Point is, football is supposed to be fun, and you lovable, thick-torsoed goons know how to have it. For a franchise thats endured a stunning amount of heartbreak and futility on its journey to never winning a Super Bowl, you dont get nearly the amount of misery hype as, say, a Cleveland or a Buffalo. And so the calls of P-A-T, Pats, Pats, Pats ring out everywhere, and people still head to the town next to the town with the jail outside of Boston to watch their squad cooly go about the Patriots Way of mechanically winning games and refusing to sign beloved veterans because they would like to get paid more for bleeding for this team forever. Which Green Bay now collectively pretends never happened. No, theyre not Americas Team. They actually physically attacked some other fans. At the following Ohio State-Michigan football game on October 20, 1906, "Carmen Ohio" was published in the program. Witness the Ridiculous Bills Fan Video cottage industry Deadspin has put on display, which includes youshoving hands in girlfriends butts, slap-fighting in the most viciously friendly manner conceivable, launching yourselves onto tables from high places, using friendly fire to slam Pats fans through other ones, dizzy-batting your heads into the front of buses, and doing coke. Like the other three fan bases we mentioned, Indiana has some of the nicest, most collegial fans in the game. The Rebels haven't exactly been even close to good as of late, holding a spot at the bottom half of the SEC for years. The WHY DIDNT THEY REVIEW IT, LARRY? lady. Of the entire Pac-12, these fans take the cake for being the rudest. But when it comes to getting trashed, that honor goes to the University of Florida. Its partly articles like this, which make it seem like Notre Dame is a paragon of virtue in college football, but fails to mention, well, that this is college football were talking about. Obviously, after Hurricane Katrina,everybodyin America fell in love with the Saints. The official team of the California penal system is a far cry from the renegade outlaws that got them their sociopathic fanbase, but your average Raider fan isnt really as concerned with winning as he is with beating opposing fans with blunt objects. No lie: Ive literally seen guys in Broncos jerseys with police escorts walking through the parking lot at O.co. The fans have learned to be mostly unobtrusive. One thing most, if not all, college football fans admire about Cornhusker fans is their willingness to travel with their team because who would want to be in Nebraska, am I right? Notre Dame fans bleed Irish gold everywhere and anywhere, and the national media loves Notre Dame like Notre Dame fans love Notre Dame. To determine the rowdiest fans, we surveyed more than 2,000 NCAA football fans across the country and asked them to rate the behavior of every fan base in each of the Power Five conferences (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC) along with independent teams. (6-foot-3, 205 pounds), and also annoying to play . (And youre certainly not going to hear any tears for this ranking from within the state of Michigan.). That's the essence of Eagles fans right there. For more information, please read our Legal Disclaimer. You couldn't say a bad thing about 'em, even in Atlanta! It is their year to return to their former glory each and every year. By the way, when I say "all these years," I mean since 2006. If you want to find a Buckeyes fan and get under their skin just say Ohio State University. They will quickly add the to it. This time, it's personal. Reply. A recent ranking of the worst fan bases in college football went viral on social media. Sure, they have a history better than most, but they aren't at that level. Build your customFanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis onAll College Football and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. (Oh and that Florida jealousy effect? The misery that was the 2012 national championship game. Rutgers has never been the powerhouse its fans want it to be, but by the arrogance many of them exude, you'd be surprised that the university does't own more Big East Championships. During the Red River Shootout, you can find them throwing the horns down, but not only during that game. They will do it at every turn. For me as a football player, even seeing an opposing teammate fall down injured was horrible, especially if it looked bad. Vote below. Every one of us has a choice, however, on how to direct our passion. Remember? I don't know what it takes to make a fanbase want to prolong the inevitable with fake penalties, but that has to be something pretty strong. Everyone who has been near The Game is fully aware that the tailgate is the main attraction. It's only made worse by the fact that the city now hosts two NFL teams. Whats so funny about this, is most UA fans cant stand Gary. That wont stop you from busting out the Pittsburgh-ese at the local Steeler bar, though, like you didnt skip town for the first warm-weather job that came around. Rounding out the top five is Michigan State. But, hey, its a big city, and it's football, and