dumbest banners in sports

[@FivePointsVids]

Go to www.benchwarmerbrew.com and use code DAMSON for 15% off until July 21st! Available for all customers and orders, no minimum! LIMITED TIME OFFER!

[@Look.me.up.on.youtube]

A light roast doesn't have more caffeine. It's the same as dark roast. I roast coffee for a living.

[@JusNoBS420]

I enjoyed grinding your beans 🫘

[@fredloftonab]

You forgot Oklahoma State and their “national championship” from 1945 that they bought.

[@ST0NE_206]

this one isn’t dumb, but I think the Seattle Kraken hanging up a Metropolitans 1917 Stanley Cup Champions banner is really cool, a nice tribute to that old team

[@willflint5014]

First U.S. team to win a cup as well.

[@AaronOnTheTrails]

They might as well claim it. I mean if the NFL is going to do that charade of the Ravens were an "expansion" team who "began" play in 1996 and the previous Brown's records count for the current team why not?

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

@@AaronOnTheTrails Baltimore did the same thing when the St. Louis Browns moved there. The Orioles don't recognize any of the Browns records.. and even tho the Browns were basically a cellar dwelling laughing stock for most of their existance, there was a time in the early 1920's where they had a good team (Missed winning the pennant by one game to the Yankees in 1922.) with one of the greatest hitters of all time, George Sisler. And even tho it was during WW2, they did win the AL pennant in 1944. Maybe Baltimore has something against the color brown?

[@AnimalClans]

The current day Ottawa Senators have banners commemorating the 9 Stanley Cups the original Senators won between 1903 and 1927.

[@j.peters1222]

I agree. A cool nod to the previous Seattle team.

[@logan_page]

The Falcons could’ve just said “2017 NFC Champions”

[@terrytitus5291]

That would have been fine

[@GatCat]

I'm sure they have that banner up but I was thinking the same thing.

[@newlife733]

I've been to the stadium for years and can tell you, that is fake.

[@benjaminingram4857]

Falcons are not an winning team who is surprised.😲

[@Kaliphate]

As a Mariner's fan, I 100% expected our "116 win season" banner to be up there. All it does is remind me that we literally had one of the best teams in all of baseball, and still didn't even _make the World Series_

[@cherokeeoutlaw2.011]

Such is baseball ⚾. Craziest sport around

[@captaiawesome2260]

I would of left that banner as an honorable mention, as setting an MLB record for the most wins in a regular season makes not that dumb of a banner. I say that’s quite the accomplishment.

[@CallMeMicahT]

116 games is really impressive.

[@briankilbane7043]

I remember the Indians playing that 01 squad and coming back from being down 14-2 in the SEVENTH

[@tomeknguyen9840]

The only MLB team that hasn't made to the World Series yet.

[@brandonbauer5012]

As a brewers fan, you missed them putting up a "2020 NL Wild Card" Banner behind home plate....it was an extended playoff field....They went 29-31...and got swept by the dodgers....

[@JDW1110]

My Blue Jays did the same. We were the 8 seed and were swept by the Rays. Got a banner at Rogers Centre for AL Wild Card Series

[@brandonbauer5012]

@@JDW1110 blue jays are my #2 and I'm sorry but unless you won your division a pennant or the wlrld series in 2020 you shouldn't raise a banner for it

[@JDW1110]

@@brandonbauer5012 Completly agree

[@jbj7599]

Brewers have 2 wild card banners then. Was embarrassed when they hung the first one, sure we finally made the playoffs but a banner?

[@dirtymike3329]

Lmfao

[@TheDeadPenguin2237]

I thought this was going to include the Edmonton Oilers putting up a banner where they won an online poll for “greatest team of all time”

[@TheSchmitt]

No way this actually happened. 😂

[@TheDeadPenguin2237]

@@TheSchmitt I shit you not m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6Dcn3WCqdqtn8k

[@christopherjohnson1873]

As a Pats fan I support the 16-0 banner (I wish we kept it), and I would also support a 73-win banner for the Warriors. Both of those were accomplishments that absolutely are worthy of recognition/remembrance on their own. Further, I don't have a problem with division banners etc. either; especially for a team like the Braves who won the division a million years in a row. But a fortiori, if a division banner is acceptable, then it surely is also acceptable to hang a banner for one of the greatest seasons in the history of your sport.

[@Lance37a]

You went 16-0 but didn't win the championship putting a banner up is fraudulent.

[@hawawah8671]

I agree, I also think the near perfect banner is a bit humbling, which the Patriots probably still could benefit from. Six bowls in two decades, appearing in like ten of them. A sort of "memento mori" sort of reminder, don't let up because you can still lose. They could also get the same idea by hanging a 28-3 banner in their stadium.

[@cope847]

As a Pats hater, I don't see a problem with a perfect season banner. It's a very short list of teams that have done that. It's no different than when teams hang division title banners imo.

