Many fanbases are insufferable -- but how many of them inspired a catchphrase-laden recurring comedy sketch about their insufferableness that would eventually become insufferable in its own right (and then somehow become part of an auto insurance ad campaign)? There are so many possibilities. This is what happens: A shitfaced LSU fan stumbles up to Opposing Fan. Dan Snyder can throw money at aging superstars until Senatorial term limits get passed, and youll STILL show up to FedExField. Three Super Bowl wins (four appearances in 10 years). But those delusions aside, at least you remain appropriately pessimistic about your teams chances, since the last time you even sniffed the Super Bowl was before Woodstock. I have compiled a list of the 25 most annoying colleges in the nation today. Following in the No. The SECs elite. Over the years, the Longhorns have acquired a taste for arrogance through their many winning seasons; one unmatched by their rivals in College Station and Lubbock. Nebraska has as many banners for being the most annoying fan base in college football as the Montreal Canadiens do for all of their Stanley Cups. The Buckeyes are the sole reason a team from the midwest has had a shot at a College Football Playoff berth since it began. The gripe I have with Tennessee is more with their program. UCF isn't exactly the most storied of college football programs and isn't even in a major conference, so why are their fans so rude? Which is fine. Just look what happened to Brett Favre when he dared play for the Vikings. Even when the team is good, some things never change. Not all fan bases are judged the same. Cowboys fans used to say Texas Stadium had a hole up top because God loved watching the Cowboys, but isn'tdeclaring God a fan of YOUR team pretty much the pinnacle of obnoxious? Usually there is a group of awful ones that sully the name for the entire group. No, theyre not Texas team -- that one wears burnt orange. The fact that my dad is a massive fan, and the knowledge that my calls are going to get screened for a week now. Who are the most "annoying" fan bases in all of college football? You just didn't have time to tell them. 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. Right now there are at least 50 people in San Quentin Prison for something they did after a Raiders game. It seems for the last several years the UCF Golden Knights fan base injects itself into national championship conversation. In about six weeks, the college football season returns and those fans are already getting fired up for the season. For years, WVU fans have been considered some of the worst in the nation. Sitting at home behind your safe TV doesn't even begin to hide what goes on at some of these stadiums where football is literally the pulse of the student's worlds. Packers fans like to present a welcoming aura of friendliness (tailgating at Lambeau pre-game is actually a fantastic time), but make no mistake, they will turn (on you or anything around you) in a HEARTBEAT if things go south for the Pack. First off whoever said Florida Gator fans have the worst fans is completely wrong. That is completely ridiculous and is the highest among college sports. Notice anything similar about those teams up there? Cracking the top three are the Golden Domers. Bad news, Tennessee Vols fans. Photo: Isaiah Hole. 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. teacher." One spent almost 30 years suffering with a team that rarely broke .500 (the Aints!) and was helmed by the likes of Aaron Brooks andBilly Joe Tolliver, while the other only knows the Super Bowl success of the Sean Paytonera. Under Nick Saban, this team is consistently top five in the country. But everyone knows you dyed-in-the-wool Pats fans are really just Bruins fans in Bradys clothing. They liked Leinart. And sure, the New York Football Giants have played outside New York only 20 years less than the baseball Giants, but none of that matters! 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. The success. According to respondents, Alabama fans might need to calm down because theyre the No. Georgia Bulldogs. The Phoenix New Times has named "Tribute to Troy" one of the "top 10 most annoying college football fight songs," while a columnist with The Seattle Times once referred to it as "almost as annoying as Nancy Grace ". Your team plays in a soccer stadium in Carson, where your evil owner relocated after he couldn't swindle the taxpayers of San Diego into buying him a brand-new stadium. But you're still nice Midwesterners, which means you have even fewer issues giving up and jumping on the Packers bandwagon. Must be something in the cheesesteaks. 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. Its important to know all you can on this subject, especially as we start a new year, because fans are your most personal connection to each school: Youre probably not peeing beside Nick Saban at a bar urinal, but you are beside the Bama fan. The Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and all of the major college hockey teams in the Boston area all enjoyed more support than the Patriots. c. Success and making excuses for illegally gained success: Have you won a few national championships lately? The main reason Tennessee leads off the list is because of their scuffle with Lane Kiffin last year. From cursing in the stands to throwing garbage on the field, these football fans top our list for worst behavior in the NCAA. Now everyone from Chelsea to Cochituate to Chatham claims that theyve been die-hards forever, that they were huge fans during the Grogan and Tony Eason eras, that they know who Dick MacPherson is, and remember when fans used to hold up signs saying Missing with Sisson for kicker Scott Sisson. Back to top. Despite winning the most Super Bowls of any team in league history, you still have a no-show problem at home games. "The final four is HERE. After Bo Pelini started as their new head coach, the Cornhuskers have began to ascend back to the top, attending the Big 12 Championship twice (with two losses) before leaving for the Big Ten. You're both "all in"when it comes fandom -- which is great for jersey and ticket sales -- but its clear which group can handle a 1-4 start and which one keeps annoying everybody at the bar by yelling Who Dat? every two minutes. Have you won one of those with a quarterback whose financing for his new Benz was, shall we say, murky? That's the essence of Eagles fans right there. Copyright 2008-2023 BroBible. Stick around this guy for a while? The pristine beaches, sunny weather, food, attractive people and world-renowned nightlife can become stale. We all know it. