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Name The Worst Type of Football Fans
My list:
1-The Take It Very Personally Fan: these are the fans that live and breathe the team they support -- and when the final whistle blows and "their" team lost? Forget it -- you have to walk on eggs around them for a week.
And say to them, "There's always next week; it is just a game" wow, do you ever get dagger eyes and sh!t!
2-The pink-wearing fans. Yuk. These are the girls that wear pink jerseys, pink tees and pink this and pink that with the team name scrawled on it in that ugly scrawly girly girl script.
If you're going to wear a tee shirt or jersey or what not, buy one that has the actual team colors ON IT!!!
3-The fan that gets pissed drunk at a game -- These people are keeling over in the stands and they don't even seem to know they are three sheets to the wind -- there was one of these cretins in back of me at a game some several years ago -- he actually fell onto the woman sitting next to me.
4-The fans that give you sh!t if you say anything about "their" team not being up to snuff. Huh? YOu're going to give me sh!t because I said "I see the Flying Speghetti Monsters lost in overtime"? Holy cow. Put up and SHUT UP!
5-The fans that have to tailgate from 7 in the morning to long after the lot's cleared out and gone...and have to have a day's supply of beer WITH THEM! (this isn't just a sixpack between 2 people -- this is at least a case of beer or more. Considering there are roadblocks and DWI checkpoints...and considering it's just plain stupid to sit there and drink all day...come on, you know?)
Re: Name The Worst Type of Football Fans
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I see myself a little bit in almost all of these. Haha. I don't wear my pink shirts to games, but I do own a couple (xmas gift from my MIL). I can take some games super personally. I.e. when Mizzou got spanked by Texas last year, a coworker (who knows jack about football) was texting me talking smack. That definitely worked on my nerves. She couldn't figure out why I was so mad. The people that I tailgate with are pretty hardcore and have it down to a science. We are there pretty much all day. There is quite a bit of alcohol consumed throughout the day (with a DD), but definitely not enough to make us miss the game, fall into other fans, etc.
My least favorite type of fan, are the bandwagon fans. Mizzou doesn't have a tremendous history in football. They have had some success in the past, but nothing outrageous. The last couple of seasons have been fairly successful. The first loss of the season (to Oklahoma State) last year came and some fans were walking around yelling, "well that's Mizzou for ya!" K, then maybe you should not have been such a huge fan when they were doing well. Losses happen regardless. People like that make me mad.
K, so there's my novel. Ha.
Well, I pretty much fit into the bolded categories, so...
And as to my 'categories:'
1. Fans who trash talk to the opposing team's fans, particularly when they are the visiting team.
2. Fans who boo for their own team / individual player, no matter how poorly their team is playing.
3. Fans who cheer when a player on the opposing team is injured.
4. Fans who feel the need to yell out strings of profanity during the game. There are kids around, dude. Lighten up.
So for me, I'm all about varying levels of enthusiasm for one's team. But I do take issue with 'classless' fans who partake in the foregoing.
What about the fans that just have a group of people that they watch the game with and have a great time and make some great memories?! That is the type of fan I am!
No problems here, so long as you don't laugh off a loss and say "it's only a game" on Monday morning.
Ugh, that is THE. WORST.
I really hate the fans that talk crap but don't know jack about the sport OR the team. They just know the team's winning and want to talk smack. I ran into that a lot during the Big 12 men's tournament...there were a lot of OU fans sputtering off during the OU-OSU game. We ended up winning, which was FABULOUS...and they all cleared out faster than you could say "OU".
I also hate the fans that are obnoxious about my alma mater's team. Yeah, we're SUPPOSED to be good this year, but they don't call it Poke Choke for nothin'. Stop talkin' smack and let the team do the talking, because if we choke more than win, you'll look like an a$$ the rest of the season. To everyone.
I have known to be #1 and #5 on your list
(we do switch of on a DD though and get a hotel room).
Good call on the pink shirts. I can't stand those and the ones with glitter make me crazy.
I completely agree, these fans are the worst. Show a little respect.
I hate the fans that are so in love with their team that they can't make admit the team made a mistake. It happens to everybody, own up to it. I'm specifically referencing the Oregon vs. Oklahoma (?) game a few years ago. Ducks totally f'ed the onside kick, refs totally blew it, and the Ducks won. But really, it was Oklahoma ball and nobody I know will own up to this.
Can we add the bandwagon fan? I get so annoyed with people who are just fairweather fans and just on something when it's good and then get back off. I've been a huge Kentucky fan my whole life and am given sh!t all the time. People gave me crap when the football team wasn't good and then more crap these last few years for the basketball team. I cheer for my team whether they are good or bad! My uncle is a huge example of this kind of fan. Whenever UK loses, he's like "we suck; I'm never coming to another game..." and he just jumped on the Tampa Bay Rays bc they've had a few good years.
Another one that I can't stand is the "I think I know everything fan." The ones that spout out a few things they know and then call the players by the wrong name. If you don't know it, just say so!
Cinnabun and Junebug say, "Go Wildcats!"
Exactly what I was talking about up there. I hate those people!! And FYI, those are the people who will act like they LOVE UK when they are successful. That's how it has been with Mizzou. Stupid people. Don't try to act like a true fan if you didn't like them during the difficult times.
I know it just pisses me off!
Cinnabun and Junebug say, "Go Wildcats!"
Ditto. If you don't know anything about my team or my sport, keep your mouth shut!
I see a tiny bit of myself in each of the OP numbers. But, just a tiny bit!
