You are a bad fan

Minnesota_husker said:
mwj98 said:
Minnesota_husker said:
mwj98 said:
skersfan said:
Christ act like adults. People say things when they are upset. All of us do. I quit reading the game thread because it was so bad. Not saying I didn't feel the same at times. These are kids, our lives should not depend on their winning or losing. Calm down on both sides.

My guess the comment came after a few or many beverages, that mind alter. All of us love this program. Remember that. I truly doubt there is anyone on this thread that loves Nebraska more than Polo. He speaks from his heart, like a lot do. Most were truly hurting tonigh, it has eased some. And it may have been just exactly what we needed. These kids fought till the end. Nothing to be ashamed of in any way.

MWJ will be back, and quickly is my guess. This is an addiction for most of us!!!! No hard feelings from me. My guess all of us have said something similar at one time or another. Some are just so involved. But we are fans, that is our job.
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Well said. Too many beverages. I love this team. +1
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No you dont.
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Whatever. You feel better? Need a cigarette?
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Dont get defensive because you quit on this years team and are now coming back with your tail between your legs.

Its cool.. Obviously quitting on your team is the norm around here, so I am sure you will fit in just fine

Quit/come back/ quit/ come back...
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Jesus Minnesota you need to take out your tampon and quit being such a b!^@h. You and QMany should get together some time and talk about your feelings.

 
beanman said:
Minnesota_husker said:
beanman said:
Jesus Minnesota you need to take out your tampon and quit being such a b!^@h. You and QMany should get together some time and talk about your feelings.
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Well that wasnt very friendly.
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Well quit being the fan police. It's goddamn annoying.
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BUT I ALREADY MADE MY BADGE AND EVERYTHING!

I guess i could get a job in the ceiling fan section at Home Depot... The badge "Fan police" might make more sense there.

 
beanman said:
You and QMany should get together some time and talk about your feelings.
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1995 Redux said:
I could care less if a fan wants to leave the game early or turn the channel because they are done with it. Last night, who could blame them? I chose not to turn the TV off. I did stand outside on the final drive because, well it worked against Ohio State in 2011, thought maybe I could conjure up some karma magic by sitting outside on a cooler. Did not pan out.

The fans that left early in 2010 when Texas embarrassed us weren't in the wrong. It was a poor showing by the team and frustrating for attendants. I was among them. We missed a TD but inevitably the game was still a loss. Fans that left early in 2013 during the NW game missed a miraculous hail mary win. Must hurt to know they could have stayed for the celebration.

Bottom Line: Leaving early or turning the channel doesn't make anybody less of a fan. It just means their tolerance for disappointment differs from those who choose to endure painful games til the end be it in person or on TV/Radio. It's okay either way really. Doesn't effect the outcome of the game one way or another. But honestly if your going to be done with the game the last thing you should want to do is go on the message board and tell everyone how your done knowing full well it's going to start a big "I'm a better fan" debate. We are all fans, except Polo who hates everything good and only listens to Creed.
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so, bo was wrong to call them f'ing fair-weather fans?
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When I left during the 2010 Texas game I was absolutely being a fair weather fan. When Knaapp turned his TV off Saturday night he was being a fair weather fan. Bo was not wrong because even a fair weather fan still classifies as a fan.
The MSU loss boils down to one thing. We could have won. Thats why everyones so pissy. Its not like we got blown out. We could have won and been 6-0. Everybody should celebrate the fact we are probably in a position for our best finish in ages rather than dwell and b!^@h about this f'ing loss. We held tight with a top 10 team on the road and could have won. Win out and we probs get a second shot at em. Go Big Red.

 
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1995 Redux said:
The MSU loss boils down to one thing. We could have won. Thats why everyones so pissy. Its not like we got blown out. We could have won and been 6-0. Everybody should celebrate the fact we are probably in a position for our best finish in ages rather than dwell and b!^@h about this f'ing loss. We held tight with a top 10 team on the road and could have won. Win out and we probs get a second shot at em. Go Big Red.
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No, everyone is so pissy because for 3 and a half quarters we played like dog sh#t, and it confirmed in a lot of peoples minds that this is just another team in the Pelini era that is likely to underachieve.

It's not because we could have won. We "could have" won last year against MSU too if we hadn't turned the ball over 5 times. You know how worn out that got during the offseason? But we turned the ball over 5 times!!! And we played like dog sh#t Saturday. So could we have won? Hell yeah, if we hadn't played like dog sh#t. But we did. And we lost. And people are now pissed. (and silently dreading what's to come)

 
1995 Redux said:
When Knaapp turned his TV off Saturday night he was being a fair weather fan.
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I disagree with this definition of a fan. I have the choice to invest my time and money in a team that plays like that or not, at my pleasure. That doesn't make me a good or bad fan, that makes me a wise consumer.

I am a fan of a couple of chefs in this area, and I travel some distance to their restaurants to eat dinner. Fan though I am, I would not accept a meal prepared so horribly that I could not stomach it. I would send it back, or if egregious enough I may leave the restaurant without paying for the meal. This is perfectly acceptable behavior. It doesn't matter if I'm a huge fan of the chef who prepared the meal. I do not have to accept everything he makes, especially if it isn't palatable.

Further, like thousands of people, I didn't stop paying attention to the game. I followed along on Twitter, keeping up with what happened via text rather than watching. I still followed the game, just in a different format.

I have done this dozens of times, either by choice or by need. I followed most of the Penn State Volleyball match on Twitter because I wasn't in front of a TV at the time. That doesn't make me a fair weather fan, it means I used the means available to me to keep track of action.

I went to the parking lot at halftime of the 2011 Ohio State game, then went back in and watched the second half. I saw that comeback in person, I contributed to the noise at the stadium when tons of people left. Does that make me a better fan than them? Nope. They just have different tolerances.

The whole focus of this conversation is erroneous. People are spending more time expressing their displeasure with the fans who watched the game - in whatever format they chose - and less time discussing the game itself. It is, apparently, easier to focus angst at other fans than at the team or coaches.

 
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