Every school has them—the fans that watch the game, then immediately turn to the computer to bash the heck out of that same team they chose to love.
It's not just a game or a showing of amateur athletes on a Saturday afternoon (or Tuesday night, as Sun Belt fans will have it). College football is life, and a glorious one at that.
But which school has the most obnoxious, closed-minded, big-talking, and sometimes small-walking fans?
Honorable Mention: Western Kentucky University
After being verbally assaulted by my friends over at the Hilltopper Haven, I have to give these guys a shout-out. For a Sun Belt transition team that's 2-2, I might have called them a struggling team looking for past success in an article. Okay, I did.
These big time wannabes won't have it any way but their own, having a UCLA-esque basketball program and a football team that rivals USC's rich tradition (watch out Virginia Tech!). They deserve credit. Go Big Red, Haveners.
5. Tennessee
Neyland Stadium packs in over 100,000 Fulmer haters and convict lookalikes only a few times a year, but all college football fans hear about the Vols. No matter how irrelevant the actual team on the field is, the stirring rendition of "Rocky Top" heard every game is always enough to get Tennessee on CBS a handful of times every year.
I too hope they can somehow get that lazy, overeating, under-coaching, SOB out of Knoxville and get someone good as a head coach. Hey, Bobby Petrino's tenure at Arkansas is probably almost over by now. Ask that Pinocchio clone if he'd like his fourth dream job in two years.
4. West Virginia
Notorious for spitting on the enemy (visitors to Morgantown), West Virginia fans love to make it rain (urinate) on opposing fans' vehicles—but only when they lose. Otherwise, verbal assault is the only job on the agenda of Mountaineers.
With the way the current season is going, the smell of burning couches might be absent from Morgantown for a few years. What a shame.
3. Notre Dame
Passionate is the best word available to describe Irish fans. Catholic, raging, and overly passionate finish a close second. Ask Tyrone Willingham, former coach of students who don golden helmets and go for 12 wins every year (13 would mean winning a bowl game, and, uh, yeah).
When you don't perform at Notre Dame, it's not for long for you. Charlie Weis gets the cripple treatment this season, using his injury as a crutch (along with his actual crutch) and earning a pass from Irish fans if the wins don't seem to flow from his large noggin of football knowledge like his blue-chip loaded team should.
2. Texas
Hook 'em. Anywhere, anytime. That's what Texas is doing this year after beating down Arkansas in a postponed matchup and allowing 13 points at most in four games this season.
It could be a BCS title season for the Longhorns, so don't even think of bringing any of that Sooner crimson and cream into the nation's second largest state. It's all about the burnt orange and a speedy yet accurate quarterback named after a young male horse—and rightly so.
1. Ohio State
The world ended for a large group of people in Columbus, OH when Ohio State was drubbed by former number one USC. Those people let us all know through message boards, chat rooms, and our beloved website right here.
Ohio State fans will always tell you they love Ohio State. There's a Buckeye in every crowd. Just look around next time you're in a packed restaurant or city street, or head to the nearest TV, and look for the guy whose face is so red you'd think he painted it that way.
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