OSU fans

[Sbee]

so i always thought the complaints about OSU fans being trashbags was a UM fan urban legend but i'm hearing otherwise from my friends who were in Indy. there were also a few calls on 97.1 today talking about the harassment, vulgarity, and all around juggalo behavior from the OSU fan base.

the title game is always an interesting dynamic, you have a mix of fans and interesting behavior

from anyone who was there, were the OSU fans as bad as i've heard?

 

[Michchamp]

so i always thought the complaints about OSU fans being trashbags was a UM fan urban legend ...

are you serious?

 

[everyoneneedsasmil]

Just to be fair, most fans can be trashbags in the right setting. Being a fan in the first place is about placing significant emotional value on something that has no bearing on your actual life. It's a breeding ground for ignorance and loss of self-control. OSU has been the standard bearer of the conference for a while now, and that's bound to create some condescension as well (just look at UM fans, same problem despite not having top of the conference success since 2004).

I'm not trying to excuse anyone, just point out that when you get into a crowd of rabid fans, both teams are bound to think the opposition's support is filled with trashbags.

 

[Michchamp]

For an idea of how bad ohio fans are, take your own fanbase, 15 arrested, 57 fires set last weekend, and multiply it by a factor that adjusts for the larger size of ohio's fanbase relative to yours, counting all the bandwagon trash ohio fans double.

 

[Sbee]

For an idea of how bad ohio fans are, take your own fanbase, 15 arrested, 57 fires set last weekend, and multiply it by a factor that adjusts for the larger size of ohio's fanbase relative to yours, counting all the bandwagon trash ohio fans double.

as for the fires, i hate that shit but dumb behavior is common on college campuses after sporting events. we don't have a patent on that shit.

We all have an irrational attraction to our alma matters and their sports teams, if we didn't, we sure as hell wouldn't have these message boards, pay for premium content on rivals and scout, listen to podcasts, turn into espnu to see the decisions of a 16 year old, etc. I've just heard a lot of stories about the OSU fans, lots of vulgarity directed towards MSU fans (with kids) and just all around shitty behavior. I'm not saying that every MSU fan in indy was perfectly behaved but i didn't hear this kind of stuff when we played Wisconsin.

 

[tinselwolverine]

OSU fans are the Raiders fans of college football.

 

[Sbee]

OSU fans are the Raiders fans of college football.

great analogy

 

[tomdalton22]

every fan base has thier assholes and Walmart fans. Reminds me of a funny youtube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Kz6Rw99Kk

 

[Sbee]

I did love that "may the forcier be with you" shirt, that's some funny shit

 

[RedeemerKid]

as for the fires, i hate that shit but dumb behavior is common on college campuses after sporting events. we don't have a patent on that shit.

We all have an irrational attraction to our alma matters and their sports teams, if we didn't, we sure as hell wouldn't have these message boards, pay for premium content on rivals and scout, listen to podcasts, turn into espnu to see the decisions of a 16 year old, etc. I've just heard a lot of stories about the OSU fans, lots of vulgarity directed towards MSU fans (with kids) and just all around shitty behavior. I'm not saying that every MSU fan in indy was perfectly behaved but i didn't hear this kind of stuff when we played Wisconsin.

Hard to beat two riots in three days.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/severa...-lose-ncaa-final-four-championship-to-louisv/

http://www.annarbor.com/news/4-couc...s-following-wolverines-victory-over-syracuse/

It's wrong everywhere, but people love to hammer it home at MSU and forget about it elsewhere.

 

[Michchamp]

I think there should be a new Internet Sports Message Board law: when you use the phrase "all fanbases do it," you are admitting "Our fanbase is worse than others in regards to whatever we're talking about."

on the old espn boards, I think there was more than enough evidence presented that ohio fans were pretty much loathed by everyone else, even those third parties trying their best to stay out of the "Michigan/Ohio" debate.

there was a video of fan behavior ohio commissioned before the '02 UM/Ohio game in Columbus that was pretty telling. by kickoff, the camera crew was basically wading through a sea of Natty Lite cans a foot deep, and catching footage of intoxicated ohio fans urinating and defecating right in the middle of the streets... they even had to intervene to defend a Michigan fan in a Rodney-King-like beating that went down on camera.

just a couple years later, the president of UTexas sent a complaint to ohio about it when they had their home-and-home series.

of course... ohio fans merely replied that "every program has a few bad apples among its fan base, and we're not any different..." because... well, why not? it's the internet, there are no judges to weigh evidence presented. Whoever shouts loudest and posts last wins!

 

[Michchamp]

Hard to beat two riots in three days.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/severa...-lose-ncaa-final-four-championship-to-louisv/

http://www.annarbor.com/news/4-couc...s-following-wolverines-victory-over-syracuse/

It's wrong everywhere, but people love to hammer it home at MSU and forget about it elsewhere.

the term "riot" is so subjective... you can do better by counting the number of fires and number of arrests, and the size of the crowds.

a couple geeks around campus burning some garbage isn't the same thing as this:

 

[RedeemerKid]

Point simply is, it happens at many college campuses, to some degree or another.

I was in Ann Arbor in 89 when it hit the fan on South University after the Seton Hall win in the finals. Cars flipping over, people pulling down power lines. It was nuts.

Old saying is "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone". It wasn't "he that is with lesser sin......."

 

[TheVictors]

I got tear gassed on S University after some Fab Five wins.

And I've made that Raiders comparison before but in deference to Ohio* they've actually won in the past two decades.

 

[Sbee]

I think a good portion of the problem is the ELPD and Campus PD, they try to deter incidents on campus by getting tougher, tear gassing, which exacerbates the problem.

I remember the protest at Munn field about not letting students tailgate there, i think it was a friday night before finals and a lot of students gathered to protest. they were immediately told to disperse because they didn't have a permit and they were tear gassed right away, of course they spilled into the streets, pissed off, broke traffic lights, street signs, etc. not an appropriate response but ELPD/MSUpd should share some of the blame

 

[Spartan23MSU]

The ELPD are the worst power mongers ive ever seen. The students are always treated as enemies from what I noticed. I dont think I encountered 1 personable cop my entire time there.

 

[Sbee]

The ELPD are the worst power mongers ive ever seen. The students are always treated as enemies from what I noticed. I dont think I encountered 1 personable cop my entire time there.

By far the worst, I remember people at our tailgates getting breathalizer tests when they weren't drinking, they were under 21 but didn't have a drink in their hands, just suspicion.

 

[Spartan23MSU]

By far the worst, I remember people at our tailgates getting breathalizer tests when they weren't drinking, they were under 21 but didn't have a drink in their hands, just suspicion.

Not only that but I remember them stopping random people on the street with book bags and searching them as they walked by. Pure suspicion! It was on MAC and every person that walked by with a backpack or book bag got stopped and searched. We yelled across the street "Dont let them" and then they threatened us. I also heard a story of them "spotting underage drinkers inside a house" literally ringing a doorbell and trying to gain entrance from seeing people through the glass inside the house "That appeared to be underage drinking" How is that legal?? The worst ever!

 

[Michchamp]

that sucks. don't they have a student legal services dept there?

all those things would probably be dismissed if the students so much thought about getting an attorney

most of the enforcement on campuses seems intended as a revenue source anyway

 

[Sbee]

Not condoning burning couches but I think student/radom partier behavior is made worse by the hard line that elpd takes. They think more enforcement equals less rowdy behavior but really it incites it