The Super Bowl quadfecta. Are you aware that you come off as a massive douchebag when you make a big deal about a fucking article? And listen, as a Nebraska fan I know the Cornhuskers are viewed as being stuck in the '90s by college football fans all over the country. Either way, youre pretty much one Drew Brees retirement away from a return to fan normalcy and a drop waaaay back down this list. You are who you root for. Things are not going well. Nothing brings out the dregs of your city like a successful NFL run. That kind of passion is beyond belief. Wisconsinites are generally some pretty nice people who just go to their football games to "jump around," which I admit is totally worth going. The gospel according to Touchdown Jesus clearly states a blowout loss to Alabama in January is a holy tradition. Georgia fans are in the heart of SEC country and thus are some of the most passionate fans in the nation. When rolled up and knotted, they actually looked a lot like penalty flags. Rutgers has never been the powerhouse its fans want it to be, but by the arrogance many of them exude, you'd be surprised that the university does't own more Big East Championships. History: The 12th man started with E. King Gill, a Texas A&M basketball player who was pulled from the press box to suit up and stand on the sidelines incase his dwindling team needed him. TEMPE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 2: Members of the Ohio State Buckeyes cheerleading team run out on the field before the start of the game against the Kansas State Wildcats in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 2, 2004 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Florida, man. I even have personal experience with Arkansas fans as A&M played them earlier in Dallas this season. The quarterbacks named Manuel and Edwards and Brohm and Holcomb and Thad Lewis and one-s-short-of-perfect Losman. Possibly the most annoying thing about UGA fans though is their optimism. Bet with your head, not over it. Their history as a school that likes to win doesn't give these fans a particular rudeness, but more a sense of entitlement and arrogance. The Aggies and Longhorns are still battling off the field after almost a decade later of not playing each other. Sure, your players can blow their hands off on Fourth of July or shoot themselves in the foot at a nightclub, but they do it the Giants way! Spurrier was notorious for running up the scorethe 1995 Georiga game still holds a certain mythic quality in the SEC for poor sportsmanshipand even though he has found admiring fans during his semi-retirement at South Carolina, he was utterly loathed in the 1990s. Classless doesn't even begin to describe this university and I can not express how disgusting and disgraceful that is to the rest of college football fans. Gill . ), youre still savvy enough fans to recognize theres not a whole lot (thanks for nothing, Eugene Robinson) in your 50-year history to get up in peoples faces about. Just getting stories of college football teams/fans that have stayed at a Fiesta Bowl hotel. Michigan fans come in first here for many reasons. The only people who really believe we're letting Broncos fans off easy at 17 root for the Raiders and Chiefs. Our crack team broke 'em all down, from the NFL's most pleasantly irrelevant fans to the league's most obnoxious. Look, whether it started with the Saints or Bengals, no one cares -- its dumb either way. Like the other three fan bases we mentioned, Indiana has some of the nicest, most collegial fans in the game. They were winning or in the hunt for the title each and every year. LSU Tigers fans are a loud bunch, too, nabbing the third spot with their heckling. LT could [Editor's Note: literally do anything illegal] and youd call him a true Giant, because no doubt he did it with class. The SECs elite. GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 31: Ohio State Buckeyes fans watch warm ups prior to the 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against the Clemson Tigers at University of Phoenix Stadium on December 31, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. The Rebels haven't exactly been even close to good as of late, holding a spot at the bottom half of the SEC for years. There are so many possibilities. Could this be the year they return to their former glory. Good luck at the draft! Okay, here we go: Its important to kick things off with a school from the SEC, which easily could have taken 6 or 7 of the 10 spots on this list, if I didnt want to anger 90% of the people below the Mason-Dixon line. Penn State Football College Football's 6 Most "Annoying" Fan Bases. 