[@Sleepingfishie]

Support the record-setting regular season banner, even without a Ship, still a massive achievement that won't be easily done again.

[@mrmacross]

The Bulls handle this correctly, or at least handled it correctly. The Bulls hang division championship banners, which you could debate about if they're worth hanging, and added a "72" secondary banner below their 1996 division championship banner. All of their championship banners are consistent in layout with one another, so the then-record 72-win distinction is recognized separately from the NBA championships they won.

[@Ryan-sf8gb]

I was at Citi Field last month and saw the Mets had a “2016 Wild Card” banner. You know the wild card game they lost in heartbreaking fashion. I don’t understand that

[@nascarandrc8296]

2016 greatest season ever go cubs go

[@craigl4710]

the one where thor had a no-no for most of the game and then gillespie hit a 3-run bomb off familia... especially heartbreaking if you're a mets fan. go giants.

[@retsamcm]

They have a couple similar ones in Tmobile Park

[@robertkohl1167]

I'm a Mets fan and I hate that banner, I would take it down myself if I could get away with it, but a lot of teams hang Wild Card banners. I think even the Braves have 2010 and 2012 banners up in the outfield. Anyone who does it is tacky.

[@vinnyzan1]

I don't understand why any one would be a Mets fan with the yankees around. Maybe Im saying this, and it turn out to be their year.

[@iamzer0g]

For a while the Sharks put up “Western Conference Regular Season Champions” banners when they had the best record in the west going into the playoffs. It was definitely an eyesore once we actually won the West in 2016 and the team finally took them down a couple years back. I think the Predators did this too a few years back.

[@lemonator8813]

Sharks could probably raise a banner like "Best win% without a cup" and management would think it was a good idea...

[@waffles2waffles]

Predators are terrible, so it would make sense they would hoist a "We Had a Good Season" banner.

[@Z64sports]

Having 1 banner with all the playoff years is cool but each one having their own is a bit too much imo

[@stephenmason9527]

I remember the first time I went to the University of Arkansas and saw their track. I swear they had banners all the way around a 400 meter circle 😄

[@ralphkotwica6184]

Sounds like a fan of a team that hasn’t won much lol

[@christopherkopke7593]

I don't care what anyone says, nothing will ever beat the Detroit Lions and the most famous banner of all "Playoff Appearances"

[@michaeldavisnj88]

@Christopher Kopke Remember they also haven't won any playoff game since 1957.

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

The Lions are so bad they don't even get clowned like other franchises in their tier. Imagine being so trash the only time you're even acknowledged is when you do make the playoffs once every 10-ish years. It's an expectation for them to be bad. When other teams are bad it's usually, "What's wrong with.." with the Lions it's "Yup, they're bad." And that's the end of the discussion.

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

Nothing to cling to unlike other trash franchises like the Jaguars who have a Super Bowl appearance in their history and the Browns who at least sign players of note and have rosters that are in theory supposed to be competitive.

[@principalmcvicker6530]

_"... knowing Tropicana Field, those are probably load bearing banners."_ Lmao

[@GreenBayPayton]

I clicked immediately and expect the Predators to be here

[@vacay9128]

I was at the game they revealed it. Embarrassing.

[@FivePointsVids]

sorry man I missed that one

[@-linusthegoat-4825]

What did they do

[@andrewm.8228]

@@-linusthegoat-4825 They revealed a Western Conference Championship banner for the 2017-18 regular season when they won the Presidents trophy.

[@hawker7488]

@@andrewm.8228 And then got smoked in the second round by the Jets.

[@robertholston4708]

In 2017 the NHL celebrated its 100th anniversary. During the season there was a poll on the website for best team ever. The 1984 Edmonton Oilers won the poll. Edmonton raised a banner to commemorate the achievement.

[@2XJG]

I remember seeing “1995 Wild Card Champions” for the Colorado Rockies back in the late 90s and thinking how desperate the team needed to be to affirm their club.

[@theMoerster]

At least that was a full series and not a single game eliminiation. Plus, they only started playing in 1993 so I'll give them a pass for putting up the first reasonable accomplishment they ever made.

[@jtbsax]

@@theMoerster There was no series. The division runner up with the best record got the wild card spot. The wild card started in '94 but there was a strike that year, so the Rockies were the first NL Wild Card team. Understandable they'd raise a banner. It was hard as hell to make the playoffs in baseball up until that point before the 3-division split and wild card. Simply making the playoffs was a huge accomplishment.

[@theMoerster]

@@jtbsax Crap...I was thinking they won the WC round. Forgot how recently the 2nd WC came into play. I stand corrected.

[@thelone0720]

My Rockies did that for real?

[@coryshannon3815]

In terms of the CFP, I feel like the smaller conferences like the ones UCF and Cincinnati are in should do their best to try and get a team into the playoff, not because they can actually win it all (they most likely won't), but the money they'll get will help the conference out more. Even if you lose, that $50 Million or more to the conference for its team getting in the CFP will help each school build its program better.

