I noticed that the Bama fan thread was hinting at this a little, and for the sake of keeping that about primarily Bama fans, I'm doing this here.
I'm very curious as to who you TKPers evaluate as the fan bases that you consider the best you've seen, other than ours, obviously. I'm also curious to see who you all think are the worst. Obviously, the usual suspects are going to be here: Nebraska, PSU for the good side; and Miami, WVU for the bad side.
I'll start this off. Easily the best group of fans I've ever dealt with have been Clemson fans. In my experiences with them, they've never been anything short of classy. Even at the 2011 ACCCG, the fans I dealt with were all brimming with happiness and pure emotion, not vitriol and hatred towards us. I found that incredibly refreshing, and noticed that it continued when I traveled to Death Valley last season. They're just genuinely nice people, primarily.
Even though I've hated the school since high school, way before I was ever considering being a Hokie, Michigan surprisingly has very classy fans as well, at least the ones I saw in New Orleans.
On the flip side, never have I encountered a fan base more disillusioned, rude, and obnoxious than Rutgers. I thought that because I live in New Jersey, that I had seen what Rutgers fans had to offer, but I was not prepared for dealing with them at the Russell Athletic Bowl. Needless to say, I take great pride in wearing anything VT when I'm out in NJ now.
What are your guys' opinions? Discuss away!
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Best I've felt with was Nebraska's fans. Worst either wvu or the bama fans I'm encountering on social media
Can second just how low class Rutgers fans can get. Some are good but a larger than normal percentage are classless, maybe it has to do with them being too close to NYC? Our more likely they just havent been relevent enough to ever be exposed to what a fan base should be like.
Would say the interactions ive had with GT fans have left very favorable impressions, especially after meeting their band twice, their student body is in many ways similar to ours and thus I think we have one of the best friendly rivalries in the ACC.
Also props for being a fellow NJ HOKIE!
Worse experience ive had on an acc road trip is GT '09
All fan bases are great but not as great as #HokieNation #HokieRespect
Would you like some ham on your cheese sandwich?
WVU, Miami, and our own fans. My wife has been shoved and punched by more of our own then I would like to remember.
while i've only hokies attack their own once, i've definitely seen hokies get out of line with fans of other schools plenty of times. many times, someone from our group have stepped in and stopped it, thats when i saw the hokie on hokie bs.
I'm sorry but what do you have to do to get punched by your own fans? Especially when you're a woman?
Stand up while seated in the bottom 15 rows on the west side. When I was 19 my gf at the time was 18. Got in an argument with 2 men at least 50 yes old each. And while they were screaming and cussing I was just being civil and kindly stating that I would remain standing and had every right to do so. Found out after the game that the older of the two men kicked my girlfriend. I'm glad I found out after because had I known when it happened I would've gotten arrested for what would have happened
If I was your gf I would have kicked his
ass myself. That is messed up.
she made a very wise decision in not telling me until we left. i just thought that it was amusing that 2 <20 yr old kids were being 100% civil and two grown ass men were cursing and screaming. noone else cared that we stood except this one row. im willing to comprimise if the person is nice but if youre rude i will stand 100% of the time even during timeouts. if you want to sit and not participate then go home and watch it on tv
Blame it on the a-a-a-a-alcohol.
Have a buddy that has a similar horror story. Said mediocre east stand seats are far superior to the good west stand seats that he had...and won't ever be going back.
Was that friend me? I think I've told that story on here a couple times.
ive only had that happen once since ive been going to every home game starting in late 05'. for some reason i normally end up getting tickets on the west side. being that i have to resort to tsl ticket exchange, craigslist, or walking around outside of the stadium ive had great seats
Sort of exactly what happened to us. I got downvoted for mentioning it for some reason though.
i guess some folks dont wanna admit that not all hokies are saints
Their thing was they paid for the seat. My answer was so did I and I have the right to stand up just like you do. If you don't want to stand that is your choice. I will be accommodating if u are nice and respectful otherwise have fun looking at my back while seated and not participating
Douchebags exist everywhere.
Punched in the back of the head by drunks that don't know how to handle their booze. Its not a requirement that something be done to receive a punch. I'm not sure what you are alluding to.
