# Insulting phrases about sports teams **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402 "2012-09-21T15:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/41 "2012-09-24T21:42:52Z")
I’m not sure this caught on widely, but I remember seeing a “Just End The Season” sign during the Jets’ Rich Kotite era. ---
**Author:** ![doverpro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@doverpro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doverpro)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/42 "2012-09-25T01:24:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Q: What does the “N” stand for on the University of Nebraska’s football helmets? > > A: Nowledge > (I love the joke, but I genuinely regret posting it… because Husker fans tend to be among the NICEST people you’ll ever meet!) There’s a story, of which I don’t recall most of the details, about some out-of-stater coming to speak in Omaha at some sort of seminar and he opened with that joke. Before he could get the punch line out the entire room yelled “Nowledge!” It floored him. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/43 "2012-09-25T08:00:37Z")
The OP mentions the old line about the Washington Senators. Less well-known is this take-off about the St. Louis Browns (who moved to Baltimore to become the Orioles): “First in booze, first in shoes, and last in the American League.” When I was a kid growing up in the Bay Area people used to ask, “Are you a Giants fan or an Athletic supporter?” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/44 "2012-09-25T08:05:22Z")
I just remembered another - USC: University of Spoiled Children. Then there’s this set of lyrics for the USC fight song: Fight on for old 'SC! The halfback wants his salary! The ends refuse to play, Until they get their weekly pay, From old 'SC, Pay up for old 'SC, Pay up! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/45 "2012-09-25T11:00:49Z")
> [@doverpro](#): > > There’s a story, of which I don’t recall most of the details, about some out-of-stater coming to speak in Omaha at some sort of seminar and he opened with that joke. Before he could get the punch line out the entire room yelled “Nowledge!” It floored him. Not surprising, really- I figure that everyone in College Stations knows all the Aggie jokes, everyone in Poland knows all the Polish jokes, we Catholics know all the Pope jokes. There are only a few Nebraska jokes, and Nebraskans MUST know them all by now. As I said earlier, Husker fans were undoubtedly the NICEST fans I’ve encountered. I was sorry to see them leave the Big 12 (though I understand why they did), because it was always a treat when they came to town. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/46 "2012-09-25T14:30:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Why do the Cincinnati Bengals use a no huddle offense? Because it’s a parole violation to associate with known felons. That would be the CincinAtticus Bengals? Often confused with the NBA Portland Jailblazers of times past. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/47 "2012-09-25T14:42:39Z")
In the late Seventies, when I was in high school, animosity toward the New York Giants was VERY high. I remember ticket-burning rallies at the Meadowlands, I rememebr airplans towing “15 YEARS OF LOUSY FOOTBALL- WE’VE HAD ENOUGH” banners around Giants Stadium… but for all that, I can’t remember any genuinely good, funny or memorable lines about the Giants. Hard to younger folks to remember, since the Giants have been one of the NFL’s more successful franchises since the early Eighties, but they WERE lousy for years. Wellington Mara, the owner, was widely despised in New York, and both fans and media agreed that he didn’t CARE how bad his team was, since the stadium usually sold out and he was making tons of money even with bad teams. That was neither fair nor accurate, of course. For all his many faults, Wellington Mara DID care tremendously, and he was TRYING hard to field a winning team. He just made a lot of bad hires, often due to misplaced loyalty to old Giants players (like Andy Robustelli). Things turned around when Pete Rozelle stepped in, and told Mara to hire Georhge Young as his new GM. After that, things went a lot better, and by the time he died, Mara was a beloved figure again. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/48 "2012-09-25T14:45:05Z")
Ah… anyone remember how the Mets responded to the new era of free agency in the Seventies? Whereas the Yankees responded by opening up their checkbooks and signing a lot of stars, the Mets’ management threw a hissy fit and started trading away any good players who had the gall to ask for more money as their contracts expired. Mets GM M. Donald Grant even traded away Tom Seaver, THE most beloved player in Mets history. Before long, the Mets were in the cellar. And Shea Stadium became known as… Grant’s Tomb. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/49 "2012-09-25T16:14:19Z")
