The Official Hategame.

That’s easy to hate

Everyone knows how we feel about them. I’d like to stay neutral for now, and let the rest of the league take ’em down without us.

It will be sweeter gloating that it isn’t just us.

(but I can see them getting the pity vote, for they haven’t accomplished much for anyone to hate on.)

/hate off

Can I do that?

Jerry Jones is worth about 15-20 points all by himself, and Cowboys fans will consume the rest of their points.

As for the Jets: Take that, Rex Ryan! How dare you question the validity of Sir Charles Woodson’s Defensive Player of the Year victory! And enough with the guarantees, you’re not Men’s Wearhouse.

Oldest rivalry in the NFL is also the best because it’s based on mutual animosity. It’s not some sort of hug-fest feel-good rivalry, like the Browns-Bengals, or the Cubs vs. MLB.

Anyone read 1984? Remember the “two-minute hate” where they’d look at pictures of supposed enemies and yell and scream and throw stuff? I do that every day with the Bears. Gotta keep that rivalry fierce. . . .

AWESOME!
I was singing along in my head. Is that one the Yoopers?

The Falcons because I lived in that city for 17 years and the “fans” cared about the team exactly twice: When they beat the Vikes to go to the SB and when they drafted Vick. Then, of course, I had to hear about Vick beating the Pack in the 2002 playoffs. Ding ’em a point for that BS.

The Niners because their fans still seem to think that the 90s are relevant. They once cheered (lustily) for TO. The contempt I feel for that translates to a quick -1.

Remembering that 2004 OT coin-flip declaration, the sound clip, and the performance of Al Harris…

I know it’s not fair to judge, but it’s hard to not look at a self-declared Cheesehead the same if they don’t have instant recall of that moment like so many others of us do =(

and because of Silky.

Thanks for putting in all the work Wiedmann!

Though there were a few “How many Lombardis do you have? Cause we have 6, soon to be 7.”-types before the game, overall, they’re pretty classy.

I’d also like to point out that you still have another point to use today. 2 pluses or 2 minuses or 1 of each per day.

Team scores edited & updated through this post.

Then maybe Jay Cutler is a nice guy after all

that damn horn goes off. I can’t think of a more polarizing sound effect in all of sports.

And they can jump off a cliff. I love it!

That horn…….that annoying, f***ing horn. Its not the noise. Its not the idea. Its the fact that, as others have said, it is played every time they don’t trip over their own feet as if mediocrity should be celebrated.

And according to a recent DN post, the new roof on the stadium will actually improve the accoustics therefore making the dome even louder than before. I hope when they test it during a practice that the piped in noise blows out the eardrums of everyone on the staff. The only reason they haven’t been fined/punished for piped in noise is that no self-respecting person wants to go there to conduct an actual investigation.

Nothing else to say, wow

I love it.

Man, I hate Soriano. The dude just comes off as obnoxious, and he can’t play defense for squat. I should probably save more of this for the open thread…

… by putting the Bears under 20pts.

Boooo.

but Cubs are going to the World Series THIS year for sure!

Wait, what?

But seriously, I hope the Cards screw up the Pujols deal and he goes to the Cubs next year….. I may actually watch them again.

Cause you gotta feel for the poor Browns fans when Modell pulled that rug out from under them.

You gotta post on the day (seems unfair). Especially since your Bears & Vikings votes might not mean anything as those teams may already be eliminated. If you want to change your vote for Mar 3rd, you’re free to do so. (seriously, do you really want to vote for the Cowboys?)

Dick Butkus is more famous than Ray Nitschke! If the International Criminal Court had any real sway that would be considered a crime against humanity (as would Ditka’s stupid sweaters).
They still talk about the 1985 Bears, and act like they are the consensus Best Team Ever (Best Teams Ever repeat as champs, or maybe even win five NFL championships in a decade). They act like the great Packers teams of the 1960s don’t count, or fail to recognize that the 1997 Packers led the league in scoring offense and scoring defense (something the 1985 Bears couldn’t manage).
Mike Ditka refusing to acknowledge the Majik Man’s 1989 victory over the Bears.
The Bears have more wins in our epic rivalry.
The Bears changed their name from “The Staleys” to “The Bears” in order to ride the coattails of the Chicago Cubs.
George Halas tried to get the Packers’ franchise license revoked.
Jim McMahon wore a Bears jersey to the White House when he “won” a Super Bowl with the Packers as Favre’s backup.
They took a classic, beautiful stadium that was constructed in honor of war veterans and built a spaceship around it.
The whole “steal ex-Packers” bit? Dick Jauron was a coach for the Packers before he became head coach of the Bears.
The "pumped in noise so the other team can’t communicate bit’? In a 1950s game the Bears cut the Packers’ phone lines to the box so their coaches couldn’t communicate.
The Bears have more Hall of Famers than the Packers, despite their comparatively miserable existence.
The “Super Bowl Shuffle”
The humiliation of William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s TD run.
People from Chicago have poor enunciation – it’s “the”, not “duh”.
George Halas put out a bounty on the Packers’ first black player.
Curly Lambeau reportedly wouldn’t let his players smile in the week leading up to a Bears’ game.

