Alabama #1 Dumbest Fan Base

[ulukinatme]

About 99% of the stereotypes about how people from this city or that state or this region or that school are mostly baloney and based more on what people want to see than on what really is.

Yeah, but it's the 1% sleeping with their sisters in Arkansas that make you go....ewwww

 

[IrishLax]

At the risk of throwing a wet blanket on all the fun, I'll share an observation. I've lived in several different places around the country and my job has taken me to each of the lower 48 states multiple times. The differences between people from any part of the country or fans of any particular school are miniscule and trivial. About 99% of the stereotypes about how people from this city or that state or this region or that school are mostly baloney and based more on what people want to see than on what really is.

Don't know how you can say this is true. There are huge cultural differences between geographic regions.

I don't know the first thing about the deep south, but I can tell you that people in San Diego are quite different from those in New York City. I can tell you that people El Paso are very different from people in Charleston. Are you actually trying to argue that there aren't major differences region to region, or school to school?

Similarly, I can tell you the fans I've encountered at a Missouri game were quite different than Ohio State or Penn State. In my own state, there is a pretty stark contrast between UVA fans and Tech fans.

When was the last time you saw a Stanford fan go murder a living monument at Berkeley because they were upset about a football game? There are obvious differences between the fans of various schools. Arguing otherwise is one of the sillier things I've seen posted on this board outside of the "Just out of curiosity? (President)" thread.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Don't know how you can say this is true. There are huge cultural differences between geographic regions.

I don't know the first thing about the deep south, but I can tell you that people in San Diego are quite different from those in New York City. I can tell you that people El Paso are very different from people in Charleston. Are you actually trying to argue that there aren't major differences region to region, or school to school?

Similarly, I can tell you the fans I've encountered at a Missouri game were quite different than Ohio State or Penn State. In my own state, there is a pretty stark contrast between UVA fans and Tech fans.

When was the last time you saw a Stanford fan go murder a living monument at Berkeley because they were upset about a football game? There are obvious differences between the fans of various schools. Arguing otherwise is one of the sillier things I've seen posted on this board outside of the "Just out of curiosity? (President)" thread.

You're probably missing the point. Sure there are cultural differences... the food, music, racial makeup, etc. from place to place is different. I'm talking about education, values, intelligence, basic humanity, etc. Trust me, there's virtually no difference. And yes, you can pull an isolated example of stupid or criminal behavior from some city or school or region, and hold it up as an example of how all people from that place are, but you'd be inaccurate and just seeing what you want to see from that particular group. Most people from Jersey aren't like the people from Jersey Shore. Most Midwesterners aren't hayseed corn farmers. Most Californians aren't surfer dudes and flakes. Most Southerners aren't rednecks. Most Northerners aren't dull and lumbering factory drones. It's all just silly stereotypes with little grounding in reality.

 

[nsisk157]

Thank god I am not from Trenton, NJ!

The Irish are few and far between in Trenton, nowadays.

 

[IrishLax]

You're probably missing the point. Sure there are cultural differences... the food, music, racial makeup, etc. from place to place is different. I'm talking about education, values, intelligence, basic humanity, etc.

Straight up, my relatives in rural Missouri are very different in the bolded than friends and aquaintenances in San Francisco. This is really common sense that people from region to region are very different from each other when it comes to culture... including varying degrees of just about everything you listed.

Trust me, there's virtually no difference. And yes, you can pull an isolated example of stupid or criminal behavior from some city or school or region, and hold it up as an example of how all people from that place are, but you'd be inaccurate and just seeing what you want to see from that particular group. Most people from Jersey aren't like the people from Jersey Shore. Most Midwesterners aren't hayseed corn farmers. Most Californians aren't surfer dudes and flakes. Most Southerners aren't rednecks. Most Northerners aren't dull and lumbering factory drones. It's all just silly stereotypes with little grounding in reality.

Granted, I'm sure I'm not as old as you are but I've been to all but 5 states in the lower 48 and have lived in 10 states for at least a month. You're completely obfuscating the point here. It's not that EVERYONE in a place is a stereotype, it's that SOME are. Staten Island has a fair number of "guido" style Italians, whereas Marshal, Missouri has effectively zero. Some vs. zero.

To extrapolate this to college fan bases... you're saying they're all virtually the same. If you honestly think that the fans of Stanford are the same as the fans of LSU then that's ridiculous. On just the surface alone, one school's fan base is a small group comprised almost entirely of high-achieving, high-IQ alumni or current students of the university. The other is a massive amalgamation of (insert your adjectives here that describe the general populous of Louisiana and students of LSU).

This really isn't even debateable that a place like Stanford has different fans than Large State School X. Come onnnnnnnn................

 

[ulukinatme]

Most Northerners aren't dull and lumbering factory drones.

How DARE you, sir! As a member of the dull, lumbering factory drone masses I demand you retract this statement!






I'm j/k, I belong to the dull, lumbering office drone masses.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Straight up, my relatives in rural Missouri are very different in the bolded than friends and aquaintenances in San Francisco. This is really common sense that people from region to region are very different from each other when it comes to culture... including varying degrees of just about everything you listed.



Granted, I'm sure I'm not as old as you are but I've been to all but 5 states in the lower 48 and have lived in 10 states for at least a month. You're completely obfuscating the point here. It's not that EVERYONE in a place is a stereotype, it's that SOME are. Staten Island has a fair number of "guido" style Italians, whereas Marshal, Missouri has effectively zero. Some vs. zero.