11Indiana Hoosiers. They accepted Kiffin with open arms after his midnight exit from Tennessee. the talent head coach Jimbo Fisher is bringing in, The 10 Best Marching Bands in College Football, Ranked, The 10 Worst Heisman Trophy Winners of All Time, Ranked. Considering that MSU is one of the better party schools in the nation, similar to Big Ten rival Wisconsin, their high ranking shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Point is, football is supposed to be fun, and you lovable, thick-torsoed goons know how to have it. The Miami Hurricanes have fans. Ahh, yes, the Texas Longhorns most-bitter rivals. Bijan Robinson has met with many teams at the NFL Combine. Will Steve Spurrier coach this season shirtless? The pristine beaches, sunny weather, food, attractive people and world-renowned nightlife can become stale. The rest of college football may as well be pig sniffing farmers from nowhere. So exciting! There's reason for the Silicon Valley bros to snap up luxury boxes after the heist of Jimmy Garoppolo. Since the inception of the conference, they have won the conference title more than anyone else by a wide margin. And some of those fans the of-age ones, of course havent even been exposed to legal sports betting just yet. Id like instead to point out a snapshot in time, a vignette, if you will, that should illustrate why West Virginia fans are awful. Who is the most annoying college football announcer? Not only do teams contend with fans, but they have to focus while fans are shaking cowbells throughout the game in one of the most unique traditions in college football. The Trojans start off the top 10 of rudest fans and for a good reason. They cringe at telling you the school's academics are some of the best in the country. 21+: PlayMichigan.com is licensed by the Michigan Gambling Control Board (license #007543). 1 as the most arrogant in the NCAA, just ahead of the Big Ten. The gripe I have with Tennessee is more with their program. It has history, tradition and one of the best programs out there. Thankfully, their fan base doesn't want to talk about it. Nebraskas nose-dive in the early-to-mid 2000s was met with much joy around the country as the option-running farm boys finally got a dose of their own medicine. First off whoever said Florida Gator fans have the worst fans is completely wrong. To pick the 10 Most Hateable Fan Bases in College Football, I trolled through numerous message boards. Of the entire Pac-12, these fans take the cake for being the rudest. It applies to USC. For years, the trademark of being a Redskins fan was wearing a pig nose. Lane Kiffin abandoning them after dedicated himself to the Volunteers must have really pissed off a fan base that was ready to get back to business in the SEC East. The urine-filled balloons tossedat the Ohio State band in 2005 (an incident that is, unfortunately, difficult to write about without chuckling, so Im a shithead too, I suppose). This is going to be the worst loss in Alabama history, and its going to send your program into a (expletive) tailspin, he says. You really thought [Charlie Frye, Brady Quinn, Seneca Wallace, Trent Dilfer, Tim Couch, Jake Delhomme, Brian Hoyer, Colt McCoy, Derek Anderson, Ken Dorsey] were legitimate starting quarterbacks? The way they talk about their team you would think they had won a title more recently than Texas. (Yes, I know that it actually came from a group of hard-fighting Civil War soldiers.)). The insane ones are naturally a bit arrogant and that "we're better than you are" attitude can be especially rude. Its partly articles like this, which make it seem like Notre Dame is a paragon of virtue in college football, but fails to mention, well, that this is college football were talking about. Nick Saban runs a tight ship and most of his players stay under lock and key. College football has the most passionate fans and the most exciting regular season of any sport. Which school though takes the cake, making their fans the meanest, raunchiest, most arrogant people to ever scorch the Earth with their presence? If you're on the FSU side of things, you get chills every time . Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. And the football team is pretty damn good, but let's ease up on the "Roll Tides" for the sake of humanity. In one fell swoop, the best coach SF has had since Bill Walsh was forced out, everyone on defense retired or moved teams, Kaepernick got Kaepernick-ed out of the league, and --oh, yeah --the team moved to SANTA CLARA, which is about as close to San Francisco as Sacramento. The Scarlet Knights may be the flagship university in a state that is literally known best for its rude and crazy drivers, but that doesn't excuse them from this list. This is partly NBCs fault. Here is a full look at the most annoying and irritating fan bases in college. There are reports that some of these fans have urinated on opposing fans, going as far to vandalize or steal vehicles, equipment and food. Incredibly, there are fans, who are real, who pulled for these people. And since you're all just kind of Texans fans by default, nobody gets too worked up about things. When Alabama's at the top of the college football world as it has been lately, Tide fans are more content than they are impressed. Witness the Ridiculous Bills Fan Video cottage industry Deadspin has put on display, which includes youshoving hands in girlfriends butts, slap-fighting in the most viciously friendly manner conceivable, launching yourselves onto tables from high places, using friendly fire to slam Pats fans through other ones, dizzy-batting your heads into the front of buses, and doing coke. Sign up here for our daily Thrillist email, get Streamail for more entertainment, and subscribe here for our YouTube channel to get your fix of the best in food/drink/fun. Arizona considers themselves the premier university in its state, and as much as that may not mean much, they certainly like to make a big deal out of it. Probably because the number of teal seats you see on television is directly proportional to the number of wins the Panthers have that season, and what kind of mood Cam Newton is in. