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  • You jumped the gun on the merge.  I was still giving time to this one....but, OK  I will give the answers:

    Name the 5 cities that never had a team:
    Akron, Ohio;
    Canton, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio
    Dayton, Ohio
    Duluth, Minn.
    Erie PA
    Evansville, Indiana
    Ft. Wayne, Indiana
    Hammond, Indiana
    Hartford, Conn.
    Kenosha, Wisc.
    Louisville KY
    Mansfield, Ohio
    Massillon, Ohio
    Muncie, Ind.
    Newark, NJ
    Portsmouth, Ohio
    Pottstown PA
    Pottsville PA
    Providence, Rhode Island
    Racine, Wisc.
    Rochester NY
    Rock Island, Illinois
    St. Louis, Missouri
    South Bend, Indiana
    Staten Island NY
    Toledo, Ohio
    Tonawanda NY
    Youngstown, Ohio
     
    So, of the list:  Erie,  Pottstown, South Bend, Youngstown, and Massillon have never had an NFL team.   All the other cities did have one at one time. 
     
    Additionally:   the Portsmouth Ohio franchise....known as the Spartans there is still with us now known as the Detroit Lions.   Some claim there is a lineage for the Indianapolis Colts going back to the Dayton Triangles...but I personally am not sure about that. 
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @nickers said:

    How about Portland, Oregon..

    Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers.  Doh!

    @the-gipper said:

    Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers.  Doh!

    I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • nickersN nickers

    @the-gipper said:

    Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers.  Doh!

    I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

    @nickers said:

    I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

    I said all 4 major sports 

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  • Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues:  NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

    Answers:

    1. Austin  TX    2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk   3. Greensboro  NC   4. Louisville KY  5. Greeneville/Spartanburg  SC   6. Hartford  Conn.   7. Grand Rapids Mich.   8. Birmingham Ala.   9. Fresno CA   10.  Harrisburg Pa.    and 11 is   Ft. Myers/Naples  Fla. 

    While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin  IS  scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021.   When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues:  NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

    Answers:

    1. Austin  TX    2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk   3. Greensboro  NC   4. Louisville KY  5. Greeneville/Spartanburg  SC   6. Hartford  Conn.   7. Grand Rapids Mich.   8. Birmingham Ala.   9. Fresno CA   10.  Harrisburg Pa.    and 11 is   Ft. Myers/Naples  Fla. 

    While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin  IS  scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021.   When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues:  NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

    Answers:

    1. Austin  TX    2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk   3. Greensboro  NC   4. Louisville KY  5. Greeneville/Spartanburg  SC   6. Hartford  Conn.   7. Grand Rapids Mich.   8. Birmingham Ala.   9. Fresno CA   10.  Harrisburg Pa.    and 11 is   Ft. Myers/Naples  Fla. 

    While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin  IS  scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021.   When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports. 

    Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

    Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.

  • T TexasAg1969

    @the-gipper said:

    Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues:  NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

    Answers:

    1. Austin  TX    2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk   3. Greensboro  NC   4. Louisville KY  5. Greeneville/Spartanburg  SC   6. Hartford  Conn.   7. Grand Rapids Mich.   8. Birmingham Ala.   9. Fresno CA   10.  Harrisburg Pa.    and 11 is   Ft. Myers/Naples  Fla. 

    While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin  IS  scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021.   When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports. 

    Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

    Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.

    @texasag1969 said:

    Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

    Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.

    Adam Vinatieri...or some other football kicker. 

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  • Zombo said:

    I think we are #10 ... Because Hartford had the Whalers.

    Zombo

    Well, I was going by the current situation.  But yes, Hartford HAD an NHL team.   But no longer. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @texasag1969 said:

    Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

    Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.

    Adam Vinatieri...or some other football kicker. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Adam Vinatieri...or some other football kicker. 

    Vinatieri came from S.D. and is no longer employed in the NFL.  But you got kicker right. Keep trying.?

  • T TexasAg1969

    @the-gipper said:

    Adam Vinatieri...or some other football kicker. 

    Vinatieri came from S.D. and is no longer employed in the NFL.  But you got kicker right. Keep trying.?

    @texasag1969 said:

    Vinatieri came from S.D. and is no longer employed in the NFL.  But you got kicker right. Keep trying.?

    Pete Gogolak....no, he went to Cornell I think.    Sean Landeta....but I don't think he is around any more...besides, he was a punter. 

    Robbie Gould? 

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  • Here is today's Trivia Question:

    Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

    I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Here is today's Trivia Question:

    Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

    I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is today's Trivia Question:

    Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

    I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

    The Lions used to be the Spartans

    The Bears used to be the Staleys

    The Eagles used to be the Yellowjackets

    The Jets used to be the Titans

    The Chiefs used to be the Texans

    The Football Team used to be the Redskins

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is today's Trivia Question:

    Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

    I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

    The Lions used to be the Spartans

    The Bears used to be the Staleys

    The Eagles used to be the Yellowjackets

    The Jets used to be the Titans

    The Chiefs used to be the Texans

    The Football Team used to be the Redskins

    @dutch-oven said:

    The Lions used to be the Spartans

    The Bears used to be the Staleys

    The Eagles used to be the Yellowjackets

    The Jets used to be the Titans

    The Chiefs used to be the Texans

    The Football Team used to be the Redskins

    Technically, the  Eagles and the Yellow Jackets were completely separate franchises.  Eagles happened to take over in Philly after YJs went defunct. So that answer is technically wrong.  And while the WTFs were the Redskins....before they were the Redskins they had another name.

