Better Fanbases than Nebraska
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Excel
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1. Sell outs don't mean much. Any rich family, corporation or chamber of commerce can pull those off in down years.
2. Nebraska does travel pretty well, probably the best in the country.
3. Nicest? That's all anecdotal. They're certainly better than most though.
As far as it goes I'd say that, speaking generally, no state in the country is more supportive of their Flag Ship University's football program than Nebraska. Alabama would be up there if not for Auburn.
The test is how they do after a decade of bad football. I mean we-didn't-go-bowling bad football. Will they be like South Carolina, still filling the stadium after an 0-11 season?
2. Nebraska does travel pretty well, probably the best in the country.
3. Nicest? That's all anecdotal. They're certainly better than most though.
As far as it goes I'd say that, speaking generally, no state in the country is more supportive of their Flag Ship University's football program than Nebraska. Alabama would be up there if not for Auburn.
The test is how they do after a decade of bad football. I mean we-didn't-go-bowling bad football. Will they be like South Carolina, still filling the stadium after an 0-11 season?
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Husker_x
All-American
This, this, THIS.More concerned about his head coaching ability (or lack thereof), FWIW.Damnit, are you guys still butthurt about those comments he made?
Get over it. It was two years ago.
It seems to me the people making the biggest deal about the comments are those assuming most of us actually care. I have two responses.
1. The comments are a problem, and no, there's no whitewashing it. Pelini said some stupid stuff in the heat of the moment that will come back to bite him in the a$$ if a real coaching change movement gets started. In and of themselves they are pretty tame, but spun into a larger narrative they add weight to the case against Pelini.
2. Most of us only care about the on-field results. Count me among them. I think Bo Pelini is a wonderful human being; very passionate, but he loves his players and he goes out of his way to do good in the community. For that he is to be respected no matter what happens on the field. However, as a coach he has set an extremely low bar for this program and little seems to be improving year to year. His team management and personnel decisions (players and coaches alike) invite heavy criticism. And worse, his teams do not seem to play with much intensity/toughness, and the very fact that we have to stop to wonder what the "identity" of this team is in year six, offense or defense, is damning.
It's point number two, not one, that will judge Bo Pelini. If he can turn things around, I'd be thrilled. Thrilled. Trouble is, I have no reason whatsoever to believe this is the case, and many perfectly obvious reasons not to.
admo
Heisman Trophy Winner
I don't know who has the best fan base, or if there is one better than Nebraska. But piggy back riding off of Bucky, we do travel extremely well to support the Huskers. And the local hospitality to visitors is always pleasant. But I've met my share of jerkwads. And it has always amazed me how much hate goes towards some teams because they beat us more often than not. Specifically USC, UT, Texas Tech. With Texas there are other reasons, but the deep down hate goes towards them beating us. And pretty soon there is going to be a bunch of new hate towards Ohio State and Wisconsin. I don't find a lot of common ground of humility from Husker fans. Unless we win, fans be all gracious towards opponents.
Kiyoat Husker
All-Conference
http://www.kadn.com/lsu-fans/lsu-fans-considered-tenth-worst-sports-fans
I agree that LSU baseball fans at the college world series are pretty cool with their crawfish tailgating, but on their home turf it's a different story.
Alamo City Husker
Special Teams Player
Being that I have lived in San Antonio in the post/pre-young era. I haven't heard one thing from a Longhorn fan since the season has started. But, like the infestation of UT fans that crawled outta of the woodwork during their Vince Young anomoly; The only college football fans I can have a meaningful college football conversation with is Texas A&M Aggies or as I used to call it Nebraska South. So they would be right behind us in football IQ!
fro daddy
All-Conference
That is the question. But there is no rock hard answer. What I have seen in my 8 years here. ..that answer would be no. Seeing the reactions and sulking during 9 & 10 win seasons is pathetic. Try 18 years of crappy football. Watching areas or damn near the entire stadium clear out during different games tells a lot about certain fans.
The majority of nu fans are good fans who love their team no matter what. Put there is still a good size chunk who are in to fit in or for the wins. Maybe a few bad seasons would weed out the husker fans that real husker fans hate
He wants a fan base that doesn't pay attention or react, I guess. We can make him happy by not being upset when the team gets embarrassed again (though, I suppose, the other side of that coin is a fan base that doesn't really care either way).
BIGREDIOWAN
Mods
Kansas State and Colorado come to mind...........................
Seriously though what about Clemson? Don't know much about them, but they appear to have pretty good fans.
I am I
All-Conference
I disagree. Not only do fans travel for away games, they travel for home games too. I personally know people who SCALP tickets cuz they can't get season tickets who live more than 600 miles away and will go to 6 of the 8 home games. Hell I live in Denver and make it to home games and back in less than 26 hours if I can.
Okay, suckers who give up season tickets now only to wait 25 years to get them back.
I'm not so foolish to say our sellout will last forever, that's stupid. But just by proxy, the 25,000 people who quit going--25,000 more will gladly take their place (at lower prices no doubt)
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Excel
All-American
Decent sized fan base. Top 3 in ACC. Commiserate travel rates and behavior to UGA and South Carolina. Nebraska is better though.Kansas State and Colorado come to mind...........................Seriously though what about Clemson? Don't know much about them, but they appear to have pretty good fans.
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MLB 51
Heisman Trophy Winner
They are pretty bad about being fiaweather fans. Kind of remind of the Dallas Cowboys fan base.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
We've never, ever been tested like OU has I would say.
2002 was a bad year, the first after a long run. BC's first year in 2004 was a struggle of a transition; most understood it as such. 2007 was a meltdown of a season and we saw the fanbase get tested then. That's it. In between we had pretty solid seasons and a lot of reason to get our hopes up. I don't think we have ever seen sustained status like OU or USC in the 90s.
2002 was a bad year, the first after a long run. BC's first year in 2004 was a struggle of a transition; most understood it as such. 2007 was a meltdown of a season and we saw the fanbase get tested then. That's it. In between we had pretty solid seasons and a lot of reason to get our hopes up. I don't think we have ever seen sustained status like OU or USC in the 90s.
carlfense
Heisman Trophy Winner
This is a false dilemma. Generally speaking, It's hard to argue with Nebraska fans supporting their team the best. From the sellout streak to how we travel, it's pretty obvious the support is there.
But that doesn't mean all the fans are great all the time, and particularly not that night. Leaving early is poor but not terrible in and of itself. But booing the team like that was terrible.
But that doesn't mean all the fans are great all the time, and particularly not that night. Leaving early is poor but not terrible in and of itself. But booing the team like that was terrible.