I've seen Hokie fans get quite rowdy too. The worst I saw was during a Miami game at Lane. I can't remember why, but I was late to getting to the game so I wasn't in Lane when Enter Sandman played. Apparently so weren't a lot of other people, which lead to a whole bunch of pushing and shoving because people wanted to get in the stadium before kickoff. The worst thing was I saw a pregnant woman get pushed up against the dividing fence behind the scoreboard, leading her to trip and fall down. Not one Hokie fan stopped to help her up or give her space. This lead to what I presume to be her husband to start freaking out and pushing anyone out of the way. I was too far in the sea of bodies to help quickly, so I shouted for people to move but that was easily drowned out by the loud crowd. Luckily for them a cop was near by and was able to help them out. Needless to say, if I were pregnant I probably would make sure to get in the stadium much earlier to avoid being rough housed, but thats me. Still perhaps the ugliest situation I saw at Lane.
Best:
Nebraska: At the Nebraska game we had a keg at our tailgate in Linton Reeves and had a clever sign that I won't type here in hopes of avoiding offending someone asking for donations from people drinking from the keg. Multiple Nebraska fans stopped by on the way to the game without taking any beer or anything and made donations because they liked our sign.
Marshall: They went out of their way to stop their cars in the middle of the road to scream at me "We are much better than WVU fans aren't we? They suck!"
Worst fan bases:
WVU - no explanation necessary
WVU - They suck.
WVU - Hate them.
Agree on the Marshall statement. We got nothing but love when we went to the game from the Alumni. However, the students could use some work. They tended to be vulgar and talked a lot of trash. This was always countered by an older Marshall fan inviting us over for free food and drink.
The best was that night, because WVU was playing LSU. We were all at a bar and every single person was rooting for LSU. It was about 50/50 Hokies/Marshall but we were all WVU haters that night.
We all hate wvu. Growing up a Herd fan and now a Hokie, Ive hated them forever. Same with uva
Best: Nebraska, they may be the absolute best mannered fan base in the country (next to ours of course). If you walk into a Nebraska tailgate you may think you just walked into Canada, they are that nice!
Worst: FSU at the ACCCG back in 2010. They were AWFUL! All they did was yell at Hokie fans and mention something about JMU....they seemed to think we lost to them or something. And of course that horrid horrid song and chopping motion thing just get's old after about halfway through the first time you hear it. It was great to see them leaving the stadium early that night.
I don't always do the tomahawk chop, but when I do, it's to cheer on the Braves.
Dear wisec4g,
That's just as bad.
Sincerely,
A depressed Nats fan
But actually, you guys are wiping the floor with us this year....
Yes its just as bad.
A thrilled Pirates fan first place baby
Best: Michigan fans because I went down to the Sugar Bowl with my wife and unfortunately got seats in their section and the whole game we were both complementing each others players and even lucky moments which UM had a lot! By the end of the game everyone except one drunk guy shook my hand and said good game and that we definitely one that game.
Worst: Bama/FSU, bama fans have become so snobby and arrogant with their (back to back NCs) that they can't even care for any other team, especially outside the SEC. FSU the only thing they got for them... that stupid chop. By the way I would really like to know the % of Bama fans to those that actually have degrees there? Anybody?
So we were out on Bourbon Street and a couple of MV's were at a strip club. They got talking to one of the dancers. Found out she just graduated from UVA...
Nothing but good things to say about Michigan fans. At the Sugar Bowl we had about a 30 minute walk home to our hotel in full uniform. We kept passing Michigan fans that said we played a great game, we were classy, and that we should have won haha.
They even complemented us, the band, saying we were incredibly loud and sounded great. Which is pretty impressive considering Michigan is arguably the best band in the land.
Now Rutgers on the other hand was a different story. There were a few instances where their fans wouldn't stop jawing at us during pep rallies and parades. One was pretty funny actually. We were in a parade at Universal Studios and this woman started to spazz out at us. She was yelling that we were the worst team in the FBS and didn't even deserve to be here. To top it off she yelled something on the same lines as "Go to hell!". Classy.
Upvote for the first sentence.
Was this the same strip club where Harry dropped like 200 bucks in 10 minutes?
No, different times
http://www.cracked.com/article_18783_6-reasons-dolemite-most-awesomely-b...