And finally, if that’s not enough hateable history, there’s this: Vince Lombardi instructed his players to hate the Bears. Are you going to disagree with Lombardi?

And “shithead” will fully intersect with the “Bears fans” circle AND the “illiterate” circle. At least with Vikings fans you can use words, but with Bears fans it’s mostly a series of loud grunts, short grunts, high-pitched grunts, and low-pitched, earthy grunts.

Any meaning to the asterisk in your comments about voting down the Patriots?

I realized, I don’t really hate the Vikings. They’re more like that younger brother of the friend everybody had who was too little to hang out with you guys, but dammit, that didn’t stop him from trying. It’s so pathetic, I can’t really hate on it.

And when thinking about my Bears votes from yesterday, while I don’t like the Bears, it’s more of a respectful hatred than anything else.

No, when I look deep into my soul, there are two teams that make me happy when they lose. The Denver Broncos (GO F**** YOURSELF JOHN ELWAY!! YOU RUINED THE PACKERS BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS! YOU COULDN’T SMOOTH A SHEET IF YOU HAD A HOT DATE WITH A BABE…. I lost my train of thought) and the Dallas Cowboys (you guys ruined my Packers dreams far too many times in the 90’s for me to EVER forgive you).

as Josh McDaniels did. What he did there was awesome. He traded off their best players and alienated everyone else, then got caught cheating.

Your hatred is small in comparison.

If there is any fan base that fickle in this division it’s the Vikings. The team couldn’t sell out a home playoff game without having some of the big corporations buy up the tickets at the last second. It’s almost as if the team admitted it that year with the “Get on the Boat” mantra to sell tickets.

Then finally they have the nerve to say we don’t respect our legends because we boo’d Brett when he came back here both times. Damn right we boo’d him, he ripped out our guts, said only true Packer fans would route for him on the Vikings, and on multiple occasions tried to undermine the Packers to the other team (his long conversation with Matt Millen about how to pick apart the Packer’s defense back in 08 anyone?)

Eff them.

Once a team reaches zero, they get moved to the graveyard, and are next on the list of Packer fans hated teams (and can no longer be voted up or down).

[insert obvious joke about username]

Who do you think you are Jesus Chrysler?

You can continue to hate on them in this thread, just not in vote form.

(and dangit, Clutch16, I was going to make that joke right as you posted it).

Would you like to take both points from the Patriots* or would you like it applied to someone else?

I kinda like the Lions, but no team, let alone a divisional rival should be above 32. If I wasn’t so feverishly demoting the Patriots every day until they’re gone, my next votes might be for the Steelers/Browns/Bills/anyone else above 32.

This is a hate thread, people. Atlanta gave us our 1st playoff loss at Lambeau, and they’ve lost only 1 point so far. The Panthers & Redskins are owned by Richardson & Snyder, respectively, and have yet to lose a point. I could make a case for hating every team on the list (some more than others), and I will if I have to. The Browns? That’s not even a real team; the real Browns left for Baltimore because the Colts left, and you can hate on both the Colts & Ravens for relocating (because REAL franchises don’t move). Other relocaters include the Cle/LA/StL Rams, Chi/StL/Phx/Ari Cardinals, Bos/Was Redskins, LA/SD Chargers, Oak Raiders (sorta). The Chiefs moved & changed their name, from Dal Texans to KC Chiefs, like the Hou Oilers to Ten Oilers/Titans and division rivals Decatur Staleys/Chi Bears, Portsmouth Spartans/Det Lions. The NY Titans/Jets just changed their name, but c’mon, they’re coached by Rex Ryan.

Just because I love me some Texas and especially the Gulf Coast/Houston area.

Also going to plus the Saints for no other reason than they knocked off the Vikings (greater than a GB victory that year) and Peyton in the same year to win the SB. And Payton has balls of steel.

Denver Broncos – Super Bowl XXXII. John Elway. And horses are poorly suited to mountainous terrain.

You left out “sold out and went from one of the best stadium names in football (Mile High) to one of the worst (Investco)”. Excellent point on horses however.

Arizona Cardinals – Playoffs, 2009. Their team is named after an aesthetically pleasing but harmless animal

But they are (were) harmful on the field with Warner.

The Vikings are named after a aesthetically unpleasing and harmful animal but on the football field they only kept the aesthetically unpleasing part.

