bpwallace49 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Meet America's Team: The Green Bay PackersThursday, December 22, 2011 8:47 amWritten by: Ben Maller\0020 4334 0 ShareThis\0020EmailPrint\0020\0020. Americans love a winner and that's not the Dallas Cowboys these days. The team from deep in the Republic of Texas has been replaced as the nation's most popular team. Aaron Rodgers' Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packers were picked by 22 percent of voters as their favorite team in the NFL, according to Public Policy Polling's newest national survey. The Cowboys finished second, with 11 percent of the vote, followed by the Bears, Giants and Steelers. NFL Films famously gave the Cowboys the title of "America's Team" in a 1978 highlight film. The program opened up with this intro: "They appear on television so often that their faces are as familiar to the public as presidents and movie stars. They are the Dallas Cowboys, America's Team." A generation later, Dallas was actually picked as America's least favorite NFL team. The Cowboys got 22 percent of the negative vote, beating out the Chicago Bears' 8 percent and Green Bay's 7 percent for the title. This was a bi-partisan pigskin vote: Republicans (60 percent), Democrats (44 percent) and independents (44 percent) all picked the Packers over the Cowboys. Other results: - 41 percent of African-Americans list Michael Vick as their favorite quarterback; no one else got more than 13 percent of the vote. Only 2 percent of whites listed Vick as their favorite. - Vick was voted the NFL's least popular quarterback, with 26 percent of the vote, beating out Ben Roethlisberger's 15 percent. - Tim Tebow, as expected, edged out Eli Manning (12 percent) and his brother Peyton (10 percent) for the title of America's most popular quarterback. Tom Brady, Drew Brees and MVP favorite Aaron Rodgers finished next, with 6 percent of the vote. – Peyton Manning received a 51 percent favorable opinion from voters. That edged out Tebow's 50 percent favorable rating for tops among quarterbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I thought this was dumb when they were saying the Saints were the new America's Team. I'm glad it's somebody else now. Just goes to show how many bandwagon fans there are out there. Lets just hope that this doesn't mean there will be more occurrences of parents choking their kids when the Pack doesn't make it to the Superbowl this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosberg34 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) I thought this was dumb when they were saying the Saints were the new America's Team. I'm glad it's somebody else now. Just goes to show how many bandwagon fans there are out there. Lets just hope that this doesn't mean there will be more occurrences of parents choking their kids when the Pack doesn't make it to the Superbowl this year. Yeah, Packer fans choking their kids is ridiculous. However, if they were kids of a Bears or Vikings fan I could be COMPLETELY on board with that. Edited December 22, 2011 by tosberg34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 America's Team is and always will be the Cowboys. Merchandise Sales alone prove this and the fact that we all know in our heart that the Cowboys are the national team. When they win, we all win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 America's Team is and always will be the Cowboys. Merchandise Sales alone prove this and the fact that we all know in our heart that the Cowboys are the national team. When they win, we all win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Dallas is Mexico's team Green Bay is the French Canadian's team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huzz Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Yeah suck it whomper......And lick it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hmmm.... That's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hmmm.... Denigrating your son, i see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Denigrating your son, i see He'll grow out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hmmm.... NTTAWWT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 They don't call them Fudgepackers for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 America's Team is and always will be the Cowboys. Merchandise Sales alone prove this and the fact that we all know in our heart that the Cowboys are the national team. When they win, we all win. America's Facepalm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 America's Facepalm Is that Spaulding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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