There are roughly 3,738,429 Browns fans for some reason.
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Redditor calculates which NFL teams have fewer fans than whatever animal/occupation/mythological creature after which the team is named.
That was actually pretty interesting.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:52 PM on June 25, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by kinnakeet at 4:52 PM on June 25, 2017 [5 favorites]
There are now multiple inspired-by posts:
/r/NBA
/r/MLB (and /r/baseball)
/r/hockey
/r/AFL
posted by Rhaomi at 4:55 PM on June 25, 2017 [3 favorites]
/r/NBA
/r/MLB (and /r/baseball)
/r/hockey
/r/AFL
posted by Rhaomi at 4:55 PM on June 25, 2017 [3 favorites]
I watch the Bears but more because I am a compulsive car wreck rubbernecker than because I am fan.
posted by srboisvert at 5:23 PM on June 25, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by srboisvert at 5:23 PM on June 25, 2017 [3 favorites]
This was great!
posted by Elly Vortex at 5:33 PM on June 25, 2017
posted by Elly Vortex at 5:33 PM on June 25, 2017
The big predator counts make me :(
posted by maxwelton at 5:44 PM on June 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by maxwelton at 5:44 PM on June 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
From the NBA version:
Actual jazz: 1 true jazz, but an argument could be made that jazz lives within us all.
Debatable
posted by Diablevert at 6:02 PM on June 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
Actual jazz: 1 true jazz, but an argument could be made that jazz lives within us all.
Debatable
posted by Diablevert at 6:02 PM on June 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
Chargers: There are roughly 4,700,430 Chargers fans. The Los Angeles Chargers don't seem to have been named after an actual thing, so I'll improvise. I own several chargers. So does everyone I know. Considering how ubiquitous electronic devices are, there have to be billions of chargers. There are more chargers than Chargers fans.
posted by standardasparagus at 6:47 PM on June 25, 2017 [8 favorites]
posted by standardasparagus at 6:47 PM on June 25, 2017 [8 favorites]
There are roughly 5,642,181 Lions fans.
no - the correct term is lions survivors
posted by pyramid termite at 6:49 PM on June 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
no - the correct term is lions survivors
posted by pyramid termite at 6:49 PM on June 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
There are roughly 11,930,352 Saints fans. For this study, I've only been counting living things, and you have to die to become a saint. Not that it really matters, since the Catholic Church has only canonized about 10,000 people anyway.
saint can refer to any departed christian, not just those canonized by the catholic church, so there are more saints than saint fans
posted by pyramid termite at 6:56 PM on June 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
saint can refer to any departed christian, not just those canonized by the catholic church, so there are more saints than saint fans
posted by pyramid termite at 6:56 PM on June 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
"I watch the Bears but more because I am a compulsive car wreck rubbernecker than because I am fan."
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make Bears quarterback.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 7:08 PM on June 25, 2017 [9 favorites]
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make Bears quarterback.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 7:08 PM on June 25, 2017 [9 favorites]
Every so often I remember what it was like when I was a young whippersnapper and I'm struck by how difficult it would've been to do this sort of silly thing using encyclopedias and the library. Mostly it makes me I think to myself: man, I love living in the future. And then I look at my facebook feed and go: ehhhhh.... maybe the interwebs are not an unalloyed blessing.
posted by Mary Ellen Carter at 7:15 PM on June 25, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Mary Ellen Carter at 7:15 PM on June 25, 2017 [2 favorites]
saint can refer to any departed christian, not just those canonized by the catholic church, so there are more saints than saint fans
True, but by his reckoning they don't count because they're all deceased.
posted by Elly Vortex at 7:26 PM on June 25, 2017
True, but by his reckoning they don't count because they're all deceased.
posted by Elly Vortex at 7:26 PM on June 25, 2017
I will gladly be the first to point out he severely undercounted all the figurative Vikings.
posted by yhbc at 7:56 PM on June 25, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by yhbc at 7:56 PM on June 25, 2017 [6 favorites]
Is there any precedent for calling Bengali people "Bengals"?
posted by madcaptenor at 8:00 PM on June 25, 2017
posted by madcaptenor at 8:00 PM on June 25, 2017
Also, if "raiders" include people who raid their fridge for snacks, there are more raiders than Raiders fans.
posted by madcaptenor at 8:05 PM on June 25, 2017
posted by madcaptenor at 8:05 PM on June 25, 2017
For a moment there I thought he was going to declare the Colts a tie...
posted by OHenryPacey at 8:09 PM on June 25, 2017
posted by OHenryPacey at 8:09 PM on June 25, 2017
I prefer the NBA one. There's some to tier shitposting going on there in this fresh new off-season.
posted by lkc at 8:15 PM on June 25, 2017
posted by lkc at 8:15 PM on June 25, 2017
This is a fine excuse to link to this McSweeney’s article again and I will not let it pass by: “Play-By-Play of Classic Sports Rivalries if The Team Names Actually Represented The Combatants. And Also, Instead of Playing The Sport, They’re Fighting To The Death”
posted by Going To Maine at 8:44 PM on June 25, 2017 [8 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 8:44 PM on June 25, 2017 [8 favorites]
There are almost certainly more Eagles fans than eagles.