[@OmegaTheGamer123]

As a Falcons fan, I'd hang a banner from the rafters of the stadium. "2016: YOU BLEW IT!!!!!"

[@otaviofrn_adv]

I'd make one of the screens in the scoreboard run the Billy Madison meme nonstop

[@a_rocknrolladdict.0312]

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[@dolfanchambers84]

UCF claimed a National Championship in 2017 because the Colley Matrix - an officially recognized NCAA National Champion Selector since 1992 - dubbed them National Champions. In the same way Alabama, Auburn, and other traditional schools have “claimed” National Championships to go along with consensus National Championships, UCF does too. Heck, if you want a more egregious example from the last decade, Auburn tried to sneakily claim 3 additional National Championships (1913, 1983, and 1993) shortly after losing the 2013 title game to FSU… only to walk it back by claiming they were just pointing out that the NCAA recognizes those teams as National Champions but NOT claiming them… but still keeps them up on the football team’s website under “Champions”.

[@conman1495]

The best banner is UMBC celebrating their upset win over UVA with a first 16 seed to beat a 1 seed banner

[@krisgordon3116]

That's actually worth something though. The only time a 16 beat a 1.

[@conman1495]

@@krisgordon3116 true but it's a bit funny as well.

[@RushFanatic87]

I dunno, that was pretty badass lol

[@DanielOrteez]

@@krisgordon3116 Not only did they win, they blew them out! We knew one day a 16 was going to beat a 1 but not by 20 points.

[@krisgordon3116]

@@DanielOrteez righto!

[@lanabreeze]

This reminds me when the Tampa Bay Lightning hung two banners for individual game attendance records. One was for a regular season game and the other for a playoff game. Before Amalie Arena was built they use to play at Tropicana Field, a baseball stadium.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Sometimes I wish they’d play in Tropicana Field for hockey. They’d easily fill up the 27,000 seats or whatever for games.

[@carsonyoung9965]

My favorite is Ole Miss that still has a sign for 2003 SEC West Champions, despite finishing second and not playing in the title game

[@Jimmy-Mc]

Alabama has claimed several national titles where they lost their bowl game, and one with 2 regular season losses. UCF's title claim isn't nearly as bad as those.

[@Toxicity0069]

UCF claiming themselves as national champions just made them look like clowns. With the behavior of their fanbase, I'm amazed that the American Athletic Conference hasn't fined the school for intolerable fan behavior. UCF is an embarrassment to college football. There fans will spit on visiting fans and will flick off opposing players who get hurt during a game. The fanbase for UCF is way too toxic.

[@donrobles220]

@@Toxicity0069 you get no bitches bro

[@ryza6897]

1941 you're absolutely right, it's a trash claim. But the rest of them you have to remember back in the day they awarded the National Championship BEFORE bowl games. You're viewing those years through a modern lens when that's all the sport knew at the time. They're actually partly responsible for that change of awarding it after as they were awarded the title by UPI (who was widely recognized at the time same as the AP) before the bowl game and AP had already started awarding it after. Alabama lost to Notre Dame and AP gave it to ND so you had split champions and UPI as a direct result changed it after that game.

[@Jimmy-Mc]

@@ryza6897 there were multiple teams with better records, and rankings did exist back then and they weren't close to the top. 13-0 is a realistic claim at least

[@ryza6897]

@@Jimmy-Mc In 1941 absolutely. I agreed with that one. It's absolute bogus. They finished #20. The rest they were selected by a major selector as champions and had the record to go with it. They even got shafted in 1966 being the only undefeated and untied team in the country. ND and I think is was MSU played to a tie and they were named co-champions with Alabama being left out. The poll that named UCF champions in 2017 named Alabama champions in 2016, the year they lost to Clemson at the last second. Should Alabama claim that one, too?

[@steverounds8574]

USC hung a banner for reaching the Elite-8 in 2021, while crosstown rival UCLA got to the Final Four. The Bruins only hang banners for National Championships, so they didn't even recognize their 2021 as banner worthy.

[@timoteoooo]

I’m very glad the 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t make an appearance in this video, I’d like to forget about them too

[@MrGUnit27]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Nashville Predators hanging 3 banners for their 2017-18 Presidents Trophy win. A moment so ridiculous that it became a meme

[@SamtheBravesFan]

The Braves have extra pennants on the light tower for the years they made the playoffs via the wild card too. Carried that over from Turner Field.

[@traddthomas8645]

Can't wait for the 40/70 banner...

[@Kid-Pink_88.]

1:28 Ok there's no way i can ignore the incredible Daniel Jones impersonation by Five during the Benchwarmer Brew Ad. Even got a check down throw in there as he rolled 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Epic

[@buttrnugget6918]

In the Rogers center there is a banner that says 2020 wild card series the problem is they got swept by the rays in that series and for some reason it still hangs up there to remind everyone of that useless season

[@Ianmccor]

The 2020 cancellation of the NCAA Tournament led to some weird banners as well. Winthrop hung a banner for saying that they earned an auto bid to a tournament that didn't happen in addition to the conference championship banner. South Carolina women's basketball also hung a banner for being the #1 ranked team in the country at the time the postseason was cancelled.

