Could it be the Yankees?

What is the greatest team of all sports?

Maybe Michigan for being such a college football dynasty

12/13/2007 12:36:50 AM

carl face

12/13/2007 12:42:01 AM

Yankees no doubt. 26 World Series Championships. The next closest team is the St. Louis Cardinals with 10. No team is hated on more than the Yankees. No team has been as dominant over the years as they have.

12/13/2007 12:43:30 AM

What is up with the n00bs and new aliases in ST now?

12/13/2007 12:50:33 AM

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"Yankees no doubt"

sucks, but true

12/13/2007 12:52:01 AM

Probably the Yankees.

Definitely NOT Michigan, where did you come up with that?

Also: message_topic.aspx?topic=400622

12/13/2007 1:02:02 AM

probably because they have the highest winning percentage for any college program as well as the most wins

12/13/2007 1:03:04 AM

^

12/13/2007 1:21:06 AM

meh, I guess way back in the day they were dominant, along with Harvard, Yale, Army and Navy.

12/13/2007 1:26:17 AM

not too bad the past ten years, either

unless you don't want to count those five conference championships and that national championship

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12/13/2007 1:29:10 AM

I didn't say they weren't great.

I'm only questioning their greatest ever claim.

12/13/2007 1:30:41 AM

i think being the winningest program of all time certainly bodes well for that argument

12/13/2007 1:31:34 AM

ha, i dont know how anybody cant agree that michigan is the greatest college football program ever

12/13/2007 1:32:02 AM

We can start to narrow it by defining the greatest team of each sport

So far

MLB: Yankees
NCAA FB: Michigan


I think yankees myself

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 2:47 AM. Reason : bd61]

12/13/2007 2:14:50 AM

bwahahaha

I guess it comes down to whether you want to define greatest in terms of winning % or championships.

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 2:46 AM. Reason : ]

12/13/2007 2:43:26 AM

the Lakers in the NBA for most hated

12/13/2007 3:37:11 AM

mount union

/thread

12/13/2007 3:44:28 AM

who's gonna say the canadiens

12/13/2007 4:04:10 AM

LES HABITANTS!

12/13/2007 4:33:03 AM

NHL: Montreal Canadians - 24 Stanley Cups
NBA: Boston Celtics - 16 championships
NCAABB: UCLA - 11 national championships

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 8:01 AM. Reason : yo]

12/13/2007 7:58:48 AM

The 1973 NCSU Men's Basketball team.

12/13/2007 8:20:23 AM

probably North Carolina

12/13/2007 8:52:01 AM

Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling (20 national Championships)
or
Oklahoma State Cowboys Wrestling (34 national championships)

But Iowa has been the domination for for the past 30 years:

Iowa NCAA Wrestling team titles: 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

As you can see, only SIX times from 1975-2000 did any team other than Iowa win an NCAA team championship. They also have the NCAA record for team points scored at an individual NCAA national championship tournament and a record 5 individual champions one year out of the 10 possible. They also won their conference every year as well as amassed a record of 391-25-5 with a win percentage of 93%.

They also have had two of America's best wrestlers EVER come through that program. Dan Gable and Cael Sanderson. Cael Sanderson is possibly the most dominating NCAA Athlete ever. Never losing a match, going 159-0 with 4 straight national championships, then going on to train for the 2004 Olympics and winning a Gold medal.

No other team has dominated a college sport like that as a team. EVER besides possibly the Wooden UCLA basketball era. and yea i guess unc women's soccer as an honorable mention.

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 9:09 AM. Reason : ]

12/13/2007 9:03:23 AM

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"probably North Carolina women's soccer"

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 9:05 AM. Reason : ]

12/13/2007 9:05:32 AM

NCAAB- UNC, hands down, has more championships spread out over longer period of time, 1924, 1957,1982,1993,2005, 2008 - has, without argument, produced more successful basketball players than any other school

Duke is a close second, then i'd say kentucky, then UCLA (those 11 years were incredible, but thats all they had, they had multiple years where they sucked, Carolina had one)

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 9:38 AM. Reason : .]

