10 Seasons Since a Team in the Southern 50% Won a SB

shmessy · Sep 16, 2019

The 2009 New Orleans Saints.

Only one other team (Tamp Bay in 2002) has won it in the last quarter century since the Cowboys. So that's North 23- South 2.

I was thinking about this yesterday when surveying the PATHETIC scene of the 3 Florida teams, whose stadiums have simply become nothing more than travel destinations for opposing fans. What exactly is their reason for being? The Jax owner has made no bones about his entire business plan is to market vacations to Europeans.

Is the overwhelming love for college football in the South the reason for this?????

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RelocatedPatFan · Sep 16, 2019

Had a nice snarky comment, but it would have been too political and missed like Scott Norwood field goal.

Definitely an off distribution, but would have to see how many north vs south teams there. Perhaps something to the mental toughness of cold weather or just coincidence (that'd be my bet). Like most things, it's a mindset that behind with the owners and trickles down.

signbabybrady · Sep 16, 2019

Been kicking their ass since 1865

everlong · Sep 16, 2019

Technically Baltimore (twice) and St Louis are both below the Mason Dixon line and Missouri was a slave state. If you're only going to include the teams from the deep south then that's only a quarter of the league. So given they won 2 and have participated in 7 more isn't that bad.

Redman443 · Sep 16, 2019

shmessy said:
The 2009 New Orleans Saints.

Only one other team (Tamp Bay in 2002) has won it in the last quarter century since the Cowboys. So that's North 23- South 2.

I was thinking about this yesterday when surveying the PATHETIC scene of the 3 Florida teams, whose stadiums have simply become nothing more than travel destinations for opposing fans. What exactly is their reason for being? The Jax owner has made no bones about his entire business plan is to market vacations to Europeans.

Is the overwhelming love for college football in the South the reason for this?????

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That ALMOST wasnt the case for the 2016 Atlanta Falcons. ALMOST

borg · Sep 16, 2019

everlong said:
Technically Baltimore (twice) and St Louis are both below the Mason Dixon line and Missouri was a slave state. If you're only going to include the teams from the deep south then that's only a quarter of the league. So given they won 2 and have participated in 7 more isn't that bad.

South Florida is not the Deep South, it’s a suburb of NY

Hyped · Sep 16, 2019

Most of it has to do with a certain team from the Northeast winning 3 Superbowls, going to 4 Superbowls, and playing in 8 straight AFC Championship games.....

That means only a southern based AFC team could AT MOST have played in 12 AFCC games and/or 6 Superbowls over the last 10 years.

mister clyde · Sep 16, 2019

borg said:
South Florida is not the Deep South, it’s a suburb of NY

In Florida the farther north you travel, the farther south you get.

BostonWolverine · Sep 16, 2019

Of course the southern states like to beat their chests about their college football teams. But they can’t about pro teams.

And why is conference pride such a huge thing in the SEC, but not in the NFL? You don’t see Saints fans rooting for the Falcons and vice versa.

Pat the Pats Fan · Sep 16, 2019

And the year the Saints won, they beat a faux north team, that dome team from the midwest...can't recall what burg they were from. So I wouldn't count that as a victory against the north.

Pat the Pats Fan · Sep 16, 2019

shmessy said:
The 2009 New Orleans Saints.

Only one other team (Tamp Bay in 2002) has won it in the last quarter century since the Cowboys. So that's North 23- South 2.

I was thinking about this yesterday when surveying the PATHETIC scene of the 3 Florida teams, whose stadiums have simply become nothing more than travel destinations for opposing fans. What exactly is their reason for being? The Jax owner has made no bones about his entire business plan is to market vacations to Europeans.

Is the overwhelming love for college football in the South the reason for this?????

.

used to be, southerner's didn't like football on Sunday because of church. I grew up in Baltimore and Colts games in the 50s and 60s started at 2 PM, not 1 PM due to church. Pastors and Parish priests had that much pull in the community back then.

PATSYLICIOUS · Sep 16, 2019

We the north

mgteich · Sep 16, 2019

There are some good teams in the "south"

saints
cowboys
chargers
rams
ravens
texans
chiefs

mgteich · Sep 16, 2019

There are 32 teams. Please list the 16 that you consider to be in the South.

shmessy said:
The 2009 New Orleans Saints.

Only one other team (Tamp Bay in 2002) has won it in the last quarter century since the Cowboys. So that's North 23- South 2.

I was thinking about this yesterday when surveying the PATHETIC scene of the 3 Florida teams, whose stadiums have simply become nothing more than travel destinations for opposing fans. What exactly is their reason for being? The Jax owner has made no bones about his entire business plan is to market vacations to Europeans.

Is the overwhelming love for college football in the South the reason for this?????

.

shmessy · Sep 16, 2019

mgteich said:
There are 32 teams. Please list the 16 that you consider to be in the South.

Geographic 50% - - - you know, where most of the most successful college teams come from.

But, yes, 12 of the 32 NFL franchises are in the Southern half of the country. 14 if we use your definition of KC and Baltimore above.

Still only 2 SB winners in the last quarter century. Only 1 in the last 17 years. It's pretty damn stark.

The 3 Florida teams are wastes of space.

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shmessy · Sep 16, 2019

mgteich said:
There are some good teams in the "south"

saints
cowboys
chargers
rams
ravens
texans
chiefs

3 SB wins in the past 25 years among 'em. 2 by a team I wouldn't consider "South" and plays in the AFC North division.

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mgteich · Sep 16, 2019

I edited to include more of the teams in the "South". I have included 14 teams. I agree that FL has more than its share of terrible teams (more than half)

mgteich said:
There are some good teams in the "south"

the contenders
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saints
cowboys
chargers
rams
ravens
texans
chiefs
falcons
panthers

the pretenders
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jags
dolphins
bucs
titans
cards

fnordcircle · Sep 16, 2019

As a proud Texan this entire thread has got my goat.

mgteich · Sep 16, 2019

OK, there were 5 terrible Southern teams, the three in FL plus the titans and cards. How many terrible teams there have been in the proud North?

Well, we have to start with the 3 in the AFCE and add the bengals, the lions and the browns.

This seems pretty equal to me.
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The issue is at the very top.

The North has dominated with the patriots, the colts and the steelers.

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