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This is an article I wrote before the start of the 2012 NFL season. Enjoy y’all…….
Courtesy: Boston.com
So I’m going to try something a little different here, an experiment per-say. Seeing as the season hasn’t started yet now is as good of time as any to try this out. It’s either that or I can try to babble about what teams look good at practice on the NFL Network. What I’m going to do here is take the characters from the hit show “How I Met Your Mother” and try to decide based on they’re personalities who they’re favorite football teams would be. I think any of you who watch the show will find this very fascinating and for those of you who don’t watch the show? Why not? It’s fucking hysterical. I know there are a good amount of reoccurring characters on the show, but none of them really stand out to me, so I’m going to just do the five main characters Ted,Marshall,Lilly,Robin, and Mr. Awesome Barney. (Bob Saget Voice) Kids let me tell you how I found out the favorite teams of my best friends and myself……
Marshall Ericson: Minnesota Vikings
This is definitely the biggest softball of the five as it’s mentioned on the show that Marshall is a fan of the Vikings and that he grew up in Minnesota. Whatever you do don’t remind him of that 98 NFC Championship…DAMN. Marshall definitely has the rugged mountain lumberjack thing going on, despite the fact that in New York he’s a wannabe do-gooder environmental lawyer. Marshall is a loyal friend and husband who suffers from a lot of bad luck on the show. You feel empathy for the man because he’s good at heart and you just want him to be happy. Is this not the epitome of most Vikings fans? They’ve had to endure four Super Bowl losses, had one of the greatest teams of all time in 98 lose because of a missed field goal, the 09 team losing from a bone headed Brett Favre play, and now they’re one of the bottom feeders of the NFL. At least they’ll get a new stadium soon. Perhaps some day we’ll hear Ted tell his kids about how “Uncle Marshall” celebrated after the Vikings win they’re first Superbowl in 2…? Someday Marshall someday.
Lilly Aldrin-Ericson: Seattle Seahawks
So this one time at band camp…(Had to do it). Lilly the loving wife of Marshall is a left wing tree hugger wannabe artist. On the flip side she’s also deceptively clever, kind of crazy, and can be a downright evil genius when the situation calls for it. Whenever I watch a game that’s being played in Seattle most of the fans look a little strange to me, like characters out of a Dr. Seuss book. While the a lot of the fans may not look typical they can get loud and crazy, which is a reason Seattle is such a tough place to play. Couldn’t you see Lilly in one of those crazy Dr. Seuss costumes? Couldn’t you just see Lilly as a Seattle person anyway? Couldn’t you see Lilly and Marshall going from Starbucks to Starbucks trying to rate which ones are the best. Lilly what are you doing in New York? You belong in Seattle!
Ted Mosby: Cleveland Browns
Mr. How I Met Your Mother himself our main hero fighting out of the blue corner…….TEEEEDDDD MOOOOOOSBY! Okay so I know there was one episode where Ted was wearing a New Orleans Saints shirt we’re going to ignore that and say he was just wearing that for fashion. Ted is forever on the search for Ms. Right, he’s a hopeless romantic who has a bad knack for coming on too strong in the early stages of a relationship, and of course there are many times when he just says the wrong thing. He’s down right painful to watch sometimes, almost as bad as Mikey from Swingers (The answering machine part…ugh) What’s even sadder is Ted wouldn’t be part of the “Born Miserable” Browns fans, he would be more in the likeness of Jay Crawford (The former moderator of ESPN First Take) Jay is a life long Cleveland sports fan, but unlike the rest of the masses he has optimism that things will some day work out.Ted is the same way, of course we all know things will eventually work out for him, but in the meantime it’s just hard to watch him FUMBLE and DRIVE away what he covets. Sorry Bro.
Robin Scherbatsky: New York Giants
Ah one of my favorite Canadians! You know what that’s all aboot. All Joking aside Robin is hot,confident,and brash. Throughout the show there have been several times where we’ve seen the vulnerable side of Robin, but it seems like when her back is against the wall is when she fights and usually comes out on top. Sound like a certain NFL team? Couldn’t you just see her at a Giants game yelling “Come on Eli ya friggin bum” “Suck it Romo!”. That’s all I got for that one, but I really don’t feel like I have anything more to explain.
Barney Stinson: New England Patriots
Once known as Doogie Howser, Neil Patrick Harris now plays Barney Stinson the suit wearing smooth operating ladies man (Oh the irony). Barney is also a total bandwagon and wouldn’t allow himself to be a fan of a team that wasn’t among the elite. It’s also very telling that one of Barney’s Halloween costumes was a Cobra Kai guy from the Karate Kid, I kind of remember people using that reference during the 07/Spygate season. Barney also prides himself on being well groomed and clean cut, just like that Tom Brady guy. Why isn’t there on of those Fatheads of Tom Brady in Barneys work office? More comparisons you ask? You know Barney would be the type of guy to cheat to win…..ahem…..SPYGATE. Barney will do anything to win and will have no remorse in doing so. Say what you want he gets the job done. Barney also has Daddy issues, this really has nothing to do with anything and is just kind of awkward. That’s it.
So that’s it. Make sure to leave some feedback. I also have plans to do another one of these using the show “Malcolm In The Middle” If anyone has any suggestions I’d love to here them, but unless I’ve seen the show then I won’t be able to do it. Thanks for reading y’all!
