Twins/Vikings/Wild/Wolves Championship appearance drought tracker

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Ope3 said:
The whole discussion is beyond odd in this pillow fight of determining "superiority between the Lions &; Vikings" especially in the past 10 seasons.

Why would only 2025 count in a 10 season time frame of comparisons instead of last Play-off Win, last advancement to the NFC Divisional Round & last NFC Championship Game, all advantage Lions?

Neither even made the Post-Season in 2025 so they both were Losers. Detroit gets the benefit of playing the NFC North 4th Place schedule. Good one.
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You falsely tried to pick one season, arbitrarily 2024, so if it was going to be only one season it should be the latest season, which the Vikings objectively were superior.

Agreed it shouldn't be one season.

Vikings and Lions are tied, both a fully saturated 10+ years of no SB appearance, which is actually the topic of the thread. Feel free to start a thread about total advancements to the Divisional round.


Indeed, Detroit is, at the very least, every bit as bad as MSP when it comes to markets with all of the main pro franchises and no modern championship appearances.
 

GopherGrit said:
Indeed, Detroit is, at the very least, every bit as bad as MSP when it comes to markets with all of the main pro franchises and no modern championship appearances.
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What in the world are you talking about

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GopherGrit said:
Of course it doesn't, just bellyachers who like to bellyache
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I would rather the thread die because some local team advances to the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals or Stanley Cup Final but until then, it is what it is.

I hope I am alive to see it.
 



bonin21 said:
What in the world are you talking about

Red Wings 1997 1998 2002 2008
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You do .... know that we are currently living in the year 2026 .... right?

If my math is correct, the Red Wings haven't made it to the Stanley Cup in the last 18 seasons.

They haven't even qualified for the playoffs in the last ... 10 seasons???

Yikes
 

Pistons s__ting the bed as well.

Detroit is an awful pro sports town!~
 


GopherGrit said:
You falsely tried to pick one season, arbitrarily 2024, so if it was going to be only one season it should be the latest season, which the Vikings objectively were superior.

Agreed it shouldn't be one season.

Vikings and Lions are tied, both a fully saturated 10+ years of no SB appearance, which is actually the topic of the thread. Feel free to start a thread about total advancements to the Divisional round.


Indeed, Detroit is, at the very least, every bit as bad as MSP when it comes to markets with all of the main pro franchises and no modern championship appearances.
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It was not arbitrary. 1 team (Lions) have secured a #1 Seed in the past 10 seasons. That scores well in the more recent "should have"/"could have" credit.

So superior in 2025 the Vikings canned their GM.
 



bonin21 said:
Honestly... If they make it and don't win, it'll be even worse.
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Maybe, even probably, but at least they will have been on that stage and provides another week or two of celebration/anticipation.

Plus it will be a whole new thread.

3.5 decades of non-championship participation. Uffda. Staggering.
 

Ope3 said:
Maybe, even probably, but at least they will have been on that stage and provides another week or two of celebration/anticipation.

Plus it will be a whole new thread.

3.5 decades of non-championship participation. Uffda. Staggering.
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Yes it will be a new thread with the same feeling. We are already Loserville USA until we WIN a title. Period.

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Ope3 said:
It was not arbitrary. 1 team (Lions) have secured a #1 Seed in the past 10 seasons. That scores well in the more recent "should have"/"could have" credit.

So superior in 2025 the Vikings canned their GM.
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"Securing a #1 seed" is an absolutely made up, hand waved thing by you. So what? It has absolutely nothing to do with championship appearance. The Lions did not get a trophy for "winning" the NFC North. There is no such thing.
 

GopherGrit said:
You do .... know that we are currently living in the year 2026 .... right?

If my math is correct, the Red Wings haven't made it to the Stanley Cup in the last 18 seasons.

They haven't even qualified for the playoffs in the last ... 10 seasons???

Yikes
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You should have lead with the Red Wings missing the Playoffs for 10 seasons instead of the Lions/Vikings.

That is staggering brutal in a league in which half the teams makes the Playoffs, currently. It was more than half until Seattle was granted a franchise.

I think the Eastern Conference though it's been 50% for a while.
 

Ope3 said:
Maybe, even probably, but at least they will have been on that stage and provides another week or two of celebration/anticipation.

Plus it will be a whole new thread.

3.5 decades of non-championship participation. Uffda. Staggering.
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It stops being a meaningful distinction after 10 years, though.

MSP and Detroit, equally non-championship appearing for 10 years.
 


GopherGrit said:
"Securing a #1 seed" is an absolutely made up, hand waved thing by you. So what? It has absolutely nothing to do with championship appearance. The Lions did not get a trophy for "winning" the NFC North. There is no such thing.
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The whole thing is "absolutely made up". They both suck.

Neither the Lions nor Vikings have any trophies for at least winning the NFC Conference for a half century.

But the Lions have been closer more recently than the Vikings. Twice.

That's an inconvenient truth.
 


GopherGrit said:
MSP and Detroit, equally non-championship appearing for 10 years.
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Yeah equal. Co-losers. Any "tie breaking" is completely random jibberish.

As for limiting to only caring about the last 10 years, I think you will be on an Island of 1.
 

bonin21 said:
Yes it will be a new thread with the same feeling. We are already Loserville USA until we WIN a title. Period.

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Longest Championship Droughts By City

Full up to date list of the longest big 4 championship droughts of every sports city, in both years and seasons.
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Buffalo and San Diego have longer droughts in terms of years. Much longer..

I'll use that as my coping mechanism.
 

PA is bringing the heat! Looks like vikes to the Super Bowl. Not sure how dumping Kwesi and some talent is the recipe to championships but …..PA
 

GopherGrit said:
Here is the massive, foundational problem with this thread and those who support it and think like it:

trying to pretend that a drought of 20 years is 2x worse than a drought of 10 years, and that a drought of 30 years is 3x worse than a drought of 10 years.

FALSE.

Badness saturates at 10 years.


If you haven't been in 10 years .... then that's no less worse than not having gone in 20 or 30 years. There is no "extra" pain once you get past 10.

That's the core fallacy that everyone who gins up this thread is propagating.
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bonin21 said:
Yes it will be a new thread with the same feeling. We are already Loserville USA until we WIN a title. Period.

champsorchumps.us

Longest Championship Droughts By City

Full up to date list of the longest big 4 championship droughts of every sports city, in both years and seasons.
champsorchumps.us champsorchumps.us
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Ope3 said:
Buffalo and San Diego have longer droughts in terms of years. Much longer..

I'll use that as my coping mechanism.
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The Sabres just tacked another one on for Buffalo.

So we got that going for us.
 


GopherGrit said:
Here is the massive, foundational problem with this thread and those who support it and think like it:

trying to pretend that a drought of 20 years is 2x worse than a drought of 10 years, and that a drought of 30 years is 3x worse than a drought of 10 years.

FALSE.

Badness saturates at 10 years.


If you haven't been in 10 years .... then that's no less worse than not having gone in 20 or 30 years. There is no "extra" pain once you get past 10.

That's the core fallacy that everyone who gins up this thread is propagating.
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