There have ever only been at most six Eagles at any one time, I think, so this is certain.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:46 PM on June 25, 2017 [3 favorites]
There have ever only been at most six Eagles at any one time, I think, so this is certain.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:46 PM on June 25, 2017 [3 favorites]
Well, I'm just glad there aren't nearly as many Corporate Raiders than Raiders Fans, because then we'd be even farther up economic shit creek than we are.
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:10 PM on June 25, 2017
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:10 PM on June 25, 2017
Related:
Le Roi en Jaune's list of NFL Teams if they all followed the
Steelers/Oilers Rule of being named after the dominant local profession (modern)
Buffalo Blights
Miami Tourists
New England Teaching Assistants
New York Snobs
Baltimore Dockers
Cincinnati Stockers
Cleveland Distribution Hubbers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Houston Energy Market Speculators
Indianapolis Bureaucrats
Jacksonville Longshoremen
Tennessee Recording Artists
Denver Aviators
Kansas City Chefs
Oakland Downwardly Mobile
San Diego Defense Contractors
Dallas "Cowboys"
New York Day Traders
Philadelphia Temps
Washington Lobbyists
Chicago Sausage Party
Detroit Homeless Automakers
Green Bay Merchandisers
Minnesota Millers
Atlanta Bottlers
Carolina Biotechnicians
New Orleans Hoteliers
Tampa Bay Retirement Community Assistants
Arizona Snowbirds
St. Louis Shippers
San Francisco Venture Capitalists
Seattle Organic Grocers
posted by LeRoienJaune at 12:47 AM on June 26, 2017 [11 favorites]
Le Roi en Jaune's list of NFL Teams if they all followed the
Steelers/Oilers Rule of being named after the dominant local profession (modern)
Buffalo Blights
Miami Tourists
New England Teaching Assistants
New York Snobs
Baltimore Dockers
Cincinnati Stockers
Cleveland Distribution Hubbers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Houston Energy Market Speculators
Indianapolis Bureaucrats
Jacksonville Longshoremen
Tennessee Recording Artists
Denver Aviators
Kansas City Chefs
Oakland Downwardly Mobile
San Diego Defense Contractors
Dallas "Cowboys"
New York Day Traders
Philadelphia Temps
Washington Lobbyists
Chicago Sausage Party
Detroit Homeless Automakers
Green Bay Merchandisers
Minnesota Millers
Atlanta Bottlers
Carolina Biotechnicians
New Orleans Hoteliers
Tampa Bay Retirement Community Assistants
Arizona Snowbirds
St. Louis Shippers
San Francisco Venture Capitalists
Seattle Organic Grocers
posted by LeRoienJaune at 12:47 AM on June 26, 2017 [11 favorites]
There are certainly more white socks than White Sox fans. I do not believe there are more red socks than Red Socks fans.
MLS is more interesting. Certainly there are more white caps than Vancouver White Caps fans. Are there more galaxies than LA Galaxy fans? More earthquakes than San Jose Earthquakes fans? And are we talking bulls the color of red or cans of Red Bull with the New York soccer team. Aw, who am I kidding? The number of MLS fans total is in the dozens. I don't even know what a sounder is, but there are clearly more of them than us.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:52 AM on June 26, 2017
MLS is more interesting. Certainly there are more white caps than Vancouver White Caps fans. Are there more galaxies than LA Galaxy fans? More earthquakes than San Jose Earthquakes fans? And are we talking bulls the color of red or cans of Red Bull with the New York soccer team. Aw, who am I kidding? The number of MLS fans total is in the dozens. I don't even know what a sounder is, but there are clearly more of them than us.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:52 AM on June 26, 2017
INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE SPORT, THEY’RE FIGHTING TO THE DEATH
In our house, I insist on playing to the death. Croquet? To the death! A game of Candyland? To the death! Life? To the death!
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:59 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
In our house, I insist on playing to the death. Croquet? To the death! A game of Candyland? To the death! Life? To the death!
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:59 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
Last I heard the estimate for galaxies in the observable universe was between 200 billion and 2 trillion, so more than LA Galaxy fans by far.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 3:07 AM on June 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 3:07 AM on June 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
I think they're a bit hard on the
posted by obiwanwasabi at 3:23 AM on June 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
[ATLANTA FALCONS].posted by obiwanwasabi at 3:23 AM on June 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
> Buffalo Blights
I'm not sure Blight is a profession, even in the Rust Belt.
posted by ardgedee at 5:19 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
I'm not sure Blight is a profession, even in the Rust Belt.
posted by ardgedee at 5:19 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
Kansas City Chefs
Great Googly Moogly
posted by Rock Steady at 5:34 AM on June 26, 2017 [6 favorites]
Great Googly Moogly
posted by Rock Steady at 5:34 AM on June 26, 2017 [6 favorites]
> Redskins: I'm not touching this one.
Related: NFL's Novelty Skins License Plate Has One Very Big Problem
posted by tonycpsu at 9:01 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
Related: NFL's Novelty Skins License Plate Has One Very Big Problem
posted by tonycpsu at 9:01 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
Minnesota Millers
50 years too late. If you want to look at only Minneapolis you'd name the team the Minnesota Targets.
posted by nathan_teske at 10:12 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
50 years too late. If you want to look at only Minneapolis you'd name the team the Minnesota Targets.
posted by nathan_teske at 10:12 AM on June 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
The San Francisco Googlers
posted by Going To Maine at 6:40 PM on June 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 6:40 PM on June 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
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