To extrapolate this to college fan bases... you're saying they're all virtually the same. If you honestly think that the fans of Stanford are the same as the fans of LSU then that's ridiculous. On just the surface alone, one school's fan base is a small group comprised almost entirely of high-achieving, high-IQ alumni or current students of the university. The other is a massive amalgamation of (insert your adjectives here that describe the general populous of Louisiana and students of LSU).

This really isn't even debateable that a place like Stanford has different fans than Large State School X. Come onnnnnnnn................

The point is that most of the differences between people of different regions or fans of different schools are trivial and are more a product of exaggerated stereotypes than anything else. An outsider with no preconceived notions or emotional ties to any region or school would hardly notice any differences at all.

 

[Bishop2b5]

How DARE you, sir! As a member of the dull, lumbering factory drone masses I demand you retract this statement!






I'm j/k, I belong to the dull, lumbering office drone masses.

OK, OK! I'll take it back if you'll stop talking about me and my sister! lol

It amazed me when I started traveling at how wrong many of my preconceived notions were about people from various parts of the country. My own experience has been that there's about as much difference as there is between a blue Camry DX and a green Camry LX.

 

[ickythump1225]

For what it's worth I find that differences between people usually has less to do with their geographic location (westerners vs. southerns, midwesterners vs. easterners, etc.) and more to do with their social and economic upbringing in their specific states. I've lived in Minnesota, southern California, Virginia, and all over the state of Georgia. In my experience rural dwellers in Minnesota oftentimes have more in common with other rural Americans in other states than the rich urban dwellers in their own state. The hick farmers in northern Minnesota where dad's from would be more comfortable drinking moonshine with hillbillies in northeastern Georgia where I live now than the cake eaters in Edina and the affluent parts of St. Paul.

That's not to say that always holds true but it's a general trend that I've noticed.

 

[ickythump1225]

The point is that most of the differences between people of different regions or fans of different schools are trivial and are more a product of exaggerated stereotypes than anything else. An outsider with no preconceived notions or emotional ties to any region or school would hardly notice any differences at all.

Hmm having said what I just said about people in general I disagree that there are no differences amongst fanbases. However I find that in general fanbases break down into two camps: doomsayers or triumphalists.

Minnesota Vikings fans are perhaps the most neurotic and doomsaying fanbase I've ever come across. Fanbases that are constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop and always expecting the worst from their team in big moments. Fans of teams like the Vikings, we can't help it but doomsay...it comes like breathing to us. Even upbeat comments about our team are couched in a sense of doom. My buddy at work told me I'm "negatively optimistic" about the Vikings which is a succinct way of putting it. Other fanbases that I've come across that are doomsayers are Georgia Tech fans, Notre Dame (post-Holtz era) fans, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Falcons, Toronto Maple Leafs, etc.

Triumphalists fans are always believe their team is the best and always expect victory even if their team isn't the greatest. These are usually the fanbases everyone hates. I must say in my traveling around the country the fanbases that stand out most in this category are Alabama Crimson Tide fans (who are almost in a league of their own), Chicago Bears fans, Georgia Bulldog fans, Green Bay Packer fans, and LA Lakers fans. Some of those teams you would expect to have arrogant fans but the ones that irk me most are Georgia and Chicago Bears fans because to me they have very little historically to be triumphalist about yet it never stops them.

Historically I would say that Notre Dame fans are probably triumphalist however the past 20 years have been damaging to our psyches.

 

[gkIrish]

Alabama Fans Name Son 'Krimson Tyde' | ThePostGame

 

[bkess8]

Alabama Fans Name Son 'Krimson Tyde' | ThePostGame

What happens when he goes to AUBURN?

 

[BGIF]

What happens when he goes to AUBURN?

It will be diversity in action.

 

[ACamp1900]

It will be diversity in action.

Nah,... Late term abortion.... Very late term.

 

[notredomer23]

hmmmm is the K for the Klan?

 

[anarin]

 

[bkess8]

Wow you just can't fix stupid!

 

[Irish#1]

When his time comes, he'll probably want to be laid shirtless and face down in the casket.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

I like this one better:

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I hope Saban leaves for somewhere else just because of this moron.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

It wouldn't be that hard to cover "Saban" up with "Smart," so I guess he's got that going for him!

 

[Wingman Ray]

As dumb as Bama fans can be, they don't come close to LSU fans.

Agree 1000%. Only LSU fans can be dumbass enough to throw crawfish at Corso on live TV during Gameday because he picked against them.

Some people work really hard to cement there rep

 

[ARALOU]

I have a friend that used to do play by play for MTSU football. He said that LSU fans rocked the bus so much when they were going in that he thought it was gonna tip over. He said Ole Miss was a great atmosphere, hot ass gals too. Alabama fans were actually first class when Middle played them several years ago. They stopped Middle on the goal line to save the win. The fans gave Middle a nice ovation.


As for Clay Travis, he is on a local radio show here and is a giant douche for the most part.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Every fanbase has 'em...

 

[Bishop2b5]

I have a friend that used to do play by play for MTSU football. He said that LSU fans rocked the bus so much when they were going in that he thought it was gonna tip over. He said Ole Miss was a great atmosphere, hot ass gals too. Alabama fans were actually first class when Middle played them several years ago. They stopped Middle on the goal line to save the win. The fans gave Middle a nice ovation.


As for Clay Travis, he is on a local radio show here and is a giant douche for the most part.

LSU fans are something else. A night game in Baton Rouge can be rough. Their fans throw cups of urine, spit on people, vandalize cars, assault rival fans, scream obscenities, take their shirts off and challenge you to a fight... and that's just the women.

 

[Cackalacky]

These people give the R1b haplogroup a bad name

 

[PANDFAN]

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[tko]

I love this lady.

 

[ACamp1900]

LOL.. that Mankind/Taker match is still the stuff of legend.