[@eastondebolt5569]

Florida state has one too

[@bens5661]

@@eastondebolt5569 theirs is worse, it's a banner for being one of the top 4 teams in the final poll.

[@pridelander06]

I can kinda see the South Carolina argument, like how early in college football national titles were based on final polls rather than CFP/BCS/etc.

[@conradcash1472]

I choose to recognize NCST as the 2019-2020 ACC Champion. They were set to play Duke and the Blue Devils pulled out, meaning NCST advanced. And at the time of the Tournament's cancelation, they had advanced past everyone else. Therefore I choose to call them the ACC Champion.

[@technole]

FSU's says NCAA Cancelled #4 final ranking. Personally just hanging ACC Tournament Champions would have been enough since they were awarded that trophy. So unfortunate.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

The Tampa Bay Lightning hung a banner up for their 2019 season where they won 62 games in the regular season, and ZERO in the playoffs

[@LeanMrfuzzles]

No, they hung a banner for the presidents trophy like literally every single team does. They don't have a banner that says 62 wins or anything like that.

[@valcaryon3]

It was a Presidents' Trophy banner. Don't be disingenuous.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

@@valcaryon3 "Winning" the regular season and getting swept is still an embarrassment.

[@LeanMrfuzzles]

@@Outta-hz1ej Then they went out and won 11 straight playoff series. Must've provided some sort of motivation or something.

[@valcaryon3]

@@Outta-hz1ej No one's saying it isn't. A president's trophy is still a common banner in the NHL, though, so it's not weird that the Bolts hung a banner despite the embarrassing loss.

[@Sarkono13]

You should definitely have the Nashville Predators "Regular Season Western Conference Champions" banner and the Minnesota Wilds "Retired #1 fans" banner.

[@riverwood6146]

POV: you actually make a banner that says blew a 28 - 3 lead

[@JDW1110]

The Blue Jays actually have a 2020 AL Wild Card Series banner at Rogers Centre. Due to the Covid shortened 60-game season, It was an expanded wild card with 8 teams in the AL making it to play a best-of-3 series. The 8 seed Blue Jays lost 2-0 to the Rays. I don’t understand why that banner exists

[@waltercampbell9787]

Brewers were worse and did the same. Brewers went 29-31 and hung up a banner

[@big_dee33]

because they made the playoffs. where's the misunderstanding?

[@SteveJRogers]

Talk about attendance record banners? The Cleveland Guardians have baseball’s only triple digit retired number banner. 455 for a consecutive sellout streak at Jacobs Field during their heyday of the late 1990s. Could do whole episode on retired numbers for non uniform personnel, or non-number retirement honorees in a team’s retired number section (broadcast mics, old time logos for legends before numbers, names & even initials (KSM in Colorado for longtime Rockie executive Keli Scott McGregor upon his passing in 2010)

[@brandonfields613]

Falcons fan here, gotta say I can appreciate the loss after all these years. It kind of tells you something about life. Pride comes before the fall. Also you have to pick yourself back up. Also, a healthy dose of loyalty, to still believe in something that has let you down. That's all the lessons, besides that it still sucks haha.

[@teen_laqueefa]

28-3 is a real mentality toughening experience, I was the biggest Falcons fan that game, and by the end, I thought Matty Ice was a tard for not running the clock but he kept throwing

[@JoshuaZ.64]

I hope you see the falcons win a super bowl one of these years

[@waltercampbell9787]

As a packers fan I’m still not completely over our 2014 nfc championship game. Props to you for getting over a worse choke than ours

[@americanphilosophy2701]

7:15 this joke caught me off guard. Great analogy! Lol

[@MrAVGNdude]

The neighbors around Tropicana field definitely called the cops after that banner got hit. It sounds like a grenade going off lmaoo

[@jimfarmer6794]

The Expos had a banner for their first place “second half” finish when the season was split in 1981. The Reds had a banner that read, “1981 Best Record in Baseball” because they got robbed of a playoff spot from that same season.

[@baronvg]

I hope there’s a part 2 down the line. I have to believe there are way more dumb banners out there to laugh at.

[@breighnerkoen]

Detroit lions should put one up that says “our former QB won a Super Bowl!”

[@MikeBrusca]

They took that 16-0 Banner down after they won SB49. Thank god. 😂😂😂

[@cy_young_9104]

As a Colts fan, I was embarrassed when they put up the AFC Finalists banner. You got destroyed . Get over it.

[@ColtsPacers1]

I agree fully, but I WILL defend the 2018 wild card banner. After starting 1-5 that year, that one was well earned.

