# March Madness ANTI-CHAMPIONSHIP: Most hated popular musical act of the 90s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815 "2015-04-04T18:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/21 "2015-04-06T16:20:42Z")
Puff Daddy. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/22 "2015-04-07T03:35:50Z")
98 Degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/23 "2015-04-07T12:12:12Z")
98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/24 "2015-04-07T12:44:12Z")
98 Degrees in a squeaker. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/25 "2015-04-07T15:52:27Z")
Puff Daddy ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/26 "2015-04-07T17:47:27Z")
Puffy all the way. 98 Degrees had the good fortune to be forgettable. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/27 "2015-04-08T02:50:24Z")
98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/28 "2015-04-08T18:55:10Z")
And there’s the horn! This has been the closest match-up yet. Fitting, I suppose, considering this is the culmination of all of our hatred and ire. Also, the worst turn-out of voters, but that’s neither here nor there. But the final result of this tournament is at-hand. In the match-up between Puff Daddy and 98 Degrees, the most-hated popular musical act of the 1990s is: 98 Degrees! **Final score** Puff Daddy: 12 98 Degrees: 13 Ponch8’s final shot broke the tie and pushed Nick Lashey and the boys over the top. Thanks for playing! One Shitty Moment, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/29 "2015-04-08T19:17:47Z")
Weird confession time: 98 Degrees is the only act out of the original 64 that I had never even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/30 "2015-04-09T01:27:40Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Also, the worst turn-out of voters, but that’s neither here nor there. That doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s the same as the usual US National election - when your choice is between a Turd Sandwich and a Big Giant Douche, why bother? (And for the record, my actual name is not Stan) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/31 "2015-04-09T04:38:27Z")
Well, we tried hard, kept our head in the game, but at the end of the day Puff Daddy just didn’t suck enough. Well, there’s always next year. What? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815/32 "2015-04-09T14:38:08Z")
I don’t know… 98 Degrees never seemed any worse than any other boy band, except maybe for the fact that they were somehow inexplicably popular despite being third bananas to NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys during the same time period. Puff Daddy was actually offensive, both in his music and his persona/public statements. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-anti-championship-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s/716815.md?page=1)