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER. 2 most arrogant behind the Crimson Tide, which may come as little surprise to those who see the Fighting Irish believing their team is the be-all, end-all in college football. "It's the best time I've had since Week 1 . I have been to a lot of college football games in my few short years of actually paying attention, but I have almost never seen something so rude and obnoxious. Nasty obscenities and rude cursing is just the surface layer for a team that just isn't that good. Call the Michigan Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-270-7117, you have a gambling problem. Fuck that. We all love our teams and will until the end of time. For some reason you are convinced Joe Klecko should be in the Hall of Fame, and Joe Namath should be on Mount Rushmore. However, that is not what makes them rude. For the sake of my health and safety, Im going to choose to gloss over the certain case that dominated any discussion of Penn State over the last year. Well admit its a little funny when Spartans fans call their rivals the Walmart Wolverines. And of course, theyve been known to get a little riotous of late, too. Roll Tide? Autzen Stadium has a reputation for being one of the loudest and craziest around. The Hoosiers haven't regularly been competitive . The worst part? Since their last conference championship in 2008, they have won it just once. Those fans are winning titles for their. And finally, its partly the fans, who pretended the Irish still mattered for many years when they didnt, and who now are actually pissed Notre Dame isnt getting more credit for its successes last season. They make an appearance here because they have a tradition for everything you could possibly think of. Additionally, after being crushed in games, CU fans would dance in the stadium, still jeering on against opponents who had already destroyed their team. Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. In about six weeks, the college football season returns and those fans are already getting fired up for the season. Theres your fanbase. There are many annoying college football fanbases across the country, but the Washington Huskies take the cake. We get it. It's only made worse by the fact that the city now hosts two NFL teams. They have been gone from the Big 12 for eight years, but they cant go five minutes without mentioning the Longhorns. 2. At least the collective delusion of the Joe Flacco era appears to have ended, so the collective delusion of the Lamar Jackson era can begin in earnest. According to family members, Marcus Mason was pulled out of the car and beaten. As you can see, both state-of-Michigan Power Five schools proudly(?) The Seahawks compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference West division. Yes, college football traditions are great and all, but at Texas A&M, they cross the line from endearing to annoying. You poor bastards almost won a championship your first season after moving from Houston. The glory days are long gone. As passionate as these fans are about their football, some things are taking it too far, and chanting obscenities and yelling in other fans faces is a bit over the line. However, Texas Tech is certainly the rudest. The Oregon Ducks Capture the Best and Worst of College Football - The Atlantic Popular Latest Newsletters Sign In Subscribe Culture The Oregon Ducks Capture the Best and Worst of College. Rama jama. Florida coming in at No.15 is actually kind of shocking, to be honest. Here is how we see the most annoying fan bases in all of college football. 18 position. And out west, theyre just here to party. These Tigers are insane and will verbally and physically attack you. Also, your fight song is by Styx. I can find almost no other fans that are as rude and disrespectful as Gator fans. Jags fans are the NFL's least obnoxious fans in large part because they BARELY exist, despite a surprise run to the 2018 AFC Championship Game with none other than Blake Bortles running the show. Do we put it into our own team's fuel tank, cheering them on whether it be a surefire win or a lost cause? The Volunteers are the epitome of southern football arrogance. You know all those jokes people make about Ohio? The Razorbacks claim a spot on this list for a few reasons. They hate letting you know about the historic significance of the Big House. Many different factors went into my decision such as fanbase, coaches, marketing, etc. No, theyre not Americas Team. Who cares if its good for college football that Notre Dame is No. Investigators said the suspects threw a rock through an open window and then attacked the four fans inside the car. Youll see then referencing one of their national titles or spouting off about the greatness of Tim Tebow. They know they carry the conference on its back, and they're not afraid to let you know. However, the Tide faithful have gone to extreme lengths to show off how great their team is, with one poisoning the storied oak trees on the Auburn campus. To determine our rankings, we surveyed more than 2,000 NCAA football fans across the country to ask them to rate the behavior of every fan base in the Power Five conferences (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC), as well as independent teams. "Thats disappointing. There are some familiar names at the top of the poll, though it likely isn't without. Florida barely beats out other worthy competitors like Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburnall of which match kick-ass tailgates with