The saddest reason to be proud
The Raiders winning a game means the members of the 2008 Lions get to crack out the bottle of Moonshine or whatever horrible alcohol they use to celebrate once again being the only team to ever go “defeated” in a 16 game season. It’s sad, but as we get further from the 2008 year, I’ve seen some Lions fans embrace it ironically, which is probably better for their health. Things look up for the Lions right now, so good for them.
When the Raiders were 0-8 vegas bets started turning up about the 0-16. Stupid people put down money on it. I would have never taken that bet, personally. The Raiders had put up fights on teams this year before, and I think people don’t realize just how hard going 0-16 actually is. Almost every season we get a team like this, and they usually win that first game right around this time as the pressure mounts. It’s almost the polar opposite yet same deal as going undefeated. Think about it, only the expansion Bucs and 2008 Lions have completed the defeated season…it’s harder than you’d think.
Also I know I said no Saturday Comic, I am extremely unreliable. On the second hand, no guest comics submitted yet so *glares sadly into the distance while emo music plays* no one likes me I guess.
I did however get this sent to me by a friend of mine, so thanks Luke!
Fun fact: The Detroit Lions actually have TWO “defeated” seasons to cheer for! In 1942, the Lions went 0-11, the first time in NFL history a team ever went winless while playing a full season’s worth of games. This same year, a second team called the Brooklyn Dodgers were in New York, this time an NFL team, and the St. Louis Rams were the Cleveland Rams.
That same season, another NFC North team, the Chicago Bears, outscored opponents 376-84, with four shutouts, four more games with less than ten points allowed, and five with 40+ scored, to go 11-0 for what was only the second undefeated season of the championship game era, and arguably only the second ever; before the establishment of a championship game in ’32, the Packers went 12-0-1 in 1929, the Canton Bulldogs accomplished it twice in 1923 and 1922 at 11-0-1 and 10-0-2, and the Akron Pros did it in the first ever season back when the NFL was the AFPA, at 8-0-3. The other also belonged to the Bears, coming from ’34 when they were 13-0.
Much like 1934 however, they ended up losing the championship game to a future NFC East resident. In ’34, the Bears’ hopes of a perfect season were dashed by your New York Giants Dave, and their savvy choice of sneakers for the frozen field of the Polo Grounds. Sammy Baugh and the Washington Redskins had the honor in 1942, winning 14-6. With a score that close, you can argue that, had George Halas not left the team in November to fight in World War II, Sid Luckman’s Bears could have predated the ’72 Dolphins as the first team with a perfect season.
Didn’t the Cincinnati Reds of the NFL go 0-8 in 1934?
They did, however it isn’t quite as magnanimous as the Lions or Bucs or anyone else that manages to go winless, given that they were one of only two teams out of eleven that played fewer than eleven games(8), and since they only played in 1933 and 1934, they likely folded midseason since who wants to play for a team with three wins in two years in an era where you barely got paid to play? If you fold midseason, you might have found a win in those last few games.
Just to add that in 1976-1977 made a streak of 26 games without a win, being the longest streak and, I think, “The Worst Beer”
I forgot to say it was the Bucs of Tampa Bay… Sorry Dave, for double post
If only the original World League format was more than ten games. Raleigh-Durham might have had a ch…
…nah.
Well the Ohio Glory, with pretty much the exact same roster as the skyhawks went 1-9 the next year.
So The Worst Beer™ is actually a Sexy Rexy brand? Not sure how I should feel about this…
The fart is located on the beer can
Where’s the Sexy Rexy?!?
Your mom knows where it is.
I’ll put a bet down on the Jags next season though. They seem more likely to go winless than any other team.
Why is the Crow a Lions fan?
The movie was set in Detroit (don’t know if the comic book was or not). Plus, it would totally make sense.
Because he’s sick of being mistaken for a Raven?
The worst beer is Carling, hands down.
The worst beer is Keystone Ice. Holy hell is that stuff terrible.