Why do Wyoming fans hate N so much

[scarletNcream]

I like to read opposing team message boards. I don't troll in the sense that I don't join or post, just like to gauge the online fan base. I know the majority of message poster aren't representative of their fan base and a lot post just to fire up their fans and get them excited. I get a good laugh. Now I have nothing against the Cowboys, but for some reason the majority of the posters seem to hate N. They talk about how all Husker fans live in the past but constantly say we owe them for Devaney. Really? They add that the were a big deal in the 60's and that Dr. Tom is a crook, cheater, win at all cost, has deep pockets to pay for players..it goes on as tho he were still coach.(Living in the past) I know there are a lot of Husker fans in Wyoming and that must hurt. I worked in an area of Omaha for years where it seemed like EVERYONE wore Miami gear. They add that N is and was afraid to play Wyoming and that we ran from them, for years. One poster even said that he was at the game where the applauded Ricky Williams but saw the fans throw beer and obscenities at the TX fans. Beer? in a dry stadium. I could go on and I like their spirit but do not understand the hatred. I read this board for years before I joined and I know there are some Cowboy fans posting here. Maybe they can explain it. This isn't "Well its just a message board", no they seem to really hate N. 75 to 1 ratio easy.

[Skull&Bones]

Haters going to hate, players going to play.

Nebraska football is hated by most but respected by all.

That's the reputation you get when your a badass.

[knapplc]

I had a similar experience on Wyonation.com. I tried talking football, they responded with how 'holier than thou' we were. I was describing our offense, warts and all.

 

It seems, from an outsider, like they are going WAY out of their way to find things to get offended about. They were all up in arms over some dumb blog some guy unconnected to Nebraska wrote, and when I and another Husker fan pointed out that the writer had ZERO connection to the Huskers and wasn't a Husker fan, it didn't make a bit of difference. It's like they're not happy unless they're being disrespected, like it gives them something to rally around, and when you try to be respectful they don't know how to handle it. After a while I just gave up.

 

They have folks watching HuskerBoard. Some of them were upset over the Look-alike thread, kinda like some folks here got upset over Florida Atlantic burning the "N" in effigy back in 2009.

[Enhance]

I think they have the mentality an inferior program usually has. More than likely they're used to not being taken seriously, so as knapplc pointed out they rally around it and use it to their advantage. It's no surprise, really. Most lower tier programs treat most upper tier programs with a lot of disrespect.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

I don't care if they like us.........come Saturday they are going to hate us more. We will destroy you Wyoming.....and then have our way with your women. Enjoy being entombed in the grounds of your stadium for all eternity.......we are coming for your souls! Signed THE Nebraska Cornhuskers!

[tschu]

Penis envy.

 

And Devaney envy.

[Moiraine]

At least part of it has to be just that they're 3-0. When was the last time that happened, I wonder? I looked in the past 12 years and it didn't happen in any of those seasons. So you've got these delusional fans thinking that because they're undefeated they're good and that other people should realize they're good.

[The Virginian]

Let's be fair. There have been some absolute A-hole posters professing to be Nebraska fans come on Wyoming boards and stir things up. As I stated before, you go into a man's house screaming, "I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!!", and then you're shocked when the resident of that house reacts with hostility? And, though I don't think many Nebraska fans will see it, a lot of Nebraska fans come off as arrogant. Then there's the fact of geography. As bordering states, there are countless ties between the Wyoming and Nebraska people. A lot of divided loyalties. So, I suspect the Nebraska part of those loyalties have been a pain in the ass over the years. Now, I hate Texas A&M because I have a cousin who is an aggy [sic] and he's unsufferable about it. So I can understand it.

[knapplc]

That's BS, Virginian. A more apt analogy would be, last week some guy came busting into your house screaming. This week your neighbor knocks on the door to say "Hi," and you shoot him.

 

If you treat ALL Nebraska fans poorly because some fans came to your site and acted like idiots, that's on you, not the visitor. Think how you were welcomed here. That has not happened on those Wyoming boards. They have gone out of their way to find instances where they were "disrespected" by literally anyone, and they blame all of Nebraska fans for it. I could go over there and pull quote after quote of people going off on Nebraska fans, and by my count there have been three posting there this past week, me being one of them.

[wyoforlife]

On the Wyoming rivals board, I know there are a ton of BYWhoo fans that pretend to be opposing team fans just to stir the pot...too bad those wimps went independent, sure gonna miss the piss balloon conversations!

[knapplc]

If you go to a Rivals board you're just asking for nonsense. Those boards are little better than Shaggy Bevo.

[Enhance]

Let's be fair. There have been some absolute A-hole posters professing to be Nebraska fans come on Wyoming boards and stir things up. As I stated before, you go into a man's house screaming, "I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!!", and then you're shocked went the resident of that house reacts with hostility? And, though I don't think many Nebraska fans will see it, a lot of Nebraska fans come off as arrogant. Then there's the fact of geography. As bordering states, there are countless ties between the Wyoming and Nebraska people. A lot of divided loyalties. So, I suspect the Nebraska part of those loyalties have been a pain in the ass over the years. Now, I hate Texas A&M because I have a cousin who is an aggy [sic] and he's unsufferable about it. So I can understand it.

I agree with most of what you say there.

 

As far as arrogance goes, I honestly feel that in order to be great to you need to be arrogant to an extent. You need to have the mentality that you're going to do what you want and the other team can't stop you, and you need to have the mentality that you're better than the next team. I think you'll be hard-pressed, for example, to find any truly great player that does not have some degree of arrogance. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Chris Johnson, etc., are all arrogant to a degree, but they also sometimes know when to be humbling.

 

It's why I have a tough time blaming an fan base from an AQ school (especially an upper-AQ school) from being arrogant. Nebraska hasn't done enough in the last 10 years to be overtly arrogant, but given our history, can anybody really blame us?

[wyoforlife]

On a side note, that's what makes college football so great...the loyalty to your team! You don't see that much outside of college athletics.

[Jason Sitoke]

Let's be fair. There have been some absolute A-hole posters professing to be Nebraska fans come on Wyoming boards and stir things up. As I stated before, you go into a man's house screaming, "I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!!", and then you're shocked went the resident of that house reacts with hostility? And, though I don't think many Nebraska fans will see it, a lot of Nebraska fans come off as arrogant. Then there's the fact of geography. As bordering states, there are countless ties between the Wyoming and Nebraska people. A lot of divided loyalties. So, I suspect the Nebraska part of those loyalties have been a pain in the ass over the years. Now, I hate Texas A&M because I have a cousin who is an aggy [sic] and he's unsufferable about it. So I can understand it.

I agree with most of what you say there. As far as arrogance goes, I honestly feel that in order to be great to you need to be arrogant to an extent. You need to have the mentality that you're going to do what you want and the other team can't stop you, and you need to have the mentality that you're better than the next team. I think you'll be hard-pressed, for example, to find any truly great player that does not have some degree of arrogance. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Chris Johnson, etc., are all arrogant to a degree, but they also sometimes know when to be humbling. It's why I have a tough time blaming an fan base from an AQ school (especially an upper-AQ school) from being arrogant. Nebraska hasn't done enough in the last 10 years to be overtly arrogant, but given our history, can anybody really blame us?

 

This post is why people hate Nebraska fans.

[papersun87]

Penis envy.

 

And Devaney envy.

Came in here to post this.