Wonder why the Titans hate Min but love us….

And also weird that Det hates the Jets that much but not us as well.

Does it still count?

You might think that just because the Viqueens are already in the graveyard that you can no longer hate on them with your votes, but you would be WRONG! Today’s votes are all about finding a way to continue the hate on the Viqueens. Just because they’re already in the graveyard doesn’t mean I can’t piss on their grave.

First, the Falcons get a point for their performance in the 1998-99 NFC Championship game. I’m not one to sing any praises of the Vikings, but their 1998 team was flat-out dominant. 1998 was probably their single best chance at winning a Super Bowl since their four flubs in the 70’s. Atlanta had a good team as well, but they had no business winning that championship game in Minnesota. The Vikings seemed to have twice as much talent as anybody else in the conference that year, including the 14-2 Falcons. While that game was being played I purposefully went to the shopping mall to mill around because I was certain that Minnesota would make it to the Super Bowl and I had no interest in watching them succeed in doing so. Around the time I knew the game would be ending I saw a bunch of people standing around a TV at one of the stores and figured I was going to find out about the bad news sooner or later, so I may as well go over and watch the ending. Much to my great delight, what I saw on the screen was the Falcons lining up to kick the game-winning field goal, and it went through! Hooray! I danced a little jig of delight. Seeing all of the dejected Viqueen players and fans filled me with so much joy I could hardly contain myself. Schadenfreude manifested itself. 15-1 seasons don’t just come around all the time, and the glumness I witnessed on the faces of those associated with the Viqueens was evidence that they all knew they had blown their best chance of winning it all. So thank you Falcons! You get a point.

Secondly, the Saints get a point for last year’s NFC Championship game. As bad as it would be to see the Viqueens win a Super Bowl at any point, last year would have been the absolute worst by far. To see OUR icon Favre bring a title to the hated purple turds would have been excruciating. When Favre beat the Packers in the dome, the Viqueen fans gloated. When they beat us again at Lambeau, the gloating intensified. Not that they weren’t justified in doing so, as I’m sure we’d do the same if the situation were reversed. But it still sucked a rat’s tit. The Viqueens knew that they had a good team and a legit shot at finally getting off the title schneid, and to make the possibility especially delectable for them, they were about to do so using OUR longtime iconic quarterback. Not so fast, said the Saints! For one moment Favre reverted to his INT-tossing self and the Saints didn’t waste their opportunity to score first in overtime. Reacting to the loss in typical whiny fashion, the Viqueens complained incessantly afterwards: "Boo hoo! It’s not fair! Why should the team that wins the coin toss get the first chance to score? If we had gotten the ball first, we would have won! Boo hoo!" They were so boisterous with their complaints that the NFL actually changed the OT rules the next year, which is absolutely preposterous IMHO (I don’t think you should have a different set of rules for the postseason from the regular season. But that’s a topic for another thread). So thank you Saints! You get a point.

So there it is. There are still ways to vote anti-Minnesota if you want to, although I admit that this is most likely the only day I will be doing so; I’ve got more hate to dispense with negative votes from here on out.

Anyone who was too much of a bitch to follow in Unitas’ footsteps deserves all the hate they get.

Warren Sapp’s disregard for offensive linemen’s hips lives.

I think I meant “mind games WITH RB”? I don’t even remember any more.

that I live in Denver and don’t know about the special appliances? This pisses me off. I want special appliances too. I mean, sure, I get ice and water through the fridge door, but that’s not considered special anymore. I have a smooth-top range, but that’s old hat as well and takes forever to heat up. I have a front-load washer, but all that does is shimmy like a sonofabitch and twist my clothes to within an inch of their lives. I wouldn’t call that special, but it does create a sort of magic trick as you attempt to pull one item out and all the clothes come out in one long string. If I have to put up with John Elway and the freakin’ Broncos and their fans, I deserve my special appliances.

The Packers are an odd little franchise in that we have two other franchises that really rival us. Well one of those (the Bears) have that rivalry built on respect. I hate them sure, but I also respect them. As much as Halas tried to screw us over, he was also one of the main guys to rally the crowds to ensure we got Lambeau…he gave our team critical loans to keep it a float back in the day….and as much as Lombardi and Lambeau hated Halas there was an underlying respect.

The Vikings? Well they just get under my skin. There are any number of reasons why but it all boils down to the fact that this franchise tends to be more about style than substance. Also keep in mind that they have adopted the worst and most obnoxious of Packer fans who look like they might stick there (thanks the gods).

Is the most logical thing I’ve seen all day.

You just bumped them ahead of the Patriots!

1 playoff win in 15 (or 16?) years? Their right to the ’America’s Team’ title has been REVOKED! And then thrown into the incinerator, where it belongs.

