Post by kersting13 on Jan 25, 2023 18:03:45 GMT -8
Well, I've never heard of the Ravens and Colts mentioned in the same breath because they played in the same City.
I've NEVER heard anyone lump the Texans and Oilers together.
Every team that re-locates to another city always keeps their franchise records - with the lone exception of the Browns leaving their historical records and mascot behind for the "new" Browns when they became the Ravens. Otherwise, I would have given you a hard time for the Browns reference as well.
The Texans franchise hasn't been to the Championship game in their history. That's a legitimate statement, but you can't call them the Houston Texans/Oilers and lump that 1980 AFCCG in with them.
The Baltimore Colts are a weird situation. The team moved overnight to Indianapolis in 1984. 10 years later Baltimore got a CFL team and named them the Colts and adopted blue and white as colors before a loveless NFL received an injunction, which the fans largely ignored. After a season without a nickname, the team adopted the Stallions nickname. The team continued to leave Johnny Unitas' 19 retired. The Browns then moved to Baltimore, which caused the Stallions to move to Montreal and be renamed the Alouettes. Unlike the morons in the NFL, the Alouettes do not claim any of the Colts/Stallions old records, because that is laughably dumb. And even the Québécois know it!
The last time that a Houston team has been in an AFC Championship Game was in 1980. That has absolutely nothing to do with the Titans. Zero. Franchise records. Blah blah blah. Don't care. I do not start talking about Warren Moon and Earl Campbell as all-time great Titans, because I am not a moron. Moon and Campbell's accomplishments remain in Houston, where they belong.
Besides, I am Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking-Glass. The words that I say mean exactly what I intend them to mean.
Houston was only without a team for five years, unlike the 11 seasons that Baltimore was without a team. I personally think that the situations are very different.
But you can disagree. Hate on the Québécois, all you would like. I tend to think that the Québécois have the better end of this argument.
Houston Link.
Well, then according to you EVERY single team other than the Browns are morons.
Dude, the Giants are the Giants, whether they’re in NY or SF.
The Dodgers are the Dodgers, in Brooklyn or LA.
And, yes, the Twins are the Senators, in Minnesota or DC.
No one would call Warren Moon an all-time great Titan, but he’s the all-time passing leader for that franchise.
Teams are defined by their franchise, not the City they happen to be living in. Your history doesn’t erase because you moved or changed your mascot. Willie Mays didn’t play for a different team when he re-located to SF. The Cardinals and Rams aren’t the same team because they both played in St Louis.
www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/
www.baseball-reference.com/teams/