentioned.

1) Green Bay Packers
2) St. Louis Cardinals
3) Chicago White Sox
4) Univ of Nebraska
5) Univ of Illinois

1. Steelers
2. Michigan
3. Ravens
4. Louisville
5. Yankees

New England Patriots

I used to hate the Knicks, but ever since they got Isiah Thomas I've actually felt kind of sorry for them.

1) Yankees
2) Rangers
3) Flyers
4) Red Wings
5) Braves

Honestly, so long as the Devils or the Blue Jays can win, I'm not sure I care. But since the latter haven't been good in a while, I tend to just root for whoever around playoff time.

And I root against whoever is standing in my team's way...

Not in any particular order

1. Detroit Red Wings (YAY Edmonton!)
2. Dallas Cowboys/Seattle Seahawks/SF 49ers
3. Duke/Nebraska/Texas
4. Houston Astros/Atlanta Braves (not much anymore though)/Cubs/Yankees

1 yankees
2 duke
3 devils
4 cowboys
5 ny giants

i have a recurring dream where the plane carrying the yankees crashes into giants stadium while the cowboys and giants are playing a game (with no fans in attendance) and the devils are practising at continental airlines arena and every player on all 4 teams is killed.

Love ya, Sunshine... :)

does Montclair State even have sports teams?

No KU? I would like respectfuly ask that you have the Mizzou part of your user name removed.

Dodgers
Cowboys
Yankees
Ohio State Football
Raiders

By the by, apologies to any Aussies out there for the use of the word "root." Perhaps "barrack" would be better? ;)

/tk

NCAA Football: Tennessee(and any other SEC team that isn't UGA).
NCAA Hoops: Don't follow
NFL: NFC South teams that aren't Falcons
MLB: Yankees, Mets, Phillies, did I mention Yankees and Mets?
NBA: Don't follow

Hmm, looking over these there are a few more teams I never really rooted for and many that I just plain didn't like: Georgetown, UNC, USC, UCLA, Ohio State, Michigan, Kansas, Tark's UNLV teams, the Knicks. Formerly U. Miami too, though I've softened there. Still don't like the Gators or the Seminoles much though.

I'll be happy when the Patriots suck again too.

Especially tonight! ;)

hxxp://www.montclair.edu/athletics/

1. Yankees
2. Duke Basketball
3. Notre Dame Football
4. NJ Devils
5. Braves
6. Any team from Philly

Yankees


Miami Hurricanes
Raiders
Lakers
Avalanche

Gators

Notre Dame football
Green Bay Packers
New York Knicks

Oh yeah, almost forgot:
CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE anything
Washburn basketball
Missouri Western basketball
Pittsburg State basketball and football

Yes, I played at NW Missouri State :) Go Bearcats!!!

Minnesota Golden Gophers
Dallas Cowboys
Minnesota Twins
Manchester United
Detroit Red Wings

North Carolina
Duke

Frankly, anybody else is a waste of energy to hate.

I now root for the following people to lose. . . Always:

1. Buccaneer
2. JeeberD
3. Dark Cloud
4. MizzouRah
5. Izulde
6. thealmighty (twice)

The only other person I can think of is Pumpy, but since he has so many funny pics, I put the others on the list instead.

NFL: Indianapolis Colts
NCAA: Pittsburgh Panthers
NBA: LA Lakers
MLB: NY Yankees
NHL: NY Rangers

You Bastard!!!!

Oakland Raiders
Pitt State
KU
KC Royals
Montreal Canadians

NFL: Baltimore Ravens
MLB: Atlanta Braves
NCAA Football: Notre Dame, Va. Tech, Pitt

Edit to add: Really, not just Va. Tech. Any ACC team other than UNC.