occasional insufferabilityfor three reasons: 1. Please check your email for a confirmation. Florida fans are literally insane. Adam Davis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, RELATED: The 10 Best Marching Bands in College Football, Ranked. And the response is generally the same: People just feel kind of bad for you and want to tell you that everythings going to be OK, even though they know they cant say thatwith any confidence. There are reports that some of the students would hurl trash and insults onto the field during close games, aiming to hit referees or opposing players. One team will be very fortunate to land a do-it-all player in Roschon Johnson. The model franchise. Congratulations. Your team is a national championship game shoe-in and probably won't drop a game for the next 20 years. (A caveat: Winning clean and unclean championships are equally bad. The only thing they have consistently done is lose to Ohio State. Ohio St was a nice group but they still suck. Sign up for daily stories delivered to your inbox. Alabama is not difficult to hate. So, who are the folks we might invite over to our tailgate, and who are the ones we pray dont sit next to us on an airplane? GAINESVILLE, FL SEPTEMBER 17: Florida Gators fans cheer during the game against the North Texas Mean Green at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Gainesville, Florida. It is their year to return to their former glory each and every year. With the end of the Urban Meyer era, the Gators took a huge slide as Will Muschamp struggled to keep the squad in contention for national titles. Fortunately, since theyre new to this whole winning thing, Seahawks fans havent figured out yet that maybe, just maybe, the whole Russell Wilson-Pete Carroll brain trust had a tinier window than any of them suspected. And while you'd think a group of people who are Gator fans on Saturday would be completely intolerable, Jags supporters get all of their annoyingness out during college games; by Sunday, they're content to just come out and enjoy the nice weather, regardless of which former Florida college star is throwing INTs that week. Ohio State has a long and storied tradition of being one of the top ranked programs in the country. The University of Central Florida was a surprise to me too. However, the majority of engagements are pretty translucent as to where that line is and some fanbases just take it too far, most of the time on purpose. I'm sorry, THE Ohio State fans put themselves on a pedestal above the rest. They make you sign a contract as soon as you don the black and gold. (Unfortunately, Wisconsin will have to earn just an honorable mention on our list.) In fact, it's the reason I researched them in the first place. As SEC faithful, they demonstrate exactly what we would all expect out of that part of the football crazed country, but that fact doesn't excuse their behavior. Theres nothing wrong with getting a little rowdy and some trash talk during. What are the most annoying fan bases in college football? Arizona was the worst but primarily because they were 90 min from home. Back in the day, the Cornhuskers were the team to beat. It's ridiculous to scrutinize another human being who is just there to support his or her team. The NFL-level defenses. Police have a vague description of the attackers and believe they may have driven off in a light colored SUV. According to the Morgantown Police Department, the fight began as the fans were trying to leave the parking lot at Milan Puskar Stadium. Just mention any Texas Longhorns player or team, and you will find an Oklahoma fan not far away. Usually. Danielson actually went to Divine Child HS in Dearborn, Mich., which is just 8.7 miles from the city. To those that didnt make it, try again next year. College football is full of weird traditions and dual mascots, but no tradition is more celebrated than a good, old-fashioned chant. Maybe people from Colorado are just mean. In fairness, there isn't much to do in Miami other than watch college football. They can't stand casually slipping in memories of the last victory against Ohio State in 2011. Throw in the massive Bounty Gate chip on your collective shoulder and a 16 ranking feels about right. One thing I found in my research was some LSU fans claiming, with backup, that the fans in Arkansas continued to cheer and "call the hogs" even when an LSU player was injured on the field. NFL The Ohio State Buckeyes Have Been Named "Most Annoying Fan Base" In College Football Ohios Tate 8/08/2019 11:06 AM 9 So Darren Rovell ran this stupid little poll for the haters and the losers of America could feel important. A SI fan survey had the Volunteers voted third worst in the SEC and now more than ever do they have the right to be frustrated. They are seriously insane at football games. We rank which 25 college football fan clubs love to take passion to a whole new level, bringing it from rivalry to rudeness and spirit to arrogance with ease. Darren Rovell went to work on Twitter to complete this poll by allowing fans to vote on who they think is the most annoying fanbase. And a good rule of thumb: The better the team, the more unpleasant the fans. In an era when most schools are striving to join better and more . Its a little embarrassing that the biggest rivalry you have going right now doesnt involve the team on the field, but whether you can make more noise than the fans in Seattle. And yet, youremain an