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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...

Out of Their Minds: The Five Craziest Fanbases in College Football

by Jonathan Lintner (Columnist)

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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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    Obviously you ain't from the deep South. ;) Where is Florida or Georgia. Tennessee fans started leaving in the 3rd quarter during the Florida game.

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      I think I saw a few Georgia fans creeping out at halftime last week, but I could be wrong. ;)

      Also, I thought about putting the whole SEC at #1, but that would be way too easy.

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      Ohhhhh. gotcha. I guess if your still a OSU fan you are a true fan. b/c after those good-ole-fashioned-sec tail-whuppins' son. lol Nice read though.

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      Thanks for reading, and debating. Really, everyone can step up and say that their team has the craziest fan base, which is the fun in it. Size doesn't matter (take WKU for example).

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      Obviously, dude's never been to Baton Rouge.

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    UT fans aren't exactly crazy, I expected to get peed on when I confronted a large group of UT fans after a loss to A&M last year.
    All they did was make frownie faces at me.

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    HOOK'em HORN's all the way to the end.. Honourable mention to the poor Wolverines fans

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      I almost wanted to include Michigan but decided not to due to their sheer irrelevancy in college football this season. They really have lost all sense of tradition except for the stadium, and even that wasn't the biggest and the best last weekend. Congrats go to them on the big win against Wisconsin regardless.

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    Thats right, HOOK'em Horns, onourable mention to the poor fans of Michigan

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    Have ya read tidefans.com after a loss or for that matter even a close win! I did see a few snide remarks about the special teams this past week!

    ROLL~TIDE~ROLL!

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      I should have just made this a top 12 and included every SEC team because it's just nuts down south. Oh well, there's always next time. They love their football, I'll admit, but I can only see them replacing the Fulmer haters at no. 5.

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    What about Penn State?

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    well considering OSU's own Kirk Herbstreit thinks it's the craxiest place to watch a game, with the best student section in the country and the white-out. It's incredible!

    Have you ever even been there? I've been to several stadiums including Michigan and Penn State is definitely one of the top 5 in the country.

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      I'm not saying I don't think it's a hostile environment. Penn State has great tradition and a great following, but enduring mediocrity for the past few years had the fans almost accepting it. That's my opinion. And they need to get poor ole' Joe Pa out of there. I know why he's still there, but come on.

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      Exactly. Penn State has the best student section in the country. They also have the biggest and loudest stadium and fanbase in the country. Herbie and most of ESPN has said it, and most sane people have said it. Even a lot of people on BR who aren't PSU fans agree, or agree to some extent. When you hear 110,000+ fans screaming WE ARE...PENN STATE!, you know its crazy.

      Also, have you ever been to a whiteout or a big game there, Jonathan? You obviously haven't. The student section alone is probably louder than most full stadiums of college football fans for other teams. The student section isn't even half of the crowd, so do the math and you'll see why Penn State is the hardest and most hostile place to play. Go to the Penn State Ohio State game next year in Happy Valley. It will be a night game, Lee will pick OSU, Herbie could go either way, and the crowd...you'll see. Also, mediocrity? How about 2005? How about the last two seasons? We were great, but it was Morelli's fault that we had 3 and 4 losses in those years. How about this year? PSU is #6, and soon to be #1. If you ever go to a big PSU game, its the loudest yelling and cheering you will ever hear for 60 minutes of game time, and 3 hours of stadium time (because of commercial breaks and halftime).

      The one thing that may be better at Ohio State than Penn State would be the band. PSU's band is great, and we have better songs and fight songs played by them, but OSU's band is massive, and the Ohio on both sides is pretty impressive. Everyone has to clap, even me, when they dot the "i". That is probably one of the most respected events in the 'shoe.

      Also, Joe Pa is leading them to some great seasons now, and he will probably be coaching there when he dies. He at least has to win a National Championship, which looks very likely this year. Joe Pa doesn't want to leave and he shouldn't have to until he wants to or until Penn State becomes a bad team.

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      Tennesse and Michigan also seat over 100k and have tons of students and tons of tradition. As far as I'm concerned, the three have essentially the same prestige and support.

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    i'm trying to decide if i should be upset or flattered that LSU doesn't make the list???

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      That's really how it is for every school on this list. There's a positive outlook to be called passionate freaks of something, but then you realize it's just football. The ones that reply with "Just football! What's your problem?" made the list for a reason. LSU, Alabama, PSU, and Florida were hard ones not to include. Perhaps when basketball season rolls around I'll have to make a ten team list.

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    First of all...JoePa could still kick your ass.

    And the fanbase is nuts haven't you seen "Paternoville" and all of that? It's ridiculous up there, the fans have never accepted mediocrity nor will they ever. This is clearly a program back on the rise to national prominence and they have one of the top 5 fan bases in the country without a doubt.