its an excuse to go grill something on a Sunday, so why not? The last time they were relevant Rudy was stealing the nations hearts. Lets instead focus on what got Penn State fans hated before Jerry Sandusky: Projectiles. LSU Tigers fans are a loud bunch, too, nabbing the third spot with their heckling. players and those who traveled to see them, "a--hole" directed at opposing fans to obscenities, hurl trash and insults onto the field during close games, lifted a goal post off the turf and threw it into the clearing A&M section of the stadium, A SI fan survey had the Volunteers voted third worst in the SEC, Tuscaloosa police even watched out for certain Florida fans. Throw in the massive Bounty Gate chip on your collective shoulder and a 16 ranking feels about right. The MOST Annoying College Football Fans 1,191 views May 23, 2022 61 Dislike Share Save Crain & Company 12.4K subscribers We rank the most annoying college football fan bases and it gets. Okie State Fans = "Toughest Little Brother" award. The University of Central Florida was a surprise to me too. When I close my eyes and think USC football fan, I see a guy who looks vaguely like actual USC fan Wilmer Valderrama, and in between bites of a light salad hes condescendingly explaining to me why the Trojans are the team of the 2000s, whilehe is a master of triple-taskinghe simultaneously texts his Lambo dealer and Lakers ticket hook-up. The Aggies and Longhorns are still battling off the field after almost a decade later of not playing each other. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. Now, the Wildcats failed to win more than one of their first six games and have already gone as far to fire Stoops in the middle of the season. That's exciting. Cowboys fans used to say Texas Stadium had a hole up top because God loved watching the Cowboys, but isn'tdeclaring God a fan of YOUR team pretty much the pinnacle of obnoxious? They make an appearance here because they have a tradition for everything you could possibly think of. The Scarlet Knights may be the flagship university in a state that is literally known best for its rude and crazy drivers, but that doesn't excuse them from this list. This is true for, say, Indiana football as well. Come along for the ride! They have the money, the facilities and top recruiting classes so what is the hold up? No one should expect to make money from the picks and predictions discussed on this website. They get even more up in their faces when they easily beat them. Jags fans are the NFL's least obnoxious fans in large part because they BARELY exist, despite a surprise run to the 2018 AFC Championship Game with none other than Blake Bortles running the show. Have you won one of those with a quarterback whose financing for his new Benz was, shall we say, murky? Your revisionist history of Adam Vinatieris career aside, youre actually a pretty innocuousgroup, mostly because anyone can shut you up just by yelling OMAHA! (Peyton trained you right, didnt he?) The Sooner fans want respect from the rest of the country and try to claim it with over-sized arrogance and a "we are almighty, fear us" kind of attitude. And despite a relatively futile past dotted with greatness (Steve Bartkowski. And that this insistence on adding The is really a nice example of the overall smugness that Buckeye fans have become famous for? Wellexcept Tennessee. 1 seeds were Tennessee and Florida State, but only one made it to the Final Four. One thing I found in my research was some LSU fans claiming, with backup, that the fans in Arkansas continued to cheer and "call the hogs" even when an LSU player was injured on the field. In which case, theres ALWAYS something. Which school though takes the cake, making their fans the meanest, raunchiest, most arrogant people to ever scorch the Earth with their presence? Michigan fans who didnt actually go to Michigan have earned the rather hilarious nickname Walmart Wolverines. Its difficult for me to really muster up hate for people who pair jorts and Michigan gear so well, so in lieu of actually explaining why people do hate said WWs, here are some pictures from the nicknames official Tumblr: Pete Carroll. How do you know football is king in Florida? 2 Legit 2 Quit. The Big Ten owes its national relevance to Ohio State. I read innumerable Bleacher Report articles, which all, strangely, ended up contradicting each other. They literally will ignore you, no matter how strong your facts are. Unfortunately after joining the Big 12, they began their fall from greatness. We stay in the South, notably the SEC, with Auburn's rival Georgia. ), youre still savvy enough fans to recognize theres not a whole lot (thanks for nothing, Eugene Robinson) in your 50-year history to get up in peoples faces about. Leeds and Spurs follow next, with 3.8% and 5.1% of the study believing these fans are the most annoying on social media, while Manchester City complete the top five with 8.0% of supporters voting . And the football team is pretty damn good, but let's ease up on the "Roll Tides" for the sake of humanity. One of the biggest arguments that happen constantly