industrially jovial, generally adorable bunch full of Labatt Blue and misbehavior, but never hate. They found Carroll entertaining. The sole purpose of Colorado fans is to hate Nebraska. Our crack team broke em all down, from the NFL's most pleasantly irrelevant fans to the league's most obnoxious. All College Football news fromFanSided Daily, Big 12 Football: The good, bad and ugly of bringing back title game, Notre Dame Football: Brandon Wimbush can lead Irish back to the top, Building Best All-Time College Football Team, 5 Surprise 2017 college football conference title contenders, Braun Strowman Disrupts Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe Contenders Match on WWE Raw, College Football: 2017 Jim Thorpe Award watch list announced, College Football: 2017 Bronco Nagurski Trophy watch list revealed. Oklahoma has fallen on hard times in OL and WR recruiting with head coach Brent Venables. The video above. But until Reid can prove he's not Marty Schottenheimer 2.0, you shouldn't get tooexcited. Those losses hurt, and I volunteered to have marshmallows thrown at me because we deserved it. Your most feared team in recent memory was helmed by the immortal Rex Grossman. 1? You know that King of the Hillepisode where Hank and the gang kinda grudgingly go watchthe Texans practice because its a lot closer than the Cowboys and they figure, hey, its football? Oh, one more thing. Because while some fanbases are pretty unobjectionable -- and, therefore, people you could actually see yourself being friends with -- others you make a point to avoid from Saturday night until Monday morning. Kansas Jayhawks One word: smug. In this case though, the Tigers did the opposite: The War Eagles strive to be even more aggressively arrogant and rude than their Crimson Tide brothers across the state. Wisconsin does rank up there with schools where parties take priority to studying, but being rude to other fans is classless. Youre an original NFL franchise, and unlike those classless Jets, you have sophistication! More like roll it back. Mississippi State Bulldogs Even when the team is good, some things never change. The Barstool Sports podcast, Unnecessary Roughness, ranked the 10 most "annoying" fan bases in. Now comes time for some self deprecation. This is something Deadspins Drew Magary shrewdly pointed outa few months ago. I can tell you which college towns may have that George Clooney-esque cloud of smug hovering above their main streets, and which schools have documented cases of students throwing piss. The Dirty Birds. The ABSOLUTE FORWARD PASS in the playoffs in Tennessee in 2000. At least they have won the conference, but that doesnt make them any less annoying. Texas fans are annoying because they presume they can land any top coaching candidate because they are who they are. Usually, when your in-state rivals are some of the rudest in the country, you strive to be some of the friendliest. SEC even though they have accomplished absolutely nothing in the conference. You couldn't say a bad thing about 'em, even in Atlanta! According to respondents, Alabama fans might need to calm down because theyre the No. Auburn fans aren't what you would expect them to be when it comes to their manners. Bitter, bitter, bitter.). Was that 2007 team loaded at every position? d. Fairweatherness and other shittiness: Are you conspicuously silent during dry periods? For nearly four minutes, the unidentified fan insults the Tide football team and Alabama residents while seemingly trying to instigate a fight. It took place during the alcohol-soaked periods before and after a game against LSU in 2011: Police in West Virginia are looking for a group of people accused of attacking four LSU fans leaving Saturday nights game in Morgantown. The fact that you have the most Super Bowls helps shut down Cowboys, Giants, and Pats fans, so America is still grateful, pending this year's winner. Rounding out the top five is Michigan State. Michigan is the Midwest counterpart to the Texas Longhorns. For media inquiries, contact [emailprotected]. You Bears fans like to fancy yourselves as one of Americas proudest sporting traditions, but the cold reality is that outside of one glorious lightning-in-a-bottle year in 1985 that you still cling to with adorable desperateness, you're the major-market Browns. Never mind that those certificates are about as valuable as that share of a gold mine you got on a family trip to South Dakota. The misery that was the 2012 national championship game. All rights reserved. Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. From graveyards to cowbells to $2 bills, here's a look at eight of college football's strangest. Telling someone youre a Lions fan is basically an extension of telling someone youre from Detroit. Teams Big 12 Oklahoma SEC Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia LSU Tennessee Texas A&M ACC Clemson UNC Big Ten Iowa Michigan. This time, it's personal. Darren Rovell of The Action Network conducted a poll on Twitter this week to determine which college fan bases are the most annoying. Apparently the answer is "yes!" (Kidding, I think.). Ignore the hillbilly cracks, because theyre unoriginal and unfunny. Talking to Bengals fans these days is perplexing: After a few straight Andy Dalton-led playoff appearances, they carry themselves like they're on the verge of something. Without further ado, the five absolute worst fan bases in the SEC: The 5 Worst SEC Fan Bases 5.