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. The Barstool Sports podcast, Unnecessary Roughness, ranked the 10 most "annoying" fan bases in all of college football heading into the 2022 season. More like roll it back. However, that is not what makes them rude. 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. For a franchise thats endured a stunning amount of heartbreak and futility on its journey to never winning a Super Bowl, you dont get nearly the amount of misery hype as, say, a Cleveland or a Buffalo. It's only made worse by the fact that the city now hosts two NFL teams. Top 15 most intolerable fan bases in college football. As a college football fan, the "high and mighty" attitude gets to me more than anything. THE BROWNS. With Patrick Mahomes undoing Andy Reid's home playoff losing streak, you've got a lot of hype and a genuinely exciting young quarterback at the helm. The first but certainly not the last SEC team on this list, Ole Miss fans can be some of the rudest out there. They wear "trojan" helmets and sunglassestwo things that literally do not go together. Pride in a team that has been weak in the Big Ten over the past few years is beyond belief. We stay in the South, notably the SEC, with Auburn's rival Georgia. Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. From chants of "a--hole" directed at opposing fans to obscenities that are downright disgraceful, Michigan State definitely makes this list for many reasons. Wellexcept Tennessee. The houndstooth hats. Nasty obscenities and rude cursing is just the surface layer for a team that just isn't that good. When a team is as good as it is, the fans get cocky and they get annoying. 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). Now comes time for some self deprecation. LSU Fans = "Most Smack-Talkin' Classless" award. A stroll through the concourses is about as close to spending a night in the Alameda County Jail as anyone should ever get, though at least in jail theres somebody making more than $12 an hour around to protect you. At least they have won the conference, but that doesnt make them any less annoying. Rama jama, indeed. This is partly NBCs fault. The State of New Jersey actually asked Rutgers to put on seminars to increase "civility" for students, alumni and faculty. 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. They will do it at every turn. Many different factors went into my decision such as fanbase, coaches, marketing, etc. North Dakota State What, you don't think FCS counts? The University of Mississippi is known to have a student drinking problem which has led to their reputation as one of the top party schools in the nation. The snow. Since their last conference championship in 2008, they have won it just once. 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. And out west, theyre just here to party. And from August to January in America, plenty of people are more likely judge you based on what jersey you wear on Sundays than they are to judge you based on your job, home state, underwear preference, and so on. Verne was the worst before him. Arguing with them is pointless and until they finally realize that Stoops has to go, they won't be backing down. From graveyards to cowbells to $2 bills, here's a look at eight of college football's strangest. Police have a vague description of the attackers and believe they may have driven off in a light colored SUV. The Wolverines are in the national discussion every year. You are who you root for. Recent success is annoying, and Florida teams during the Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer eras were unbearably good, especially at the quarterback position (the most high-profile position in sports). You poor bastards almost won a championship your first season after moving from Houston. Eagles fans are the people who get into fights at an eight-year-old girls' T-ball game, possibly with an eight-year-old girl. And since you're all just kind of Texans fans by default, nobody gets too worked up about things. 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. And then of course we know what happened. Their insanity has no bounds as they continue to succeed on the gridiron. (And youre certainly not going to hear any tears for this ranking from within the state of Michigan.). Congrats, youre the Marlins of the NFL! Possibly 100. Todd Kirkland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. 3 Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. 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? The official team of the California penal system is a far cry from the renegade outlaws that got them their sociopathic fanbase, but your average Raider fan isnt really as concerned with winning as he is with beating opposing fans with blunt objects. No lie: Ive literally seen guys in Broncos jerseys with police escorts walking through the parking lot at O.co. Roll Tide? Ah, Green Bay. The Bear Bryant worship. Will Alabama repeat? That wont stop you from busting out the Pittsburgh-ese at the local Steeler bar, though, like you didnt skip town for the first warm-weather job that came around. He suffered severe head injuries, including a crushed eye socket and a broken nose. All betting content is intended for an audience ages 21+. Nothing brings out the dregs of your city like a successful NFL run. There was even a recent Sprint commercial that poked fun at couch-burning riots. Like any groups of fans, there are the classy ones and the die-hard crazy ones. "We should be much higher," one Tennessee fan wrote. Sure, you might toss the occasional dog biscuit/snowball/glass bottle on the field, but you're America's lovable losers -- just incredibly delusional. Some of the things people do to people they don't even know is insane, even if they are wearing the "wrong" color to your game. (6-foot-3, 205 pounds), and also annoying to play . Youre not here for a reasoned breakdown of the top 25s chances: Youre here to find out the absolute worst of the worst, the fan bases you want to send to Belizealong with Mike. Possibly the most annoying thing about UGA fans though is their optimism. Here are 9 reasons why. Nebraska was the powerhouse in the Midwest, recruiting the best to stay the best. Your academic accomplishments matter, your alumni matter, your research and your contributions to scholarship They all matter. But you know who is? The Seahawks compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference West division. A recent social media ranking named the 10 most "annoying" fan bases in all of college football. The school wins its conference each and every year, but finds a way to come up short in the playoffs. 