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That's a dumb excuse. More people will tune in simply because they are the SB champs.
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DON"T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT ME!!!!
That's part of being champs. You got to defend your title on the road. Bullseye on the back of your jerseys now.
Maybe they didn't get as much TV exposure because everyone is tired of Richard Sherman's mouth, and of hearing the Seattle fans tell everyone how great the Seattle fans are.
See you Space Cowboy ...
Maybe it's because despite Seattle winning the SB, they still have half the fan base of the teams mentioned in the article as having more primetime games.
Smaller fanbase = shittier ratings.
IMHO, of course.
Along with being the biggest collection of whiny emo douchebags as a fanbase that the NFL has to offer to boot?Originally Posted by steelreserve
Meanwhile, the Cowboys get their standard annual 7 prime time games (at least) every season regardless of how shitty a team they field.
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Nonsense, the Crygirls are the greatest mediocre team in NFL history.
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Seattle fans steal all their traditions from the SEC.
Earthquake Game? LSU. 12th Man? Texas A&M. Next thing you know they'll plant hedges on the field.
I just hope they don't start poisoning trees and teabagging opposing fans.
It must kill NBC that the Cowboys aren't in the Kickoff game in Seattle or in the first SNF game this year.
Plain and simple, it's all about the $$$. The bigger fan bases will draw the better ratings and the better $$$ for the network and the NFL. I don't blame them one bit. Why do you think the Steelers got 5 prime time games in the first 11 weeks???
This makes perfect sense. Why do the Steelers continue to get prime time, ratign draw and even better we always make a game of it , even when we should dominate
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Teams like Seattle don't have a big fanbase outside of their home market so there isn't much attraction to them outside of that city or area.
Oh, I know - I just find it fun to bag on the Cowboys, that's all.
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Yes it is.Oh, I know - I just find it fun to bag on the Cowboys, that's all.
Try living in my area where it's half and half donkos and suckhawk fans.
I had a suckhawk fan ask me when the last year we won a superbowl, I polity said after we beat you.
The look of stupidity was priceless.
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Teach a lib to fish--he is back the next day asking for more free fish.
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Not only is it fun...it's a way of life.Oh, I know - I just find it fun to bag on the Cowboys, that's all.
It doesn't even matter, all that matters is winning games
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Texas A&M stole it from the University of Iowa (1903), who probably stole it from the University of Minnesota (1900). Of course, that also discounts the fact that of all the NFL teams, the Seahawks probably have the best claim to it both from a crowd noise prospective, and also for consistently being known as a tough/loud stadium (NFL put a rule in place in 1985 due to the crowd noise at the Kingdome in Seattle). Basically, the term was pretty ubiquitous among football teams until Texas A & M decided to force teams to stop using it, or cash in on out of court settlements.
As far as the earthquake game is concerned . . . LSU did it once. Seattle fans have done it twice, and the first one isn't actually known as the eathquake game, but rather, the "Beast Quake."
And if they planted hedges on the field, chances are it'd be more due to the fact that the Seattle Mariners already did that, than anything the SEC did, especially since the NW cares a whole lot more for the Pac-10 than the SEC (yeah, Pac-10, I'm a traditionalist).
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