What an awesome trip that was lol
I would tell her that I can take that from a lot of people, but not from anyone associated with Rutgers.
Talk about irrelevant.
The best fan bases Ive seen are Nebraska followed by Clemson. UGA and UT seemed ok along with GT. Miami, Maryland, Bama and WVU fans. Ive heard both extremes on LSU. Heard A&M are great.
I find MD fans pretty obnoxious and sometimes pretty classless.
I didn't realize UMD had fans... wait are we talking about Basketball?
I find any fan base that feels the need to burn a bunch of furniture to be classless and obnoxious
Wvu fans with teeth
That is a rare thing to find.
They are pretty delusional too.
The worst experience I had was the Clemson game in 2007. After destroying the Tigers on their home turf 41-23, I was walking back to my tailgate and some Clemson fans started hollering at me. Naturally I ignored them and continued walking to not instigate anything. This lead to their fans chucking beer bottles at me. I didn't get hit but was surprised by the lack of character those actions represented. On the other hand, it's better than WVU fans who probably would have peed in the bottles before throwing them.
and lit them on fire
Clemson fans I've seen have been awful. Have family at South Carolina after a win against Clemson, Tigers fans keyed their car, stabbed the tires, and broke off the mirrors after the game. Hard for me to have any respect for them since that incident.
I would say that the best fans I've been around is either Nebraska or Clemson and the worst are West Virginia and Miami.
worst i've ever experienced in person: maryland, at both lane and byrd. i really enjoy talking to fans of other schools, but if you talk a bunch of shit expect return fire from your boy. without getting too into both stories the bullshit started from the moment we sat down at both stadiums. hoo friends of mine concur about umd fans just going over the top. i wonder if the whole northeastern nfl fan mindset hasnt seeped into their college fandom also.
best, idk, i've had good times with fans of a bunch of schools. we had a great time with boise fans who were tailgating next to us and others in the stadium. had friendly convos with a kansas dude and his son, but i think my cussing weirded him out a little once things started going south for us lol. i have close friends who are diehard about unc, uva, and nc state and went to games with them without incident. hell, we went to a wake tailgate in 06 that was awesome. they had good beer and kick ass ribs, good times.
Best: LSU, Southern Miss, Marshall
Worst: WVU, WVU, WVU, WVU, WVU, UVA, Miami, WVU
Clemson Alum are great, students not so much. Probably is the case for a lot of schools though. Boise State was the worst experience for me. And it's a shame that one person would ruin it for all, but this girl with blue hair was absolutely classless. After the game we were walking by and she was just running her mouth. Saying all kinds of vulgar stuff and a friend actually stopped to deal with her so I turn around to grab him. The guy with the girl I think was even shocked by how she was and was trying to pull her away. I think that is the only time I have really just wanted to lay a girl out. I'm a laid back guy so it takes a lot to bother me that much but she went too far and then some.
Michigan fans were pretty good. Didn't have much contact with Nebraska fans, but that's pretty much like no news is good news so I'll take everyone's word on them.
WVU, Maryland, Miami, FSU
They are without a doubt the worst in no particular order
Honestly the worst fans I've come across were Stanford fans in the Orange Bowl. My family was right next to the student section and we were constantly pestered the entire game. Most of them were obnoxiously drunk and had very little football knowledge. One girl actually asked me if Tech had ever been to a bowl game before... I remember their students eventually started chanting "state school" once they took a commanding lead. I thought that was the most conceded thing ever. I eventually cussed out one of their fans right in front of my parents, and they didn't even care because of how bad it had gotten. People actually complemented me afterwords because they had gotten so out of hand.
EDIT: Sorry this is a double post, but I meant to post it here the first time
I grew up a die-hard Stanford football fan (Dad and grandparents went there in the 70's and 50's), and I can say, I'm not shocked in the least. For the first 17 years of my life (1990-2007), I missed only a handful of games, even though most years, we really sucked. The stands were empty and the fans who did show up had an average age of around 92. It took a donor buying 5000 tickets to give away to the students in 2008(ish?) to get anyone in school to actually go to the games. That, in addition to the fact that you pretty much have to know someone and be Jesus incarnate to even have a shot to get in (They have about a 6% accept rate), makes behavior like what you witnessed all too common. Point is: don't expect too many people who actually know football to be walking around in a Stanford shirt. Unless they're around 58, in which case that might be my dad, so watch yourself, punk.