[@AutoArtemAuto]

Not nearly as embarrassing as the Lions putting up a "Made The Playoffs" banner. That's fucking sad right there.

[@baronvg]

A finalist banner is head & shoulders so much worse than a wild card one & done banner lol. The Colts were already division winners that season. Just leave it at that. SMH

[@willpomeroy7711]

I’ve honestly never heard of a banner saying “finalist” on it. I’ve obv seen super bowl losers have conference championship banners but conference finalist?

[@WhatAG23]

Everyone knows the pats cheated though.

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

On Opening Day 1905, the New York Giants raised a "World's Champion" banner (and wore uniforms that said "World Champions" across the front) even tho they refused to play in the World Series in 1904.

[@platinumdiamond7]

This may be a stupid question. But do you mean the New York Giants (NFL) or San Francisco Giants (MLB)?

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

@@platinumdiamond7 You're right. It's a stupid question. Hint: The NFL didn't exist before the 1920's

[@michaeldavisnj88]

@@platinumdiamond7 The NFL's Giants are officially called the New York Football Giants. The baseball Giants left NYC along with the Brooklyn Dodgers for California in 1958. The Dodgers are now based in Los Angeles.

[@ashkechum101]

Actually the ncaa recognizes the 2017 UCF as national champions so technically that banner is fine lol

[@mikewharton469]

I know they got taken down but for so many years the Lions had playoff banners hanging from Ford Field. Feel like they at least should have had a mention.

[@jcb5942]

I think the Colts 2014 AFC Finalist is a 'deflategate' joke.

[@ADL21]

nah UCF just exposed the bias of the NCAA with their 2017 banner. They proved you can go undefeated, even win a bowl game, but be considered inferior to "1 loss Alabama"

[@studgerbil9081]

Cleveland retired the number 455 and hung it along with the other retired player numbers to honor the consecutive sell-out streak. Then they changed the name of the ballpark and then the name of the team, but that banner is still there.

[@MJCx777]

I applaud the UCF banner. They absolutely should have been included in the playoff. That banner is a middle finger to the dumb NCAA system

[@baronvg]

Agreed. Anything that shows disdain towards the NCAA is a win.

[@PittsburghMarky]

They don’t do it anymore, but when East Tennessee State University’s men’s basketball team played in their previous venue they had a banner commemorating the week in 1991 they were ranked tenth in the AP Poll.

[@nicksojka7457]

Honorable mention to the Nashville Predators for their "2017-18 Regular Season Western Conference Champions" banner

[@RockSmithStudio]

UCF's "national championship" will always be hilarious

[@jasongerber6972]

The UCF national champion thing is awesome, it’s the ultimate troll

[@CoolHandLuke813]

It is funny if you view it as a troll. But there are plenty of delusional fans that actually believe it. They actually believe they’re the national champions. That’s what makes it stupid.

[@2drunk2drive]

@@CoolHandLuke813 Bro how many comments did you leave about this 😂😂 are you just some salty USF fan or something? UCF lives in your head rent free clearly

[@2drunk2drive]

It's crazy how stupid people are that they continue feed into it by getting so mad about it😂😂😂

[@CoolHandLuke813]

@@2drunk2drive And you’re following me around to every single one. Looks like I’m rent free in your head. 🤷‍♂️

[@dylanhall9470]

I'm a UCF alum, and I'm not saying we were national champions, but Winning 25 consecutive games... Would they have lost to Alabama? Probably, but Oklahoma gets destroyed by Alabama every time they play in the playoffs, so clearly the Big 12 isn't on the same level either. So UCF should have been given a chance in the playoffs. Those UCF teams were better than last year's Cincinnati team, just saying...

[@mrterp04]

Surprised that Tom Emanski’s never hung banners for his team’s back-to-back-to-back AAU National Championships.

[@badbirdkc]

One of the best Onion articles of all time was about how the Royals hired Tom Emanski as a coach to teach them how to play (circa 2005 when they were REALLY bad.)

[@JMTavares7]

The StL Cardinals have a ridiculous false Banner stating 2001 NL Central Champions. They tied the Astros at the end of the regular season but lost on tie-breaks and went into the playoffs as the wildcard. They even include this on in media materials that show photos of their banners in the background. Considering all the titles that team has it's very puzzling.

[@c3920]

Colorado Avalanche retiring Ray Bourque's number even though he only played one season with the team.

[@AutoArtemAuto]

I honestly was expecting to see "Detroit Lions Made The Playoffs" banner on here.

[@eeik5150]

Remember 18-1 means nothing when the one is losing the Super Bowl to a QB who looks like his favorite flavor of crayon is elephant.

[@honda_3335]

Disliking for not mentioning the Nashville Predators and their banners. For anyone who lives under a rock they won the presidents trophy (best regular season) and naturally put a banner up for it, but bizarrely included a “Regular season western conference champions” and “central division champions” which is not only redundant but very tacky.

