sCrUmptious!
Five-Star Recruit
In college football, you basically have two types of fan bases - those who view college football as a sport, and those who view college football as a religion.
Generally speaking, you'll find that the "sport" crowd is less knowledgeable about players, history, and records. They very well might not know how their opponent has played throughout the season, and they're far less likely to know the names of the opposing team's coaches, let alone their offensive/defensive tendencies and strengths. They're unlikely to travel en masse to bowl games, and they're probably going to stop attending games if their team starts out 0-3. They enjoy football as entertainment with benefits; obviously they solicit a far greater pleasure from winning than they would from watching a sitcom, but for the most part they just go to games to have fun, get drunk with their friends, and yell. They don't always handle losing well at the moment it happens, but they get over losses very quickly due to the fact that their emotional involvement to their team in no way resembles the emotional involvement they have with their families.
The downside of this crowd is that, since they view football as little more than a source of entertainment, they don't have a built in "respect for the game". They talk a lot of trash, they don't worry about whether or not they can remember the first quarter, they throw stuff sometimes, and they're relatively likely to get in heated verbal (some of which become physical) spats with opposing fans. They do unfortunate things often, but their unfortunate actions are generally petty offenses. This is CU.
The "religion" crowd is the exact opposite of the sport crowd. They know their facts, stats, and schemes. They will attend every game regardless of the circumstances, and will travel to bowl games regardless of the distance. To them, football is an integral part of their lives. Going to a big time game is likely something they'll tell their grandchildren about 30 years later... it's a spiritual experience. They will likely handle losing with some measure of grace, but they'll think about it for weeks or months after the game is over. They don't talk much trash, they usually don't throw things, and they're only likely to get in a fight if they feel someone is disrespecting their team or the game in some way.
The downside of this crew is that they're far too dependent on their teams for ego gratification. They take losses personally, and can grieve over them more than they would if they lost a family member. They rarely do the sort of petty things that the "sport" crowd does, but they will occasionally do things that the sport crowd would never do. Bizarre, cultish things... like castrating an opposing fan, or threatening the lives of their coaches or players. In short, they rarely do bad things, but when they do, they're REALLY bad things. This is Nebraska.
Obviously, there are CU fans that fall into the religion group, and there are Nebraska fans that fall into the sport group, but most CU fans are casual, and most NU fans are beyond devoted. Personally, I don't think one is at all right nor do I feel that one is at all wrong. They're just different.
Generally speaking, you'll find that the "sport" crowd is less knowledgeable about players, history, and records. They very well might not know how their opponent has played throughout the season, and they're far less likely to know the names of the opposing team's coaches, let alone their offensive/defensive tendencies and strengths. They're unlikely to travel en masse to bowl games, and they're probably going to stop attending games if their team starts out 0-3. They enjoy football as entertainment with benefits; obviously they solicit a far greater pleasure from winning than they would from watching a sitcom, but for the most part they just go to games to have fun, get drunk with their friends, and yell. They don't always handle losing well at the moment it happens, but they get over losses very quickly due to the fact that their emotional involvement to their team in no way resembles the emotional involvement they have with their families.
The downside of this crowd is that, since they view football as little more than a source of entertainment, they don't have a built in "respect for the game". They talk a lot of trash, they don't worry about whether or not they can remember the first quarter, they throw stuff sometimes, and they're relatively likely to get in heated verbal (some of which become physical) spats with opposing fans. They do unfortunate things often, but their unfortunate actions are generally petty offenses. This is CU.
The "religion" crowd is the exact opposite of the sport crowd. They know their facts, stats, and schemes. They will attend every game regardless of the circumstances, and will travel to bowl games regardless of the distance. To them, football is an integral part of their lives. Going to a big time game is likely something they'll tell their grandchildren about 30 years later... it's a spiritual experience. They will likely handle losing with some measure of grace, but they'll think about it for weeks or months after the game is over. They don't talk much trash, they usually don't throw things, and they're only likely to get in a fight if they feel someone is disrespecting their team or the game in some way.
The downside of this crew is that they're far too dependent on their teams for ego gratification. They take losses personally, and can grieve over them more than they would if they lost a family member. They rarely do the sort of petty things that the "sport" crowd does, but they will occasionally do things that the sport crowd would never do. Bizarre, cultish things... like castrating an opposing fan, or threatening the lives of their coaches or players. In short, they rarely do bad things, but when they do, they're REALLY bad things. This is Nebraska.
Obviously, there are CU fans that fall into the religion group, and there are Nebraska fans that fall into the sport group, but most CU fans are casual, and most NU fans are beyond devoted. Personally, I don't think one is at all right nor do I feel that one is at all wrong. They're just different.