Not to mention their student body seems to love their sorry excuse of a marching band. I'm sorry...but when a governor prohibits you from visiting a school...there's a problem.
Best Fan Base I've experienced is Clemson. They're not rude or cocky; they're just really jolly about wearing lots of orange stuff and cheering those tigers.
Another take...drunkest fan base I've ever encountered was LSU 2007. There are about 90,000 people in Baton Rouge that probably need intervention. I'm pretty sure most of those guys started tailgating for that game the Saturday before.
I actually had good experiences with both LSU and A&M back when we played them in the burg in the early 2000s. Granted we won both games....
Best: Clemson and NC State. Both were welcoming, fun, and wanted to play drinking games. Clemson was very polite after giving us a schlacking (twice).
Worst: Michigan. All the fans I met at the Sugar Bowl were assholes. All they talked about was how we didn't deserve a BCS bid that year (which is definitely arguable, however, if we didn't, UM sure as hell didn't). Then after 'beating' us, they proceeded to brag and talk about how good their team was... I had never routed so hard for a an SEC team to win as I did in last years Bama/UM game.
Not really a bad experience, but definitely funny. After we beat ECU in 2010 some ECU fan started screaming on our way out "At least we didn't lose to JMU". After he did that about 5 times I looked at him and said, "Yea, but we just beat you. So what does that mean about your team?" He stopped talking after that.
Also, not football related but El Salvador fans during the Gold Cup who were screaming at people to sit down in spanish. Since we're not a spanish speaking country most Americans didn't understand them, so in order to get them to understand these El Salvador fans decided to chuck full beers at them. Friggin morons.
But.... but the beer.... Why would they waste beer like that?
Best Fan Base/Away Game Experience - Nebraska, hands down. My wife (girlfriend at that time) and I had tickets from a Nebraska Alum in the middle of their North end zone alumni section. As we were walking up the bleachers all the fans were saying welcome and good luck. At least one guy stepped out and gave my girlfriend a great big hug and said "It's great to see you here". I looked at her and was like - Do you know him? Is there something you should be telling me? As good Hokies, we stood and cheered the whole game (especially on defense) and the folks around me didn't get frustrated with that. I was even impressed with how nice their fans were when they called into the sports talk radio show after the game. Lots of "Our boys played their hearts out but just got beat on a couple of plays", "How can we make the team better". Nobody was calling for heads of coaches or saying the refs blew the game or anything. Very polite
Worst - Away Game Experience - UMD, We were Hokie fans in the middle of the UMD student section (not the wisest choice but that's where my tickets were). It was the only time I've had things thrown at me. We even moved to stand next to another group of Hokie fans for safety in numbers.
I've also had bad/annoying experiences with Duke fans at Duke. Couple of drunkards followed me and my wife for a bit grumbling about "wait for basketball season, who cares if you've won at football"
Best - Clemson, Nebraska, Tennessee
Partying with Clemson is just fun because they basically are Tech but with better weather and more blondes. I tried to heckle some Nebraska fans once and they were so nice I felt terrible afterwards. Tennessee fans actually wanted to talk football with me and I was surprised how much they new about Ryan Williams, Tyrod, our coaches and our defense.
Worst - Bama, WVU
Bama guys were trying to pick fights everywhere I went in Atlanta - at bars, bathrooms, tailgates and even inside the stadium. WVU is, well, WVU.
So.... Nebraska is the Canada of college football?
If you've ever been to Nebraska, it makes sense. The entire state is completely flat and, in my opinion, boring. They are probably just so damn thrilled to go anywhere else that they are hoping to get invited back. If I'm not mistake the largest man made mountain is in NE. That should tell you everything you need to know...
