# Tell me what SuperBowl team I should be cheering for. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 3, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005 "2011-02-03T10:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005/61 "2011-02-06T01:06:24Z")
The Packers are America’s Team. Rooting for anything else is immoral. At least in my neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005/62 "2011-02-06T01:55:05Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > 1. R-berger is innocent. Haters are the only ones still clinging to “the incident”. IncidentS. Go Pack. ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005/63 "2011-02-06T02:47:30Z")
> [@CyclopticXander](#): > > On the other hand the Ireland ambassadorship is pretty cool since my actual favorite hobby is politics, and I do appreciate the “legacy team” argument for another Steeler’s victory since that is the sort of positive thing I usually like to cheer for. Here are three non-Roethlisberger reasons for rooting for the Steelers. 1. Political The Steelers play in Heinz Field which is named for the H.J. Heinz Company. H.J. Heinz’s grandson [H. John Heinz III](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heinz) was a Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania whose tragic early death silenced a measured voice in American politics. The man should have been president. Appleton, Wisconsin, just a stone’s throw from Green Bay was home to one of the most notorious American politicians of the 20th Century, [Joseph McCarthy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_McCarthy). 1. Ornamental The Steelers must win because the team already added the “One for the Cock” in 2009 (although perhaps “One for the Labia” would be more appropriate for Steeler hotties of the distaff persuasion). Everyone knows that it’s gaudy to wear multiple rings on only one hand (and nether regions) and leave the other replete of decoration. The Steelers need to start filling up the other hand. 1. Aesthetics Odd numbers are usually bad according to _feng sui_. Currently the Steelers have six Lombardi Trophies and the Packers three. For two years the Steelers have been in an aesthetically unpropitious position of having an even number of trophies. A Steelers victory tomorrow would return serenity, return the team to an auspicious situation according to _feng sui_. A Packers’ victory would leave both places in and aesthetic morass. You must root for the Steelers, grasshopper. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005/64 "2011-02-06T03:43:49Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > The Raiders would like a word with you. They’re famous for being dirty, and they’re owned by the Cryptkeeper. The Raiders are so bad, they have to play dirty to lose. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005/65 "2011-02-06T22:46:55Z")
Well in the end the uniqueness of a publicly owned team pushes me over the edge. I only wish more teams would do that. Also a fun catchphrase. So Go Pack Go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-superbowl-team-i-should-be-cheering-for/570005.md?page=3)