Who do you think is the most popular NFL team in Columbus, the Browns, the Bengals, the Steelers, or another team?

(03-14-2021 11:30 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Who do you think is the most popular NFL team in Columbus, the Browns, the Bengals, the Steelers, or another team?

Browns- see my prior post- a lot of people have left Northeast Ohio and have settled in Columbus. They brought their fandom with them. Much fewer people have left Cincinnati to permanently reside in Columbus. Large pockets of Bengal fandom begins in Dayton, Cincinnati and ends up in Kentucky.

Browns for sure

(03-14-2021 11:04 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 10:12 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  I imagine that other than parts of Ohio, not many are rooting for Cincy today.

Not that they give a shite, LOL.

I’ve come to realize over the years the state of Ohio is not well liked across the rest of the country. On top of that people are ok with the cities of Columbus and a Cleveland but for whatever reason Cincinnati gets the most scorn. As you said the folks in the 513 don’t care. We have our own thing going on here.

My experience of Cincy is that it doesn't feel like the rest of Ohio. Cleveland and Columbus are farther apart than Columbus and Cincy, but the cultural distance seems greater between Columbus and Cincy. Cincy isn't "Ohio" in the nuts and bolts, Paul Brown/Woody Hayes sense that the rest of the state is.

I can't put my finger on it, but Cincy feels more like, I don't know, Kentucky.

(03-14-2021 11:35 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 11:30 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Who do you think is the most popular NFL team in Columbus, the Browns, the Bengals, the Steelers, or another team?

Browns- see my prior post- a lot of people have left Northeast Ohio and have settled in Columbus. They brought their fandom with them. Much fewer people have left Cincinnati to permanently reside in Columbus. Large pockets of Bengal fandom begins in Dayton, Cincinnati and ends up in Kentucky.

It may be Browns in NFL, but Columbus is a huge Reds town.

(03-14-2021 10:16 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 08:25 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 08:02 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  The American desperately needs Cincy to win. Otherwise, it might be a one-bid league. I would like to see UC, Houston and Wichita all make it but ...

Normally I'd root for Cincy...not today.

Self interest.

If they do win... I'd like to see them play Georgetown in the 12th seed play in game.

Can't. The play in games are for at larges only. Georgetown will be going straight to the round of 64.

Ok didn't realize...but the 16 seed play ins are champions

(03-14-2021 04:51 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 10:16 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 08:25 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 08:02 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  The American desperately needs Cincy to win. Otherwise, it might be a one-bid league. I would like to see UC, Houston and Wichita all make it but ...

Normally I'd root for Cincy...not today.

Self interest.

If they do win... I'd like to see them play Georgetown in the 12th seed play in game.

Can't. The play in games are for at larges only. Georgetown will be going straight to the round of 64.

Ok didn't realize...but the 16 seed play ins are champions

lol yeah so true. yeah all but the worst 4 champions go directly to the round of 64.

Congratulations, Houston!

To all the bubble teams out there, you're welcome!

(03-14-2021 04:56 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  To all the bubble teams out there, you're welcome!

The last team in the NCAA tournament field, whomever it is, should buy a steak and lobster dinner for the Houston players.

Of course, it would be a violation of NCAA rules to reward the players who won the game, whereas the NCAA would be perfectly fine with giving the coach a $1 million bonus.

Congrats to UH.

(03-14-2021 11:27 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 11:14 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Pennsylvania's practically a two city state so I'd guess the two ends dislike each other although with the Phillies and Pirates in different divisions and the Eagles and Steelers in different conferences it isn't as intense as it could be. Ohio's practically a three city state (although Dayton and Toledo can certainly argue as well). I'd imagine Cleveland and Cincinnati probably find each other the less liked, Columbus probably is the middle ground. So you're saying people in Columbus dislike Cincinnati more than Cleveland? I'd think nationally Cleveland would have a worse reputation. Certainly the Browns have had a reputation for losing and bad behaved fans (they whacked Mason Rudolph's head with a pinata after the Myles Garrett incident).

Columbus considers Cincinnati part of Kentucky (KY is across the bridge on the other side of the river). Cleveland and Columbus have a bromance going on-- parts of Cleveland would rather be in Columbus and a nice chunk of Columbus is at least one generation away from formerly living in greater Cleveland, Akron, Canton or Youngstown.

As BcatMatt notes, Cincinnati is very much a city-state onto itself. We have a mixture of Appalachian culture, midwestern and in some pockets the south. There are 52 neighborhoods in the city, some of which could be confused to an outsider as being from another part of the country. Honestly, having family in both Cincinnati and Pittsburgh there are similarities between the two cities (while at the same time recognizing there are differences as well).

I fully agree with BcatMatt and C-Ave regarding Cincinnati. And I would note that Louisville and Memphis are similar in that respect. Those three cities for many reasons — politics, race, culture, ethnicity, location and history — are very different from the other cities in their respective states.

And I do agree that Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are very similar cities. In fact, I might argue there is not a better example of a "one-two city similarity punch" in the United States than those two.

And, as C-Ave notes, major congrats to Houston. I wanted the Tigers or Bearcats to win it all. But Houston was clearly the best team in the AAC.

(03-14-2021 07:38 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  And, as C-Ave notes, major congrats to Houston. I wanted the Tigers or Bearcats to win it all. But Houston was clearly the best team in the AAC.

Feel bad for Memphis. They lost two games to Houston in six days, each of which could not have been closer and could just as easily have gone the other way. I think if they had won just one of them, they would be in the tournament.

(03-15-2021 10:55 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 07:38 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  And, as C-Ave notes, major congrats to Houston. I wanted the Tigers or Bearcats to win it all. But Houston was clearly the best team in the AAC.

Feel bad for Memphis. They lost two games to Houston in six days, each of which could not have been closer and could just as easily have gone the other way. I think if they had won just one of them, they would be in the tournament.

I think the AAC royally screwed up moving the 1 Memphis/Houston game to Houston. If that's at Memphis, they probably win and they're in.

(03-14-2021 01:20 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 11:04 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 10:12 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  I imagine that other than parts of Ohio, not many are rooting for Cincy today.

Not that they give a shite, LOL.

I’ve come to realize over the years the state of Ohio is not well liked across the rest of the country. On top of that people are ok with the cities of Columbus and a Cleveland but for whatever reason Cincinnati gets the most scorn. As you said the folks in the 513 don’t care. We have our own thing going on here.

My experience of Cincy is that it doesn't feel like the rest of Ohio. Cleveland and Columbus are farther apart than Columbus and Cincy, but the cultural distance seems greater between Columbus and Cincy. Cincy isn't "Ohio" in the nuts and bolts, Paul Brown/Woody Hayes sense that the rest of the state is.

I can't put my finger on it, but Cincy feels more like, I don't know, Kentucky.

To me, Cincinnati feels like a mixture of Kentucky and Munich.

And that description actually fits the historical record pretty well.

(03-15-2021 11:06 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-15-2021 10:55 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 07:38 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  And, as C-Ave notes, major congrats to Houston. I wanted the Tigers or Bearcats to win it all. But Houston was clearly the best team in the AAC.

Feel bad for Memphis. They lost two games to Houston in six days, each of which could not have been closer and could just as easily have gone the other way. I think if they had won just one of them, they would be in the tournament.

I think the AAC royally screwed up moving the 1 Memphis/Houston game to Houston. If that's at Memphis, they probably win and they're in.

Yeah, probably so.