WARNING: This tag is not for the casual football fan! Only die-hards will probably have strong enough feelings about each team to participate.
THE RULES: Sort the 32 football teams into the categories listed below based on the feelings that the teams give you. Each category has a certain number of slots available for teams. Pair a book with each team based on which book relates closest to the matching bookish category. Don’t use any team more than once!!
PICK ONE TEAM & BOOK
- THIS IS MY TEAM. I love them more than anything and don’t care if the obsession is unhealthy. | Favorite book of all time
The Texans are my favorite team, mostly because of my love for J.J. Watt. I watched Hard Knocks with the Texans over the summer and fell in love with the whole team as well. They haven't been having the best season so far and they haven't had a winning season for a quite awhile now, but I'm still seriously cheering for them. My favorite book of all time is definitely Jellicoe Road. It's just so beautifully written and has such unique characters that will always stick with me.
- I hate this team with every fiber of my being. When they lose, I feel like I’ve won. |Book with a low rating and/or enraged you while reading
I'm with Lauren, I absolutely can't stand the Patriots. My problem mostly comes from how they always win. Plus Tom Brady just comes off as a jerk to me. I also think Patriots fans are beyond obnoxious. Sorry, if any of you are fans of them! I do know a fan of them who isn't obnoxious at all, but a lot of them are and that makes me resent the team as a whole. Ugly Love was a book that I gave a one star rating. The whole romance and love triangle (that wasn't REALLY a love triangle) just made me so angry.
- A lot of people I know love this team, but I’m not one of them. | Hyped book that didn’t work for you
Where I live, there's tons of Bengals fans. I liked the first book in the Selection series, but I couldn't stand this one.
- I don’t personally know a single person who roots for this team. (Do they have fans??) | Underrated book you loved
It could be because they haven't been very good for several years now, but I don't know any fans of them. Audrey, Wait! was a book that I loved and believe is completely underrated.
- I HATE how good this team is and I really need them to suck a bit more. |Book that pleasantly surprised you
Okay so the Broncos have yet to win a Super Bowl since Manning joined their team. However, every season they've been totally dominate during the regular season. They always have a winning record and I have a ton of respect for them, but they are just so good. Plus their division isn't really that tough and so they always crush it. What We Saw was a book I didn't expect to love as much as I did.
- I’d give anything for one of this team’s players to join my team. | Favorite supporting characters or friend group in a book
How freaking unstoppable would the Texans be if they had a guy like Odell Beckham Jr. on their team? I'm with Lauren on her book answer for this one, I can't think of any books that have a better cast of characters than My Life Next Door
- If I had to get rid of my team’s quarterback, I’d take the quarterback from this team in his place. | Favorite main character
I LOVE Russell Wilson. He just seems like such a sweet guy. I also think his rise into the NFL and becoming the Seahawks starting QB was incredibly impressive. I love Emily from Since You've Been Gone, she's one of the few characters that I totally related to.
- This team has one of the HOTTEST players in the NFL. *fans self* | Book boyfriend
Cam Newton is easily the sexiest player in the NFL. I just love Perry from Under The Never Sky.
DIVISION RIVAL TEAMS & BOOKS
- These three teams are my division rivals. | Sports-related books you’ve read
PICK MULTIPLE TEAMS & BOOKS
*If you have a lot of teams under the more negative categories, you don’t have to feature a large amount of books… just in case you don’t want to spread the negative around too much
- If I was forced to choose teams to root for instead of my own, it would probably be one of these. | Books containing ships you will go down with
My whole family are fans of the Steelers and some of my family actually lives there. Personally, I've never been a huge fan of them, but I will cheer for them just to bond with them. I like the Eagles partly because of Silver Linings Playbook. I have mixed feelings for the Cowboys, but I still respect them, I'm just not a huge fan. I love Lucas and Jacqueline from Easy, they are such a power couple. As is Cam and Avery from the amazing Wait For You series.
- Because of that ONE terrible game I’ll never forget, these teams are stuck in my head forever. *shakes fist* | Books with endings you didn’t see coming
Texans have only made it to the playoffs twice, in back to back years in 2011 and 2012. Both times, they defeated the Bengals in the wildcard game, only to get beaten in the second game. In the first year, it was the Raven who beat them, and it was actually a pretty close game. We Were Liars is the only choice for me.
- If I had to choose a team based on their colors, logo, or uniform, I’d choose these beauties. | Covers you love
How can I not love Dolphins? I also love the color. I picked New Orleans because I really love the design. As you can tell based on the book covers, I love pink and anything with bright colors. I think both of these are just so adorable and they managed to get my attention right away.
- I generally like these teams and will root for them (unless they’re playing mine, of course). | Books you’d recommend
I used to cheer for the Bears because I liked some of the players, but they are no longer there. Still though, they have yet to give me any reason to dislike them so I still wish them the best. I like the Rams because a few of their players were huge stars on my favorite college's football team. I recommend these two books because I believe they both have seriously important things to say about mental illness.
- I generally dislike these teams and am pretty happy when they lose. | Books you weren’t a fan of or were disappointed by
Most of these teams I dislike due to a combination of my parents not liking them or because I didn't like their attitude towards my team. There was so much attitude radiating from the 49ers when they played the Texans this year during a preseason game. I expected to like both The Truth About Us and The One Thing more than I did because the plots seemed to sound like something I'd absolutely love.
- I don’t care either way about these teams. *yawn* | Books that were middle-of-the-road MEH for you
I just don't have any thoughts or feelings about these teams really. I was expecting to love Open Road Summer and The Summer I Turned Pretty series a lot better than I actually did.
Well, that's it for the list! Thank you again Lauren for taking the time to carefully and thoughtfully construct this tag. I loved it and felt like it was so much fun! I tag any die hard football fans who also feel like this would be fun for them.
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