I have to respectfullly disagree with the Clemson fans being nice. I went down to Clemson in 2011 with two of my roommates because one of them had a gf who went to CU. The Friday we got there, we went out to eat at this Mexican restaurant and on our way in, I was holding the door for an elderly (and I mean elderly, at least 70+) couple. The couple was decked out in CU gear. The man fell into me, while I was holding the door for him, and said "Move asshole", when I had done nothing wrong. The next day, we went to the Clemson vs Wake Forest game as neutral fans. We were sitting amongst a group of students and one drunk student fell off his bleacher and collapsed on top of my roommate. Typically wouldn't be a big problem as this happens in crowded stadiums except the student stood up, saw that my roommate was of Middle-eastern desent and said "Get out of here you Taliban POS". I wanted to introduce this student's face to my fist but I had promised my roommates (and my parents) that I would not get into any trouble and get arrested. I realize that I could have just experienced 2 very severe cases of being completely rude and out of line people but you can understand my hatred for Clemson and the Clemson fan base.
All students are pretty much idiots (even ours), so you have to judge the fan base on their alumni.
The best by far are Texas A&M and Nebraska...not even close. Clemson alumni are also good people and very hospitable...they just suffer from an irrational exuberance and overvalue their education, but best in the ACC for sure.
The worst? It is hard to pick from the trashy, classless WVU and Miami....or the obnoxiously oblivious and pretentious Tarholes....or the redneck douches of FSU (especially their women).....can't stand any of those people.
I don't think you're judging people who are actually alumni at some of those schools. Miami and FSU have two very large bandwagon groups who tend to be some of the worst fans. They aren't alumni, but they became "fans" during the golden years of those programs. I would imagine the same goes for WVU and many of their fans. There are many that couldn't even get into WVU except on gameday to throw batteries at people.
This is a great point. These "fans" have not attachment at all to these schools. They also don't care how they represent an institution that they don't really belong too. They're no better than trolls and to me aren't a true judge of the fan base.
Let's face it, every school that has been successful has these guys. We have them for sure, hell even UVA has them. Anytime you hear some UVA fan bring up their win against FSU in the 90's, you can probably bet they're not an alum. Same goes for any Miami fan who brings up their team from the 80's or is wearing one of those awful Starter wind-breakers.
just because someone isnt an alum doesnt mean there's no connection. you guys wonder how bama, ohio state, florida, texas, usc, etc have the resources and donor support that keeps them next level and the 5 stars rolling in? because they have a ton of people who for whatever reason hooked their wagons to those schools and finance the program. fanbases run the gamut from high roller boosters to folks cooking burgers and drinking cheap beer in the public lots. you shouldnt look down your noses at people who wanna root for their hometown or home state team just because they didnt go college or went to a smaller school that didnt have bigtime football.
and anyways, a hoo brings up warrick dunn means theyre not an alum? hows that?
My point is that there are bandwagoners everywhere. Didn't mean to generalize everyone in one category.
My point was that he said to judge by their alumni. I don't believe their alumni are the fans we often dislike. Yes, there are certainly ones that make fools of themselves and we tend to have negative experiences with them, but some of the ones that could care less are only fans and not alumni that care about the representation of the school.
There are people that can't get into WVU?
Yeah of course. They cant let the ENTIRE state of new jersey in, can they?
I swear, if they don't go to Rutgers, they go to WVU. That's from an NJ resident
hey not all of us are lucky enough to attend Tech lol. Also come NJ enough with the crazy weather, had a tornado today!
Also dont undersell that center of "higher learning" known as Penn State, or the uber high class NJ Community College system.
It is difficult to judge an entire fan base because of limited experiences. My worst experience was with Uga fans. I was at a bar watching them play us in the bowl game. They were in your face obnoxious, especially in the second half, and that was the women! It was personal and all about how they were so much better than you because their team just scored a touchdown or made a play. It wasn't about cheering for their team. It was about putting you down. Don't know about the rest of the fan base but that crew really sucked.
i really, really hated when they barked directly at me after they started coming back
I know the Nebraska fan base is getting a lot of love on here, but I had a bizarre interaction when we played them. Some fan was sitting in north end zone and we basically talked back and forth the whole game about how shitty our teams looked (remember how ugly this game was). Well, after the insanity at the end I started rounding up my friends to rush the field. This dude grabs me by the back of my shirt and goes "if you rush the field, I'm kicking your ass" (I guess because we were ranked slightly better??). He didn't end up doing anything, but it was kind of weird how hostile he got.
And say what you want about FSU, but nothing pissed me off more than Clemson's chant. Especially since they chanted it so much en route to crushing us in the 2011 ACCCG.