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      JoePa would not try to fight me. I know he still looks out for himself after his battle with the runs in the past during a game, and I would be able to do much worse damage.

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    I'm sure all fan bases are on the crazy side. But have you ever been to the Iron Bowl? Alabama & Auburn is the craziest I have ever been to.. Roll Tide!

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      That's really the fun in this article. Sure, an argument can be made for every team in the poll, but there are lots of teams outside the poll that could go in. That's what made it tough to include only five.

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    Once again, the Chumpeyes are grossly overrated.

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    Not in this poll try being a fan of a team that plays the buckeyes every year and living in ohio and walking down the street all year long and hearing oh-io in your ear. Also going to weddings and hearing hang on sloopy played a dozen times. Buckeye fans are also band wagon fans in the late 80's and early 90's they was far less of this buckeye madness after they won the national title the became annoying. Some buckeye fans have class but very few the ones.

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    Top five craziest fan bases and only Tennessee is mentioned from the SEC??? Okee Dokee, this article lives in the realm of fantasy land, much like OSU's national championship chances.

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    I'll confess... I have left some Gator games early... for the following reasons...

    1 My wife had an alergic reation and had to get to the ER
    2 When beating LSU 2 years ago, I left early because the heat at my seat was over 110 degrees, the humidity was off the charts, and I had too much beer before the game...
    3 When beating Kentucky Tennessee last year, the person sitting next to me (bench seats) was hacking his lungs out and blowing his nose on the bottom of his shirt... when I thought I saw blood coming out of his eye I high-tailed it to the Gainsville Ale House.

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    How about Buckeye fans such as myself? I realize that our O-Line and D-Line have sucked the last two years. I realize Beanie maybe a puss (a very talented one). I realize Tressel is entirely too conservative offensively, and that we haven't had a good defense since Dantonio left (statistically maybe but not performance wise in big games). I own a ton of Buckeye gear, buckeye necklace included. My folks both attended OSU and Dad played there in the 60's. I was at the USC game and stayed till the end of that asskicking. I love my team. But...

    I am also completely :) objective about their performances and chance of success versus team x, y, or z. I recognize they are not where they need to be and haven't been for awhile. I look forward to each season with optimism. I am not a lunatic, nor do I get on boards such as these and rant and rave about how amazing the Buckeyes are. So the constant bashing of our fan base grates on me. I mean how can you compare your average Buckeye fan to say....Notre Dame's fans? Or Miami's? Fan bases so obnoxious as to be universally hated.

    Personally it is OSU's lack of performance and being overrated that sets people off. Not their fans. I consider OSU fans to be slightly more talkative Nebraska fans. Ohioans are very down to earth, very homey (not homie). They are slightly backwards compared to people on either coast and rather conservative. They're well behaved at the games and would consider it rude to talk totally obnoxious trash to other team's fans anywhere. We know our place, even if we've been knocked down a few notches. I am sorry if you've met an really obnoxious, oblivious to reality, as#hole Buckeye fan. They were probably bandwagoners not born in our great state. They don't represent our fan base anymore than that Longhorn fan who bumped you while you were holding a tray of beers while overenthusiastically "throwin' up the Horns", or the Notre Dame fan who insists that Weiss is the Second Coming and that they will win the NC next year, or your average SEC fan telling you how the SEC OWNS your conference (when, if you look at BCS game win loss records in the 90-00's the Pac-10 (!) has the best head to head record).

    Anyway, Go Bucks. Respect to your team also. Just lookin' for a good game....

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      Bob, I'm still trying to find where I said the OSU passion is a bad thing. I like the dedication the fans on this list have to their teams. It's what makes college football what it is.

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    Fact: Your own alumni Kirk declares PSU student section as the "BEST".
    Fact: Largest stadium in the country wearing White
    Fact: Talk to Juice Williams (Illonois), entire Notre Dame team, Mike Riley and his OSU Beavers on how tough it is to play at Beaver stadium
    Fact: Did you hear the 110,000 die hard Penn State fans last Saturday night singing "Sweet Carolina" during the Primetime Illonois game.

    Anyway, fun article. Any alumni can argue about there team being the best.

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      I'm a Louisville fan, not OSU. This is totally objective opinion.

      Thanks for the feedback. Also, I think we see all the time in a big game the commentators get caught up in the moment and say things like "this is the best student section in college football." There are so many things that can go into a best, and with 120 teams, everyone can have their own dog in the fight.

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    Jon Jon, not you, we're cool....I thought the column header that included : "But which school has the most obnoxious, closed-minded, big-talking, and sometimes small-walking fans?" and then having the Bucks #1 sorta counts as bashing. I know it was supposed to be humorous. I was addressing the OSU bashers in this thread and seemingly every CFB thread in the country the last two years. I'll put a sock in it.

