Readers speak out on new football season
Comments: What teams do you cheer on?
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• University of South Carolina! We have had a long line of family and friends that went to UofSC. There is simply nothing like going to Williams Brice and experiencing a Gamecock football game!!
• Florida Gators!
• Birmingham Bees! A childhood favorite.
• My favorite team is the New York Giants. My family went to Disneyland when I was a kid, and we happened to be staying at the same hotel as the Giants, who were getting ready to play the Los Angeles Rams. My Dad recognized the Giants' kicker, Pete Gogolak, standing by the balcony near our room. Gogolak was the first soccer-style kicker in the NFL. We struck up a conversation, and he couldn't have been nicer. I later sent him a get well card when he broke his leg, and he sent me an autographed picture that still hangs in my office. The whole thing made a great impression on my 8-year-old self, and I've been a Giants fan ever since.
• Tennessee Titans
• Penn State - husband & 2 granddaughters are Alumni, BE
• Rutgers
• The Ohio State University - my Alma mater and favorite team of all time since my Dad took me to my first game at The Shoe when I was in middle school and saw Archie Griffin play.
• Gamecocks! Philip Simmons High School, and the Kansas City Chiefs!! The Gamecocks because my dad has been taking us to games since we were little little! PSH because my daughter is a senior there and she’s in the marching band, and the Chiefs because well, Taylor’s boyfriend, Tracey plays for them, duhhh.
• Philadelphia Eagles. I grew up in the Philadelphia area.
• Bishop England, South Carolina Gamecocks, Atlanta Falcons
• Alabama, Georgia Tech, USC, UCF, Missouri, Hawaii. My dad is a retired college football coach and we love to watch games together of the teams my dad used to coach, or the games of schools where we still have friends who are coaching there. We also love watching NFL games of teams with players my dad coached or teams like the Chiefs where we have a friend on the coaching staff.
• Florida Gators!!
• Clemson, Penn State, University of North Carolina
• Pittsburgh Steelers and Pitt Panthers. Well, because it's Pittsburgh. Why else?
• Alabama, I’m an Alabama grad as well as my sister and father. I was born in Tuscaloosa while my father was in law school at Alabama.
• GO BLUE!!!
• Buffalo Bills, been going to games since I was 4.
Next week: Who is answering political polls?
As this roller coaster ride of a presidential election season nears its final weeks, everyone’s eyes are on the polls. No matter which side of the aisle you find yourself, political polls are celebrated, touted and even feared. But just who is being polled? In the past, political polls were primarily conducted by phone. In a Pew Research Center report, the organization notes that methods are changing, combining live phone surveys with online survey requests. But the higher percentages still lean towards using phone calls. As one cable news pundit asked, “Who is answering unknown numbers on their phones anymore?” And so, who is answering these phone polls? Do you answer unknown numbers on your phone or are you a “screener?” Share your thoughts at surveymonkey.com/r/political_polls or use the QR code by Sunday, Aug. 25, at 5 p.m. And tell us if you think political polls are valid or flawed.