over many fan bases is which team is the most hated? Considering that MSU is one of the better party schools in the nation, similar to Big Ten rival Wisconsin, their high ranking shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Ask the announcers from that game, they'll agree with you. Every. By far the least fair-weather of Atlanta's pro sports fans (dont buy into the lazy generalization that alllll ATL fans are apathetic), the stadium gets packed, and it gets LOUD. throwing trash onto the field when things dont go their way. Back in the day, the Cornhuskers were the team to beat. Ever go to an LSU game? Our crack team broke em all down, from the NFL's most pleasantly irrelevant fans to the league's most obnoxious. When it's not, it's a little wanting. With Patrick Mahomes undoing Andy Reid's home playoff losing streak, you've got a lot of hype and a genuinely exciting young quarterback at the helm. Nebraska has as many banners for being the most annoying fan base in college football as the Montreal Canadiens do for all of their Stanley Cups. Gerald Riggs. Those fans are winning titles for their. Jealousy is a confusing, illogical thing.). All the success. The ones with fans that blab, blab, blab about. I almost find it laughable that someone is that intense to poison some special trees by Toomer's Corner Store. Absolutely! This is going to sound like I'm quoting Yoda, but this is totally true. If it goes so far as the school President has to get involved, it has gone too far. For good reason. But, hey, at least youve got great crab cakes. Nothing brings out the dregs of your city like a successful NFL run. 1 spot in the polls every year. Eagles fans are the people who get into fights at an eight-year-old girls' T-ball game, possibly with an eight-year-old girl. There is almost a never-ending stream of bleeped out words and chants. They make you sign a contract as soon as you don the black and gold. Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach of all time. With the Sea of Red willing to go anywhere, theyve moved on from annoying fans in the Big 12 to annoying fans in the Big Ten. And yet, youremain an industrially jovial, generally adorable bunch full of Labatt Blue and misbehavior, but never hate. And that's what Bucs fans are: loyal. Why do you have to add the The before Ohio State University? Is it really that important? For media inquiries, contact [emailprotected]. On top of it all are the fan bases who are unbearably annoying. My biggest beef, though, is grammar related. ouirpsu Aug 7, 2019 ouirpsu Well-Known Member Jan 24, 2018 1,768 1,748 1 North Carolina Aug 7, 2019 #1 .based on some dude named Darren Rovell. Nebraska has as many banners for being the most annoying fan basein college football as the Montreal Canadiens do for all of their Stanley Cups. Incredibly, there are fans, who are real, who pulled for these people. Gill . We rank which 25 college football fan clubs love to take passion to a whole new level, bringing it from rivalry to rudeness and spirit to arrogance with ease. Its not too surprising, given their reputation for hardcore tailgating and pelting rivals with Mardi Gras beads. If you thought of 10 things in the world that would make you sit outside for four hours in 110-degree temperatures, none of them would be watching Neil Lomax. But kudos to Cards fans, you spent 18 years getting cooked on Sundays in Sun Devil Stadium as your team earned a whopping one playoff appearance. Tennessee Volunteers Dylan Buell via Getty Images The gripe I have with Tennessee is more with their program. "The final four is HERE. Sign up here for our daily Thrillist email, get Streamail for more entertainment, and subscribe here for our YouTube channel to get your fix of the best in food/drink/fun. Not to be all clichd (and, yes, we can see your eye-rolling now, Iggles fans), but you are a fanbase that booed Santa Claus, cheered when an opposing player got a career-ending neck injury, and threw batteries at the Easter Bunny. The quarterbacks named Manuel and Edwards and Brohm and Holcomb and Thad Lewis and one-s-short-of-perfect Losman. Auburn fans aren't what you would expect them to be when it comes to their manners. Well admit its a little funny when Spartans fans call their rivals the Walmart Wolverines. And of course, theyve been known to get a little riotous of late, too. These fans have assimilated sports writers, the media, and the BCS haters. Who cares if its good for college football that Notre Dame is No. Yes, college football traditions are great and all, but at Texas A&M, they cross the line from endearing to annoying. As for Tebow Could you at least have saved the permanent plaques until after he graduated? 