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There are vikings bars? panther bars? They must be in the hometown of those sports teams, because in my travels, I've never seen one.

Northern Illinois, Rockford area, is about 40% Packers, 40% Bears, 10% Viking, and 10% "Other". The Sportspage on Broadway is a Viking Bar, which isn't a bad option for them. If they were a Packer bar, Bears fans would stay away. If they were a Bears bar, Packer fans would stay away. By being a Viking bar, both come and just sneer a bit more. The recognizeable Viking fan base so far from Minnesota is due to Rockford's large Swedish population.

I actually stumbled upon a Washington Redskins themed diner in Meriden, CT (Fatboys on Main, near the tracks). The owner must have wanted to make a point REALLY bad, and Redskin fans are particular pig-headed in that regard. Of course the place failed in short order. (For the record, Meriden, like most of CT, is Giants territory. The Patriots may vaingloriously claim all six New England states as their territory, but it is a fiction.)

BTW, do the Rams play soccer or foosball?

I have Mr. Deacon Jones here. He might be 70, but would you be willing to say that to his face?

The Rams were around before there even was a Pittsburgh Steelers (as you undoubtedly know, they were the Pirates in the '30s). The Rams also won championships before the Steelers even made the playoffs. Although the Rams may have moved around, winning championships in each claimed city (Cleveland, L.A., St. Louis), they never changed names and they never changed conferences.

Of course, both the Rams and the Steelers are real historic entitities, and not an expansion ploy conjured up in an attempt to contain the AFL, forcing an existing AFL franchise (Dallas Texans) to move to Kansas City.

We still owe you for Super Bowl XIV.

We still owe you for Super Bowl XIV.

Great game, but I will admit we got lucky in that game.

There was never a time that I was comfortable during that game.

Fitzgerald is still one of the finest receivers in the NFL.

The mere fact that people can name the bars for various teams, proves my point.

Google "Steeler bars" and you will get thousands of listings.