I love my school and I love my school's football season even more!
The fans that make me the craziest are the bandwagon fans, the fans that think their team is God's gift to earth, the fans that blame EVERYTHING on the refs, etc. As much as I love my team and football season, I'm willing to admit when the team played bad and that they're not perfect. They win some and they lose some... but that doesn't make me any less of a fan. I'm not going to go into depression because they lose - sure, I'll be bummed, but hey - it's a game. But, you can put money on it that I'll be wearing my school colors the day after the game - win or lose.
I don't know about other areas too much, but around here the OU fans are the absolute worst. Not ALL of them, but the majority of them that I've met (my extended family falls under the obnoxious bandwagon heading) are ignorant.
I guess I basically agree with everything that's been said ahead of me!
I'm sure you're a great fan and one of the few who were nice to me in Columbia two years ago, but my first thought at this post was "A bandwagon Mizzou fan."
I've never been treated so poorly in my life. I won't go back. And I used to love going to Columbia for the games.
I do have to admit, I do wear my pink t shirts, to games
But the fans I hate the bandwagon jumpers who like to talk down about your team when they don't even know what's going on with "their" team.
And I hate the fans that leave at the 1st sign of a blowout. You came to support your team, and leaving when they're going down in flames that's really not support.
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I hate the fans who say that you are not a real fan if you don't eat, breathe, and live your team. I know a few RedSox fans like that.
I am just as much a fan of my team as you are of yours, but I have a life away from baseball. In fact, I am more of a fan, because my team has sucked more than they haven't, and I still follow them even though I've moved away and have to pay for the sports package on Directv!
I also hate the "fans" that think they know the game and team, because they play fantasy sports. You don't get points awarded for defense, and that's half the game!
ETA: I am actually more of a baseball fan, but these people are found everywhere!
You just described my XH. This was the worst.
The Red Sox have also sucked much more than they haven't in their 100+ year history.
I hate fair weather or bandwagon fans. I can't tell you how many games I've been to where people start to leave at the first sign of a blowout (like pp said).
ITA. I went to OSU and sat with my friend, her dh and her parents one game over in the visitors side for bedlam because we couldn't get any other seats. These two "OU fans" sat behind us and kept yelling continuously throughout the game "OSU SUCKS!" We were good sports and tried to ignore them. That all changed when it looked like we were going to win and they started talking trash about my friend, her mom and myself. Her dad stood up and told them to shut up or leave.
The funny thing is that most of the obnoxious fans are ones who never went to school there. At least from my experience.
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Oh, I totally know what you mean. Ever since MU has been doing well in the last couple of years, the fan base has grown (obviously). Unfortunately, most of these new fans SUCK at being fans. They are mean, completely bandwagon/fair weather fans, and don't know what they are talking about at all. It can be a little embarrassing at times. And as a life long MU fan, I can always tell who is new to being a fan of Mizzou football (if that makes sense). I am sorry that you were not treated well when you were in Columbia last. I can bet it was someone who couldn't have given two shitts about Mizzou prior to their success recently.
And I am going to go out on a limb here and say you are a Nebraska fan (based on the black shirts siggy...haha). I went to the Mizzou @ Nebraska game last year and the fans were VERY nice. One of my bestfriends is a big 'skers fan so we went to a few Nebraska tailgates, etc. Everyone was so nice to us even though we were decked out in Mizzou stuff. I know some places are incredibly rude to the opposing fans especially after they lose...that was definitely not the case at Memorial Stadium. Very classy fans...I wish some Mizzou fans would learn from fans like that.
Yep, definitely a Husker fan!
I know we're in Columbia this year, but if you come to Lincoln next year let me know! We'll be sure to have a fun tailgate going and you're more than welcome to join!
I used to have a coworker who turned her workspace (actually it was others' workspace too, but she was the designated "lead") into a friggen' shrine to her team. Waaaaaay overboard with the decorations - all year long. She didn't stop at the workspace; she overdecorated herself, too, including glue-on appliques to her nails! (Don't ask me why management let herget away with that) She never shut up about the team, either.
The weirdest part was that she didn't go this college, and where she was born and raised about 1,200 miles away from it. Flame me, but I don't get extreme fanaticism over a team that's not local to you - liking a nonlocal team is one thing, but she went far beyond liking it.
Bandwagon fans. By far the worse.
Making it worse? I live in South Florida--home of the bandwagon fans. Marlins can't draw more than 5,000 people. Unless they're winning (Or playing the Yankees, Mets or Red Sox). Heat? Nobody cared about them...until they won an NBA championship. The Panthers? Oh, hot damn, EVERYONE loved hockey during the 1996 Stanley Cup run and now? Go to a game and you can take up an entire row in the lower bowl if you want to.
And my poor Canes? My poor, poor Canes? Played their home opener on national TV in front of 40,000 people. In a 70,000 seat stadium. Made me want to cry.
Now that the Canes are ranked, getting tickets to the Oklahoma game in two weeks has cost some of us an arm and a leg. I work on quite a few Saturdays during the fall, so I couldn't get my tickets until I got the day-off request approved the other day.
And then it took me forever to find tickets. Even the girl at the UM ticket office said, "Wow...we haven't sold tickets like this to a game in forever."
Throw the fact in that most South Florida sports fans don't know crap about sports and it makes it worse. Trying to listen to sports talk radio here makes my ears bleed.
Fire Randy Shannon. Fire Tony Sparano. Pat Riley is the devil and poor Fredi Gonzalez...lol. You have to laugh or it will make you cry.