The Yankees are often abbreviated as the “MFYs.” I’ll let you figure that one out yourself. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/50 "2012-09-25T16:28:30Z")
So where are all the Aggies insults? And please tell me there are some for the Gators. Wait, found one: If you have a car containing a Gator wide receiver, a Gator linebacker, and a Gator defensive back, who is driving the car? The cop. ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/51 "2012-09-25T16:50:49Z")
What did Jesus tell the Cubs?.. Don’t do anything until I get back. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/52 "2012-09-25T17:01:26Z")
A littie setup: The Cincinnati Bengals have been a pretty sorry bunch for, well, about as long as Mike Brown has owned the team. He’s the son of the virtual Patron Saint of Football, Paul Brown, the team’s founder, but the genes didn’t get transmitted. Not that long ago, a fan hired a banner-tow plane to fly by the stadium with the message “Dear Mike: Please sell the team. Love, Dad.” ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/53 "2012-09-25T17:40:16Z")
Here’s one I came up with myself. Mr. T sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Wrigley Field yesterday. Apparently, he relished the opportunity to pity 42,000 fools at once. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/54 "2012-09-25T19:50:28Z")
Q: What’s the difference between culture and agriculture? A: 26 miles. [spoiler] Education Fact - UNC-Chapel Hill is North Carolina’s liberal arts university. NC State, in Raleigh - AKA Cow College - started out as an ag school, but has progressed to much more; engineering, computers, textile sciences, etc. Geography Fact: Chapel Hill and Raleigh are 26 miles apart.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/55 "2012-09-25T20:20:40Z")
> [@davey77](#): > > Here’s one I came up with myself. > > Mr. T sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Wrigley Field yesterday. Apparently, he relished the opportunity to pity 42,000 fools at once. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/56 "2012-09-25T20:42:40Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Q: What’s the difference between culture and agriculture? > > A: 26 miles. > > [spoiler] Education Fact - UNC-Chapel Hill is North Carolina’s liberal arts university. NC State, in Raleigh - AKA Cow College - started out as an ag school, but has progressed to much more; engineering, computers, textile sciences, etc. > > Geography Fact: Chapel Hill and Raleigh are 26 miles apart.[/spoiler] What that joke needs is more explanation - that always brings the funny. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/57 "2012-09-25T21:57:34Z")
I think North Side futility is a worthy tradition worth extending indefinitely (for one, it helps ease my own pain as a Mets fan), but I also enjoy accuracy, so – > [@davey77](#): > > What did Jesus tell the Cubs?.. > > Don’t do anything until I get back. Jesus lived in Chicago from about 1907-1908? That’s kind of scary. > [@davey77](#): > > Here’s one I came up with myself. > > Mr. T sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Wrigley Field yesterday. Apparently, he relished the opportunity to pity 42,000 fools at once. That would mean about 1,000 fools in “standing room only”, as even after renovations from 7 or 8 years ago the [capacity at Wrigley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field#Seating_capacity) is still short of that. All the more foolish! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/58 "2012-09-25T23:02:50Z")
**Wargamer** -Is NC State their land-grant college? (Grantland had a piece on land-grant colleges the other day) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/59 "2012-09-25T23:18:57Z")
“Suckaneers.” It’s usually true. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402/60 "2012-09-26T03:50:53Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Q: What’s the difference between culture and agriculture? > > A: 26 miles. > > [spoiler] Education Fact - UNC-Chapel Hill is North Carolina’s liberal arts university. NC State, in Raleigh - AKA Cow College - started out as an ag school, but has progressed to much more; engineering, computers, textile sciences, etc. > > Geography Fact: Chapel Hill and Raleigh are 26 miles apart.[/spoiler] A: 160 miles The distance between Tuscaloosa, AL (Univ. Of Alabama) and Auburn, AL (Auburn Univ.) 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-phrases-about-sports-teams/635402.md?page=4)