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      I'm not trying to offend; just having fun.

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      As much as I hate to say it we, Buckeye fans, can be obnoxious jerks. Just look at two weeks ago when Todd got booed off the field. One moment that illustrates this to a degree was when I was a manager with the team in 2001. Steve Bellisari, one of the best guys I have ever met, gets booed as we leave the field after losing to Wisconsin. Two weeks later, Steve plays his best game against Purdue and they love him. I am just as passionate for OSU as anybody, but being on both sides, OSU fans can be pretty bad.

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    Jonathan,

    As for broadcasters being "caught in the moment"...Herbstreit has said at least a half dozen times over the past few years that PSU has the best student section.

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      I guess I missed that. Penn State > everyone will be my next article. Why the other 119 teams would even dare visit Happy Valley is beyond me.

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    all you happy valley fans are a bunch of cry babies just b.c you have joe pa and a big white out don't make you passionate fans. good luck making it to the national title game first you have to beat michigan @ your scary white out beaver stadium. lets go blue

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    hahaha

    Michigan SUCKS

    As does the "Big House" I don't think there is a less indimidating place to play.

    I've been there and it isn't loud at all.

    By no means am I saying Happy Valley is the best or loudest place (I'll concede LSU on the loudness factor). But it is definitely in the top five.

    Hey Jesse....PSU - 37 scUM - 10

    shut your mouth till you're actualy relevent again.

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      Ryan,

      While I will agree that Penn State is a much better team than Michigan this year (there's no secret about that), I think you're way off base telling Jesse to "shut your mouth till you're actually relevant again." Last time I checked, Penn State hasn't beaten Michigan since Joe-Pa was still in his 60's.

      In five of those nine straight wins, Penn State entered the game ranked higher than Michigan, as they will this year. So I'd say the better phrase should be to you: "don't trash talk Michigan fans until you actually beat Michigan." If and when you beat Michigan on Oct. 18, I'll say congratulations.

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    Penn State has more national titles in the last 25 years than Michigan does in 50.

    This is definitely the year PSU wins, and yes you're right, I probably should not have blown up, that kid was just being a moron. Sorry about that.

    Actually I will trash talk Michigan fans just cuz of Appy State, i can't help myself, it's still so awesome.

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      I think you're a little too biased to be taken seriously here, and if it's a decent reflection of what most PSU fans are, maybe they should have made the list.

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      "Penn State has more national titles in the last 25 years than Michigan does in 50"
      Come one Ryan, that is a pathetic comeback. You actually tried to use some victories that happened before you were even born as material? How about this one, Army had a better team in 1942 than Michigan did in 1997. Great. I couldn't think of a more thoughtless, almanac-consulting statement. JoePa is washed up, and the only reason you guys are even relevant today is because you stopped caring if your athletes were complete criminals. You have had more criminal charges against your team in the last six years than Miami. And you STILL CAN'T BEAT US. One more thing to think about, that same Michigan team that lost to "Appy State" beat your overrated Nittany Lions. So who is more pathetic? You are in NO position to talk, even the year you finished ahead of us, WE STILL BEAT YOU. GET HANDLED EVERY YEAR AND LIKE IT.

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    Everyone's got their biases.

    And I'm a diehard fan, but no, not a crazy who burns things and overturns cars after a loss (like OSU).

    Your article is a little confusing though. I just re-read it. You point out the negatives in fans from WVU and Tennessee, but seem to not hit negatives for OSU and Texas. So is your article about the most passionate fan bases? The craxiest/dumbest fan bases or what?

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      Does all of the above not apply? Each school on this list is known to be crazy from a different reason. It's pretty simple to say that WVU fans are a different sort of passionate than OSU fans.

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      Sorry OSU can't stage color coordinated outings like you clever folk at PSU. I was there in 2005 and I guaruntee you Ohio State didn't lose because we were so intimidated by the white out.

      "not a crazy who burns things and overturns cars after a loss (like OSU)."

      No just dance to Zombie Nation and White Stripes. Is Ryan Seacrest your band director?

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    Penn State has THE best fans in the Big Ten, period. And I'm saying this as a Michigan State student. Back in 2005 when they won their last conference title, East Lansing was packed to the brim with PSU students and fans. It was a loud and crazy environment. The team travels incredibly well, and it's only crazier at home.

    I'm sorry, but Michigan fans don't even come close.

    Stadium construction factors in...Michigan stadium allows sound to travel up and out a lot easier than Happy Valley. Add in the fact that ALL of Penn State's fans get into the action, not just the students, and you've got a very difficult environment to play in if you're a visitor.

    Props to ND fans as well. I may not like your team, but last year when you were getting whooped all over the place, the students stayed for the duration of the game. I don't know another university that is like that.