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. We also ranked the top five most arrogant fan bases in the NCAA. If you find yourself in a conversation with an alum you may also hear half-ironic bragging about the two schools combined 34 national championships. players and those who traveled to see them, "a--hole" directed at opposing fans to obscenities, hurl trash and insults onto the field during close games, lifted a goal post off the turf and threw it into the clearing A&M section of the stadium, A SI fan survey had the Volunteers voted third worst in the SEC, Tuscaloosa police even watched out for certain Florida fans. The fans have learned to be mostly unobtrusive. Listen, there, Al Bundy of NFL fanbases, at some point you have to stop responding to trash talk from fans from NY/NJ (who take up half your stadium) with 17-0! That was 47 YEARS AGO. The Niners would actually be much higher on this list a couple of years ago, when youreally started to bring back that '80s/'90s level of cockiness during the Harbaugh era, and all of youwere Kaepernick-ing on yourTumblr pages and starting to debate whether he would overtake Joe Montana as the greatest QB in Niners history. Congrats to the University of Alabama, you are once again No. Vote below. Your "new" fans who cant name two players on the defense and come to Sun Life to take selfies at LIV. Texas A&M cares about their football team -- a lot. (Kidding, I think.). Anyway, each fan base is irritable in one way or another, but here are the nine who are the most annoying. Buckeyes have a tendency to yell at other fans (and flip a car or two), which is probably why fans ranked them high on our list. No one should expect to make money from the picks and predictions discussed on this website. Fuck that. Even SEC fans, some of the most passionate in the world, voted LSU the worst hosts for football games. 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. SEC football: Ranking the most loyal fan bases from worst to first Teams SEC Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida LSU Tennessee Texas A&M ACC Clemson UNC Big Ten Iowa Michigan Michigan St.. It doesnt help when the national media consistently does the same, and they are preseason top 25 only to falter along the way. Sign up for the Longhorns Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Had this ranking been done 5-6 years ago, theyd be much higher on the list. West Virginia is a fine school, and Im told cousin-marrying ceremonies in the state have dropped 20% this year. They have been gone from the Big 12 for eight years, but they cant go five minutes without mentioning the Longhorns. If you thought of 10 things in the world that would make you sit outside for four hours in 110-degree temperatures, none of them would be watching Neil Lomax. But kudos to Cards fans, you spent 18 years getting cooked on Sundays in Sun Devil Stadium as your team earned a whopping one playoff appearance. Autzen Stadium has a reputation for being one of the loudest and craziest around. They accepted Kiffin with open arms after his midnight exit from Tennessee. For some reason you are convinced Joe Klecko should be in the Hall of Fame, and Joe Namath should be on Mount Rushmore. Ask the announcers from that game, they'll agree with you. Arthur Blank's mustache. 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. Good luck at the draft! 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. The Tuscaloosa police even watched out for certain Florida fans after posting a video online. For years, the trademark of being a Redskins fan was wearing a pig nose. 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. They shed accusations of cheating as if they are old John Hannah jerseys, even though everyone everywhere knows that Belichick is one of those guys who will cheat even while theyre winning just because it makes him feel clever. Let's take a look at the candidates: Blue Bloods Region College basketball royalty. Youll see then referencing one of their national titles or spouting off about the greatness of Tim Tebow. Your new domed stadium is one of the loudest in football, probably because every single one of your fans is AT THE GAME. Obviously, after Hurricane Katrina,everybodyin America fell in love with the Saints. 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. Yes, college football traditions are great and all, but at Texas A&M, they cross the line from endearing to annoying. If you're on the FSU side of things, you get chills every time . My biggest beef, though, is grammar related. Additionally, after being crushed in games, CU fans would dance in the stadium, still jeering on against opponents who had already destroyed their team. No. 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. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of an annoying post and choose to hide all posts from that person or 'Snooze' them for 30 days. The Sea of Red is one of the coolest traditions out there, but any crazy Husker fan will tell you that Crouch, Suh, and Gill are some of the best players to ever walk the face of this planet. America thinks you're annoying. A few years back in 2001, after Texas Tech defeated a high ranked Texas A&M team, the fans who rushed the field actually lifted a goal post off the turf and threw it into the clearing A&M section of the stadium. . And were not just picking on fan bases from other states, either. Being the unofficial college football historian that I am, Ive decided to look at which fans drive the blood pressure up of everybody else in America. The Top 25 fan bases in college football, right now today are: 25. Since the inception of the conference, they have won the conference title more than anyone else by a wide margin. Though fairly offensive, it's highly catchy and annoying.