[@91_C4_FL]

So glad UCF made number 1 on here.

[@thenumberquelve158]

To be fair about the Colts banner, that WAS the Deflategate AFC Championship, so attempting to muster positivity about that season isn't the worst idea in the world. (I doubt they would have won with or without deflated footballs, given the brutal final score, but...)

[@hdvids24]

technically ucf's claim is legitimate, they were #1 in 1 obscure poll in 2017 so it's not really the end al be all, but a lot of schools claim natty in similar ways

[@stephenmason9527]

Yeah, from the 1930s 🤣

[@LeanMrfuzzles]

@@stephenmason9527 It was to shed light on how unfair the playoff system is. If you're not going to let us play for a chance at the title, then we'll just claim one any way. Probably the smartest thing they ever did, because now nobody will stop talking about it.

[@stephenmason9527]

@@LeanMrfuzzles 'people are talking about it' Yes, the entirety of college football which can't unite around anything ever has complete unity about still mocking you and laughing at you over how silly this was. So, um, congrats... I guess.

[@stephenmason9527]

@@MasterSmurfRace ah yes, the NCAA, now there's definitely an infallible institution which has always shown sound judgement 🙄🤦‍♂️

[@warcraftlake7]

@@stephenmason9527 there are championships less than 30 years old claimed like UCF. Teams like alabama and ohio state have claimed one where they lost their bowl game that year. NCAA actually doesn't pick a national champion in college football they do in all other sports. Certain polls decide a national champion and have for 150 years. Trying to make yourself look like a scholar in your pic doesn't make you one.

[@CGrascal]

I remember UTree did a video about the Oilers and they hoisted a "100 Greatest Teams" banner in that video.

[@melenzoferrer4786]

28-3 shall live on! I repeat, TWENTY-EIGHT TO FREAKING THREE!

[@joenobody571]

The pirates hanging 5 time world champions banners is an insult to the sport they have what one wild card win since 1992 the commissioner should fine them everyday till they take them down

[@AlabamaBoy270]

UCF's claim isn't a bad one. The NCAA even recognizes the championship.

[@MP-dn4bs]

I got to hand it to college football. It's the sport that most approximates the real world. You know, where what your predecessors accomplished 40 years ago is an actual, and possibly one of the biggest factors in determining how much of a shot you get today.

[@Skipatronic]

The UCF one is a legitimate championship in the NCAA record books though. They went undefeated, got snubbed from the playoff, beat Auburn who beat both teams who played for the National Championship, and ranked number one on the Collie Matrix poll which is a post season poll used to determine champions. Just because you think it's dumb and illegitimate doesn't mean it's invalid. Lots of other college teams have claimed championships that others consider legitimate so why isn't UCF's legitimate? Might get dragged through the mud on this one but I'm tired of all these blue blood college football snobs shitting on UCF because they did everything right to make the playoffs and still got snubbed. You go undefeated in any other sport you get a shot at the playoffs. Why does college football have to be different?

[@MarloSoBalJr]

💰💰💰 No matter UCF did, SEC schools draw in the revenue.

[@AC-im4hi]

You'd have 10-15 schools going unbeaten each year playing that schedule in the regular season. Getting a power 5 invite is basically all you get to play for as a G5 school.

[@bgaiusioacg]

You are 100% correct. UCF did what Alabama couldn’t that year 1) PLAY THEM ALL, WIN THEM ALL and 2) NOT LOSE TO AUBURN!!!!

[@skiprockjr.6881]

College football is a scam anyways. Preseason rankings factor into the final BCS rankings. That's nonsense.

[@technole]

it doesn't matter, the NCAA doesn't award the football national title. They do in other sports, but a lot of UCF nuts don't seem to get it.

[@Jame5man]

Nashville putting up a Regular Season Western Conference Champions banner?

[@jshall14]

Back in the day the Bruins used to hang “Adams Division Champions” banners in the Boston Garden. It was a cheap ploy to compete with the Celtics and their actual championship banners.

[@flightlessxlion2140]

Nashville predators hanging 3 banners for the same thing. I still find funny and was kinda expecting to be here. Part 2 maybe?

[@Rysofly]

That Cincy game with Bama was a lot closer then you think.

[@NotThatTerrible]

very surprised the Predators hanging 3 banners that essentially said the same thing wasn't included

[@eliavim3169]

Did he say “3rd Baseman Eva Longoria” ? 😂😂

[@EddiMoFetti]

Nah he said Evan Longoria

[@jbaskinger41]

Actually UCF are technically national champions according to the Colley Matrix which is actually legitimate. Oklahoma State and Notre Dame would be champions as well in 2011 and 2012 respectively. The only difference is the UCF claimed their championship. OSU and Notre Dame have it considered unclaimed.