I really liked Clemson both when I was there in 2007 and for the ACC Championship game. I like the GT fans as well. Gotta be honest and say I even met a nice Bama fan or two before the 2009 game, though a bandwagon mentality has almost certainly changed that.
Michigan was a mixed bunch. A lot of UVA-like comments and some classless jokes about April 16. FSU was just flat out obnoxious. NC State fans can be quite vitriolic. They seem to think there's some sort of hate-filled rivalry between us or something, but maybe thats how they are with everyone. Of course, WVU fans are mean, but the WORST was Maryland. I do not understand why, but they are so awful. We had a swim meet against Maryland the same weekend we played them in football back in 2005, and when we got off the bus in our team warm ups, some dudes started screaming at us, and just shouting "HEY, VAHTECH, F--- YOU YOU SUCK. HOPE YOU LIKE ENGINEERING, CAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU ARE. F--- YOU VAHTECH YOU SUCK." He then tried to start a fight with OUR COACH. Then throughout the whole game we were just getting shouts of "F-- YOU"s and lazy-assed castrated turkey jokes.
Glad they're moving to the B1G, good riddance.
NC State fans seem to make being butt hurt and vitriolic towards everyone an Olympic sport
I had a few people tell me that when they went to the Maryland game in 2009 (when we curb stomped them in the pro-combat unis), they heard 4-16 "jokes" from multiple people. Seriously, in what universe is it even remotely ok to joke about that?
That's the lowest of low. That's just sick.
you have no idea the number of 4-16 comments i get on xbox live. vtnova87 is my gamertag so people assume then makes "jokes" needless to say they get reported
I have the same problem with me being Hokiesfan25. It is just ridiculous how insensitive some people are. Sometimes it is even young kids that must have only been but like 9 or 10 at the time of the tragedy and then they are heckling me.
I've dealt with that so many times at UMD. I just shake my head and write that person off as an awful person who will get nowhere in life. Not gonna worry about someone else's stupidity.
Oh yeah, and Tennessee. I grew up a Tennessee fan, but after the CFA Bowl game I don't know why. So rude, borderline delusional, and to this day, hearing Rocky Top evokes homicidal thoughts.
I usually encounter rude fans after getting squashed or right before the game. they are mostly young (students or recent alum). I think the best I have dealt with are Michigan, Marshall, Nebraska.
I am surprised they haven't gotten more recognition but I have had awful experiences with ECU fans. When VT lost in 2008, I got pelted by cups, beer, and other items while being cussed out. On top of that, when I was young, I went to an ECU game (at ECU) and got cussed at the entire time..I was literally 10 years old. I don't have a lot of respect for fans who go after kids. That being said I DO have a lot of respect for ECU and all they have done for us in regards to 4.16.
Also UVA is notoriously bad, WVU obviously. I have had a few bad encounters with Duke fans. I had one UNC student cuss me out while wearing a bow tie and button up to the game.
I don't think students give a fair account of respect. Every time the Hokie Respect board was shown, they would be swearing at the hispanic UM fan, booing UVA and other things...I mean a commercial about having the best fans and the students are acting completely contrary.
The fans that are not in the east and north are usually very pleasant with exception to a few.
Me too! I can't believe ECU folks didn't get more play on here. My mom got her masters from ECU and my best friend is getting his masters from there currently. Hence, I've seen the Hokies play the Pirates live quite a few times.
Last time I was there in person for the absurdly hot, painfully boring 14-7 Hokie victory in Dowdy-Ficklen. Every time our backup QBs take ONE STEP on the field to signal in offensive plays, their fans would boo and scream, "HEY GET OFF THE FIELD, MAN! HEY REF, THESE GUYS ARE ALSO TRYING TO PLAY! THROW THE FLAG!" I'm not kidding you, I'm pretty sure 10,000+ people were chanting the same thing. I was so perplexed and still am to this day. Our backups, who are not wearing helmets and are obviously there to ONLY send in offensive plays, took one step on the field to signal in the offensive play and everyone wearing purple and gold began to absolutely lose their shit in unison.
After we won, I was walking out of the stadium and had people talk shit to me the entire way to the car. We even had someone chuck a beer bottle at our car from inside a house on our way out of Greenvegas.