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    It is a travesty Ever hear of Penn State is not on this list. Ever hear of Maryland's black out, Georgia's black out or Michigans pathetic maze out? Yea guess where all of that started, Happy Valley. Let alone the fact that Kirk Herbstreit called Penn State the best student section in the nation. Ohio State does not even have a student section. And you mentioned accepting mediocrity? Three late December bowl victories in a row I would not call medocre. I am assuming you did not watch the Illinois game.

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      "Ohio State does not even have a student section."

      http://blocko.org/
      (Section 39A in the South Stands)

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      I did watch the Illinois game, and I was impressed, but that was one game. Georgia fans were just as passionate that night but in a small stadium. It's easy to say both would probably have had 150k at their games had the facilities allowed it.

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    If Alabama is not #1 on this list, the list needs to be re-done. Those people are absolutely crazy. And I don't mean "Ah, cool, look how into the games they are!" cooky fun crazy. I mean absolutely deranged.

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      Jim you are completely off base with this one.

      Bama fans are said to be some of the best and most loyal fans. Most people never have a problem with Alabama fans. We are passionate and caring and love our team and would do anyting to support them.

      However, never have I been to a game where Alabama fans have been rude. (Every college will have a few though.) So you might have run into a few but don't judge all Bama fans based on them.

      Also, don't confuse being passionate about a team for being rude and mean like you mentioned about Tennessee fans. If you're mentioning that where are LSU fans in this list?

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      All those things can be said about a cult member too.

      Bama fans are certainly loyal, passionate and caring for their team. If that weren't true, I wouldn't have said they should have been on the list. They're also insane.

      Deranged doesn't mean "mean" or "rude". It means crazy.

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    Yeah 'Bama is nuts, they had like 90,000 some for their spring game last season I think.

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      Actually it was more than that. Our stadium only holds 92,138 people though. At least for now. But they had to stop people from coming in about halfway through.

      You call this nuts...I call it passion and dedication. :)

      ROLL TIDE!

      Bama Chick

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      Isn't Florida also reputable for their spring game? I think it was on TV last spring.

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    I'm sort of suprised more SEC school's weren't on your list, so here's some honorable mentions.
    Florida, Georgia, Bama, Auburn, Florida State, Nebraska, OU, Oregon State, and possibly the least crazy group of fans, but possibly the coolest place to see a game is in Boulder at the CU games. Now that is what I call ironic.

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    I enjoyed this list a but I have one correction for you, "so don't even think of bringing any of that Sooner maroon into the nation's second largest state." Oklahoma's colors are crimson and cream and Texas A&M is maroon.

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    you can't talk about crazy fans until you have a mason jar of piss poured on you by an lsu fan standing by the tunnel at tiger stadium

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    Me myself being from Wisconsin would say that us wisconsinites are crazy about football, between are students tailgating and getting so drunk they don't know if were winning or losing, they just cheer loud and have fun, and the packers a vew years ago who had a 4 win season and they still had a intence crowd. I'm just suprised no one has brought them up.

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      I love the jump (after the third quarter), and wish Louisville fans could think of something that clever and fun for the games.

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    I'm not going to be like all these others and make a pointless, factless arguement. I just have one short thing to say: Death Valley, 1988, Earthquake

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    Pretty horrible article. Sorry I usually enjoy articles like this but you didn't even explain yourself. I don't know how to feel about Texas' inclusion on this list. That's obviously a cutdown but then you don't even say anything negative. Unless you mean crazy as in passionate. In that case, thanks but you need to define crazy.

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      I know. It's absolutely terrible. A short, light article that made some quick jabs all while complimenting every school on the list for harsh dedication to college football is unacceptable, and I'll never do it again.

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    Ever been to Larmie Wyoming?

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    I'd like to nominate USC as having the hottest fanbase. Does that count for anything? That's all I got. Texas gets honorable mention.

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    LSU v. Florida 2007. Stadium packed as usual. 45K outside just hanging out having a few beers. Go figure.

    Not that Joe, the other Joe

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    Penn State vs Ohio State 2005 at Beaver Stadium...enough said

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    THERE is always a darned buckeye in every crowd - pissing us Wolves off

    cheers mate - loved the piece, chose it

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    19 home game winning streak for Wisconsin until last night isn't too shabby. PSU, Ohio St., Michigan, and Wisconsin are all schools with great traditions in the Big 10. But, overall I'd say your list is fairly accurate as much as I hate Ohio St.

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      Thanks for the input. They're football crazy down south, so if I was going to make a change I'd probably add Alabama, but I think the list is pretty good the way it is.

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    Penn State....the largest stadium in the country. 110,000 capacity. White Out. Dude where have you been?

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