3 Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The self-proclaimed national champs on social media. Not only do teams contend with fans, but they have to focus while fans are shaking cowbells throughout the game in one of the most unique traditions in college football. Mississippi State Bulldogs Make it past the delicious roasted meats, the deliriously hot coeds, and the signs with faux-French to spot someone whos wearing another schools colors? They did this year due to COVID-19, but likely go back to the way it was. Their fans are a byproduct. Both, though, are among the most polarizing figures in college football history. With the end of the Urban Meyer era, the Gators took a huge slide as Will Muschamp struggled to keep the squad in contention for national titles. The fact that my dad is a massive fan, and the knowledge that my calls are going to get screened for a week now. You just didn't have time to tell them. And there are a lot of them. UT has attended two national Championships since 2005, winning one over USC and losing the other to Alabama. The insane ones are naturally a bit arrogant and that "we're better than you are" attitude can be especially rude. Your guess is as good as mine and the factors are extremely subjective. After the students' performance at the 2007 Navy game where they insulted players, midshipmen and families coming to watch their sons, all of whom are going to serve our nation overseas, I think Rutgers needs to put on a few more lectures on how to be nice. Are you aware that you come off as a massive douchebag when you make a big deal about a fucking article? Recent success is annoying, and Florida teams during the Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer eras were unbearably good, especially at the quarterback position (the most high-profile position in sports). Arkansas has one of the dumbest cheers in the nation as the "call the hogs." Michigan is the Midwest counterpart to the Texas Longhorns. Georgia fans are in the heart of SEC country and thus are some of the most passionate fans in the nation. So exciting! For some reason you are convinced Joe Klecko should be in the Hall of Fame, and Joe Namath should be on Mount Rushmore. I have been to a lot of college football games in my few short years of actually paying attention, but I have almost never seen something so rude and obnoxious. So here's ours fire away. 2 most arrogant behind the Crimson Tide, which may come as little surprise to those who see the Fighting Irish believing their team is the be-all, end-all in college football. Last season was the first time Alabama wasnt involved in the College Football Playoffs. The two No. A recent social media ranking named the 10 most "annoying" fan bases in all of college football. We all know it. SEC even though they have accomplished absolutely nothing in the conference. Most Annoying College Football Fans Latest Posts Forums Recent Activity Home Forums 19th Hole Sports Talk Prev 4 of 7 Next MrBlast Well-known member Joined Feb 19, 2021 Messages 1,454 Reaction score 1,282 Location Eastern Iowa Aug 8, 2022 #76 MattyD-MPLS said: Iowa fans holds a special place of not achieving anything and being so proud of it. And, of course, there is the 2007 video up there, which should more or less speak for itself. This is the long and short of it. Wisconsin will have to earn just an honorable mention, permanent plaques until after he graduated, caught the attention of the Tuscaloosa police, Deadspins Drew Magary shrewdly pointed out, actually pissed Notre Dame isnt getting more credit, The 10 Most Hateable Fan Bases in College Basketball. To pick the 10 Most Hateable Fan Bases in College Football, I trolled through numerous message boards. A few years back in 2001, after Texas Tech defeated a high ranked Texas A&M team, the fans who rushed the field actually lifted a goal post off the turf and threw it into the clearing A&M section of the stadium. The NFL-level defenses. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images). Some are respectable, some you didn't know exist, and others will hurt your feelings by calling out the coffee stain on your shirt . And really, what's changed? We get it. A SI fan survey had the Volunteers voted third worst in the SEC and now more than ever do they have the right to be frustrated. In 1915, Cornell recalled that he wrote the song in 1903 at the request of the Men's Glee Club . 1. It helps that the team is good now, but Angelenos don't really care much about professional football, which makes any LA Rams fan annoying in a slightly different way. (This also applies to Hampton-Sydney Randolph-Macon and Michigan-Ohio State during the Rich Rodriguez years.) Will Steve Spurrier coach this season shirtless? I can't say that I have ever had the chance to visit Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, but there are some reports that these fans are some of the craziest in the Big Ten. The 2023 Beanpot final is set to be a historic event at TD Garden on Monday as two teams, Harvard (17-6-1, 14-4-0 ECAC) and Northeastern (14-10-4, 11-5-3 Hockey East), face off in the championship . Look, whether it started with the Saints or Bengals, no one cares -- its dumb either way. LSU Fan points at Opposing Fan: TIGER BAIT!. It's a "you just have to be there to see it" kind of deal. Over the past few years, CU has never really been any kind of powerhouse in the Big 12 and as a rule, most arrogance and rudeness is based in success. Their fans are a byproduct. . Sign up for the Longhorns Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. (And theyre now calling for his firing after a disappointing season.). Penn States hateability also stems from a long-term success that traditionally led to an inflated ranking. Fuck that. A Cotton Bowl victory over the Longhorns most-hated rivals in Oklahoma. But you know who is? All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. 