I've truly never been so confused in my life...
Also, fuck Clemson. I keep reading on here how some of you encountered great fans there, but I've apparently never been so lucky. It's often the students that give the elders a bad name; however, that's not the case for my experience with Clemson people. There's always some 55 year old guy in stupid pants giving me the third degree for being a "jokie" fan. Did I mention fuck Clemson? If not, fuck Clemson.
Nebraska's got some great people. And, I don't share everyone's hatred for UNC, but whatevs. I've gotten lucky there I guess.
agreed. At UNC it has only been once with one fan. I just laughed because of his outfit. Other than that UNC fans have been amicable.
Aren't there a shit ton of chicks at UNC?
Nay, my son...a fuckton, UNC has a fuckton of chicks.
The one downside to Tech unfortunately... We sure could use a fuckton
Is that a metric fuckton? Or are you talking about the fold-down sofa/beds we used to have in the apartments?
no those were flip and fucks
There's gotta be at least a baker's dozen
If you ever get a chance go and watch a Montana Grizzlies game in Mizzoula, MT. Went to the FCS national semi-final there in 09 cheering for the away team. The Grizzly fans were all very respectful of the visitors and love to buy your drinks! LSU fans are the same way. Very nice (as long as you're not a bama fan) and friendly with visiting fans.
NC State fans are, in my opinion, the worst football fans ever. I have never been singled-out at a VT away game like I was at Carter-Finley Stadium. I was cussed out and shoved out of my seat by some frat kids, a father, and a North Raleigh snob all for showing up in VT gear.
*Aside from that, they do not know when to cheer. They love to make the most noise when their own offense is trying to run a play. smh
Agree with you on two things. First, Montana fans are awesome. And the wolfpack piss me off to no end. That stupid dog thing they do is my least favorite part about being in the ACC. Even worse than "the u"
This is something almost impossible to judge. It really just depends on who you personally encounter.
For me, Nebraska had some great fans of course. It probably helped that we had a lot of sympathy for them the way they lost that game in 09.
I've come across some nasty fans from unc, Miami, UVA, Boise st., hell even Wake forest...etc
Every fan base has fans that disrespect and misrepresent their school. Even the hokies.
haha yea forgot about that run in with the early wake forest tailgate group. That had to be a rarity
Wake Forest has fans? Who knew?!
I don't know what it is about Big East teams, but those guys annoyed me the most. That includes when we played Cincy in the Orange Bowl and Pitt last year. I didn't go to the Russell Athletic Bowl or last year's Cincy game, but from what people said about Rutgers, it sounds like it applies to them as well. They have an inferiority complex from being in the Big East and spend more time trying to trash the opponent than support their own team. I wonder if that will change at all with Pitt in our division this year.
My roommate went to the 09 Bama VT game with his brother and he told me this story. My friend left the stadium a few minutes before his brother did and got to the parking garage and went home. His brother called him shortly after that and said he will be a while because the police have the garage blocked off at the moment. The scoop he got from the cops was a couple of Bama fans were running their mouths a little too excessively and got the shit kicked out of them by some VT fans. He leaned over and saw the Bama fans on the ground all covered in blood.
Not the best move by the VT fans but every Bama fan I know runs their mouth constantly. I can't blame those guys for putting them back in their place
Some of the worst fans I have been with have been Hokie fans at the games in FedEx.. Both the Boise and Cincy Game.
I think it may be the fans who like in NOVA and just go to the game b\c it is close but they are not respectful fans.
It probably doesn't help that Fed Ex is where hokie football dreams go to die. Hell, include my first NFL game there in 2010, Packers vs Skins (I'm a Packers fan), and I am 0-3 at Fed Ex. Or 3-3 on complete and total spirit breaking games there. Depending on how you want to look at it
At first I was like, "Hey", but then I remembered I live in DC so wasn't included in that.
However, considering that NOVA is part of the VT life cycle, it shouldn't be the case.
Life cycle is defined as such. Roughly 60-75% of students are from NOVA. They venture to Blacksburg, graduate, move to Arlington. As they get older, they creep to Alexandria and Fairfax. When they have kids, they creep a little further from DC. THen as their kids graduate HS, they start the cycle all over again.