Right? :rolls eyes: A friend of a friend maybe? Some cousin you knew? Sounds like sour grapes to me. Whenever you lose, someone has to come on here and in their anger turn the attention to the fanbase of the team that just vanquished them...how terrible they were...how (insert winning fanbase) "they threw beer at us and spit at us and it was terrible." So typical.
Your post is false bud. And if it were true; your friend should stop going to CFB games. He obviously is more suited for a Teletubbies concert.
I would accept your skepticism if this was the first time I'd heard something like this about Madison, but when fans of Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State and Purdue are all telling you that you're going to get harassed - badly - at Camp Randall, I think it carries a little more weight. Camp Randall is not well-respected as a game experience throughout the Big Ten. That's not sour grapes, that's an earned reputation.
Now, the caveat to that is that I saw a TON of folks really enjoying their stay in Madison on local news last night, folks who met and got along with Wisconsin fans very well. Plus we've had I think a 100% positive bunch of Wisconsin fans register here at HuskerBoard who were both welcoming and friendly to us as the Big Ten n00bs. So clearly there are some very good, quality people rooting for Wisconsin, and the bad experiences are not wholly indicative of your fan base.
Just be real. There are bad apples. Don't pretend there aren't, just like we won't pretend there aren't classless Husker fans out there.
Longtime lurker first time poster,
Let me start off by saying good game last night. I've always respected the Huskers and used to root for them in Big XII play so its great to now have you in the conference. You guys came out playing well and while it fell apart as the game wore on I wouldn't take it as the end of the world. We had a similar feeling after the Badgers changed up play for the Rose Bowl (passing like crazy) and we lost it, if the Huskers get back to what works for them they'll be fine.
That said I just wanted to chime in on Madison Gamedays....
Yes, we, like every fan base, have some classless fans, unfortunately for us its a very large population and is for the most part students. The students are a mixed bag, they're loud and bring a lot of energy to the game but they're also vulgar and rude at times...yea we know that, we're sorry, we've tried to stop the Eat poo, F you chants...it doesn't work, they still do it (btw that chant isn't directed at visitors but at other students). Those fans aside I promise you we're not all so inhospitable.
As far as the gameday experience not being well respected I don't think this could be further off base. Madison gamedays are nationally recognized as being some of the best around, maybe not toward visiting fans but look at it from our perspective...we're not used to being invaded by 20-30k opposing fans who think they're about to teach us something so yes, you're going to get some hostility. Be big boys and suck it up. You're not going to an out of town church service you're going to Camp Randall. What do you honestly expect, hugs and kisses all around? It's Wisconsin, we have nothing to do but drink and watch football, its going to get nasty.
That's pretty much it. In closing I really do hope you have a great season. Now go beat the Gophers and Hawkeyes and we'll see you in Indianapolis.