[@PaleBlueDot14]

Yeah but they considered them unclaimed because, as with UCF's "title," the Colley Matrix was the only (legitimate) system that declared OSU or ND champions. All the other rankings gave it to the team that won the championship game. Notre Dame in 2012 is the perfect example of the dichotomy here; Alabama beat them by four scores in the championship game, so is it really fair to say that Notre Dame deserves to claim a "national championship" just because Alabama had a bad night against the Heisman-winning quarterback? Why even have a national championship game institution if it it's irrelevant in who has the right to claim a title? Comparing UCF to OSU - who had a legitimate case that they should've been in the title game but probably would've suffered the same fate as LSU did that year regardless of who they played - and Notre Dame, who got embarrassed, honestly delegitimizes their "claim" in my mind

[@CoolHandLuke813]

Still didn’t officially win it though. And therefore, it’s stupid.

[@2drunk2drive]

@@CoolHandLuke813 But you're still mad and still talking about it. So it literally worked lmao

[@jbaskinger41]

@@CoolHandLuke813 Remember how in 1990, there were two champions? Colorado and Georgia Tech? AP awarded it to Colorado and Coaches awarded it to Georgia Tech. Those systems are still around to this day along with the college playoffs and the Colley Matrix. The Colley Matrix measures a true championship based off of who was truly the best team that year and the data measured UCF the best team in 2017 believe it or not. Obviously the college playoffs still mean more, but there are still championships given out that the NCAA still recognizes. Even though it's stupid to you, it does not make it illegitimate. So going back to your statement, yes they officially won a National Championship and claimed it.

[@CoolHandLuke813]

@@jbaskinger41 That’s fine. But back when teams shared national titles, like in 90, 97, and 03, they had different systems and polls acknowledging the champions that were actually well known and renowned by all. You had the AP and coaches and then you had the BCS later on. All of those polls were very well known and were widely accepted as the conventional system at the time. These days, the playoff is all that matters. Almost nobody knows what the Colley Matrix even is. And therefore, the legitimacy of it is thin at best. To say that the Colley Matrix is somehow on the same level as the AP or coaches poll is borderline laughable. But nonetheless, props to UCF for a great season in 2017. They just aren’t the national champions is all. All 4 of the playoffs teams that season played and won against much tougher competition. UCF played one top team. Those other teams played several each.

[@joshhale9355]

I’m surprised the Preds’s banner didn’t get roasted. Good job on being regular season winners, you get bounced in the first round like you deserved, you wasted your one chance🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

Second round actually

[@ReggieKSanshire]

Which Preds banner? Didn't they raise a bunch?

[@donnysavitsky967]

@@ReggieKSanshire they raised 3. The ones for the presidents trophy and central division titles are fine with me like they’re real accomplishments. But the one that everyone made fun of was the third one which was for being the “Regular Season: Western Conference Champions”

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

@@donnysavitsky967 Yeah that's the one that's redundant when you already won the President's Trophy, also teams who had the best record in their conference but not the entire league don't raise banners for it

[@justinmaybach6388]

@@rynomclaughlin1595 Technically it makes sense that they hung two separate banners because the Presidents’ Trophy distinguishes the best record in the whole league as opposed to just one conference. While it could make sense to not have two separate banners, Nashville obviously loves to go all lot every year.

[@trippwilson5421]

As an Alabama student, I will say this… we “claim” 5 titles that we didn’t technically win. So, we have no room to poke fun at UCF

[@warcraftlake7]

1970 ohio state claims a national championship and lost their bowl game. So, yeah the two biggest baddest blue bloods on current football have worse NC claimed than UCF 2017 undefeated season one.

[@ryza6897]

5? Which 5? 1941 is the only one that I wish they'd stop claiming. That one's such trash. Finished #20 but someone named them champs for some reason and they ran with it.

[@JDW1110]

A little surprised the Nashville Predators didn’t have an entry on this list. Regular Season Western Conference Champs

[@morganmumma6599]

They hung 3 different banners for a year they lost in the cup final

[@techboy95]

5:55 I was eating when I was watching this while eating and immediately became nauseas at this point and couldn't swallow my food. Jesus that's one of the big moments in Atlanta where everyone remembers where they were when it happened.

[@gregdunn965]

I didn't know that Colts banner was real, I thought it was Photoshopped

[@ColtsPacers1]

Sadly it's real

[@calebhill90]

God the hunter biden diss 💀💀💀

[@technole]

Banners should correspond to an actual award or trophy given. Winning a conference, tournament, or pennant kind of things. MLB wildcard is weird, and a bit of a stretch for an organization that doesn't have much to hang their hat on. More like trying to stretch accomplishments being the only one in AL East having not won a world series. Also declaring yourself a non-consensus national champion with only a peach bowl trophy is bad. It also did not help with recruiting, when you don't have a waffle cone in the trophy case to brag about.

[@hagggle3727]

Nashville predators have a banner for being the “regular season western conference champs” aka finished with the most points in the western conference but didn’t win the western conference win the playoffs

[@cl5619]

Detroit Lions are 1-12 in playoffs in 60+ years. Every time they make the playoffs and are one-and-done, the Lions add the playoff appearance date on their banner

[@tyroland06]

To be fair to 2021 Cincy, nearly everyone that played Bama lost to Bama by a lot, regardless of conference.