12/13/2007 9:38:27 AM

NCAA BB I would have Kentucky #1

and even though they are #1 and #2 in my most hated things in life list, I would have

NCAA FB - Notre Dame (with Bama really really close)
MLB - Yankees


Now I need to go take a shower after typing that shit

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 10:03 AM. Reason : g]

12/13/2007 10:01:41 AM

tOSU duhhhhhh

12/13/2007 10:15:32 AM

The Four Horseman.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

12/13/2007 10:19:22 AM

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"NCAAB- UNC, hands down, has more championships spread out over longer period of time, 1924, 1957,1982,1993,2005, 2008 - has, without argument, produced more successful basketball players than any other school"

not a real championship

12/13/2007 12:19:21 PM

UNC couldn't carry John Wooden's jock in a suitcase

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"those 11 years were incredible, but thats all they had"

yeah they havent been to a Final Four since....last year

anyways, if you're going off championships I would say the Yankees....best CHAMPIONSHIPS : YEARS ratio in sports and some longevity

Greatest sports team recently has gotta be the motherfucker New England Patriots

12/13/2007 12:21:18 PM

Or perhaps the Spurs

12/13/2007 12:36:36 PM

yeah UCLA also won a championship in 95 and has gone to the final four back-to-back

12/13/2007 12:40:05 PM

yeah the Spurs have the best win percentage of the 4 major pro sports leagues over the last 10-12 years i believe...but "only" 3 titles in that span

12/13/2007 12:40:07 PM

they have 4

but the first was during the short season in 99

12/13/2007 12:42:05 PM

oh yeah they did win last year

12/13/2007 12:43:06 PM

Spurs are def. going to surpass bulls

UCLA had TOO many WEAK years,

It's not even a question, UNC is the best college basketball school ever, they've shown the most longevity
I absolutly despise carolina, but can't argue with the fact that they have the best program in the country

I think what the patriots have done the past few years have been one of the most incredible things done in professional sports history

12/13/2007 1:12:28 PM

you don't know anything about sports history do you?

Both Kentucky and UCLA are better basketball schools than UNC.

12/13/2007 1:21:27 PM

^ you're an idiot

carolina produces year in and year out, where kentucky and ucla have had their fair share of HORRIBLE years

12/13/2007 1:30:02 PM

nc state volleyball

12/13/2007 1:30:37 PM

either the 2007 ne patriots, or the bulls team that went 72-10

12/13/2007 1:31:41 PM

carolina ladies soccer

12/13/2007 1:32:18 PM

indiana/virginia men's soccer

12/13/2007 1:34:08 PM

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"It's not even a question, UNC is the best college basketball school ever, they've shown the most longevity"

Kentucky might have something to say about that

12/13/2007 1:35:42 PM

this thread is just one big argument waiting to happen

12/13/2007 1:36:39 PM

calbert cheaney might have something to say about that

12/13/2007 1:37:31 PM

UCLA has more than twice as many championships as UNC.

Kentucky has the second most championships with 7, as well as the most wins and the highest winning percentage.

12/13/2007 1:39:28 PM

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"It's not even a question, UNC is the best college basketball school ever "

wtf, no

kentucky and ucla are both easily better.

and the 1924 "Helms" Championship is NOT a real championship

and don't give us that "i absolutely despise UNC" shit, it's obvious you're a closet unc fan

12/13/2007 1:40:09 PM

ohio state buckeyes football is the best ever

12/13/2007 1:40:30 PM

unless you say that UCLA is the greatest basketball program ever, your opinion is wrong

12/13/2007 1:40:35 PM

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"Kentucky has the second most championships with 7, as well as the most wins and the highest winning percentage. "

ding ding ding


I would have it

1. Kentucky
2. UNC
3. UCLA

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 1:45 PM. Reason : d]

12/13/2007 1:45:02 PM