16. In an era when most schools are striving to join better and more . You know all those jokes people make about Ohio? Are you throwing those cups of piss? (Unfortunately, Wisconsin will have to earn just an honorable mention on our list.) And listen, as a Nebraska fan I know the Cornhuskers are viewed as being stuck in the '90s by college football fans all over the country. Those losses hurt, and I volunteered to have marshmallows thrown at me because we deserved it. All content herein is intended for audiences 21 years and older. WVU students have gained a rep for boorishness, and its followed them for years now. I mean, the whole Greg Schiano ordeal was a disaster and I understand why they balked. The reigning Big Ten Conference champion Wolverines are seventh, while Michigan State lingers in the No. If you ever face off against a Boise State fan, they will have many arguments on why their team deserves a shot at the national title and what conspiracy BCS theories have kept them out of it all these years. This could have been their year for a shot had it not been for the Memphis Tigers. Ah, another SEC school. Congrats to the University of Alabama, you are once again No. Rama jama. d. Fairweatherness and other shittiness: Are you conspicuously silent during dry periods? Darren Rovell's talking point in this week's ranked discussion, a poll to . The State of New Jersey actually asked Rutgers to put on seminars to increase "civility" for students, alumni and faculty. The success. Of course, every SEC team could have probably made this list -- that includes the Tennessee Volunteers, Kentucky Wildcats, South Carolina Gamecocks, Arkansas Razorbacks, Missouri Tigers, Auburn Tigers and Texas A&M Aggies. We've selected the sixteen fandoms that lead the pack, organized into four regions. Feelings about college football fan bases are pretty simple: You don't like any that you're not a part of. Don't miss a story! Bitter, bitter, bitter.). Not a great look. Congratulations. I can imagine some Jets fans are frustrated, though, given Kevin Cheveldayoff's activity over the past 10 days. They just enjoy spite and hatefulness for the sake of spite and hatefulness. I actually kind of like Spurrier and have a begrudging respect for Tebow. And then of course we know what happened. 2 spot is THE Ohio State University. Fortunately, since theyre new to this whole winning thing, Seahawks fans havent figured out yet that maybe, just maybe, the whole Russell Wilson-Pete Carroll brain trust had a tinier window than any of them suspected. "We should be much higher," one Tennessee fan wrote. Florida coming in at No.15 is actually kind of shocking, to be honest. Well borrow some southern gentility and just say that at least theyre not Alabama fans. It was also more than a quarter-century ago, and after years of Kirk Cousins malaise, your new quarterback suffered a Joe Theismann-esque injury that may have ended his career. Now the Bulldogs. Arizona was the worst but primarily because they were 90 min from home. There were the snowballs thrown at the Minnesota Gophers in 2009. Claiming to be better than a team that just beat you badly is crossing the line in my opinion and arguing with them is impossible. They shed accusations of cheating as if they are old John Hannah jerseys, even though everyone everywhere knows that Belichick is one of those guys who will cheat even while theyre winning just because it makes him feel clever. If all of those other schools are always winning championships, why aren't we? Here are my (probably unfair) picks for the most annoying fan bases in college basketball. Except when you start yelling Who Dey." And since theyve got that nifty metal overhang, you're never gonna get the edge. They have one of the strongest stadiums and traditions in the nation, but they can and will be crass and rude trying to defend the old days of glory. The gospel according to Touchdown Jesus clearly states a blowout loss to Alabama in January is a holy tradition. They will defend Spurrier and Tim Tebow. Copyright 2008-2023 BroBible. They expect big things. For years, WVU fans have been considered some of the worst in the nation. When you suffer for years through game-day temps in the '90s and Vinny Testaverde QB ratings in the '70s, it breeds loyalty. Packers fans like to present a welcoming aura of friendliness (tailgating at Lambeau pre-game is actually a fantastic time), but make no mistake, they will turn (on you or anything around you) in a HEARTBEAT if things go south for the Pack. Every college football season begins with commentators declaring this year to be the dawg's year. Texas fans are annoying because they presume they can land any top coaching candidate because they are who they are.