    Plus there is one other you are missing.  

    Dutch OvenD 1 Reply

  • steelers were the jerk off's

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @dutch-oven said:

    The Lions used to be the Spartans

    The Bears used to be the Staleys

    The Eagles used to be the Yellowjackets

    The Jets used to be the Titans

    The Chiefs used to be the Texans

    The Football Team used to be the Redskins

    Technically, the  Eagles and the Yellow Jackets were completely separate franchises.  Eagles happened to take over in Philly after YJs went defunct. So that answer is technically wrong.  And while the WTFs were the Redskins....before they were the Redskins they had another name.

    Plus there is one other you are missing.  

    @the-gipper said:

    Technically, the  Eagles and the Yellow Jackets were completely separate franchises.  Eagles happened to take over in Philly after YJs went defunct. So that answer is technically wrong.  And while the WTFs were the Redskins....before they were the Redskins they had another name.

    Plus there is one other you are missing.  

    Were the Redskins formerly the Braves?

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @the-gipper said:

    Technically, the  Eagles and the Yellow Jackets were completely separate franchises.  Eagles happened to take over in Philly after YJs went defunct. So that answer is technically wrong.  And while the WTFs were the Redskins....before they were the Redskins they had another name.

    Plus there is one other you are missing.  

    Were the Redskins formerly the Braves?

    @dutch-oven said:

    Were the Redskins formerly the Braves?

    CheckCheck. But still one more

    Dutch OvenD 1 Reply
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @texasag1969 said:

    Vinatieri came from S.D. and is no longer employed in the NFL.  But you got kicker right. Keep trying.?

    Pete Gogolak....no, he went to Cornell I think.    Sean Landeta....but I don't think he is around any more...besides, he was a punter. 

    Robbie Gould? 

    @the-gipper said:

    Robbie Gould? 

    Close-played at PennSt since he came from Penn. But he did play soccer & football just like Georgetown, Texas soccer & football player Mason Crosby of the GB Packers after making 1st Team AA as a kicker at Colorado. I saw him kick one night in Georgetown and on about a 40 yd. FG the ball went so far that it left the lights into the darkness out of the back of the open stadium. Never seen anything like it before or since on the HS level. It was one of those plays where you stand up and go, "Holy Shit! Did I just see that??!!"?

  • T TexasAg1969

    @the-gipper said:

    Robbie Gould? 

    Close-played at PennSt since he came from Penn. But he did play soccer & football just like Georgetown, Texas soccer & football player Mason Crosby of the GB Packers after making 1st Team AA as a kicker at Colorado. I saw him kick one night in Georgetown and on about a 40 yd. FG the ball went so far that it left the lights into the darkness out of the back of the open stadium. Never seen anything like it before or since on the HS level. It was one of those plays where you stand up and go, "Holy Shit! Did I just see that??!!"?

    @texasag1969 said:

    Close-played at PennSt since he came from Penn. But he did play soccer & football just like Georgetown, Texas soccer & football player Mason Crosby of the GB Packers after making 1st Team AA as a kicker at Colorado. I saw him kick one night in Georgetown and on about a 40 yd. FG the ball went so far that it left the lights into the darkness out of the back of the open stadium. Never seen anything like it before or since on the HS level. It was one of those plays where you stand up and go, "Holy Shit! Did I just see that??!!"?

    I know Dave Mason and David Crosby

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @dutch-oven said:

    Were the Redskins formerly the Braves?

    CheckCheck. But still one more

    @the-gipper said:

    CheckCheck. But still one more

    Wait, I think I have it...

    The Steelers used to be the Pirates 

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @the-gipper said:

    CheckCheck. But still one more

    Wait, I think I have it...

    The Steelers used to be the Pirates 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Wait, I think I have it...

    The Steelers used to be the Pirates 

    Check.

  • Here is today's Trivia Question:

    Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

    I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

    Answers:  all given:

    Chiefs fka Dallas Texans

    Bears  were Staleys for like 2 years

    Lions were Spartans in Portsmouth

    Steelers  began as Pirates

    Jets began as Titans

    WTFs   began as Braves in Boston, then became Redskins. ...only current team that I am aware of that has been through 3 names

    Then  there are the Tennessee Titans that were the Houston Oilers   (they did remain the Oilers for like 2 years after moving.)

    Who here thinks that the  current team in Houston  should go back to being known as the Oilers?    Before the Texans were created, the city of Houston did go to Bud Adams...owner of the Titans, and ask if they could have the name Oilers.  Either he flat out refused, or that old greedy fucking asshole wanted like  25 million for the name. 

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