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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:40 PM
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Poll question: it's 2009, what's the team of the decade, SO FAR?
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:46 PM
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1. Lakers
They have 4 Championships from 2000-2009.

I don't follow the NHL so I have no idea if any of them have more.

I guess Jimmy Johnson is good but my vote still goes to the Lakers.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:54 PM
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2. I'm a NASCAR fan but not a Jimmy Johnson fan, however
he is "fixing to" win his fourth straight NASCAR championship. So he has beaten 45+ other teams year in and year out and he had a pretty good record earlier in the decade. And NASCAR is a team event. Try changing four tires and filling up with gas in 14 seconds all by yourself.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 04:18 PM
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4. I was really hoping Mark Martin could win the championship this year.
Close, but no cigar. I suppose JJ could crash on the first lap and not finish, but I doubt that.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 04:42 PM
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5. Mark
has had a helluva year for a 50 year old. I can't see Johnson losing this year. Butcha never know.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 05:06 PM
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6. You think Mark will be back for another run next year?
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 11:48 AM
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7. If he wins the championship
this year it would be a great way to go, but as healthy as he is and with his performance this year, no way Hendrick will get rid of him. I think the 5 ride is his for the asking.

Unfortunately I think my "hero" Bobby Labonte is just about at the end of the trail.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 04:17 PM
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3. Definitely Jimmy Johnson. He has been consistently at the top of the sport
the entire decade, including four championships!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 12:24 PM
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8. Remember, the decade started in 2001, just as the new millenium started in
2001...Satan has only one WS title this decade...can't be them, not unless they get another one next year.
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 12:25 PM
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9. I don't understand the many votes for the Yankees
Lakers and JJ have more titles. Perhaps the Penguins or Red Wings have more but I don't follow hockey.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 04:22 PM
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11. Everyone on the list has more titles than Satan....
...The Evil One's minions have been invading this forum for a couple weeks now...they apparently don't follow any other sport.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 07:09 PM
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12. what I don't understand is how the Spurs don't have ANY votes
even though they have three titles in 2003, 2005, 2007
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 04:23 PM
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15. You know, it doesn't SEEM that recent to me...
...maybe that's it.
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 06:45 PM
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18. Well Lakers have more success then the Spurs this decade
That explains my vote. If we are to consider less deserving teams maybe it's the Spurs or Patriots(or JJ) when it comes to professional sports.

If it comes to college sports I say Stanford Women's Volleyball. Yeah they just have 2 title but they went to the title game 6 times this decade. Penn St has been absolutely dominant the last couple years especially last year when they were undefeated.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 01:19 PM
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10. The National Champion Florida Gators.
Three Football National Championships 2006, 2008 and 2009*

(*2009 championship pending)
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 07:32 PM
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13. Either FC Barcelona or Real Madrid CF
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Amsterdam Hooligan Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 02:06 PM
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34. I`m with you on that one.....
I`m a big fan of Barcelona.......I lived there when the team was mostly Dutch players..BUT...
GO Ajax!!!!!!
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 03:23 PM
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14. CHEATriots? Fuck That Noise
None of the above. Sad to say, but none of my teams come close.:-(
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 06:29 PM
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16. Lakers
The Lakers have won five division titles and and three NBA championships since the start of 2001, six and four since 2000.

On paper the Patriots* the best NFL team. They have four Super Bowl appearances with three wins. Frankly, I don't know what's wrong with a team making its own training films, but rules are rules.

I wouldn't pick the Yankees* with all their purchasing power. They've won only one WS in this decade (or two, for those who count the decade as beginning in 2000 rather than 2001) and that after cornering the free agent market. The only team to win more than one WS title since January 1, 2001 is the Boston Red Sox.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 06:43 PM
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17. The Fakers?
:wtf:

I thought you were a Golden State Warriors fan? Dude, you are a forty-whiner fan, so why aren't you a Warrior fan??

:wtf:

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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 06:47 PM
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19. He's not biased
If it comes to the NBA the Lakers are the team of the decade based on success. I'm not a Lakers fan but I'm reasonable enough to acknowledge their success.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 07:02 PM
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21. M/Md might like this tidbit
When I was in the Army (we're talking Fall of 1978), I was in a weekly football pool with two other barracks rats. One thing all three of us had in common was a hatred of the Dallas Douchebags, I mean Cowboys. Those other two guys would bet against the Cowboys every week and, in spite of the fact they probably both knew more about football than I did, wondered how come I won money every week.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 07:15 PM
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22. That's funny! The Dallas COWBOYS did go to the Super Bowl that year!
:D
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 07:16 PM
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23. Uhmm. That is why I chose Jimmy Johnson & his team as the most
dominant team.
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 07:24 PM
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24. Ohio State just beat Cal 76-70 at MSG
Now ESPN analysts are all over the Big 10 calling it the best conference in college basketball. See ESPN shows the Big 10 love.

(sorry for changing the subject)
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 07:35 PM
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25. And Clark Kellogg was announcing? The are saving their basketball orgasm
for the ACC and North Carolina. :puke:

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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 08:24 PM
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26. I wasn't paying attention as to who
It was after the game at a ESPN location.

Anyways North Carolina earned whatever orgasm they get by winning it all. No but what they said is the Big 10 is the best from top to bottom while bashing the Pac 10.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 06:52 PM
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20. Well, even if I were a Warriors fan (or a Kings fan, since I live closer to Sack o' Tomato)
Edited on Fri Nov-20-09 07:20 PM by Jack Rabbit
. . . I would know better than to say that either is a better team than the Lakers.
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-21-09 03:40 PM
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33. Why "fakers"?
What have they faked? Help me understand. Your posts are getting increasingly Altzheimer-ized.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 08:42 PM
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27. The Pats or the Stillers
the rest are not even close or aren't a team or a sport (BY THAT I MEAN NASCAR)
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 08:46 PM
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28. Not the Lakers?
They have more titles then either the Steelers or Patriots. The Spurs have more titles then the Steelers.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 09:39 PM
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29. No
I hate the Lakers
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 11:28 PM
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31. NASCAR is a sport.
:wtf:

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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 10:46 PM
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30. I'd say Lakers
New England is the other choice, and would no doubt win a nationwide vote, but IMO the NBA has had decisively higher caliber play and more good teams than the NFL has featured this decade. The Spurs were equivalent to New England's rivalry with the Colts, but better since they have won more titles.

The Lakers have essentially had two eras, Shaq and no-Shaq, and won titles in both. Plus they made it to the Finals twice.

New England has had a walkover division, for the most part.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-21-09 02:26 PM
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Los Lakers de Los Angeles.
Not the Cheatriots.
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 06:01 PM
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35. You forgot the best two
The Tall Blacks, The New Zealand mens basketball team.
The All Whites, The New Zealand mens soccer team.
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thatsrightimirish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 06:13 PM
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36. don't be sexist
UCONN Women's basketball. 5 national championships 2 of which were undefeated seasons. 7 final four appearances. 9 Big East Championships. Not bad for one decade.
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GaYellowDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 06:03 AM
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37. yeah...
Georgia's gymnastics squad has won 5 consecutive national championships, nine NCAA regional championships, 6 SEC championships, and has been one of the Super 6 every year this decade.
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