I hate the Bears due to the rivalry with the Packers and Chicago sports radio. On the other hand, for anyone born after the Bears Super Bowl win, I think that the Vikings are the more hated rival. Moss mooning the fans, the love boat, Brett Favre, Mike Tice, Culpepper’s arm rolling celebration. It’s the off the field stuff, and the general douchery displayed by both the team and the fans that causes me to LOATH the Vikes.

I hearby take a big dump on the Bears and execute a Mortal Kombat-style FATALITY!

if Bears fans are insulted that they weren’t #1 on the hatelist. I think I would be insulted if we weren’t #1 on the forthcoming Windy City Gridiron list.

Actually, I take that back, if they had the Vikings #1 for the same reasons we do (respect for history), I don’t think it would bother me.

You made a good choice, and I’m sure you will have no regrets about your decision.

TSSC and the others are right about respect for the Bears, of course, but I just want to hate them more than the Vikings.

Damnit, I hate it when I post a new comment when I meant to reply to the lowest comment on the thread.

They included two saxophone solos in “The Super Bowl Shuffle”

Patriots* -2

It’s his snot-nosed kid, Mike, who owns the team now. He certainly is no legend. The team hasn’t won a playoff game under his tenure. The last season that Paul Brown was alive, the Bengals won their division and a playoff game. The next season (Paul died in August), the 1st under Mike, they went 3-13.

They’ll be gone by the 15th (or sooner if I get help) :D

“worst bandwagoners in the NFL” easily goes to the Patriots* fans. Are you serious? Granted there’s a lot of annoying Cowboys fans, but really it doesn’t compare. Cowboys fans shut up when their team starts to suck, but NE doesn’t choke until the playoffs, so they run their damn mouths (with that horrible Masshole accent) the whole regular season.

I can’t get through a fricking football game without hearing mention of “Tom Brady & Peyton Manning” (mental note, downgrade Colts whenever possible). When was the last time you watched a non-Cowboys game where they mentioned a Cowboys player? Maybe they brought up DeMarcus Ware when talking about a pass-rushing end or something like that, but it certainly is much less frequent.

This isn’t about “who’s done the Packers wrong,” or who are main rivals are, it’s about hate, and people hate the Patriots* with good reason. If this was about main rivals, the Bears would be 1, the Vikings would be 2 & the Lions would be 3 (you know, we’ve only played them 163 times). I’ve certainly mellowed on the Cowboys since the mid-‘90s, because it’s just not that intense anymore. Sure, Jerry Jones still sucks, but is he really that much more objectionable than Daniel Snyder of the Redskins (who have only lost a single point)? Hating Troy Aikman nowadays doesn’t equate to hating the Cowboys, it equates to hating terrible broadcasting.

I don’t hate BB, Brady or the Patriots. I actually think they run a team that is set up for success every year. If anything I am jealous (I should say, WAS jealous). I hated them because they were good.

BB is still a great coach
They have good FO leadership
And Brady is a stud for having been a 6th rd pick.

The “cheating” thing never really bothered me as much as it just gave me a way to needle Pats fans.

Plus I have to admit, I love how they shoot muskets after every score!

… I hate Jerry Jones, but I kind of like having him around (so long as he doesn’t win arguments to limit revenue sharing more than he already has). Why? Because he’s convinced himself that he’s a football guy instead of a money guy. That’s given me the opportunity to watch some wildly entertaining meltdowns on the field the last 15 years. How can I work up a good hate for a team that so willingly provides me a reason to laugh my ass off on an annual basis.

The Patsies should be the next team with 0. Bleep them.

Or I could just say meh like so many others.

Really I hate Washington more cause their owner is a cheap bastard who will sue little old ladies (more on that tomorrow with my hate vote, or Denver with stupid John Elway, or the Jets with their winning despite building a team the wrong way and jackass of a HC.

I was going to vote Cowboys -1, Patriots +1 but now I’ve got to find something else. I was going to give the Pats a point because I don’t want people to hate them just for their success (because if that’s the case there’s going to be a lot of Packers hate during the Rodgers era), but you give some other valid reasons to hate. Also, their stupid uniforms/logo are pretty hateable.

-2 Patriots. It’s asinine to think that they weren’t doing what they were doing to try and gain a competitive advantage.

Plus, I didn’t like them in 2007 when they’d run the score up on teams. Yeah, I understand the whole if you don’t want to get embarrassed, play better theory. But at the same time, when you’re playing the Buffalo Bills, and it’s the 4th quarter, there’s no need to go for it on 4th and goal, making the score 56-10 instead of 49-10. I think that’s pretty classless and because of it I was jumping with joy when the Giants beat them in the Super Bowl.