fro daddy
All-Conference
The "classy" thing to me was always silly. Yes there are some very nice and polite people that happen to be husker fans. Just like there are those same people who are fans of a lot of teams.
For me, it comes down to what the OP was talking about. Man it is easy to be graceful in victory when you slobber knock nearly every team you play and win 80+% of your games. Many people saw how polite and non threatning most husker fans were. When you always win its just the way it is.
On the flip side when you alway lose its easier to take. You take the heart break easier, the non calls from officials, the "we got screwed" just isnt as bad, all because your used to it. I know alot of bad teams that had polite and non threating fans after losses. Heck they would tailgate with you after you beat them by 50 or 5. They are just laid back guys. Easy to take losing when you alway lose.
Of course this is all true. Its the reason why when fans of teams that are not used to winning big games go crazy when they do win those games. They can get out of control, start running their mouths, get in people faces and can generally just act like a-holes. Again on the flip is when fans of a team that is not used to losing starts getting beat, and in some cases badly. Those fans complain, blame everyone else, poo and whine and generally are just sore losers.
This may or may not apply to you, but we all know them. And they are the ones that get the most attention. You are more likely to recall the butthead then the 50 other nice people you ran across. Every fan base has them; some have more than others.....
Most fans from most fan bases are just like you (especially regionally) however your thoughts of a fan base can be tainted or glorified depending on what game and time period you with those fans. Its really not fair to label an entire group of people for the actions of so few. Do some husker fans start fights, vandalize property, act rudely and even cross the line by making threats, or course they do. But those idiots wear all colors. Scarlet and cream, black and gold, crimson and blue, burnt orange and white and so on.... They are the minority as Sheepdog said its 80/20 and with the crazies....sometimes 95/5. The majority of us are just fans of our team, up with wins/down with losses, but not rude, mean or threatning. We love our teams and the games. If your cool to us, we are cool to you.
On a side note, being knowledgeable and classy are not the same. Plenty of guys on this board who very bright, but I would never associate them with class
Also i think the reason the "class" thing gets brought up is to throw an egg on prince charming’s face. Ne is a prince charming in CFB and there are a lot of husker fans who beat their chest about this (in some cases rightfully so). And like it or not people, especially those under you, want to see you fail, or look dumb, or what ever and will take their opportunity to try and take you down a notch or two. Doesnt make it right, but NE is 'that' guy from highschool. :lol:
Just my $0.02
For me, it comes down to what the OP was talking about. Man it is easy to be graceful in victory when you slobber knock nearly every team you play and win 80+% of your games. Many people saw how polite and non threatning most husker fans were. When you always win its just the way it is.
On the flip side when you alway lose its easier to take. You take the heart break easier, the non calls from officials, the "we got screwed" just isnt as bad, all because your used to it. I know alot of bad teams that had polite and non threating fans after losses. Heck they would tailgate with you after you beat them by 50 or 5. They are just laid back guys. Easy to take losing when you alway lose.
Of course this is all true. Its the reason why when fans of teams that are not used to winning big games go crazy when they do win those games. They can get out of control, start running their mouths, get in people faces and can generally just act like a-holes. Again on the flip is when fans of a team that is not used to losing starts getting beat, and in some cases badly. Those fans complain, blame everyone else, poo and whine and generally are just sore losers.
This may or may not apply to you, but we all know them. And they are the ones that get the most attention. You are more likely to recall the butthead then the 50 other nice people you ran across. Every fan base has them; some have more than others.....
Most fans from most fan bases are just like you (especially regionally) however your thoughts of a fan base can be tainted or glorified depending on what game and time period you with those fans. Its really not fair to label an entire group of people for the actions of so few. Do some husker fans start fights, vandalize property, act rudely and even cross the line by making threats, or course they do. But those idiots wear all colors. Scarlet and cream, black and gold, crimson and blue, burnt orange and white and so on.... They are the minority as Sheepdog said its 80/20 and with the crazies....sometimes 95/5. The majority of us are just fans of our team, up with wins/down with losses, but not rude, mean or threatning. We love our teams and the games. If your cool to us, we are cool to you.
On a side note, being knowledgeable and classy are not the same. Plenty of guys on this board who very bright, but I would never associate them with class
Also i think the reason the "class" thing gets brought up is to throw an egg on prince charming’s face. Ne is a prince charming in CFB and there are a lot of husker fans who beat their chest about this (in some cases rightfully so). And like it or not people, especially those under you, want to see you fail, or look dumb, or what ever and will take their opportunity to try and take you down a notch or two. Doesnt make it right, but NE is 'that' guy from highschool. :lol:
Just my $0.02
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