[@FivePointsVids]

Auburn took them to the brink and then GA smoked em though :)

[@CreightonRabs]

@@FivePointsVids True, but there's a reason the Big 12 is taking UCF and Cincinnati, so by this time next year, they'll get to prove whether or not they're worthy of being Power Five players in the future. And, yes, Alabama would've demolished anyone outside of the ACC, let alone Cincinnati, who at least held the Tide to 27 points, which is a lot better than how Miami's or A&M's defense fared.

[@phoenixgamer3480]

@@FivePointsVids Auburn also almost defeated LSU in the 8th game of the 2019 season, losing 23-20, could've easily been worse because they got out-gained 508 to 287.

[@ihatechaucer4413]

Not really. They beat Florida and Auburn by only 2 points each, Arkansas and LSU by a touchdown, and they lost to unranked Texas A&M.

[@LeanMrfuzzles]

@bread You only made the playoffs because UCF was denied a spot two seasons in a row after going 25-0. Don't act like UCF didn't do anything and the committee wouldn't have treated Cincy any differently than they did UCF if UCF never made that run. Both UCF and Cincy deserved to be in the playoffs imo, but Cincy getting in last season doesn't detract from UCF at all.

[@EthanRKassel]

Oh yeah, and the Taylor Swift “Most Sold Out Performances” banner at Staples.

[@eriknakamoto2647]

I was hoping this would be in the list! Us LA Kings fans blamed that banner for not making the playoffs until this past season!

[@akgames5244]

Should’ve included the Predators hanging 3 random banners in a season where they lost in the 2nd round

[@MattBlack55]

Ole miss has 2003 SEC West Champions when they lost to LSU and LSU went to play in the SEC Championship game

[@mullamillamix]

We are going to gloss over the Nashville Predators “western conference regular season champions”?

[@CoasterKrazie]

Ozuna smacking that 2011 WC banner 😂

[@OwlGreene]

7:59 Hey....take it easy on my Terps. We haven't had a working "Fridge" in several years. I don't wanna hafta undo my "like". 🤣

[@Broadwaymungo]

@fivepointsvids I don't think the Patriots hanging a banner to commemorate an undefeated regular season is a bad look, insofar as they are the only other team in modern NFL history other than the '72 Dolphins to do that. They also won the AFC, obviously. Same thing with the Falcons. Absolutely hang an NFC Champions banner for the 28-3 game, but the sack record thing is absurd.

[@blueshky]

Rays fan here- the 2013 banner is hilarious and pathetic but the 2011 one? Just from the fact we were 8 games out in September, AND being down 8 runs in game 162 to the Yankees while Boston was winning, them them collapsing and losing to Baltimore and us coming back and winning in extras, yeah, that one is awesome. Lol.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

That entire night was awesome from my perspective as an Orioles fan. That kick-started our "almost" run from 2012-2016. It was an epic night for the AL East in general

[@blueshky]

@@MarloSoBalJr Robert Andino forever.

[@SCORPAIN88isme]

UCF finished 2017 #1 in the Colley Matrix, which the NCAA officially recognizes and used to declare national champions. Technically UCF were national champions in 2017.

[@warcraftlake7]

College football is only college where there is ni championship provided by the NCAA. Technically the trophy awarded isn't official. The official champion is declared by a group of polls. We have had NC awarded to 10-0-1 team whose tie was to a 10-0-1 team and the NC was 10-0-1 team and a 9-3 team. 1970 TOSU was really bad.

[@SCORPAIN88isme]

@@warcraftlake7 Yep! Lots of P5 schools have been doing the same thing for decades

[@VyPrezWolfpackMusic]

To be fair to the Rays, I think every MLB team has pennants for their Wild Card berths. A better title for this video would be "Weirdest Banners in American Sports" But hey, get those clicks, my dude.

[@chris2thejmedia]

2017 Superbowl will forever live in the back of my mind. Watched that game live the whole time as that lead was chipped away...28-3!!! Against the Pats! It's up there with the infamous "throw" by the seahawks against the same opponent. The Pats are just a curse to bird themed terms in my view

[@nroadie]

Expected the Colts’ AFC finalist banner on this list

[@RushFanatic87]

Let’s not forget when Texas A&M joined the SEC, they suddenly found a couple National Championships lying around from 1919 and 1927 that they hadn’t claimed for literal decades because they weren’t recognized by the AP. But then, they joined a conference that sported HELLA championships. So, they slyly snuck those up on their scoreboard just before the 2012 season 😂

[@bens5661]

The AP Poll didn't exist until 1936, of course the AP doesn't recognize them

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Hell, the average WNBA team considers it a sellout crowd when the friggin' custodians show up for work.