🏈 So disgusted at some of our fans (the Quad brawl)

[BAMA JAMMA]

I knew being a night game plus all the hype there would be tons of drunks from both fan bases. But after seeing the brawl in youtube and hearing some of our fans yell "roll tide" makes me embarrassed as a fan. Anyone else seen it and if so your thoughts?

 

[UAgrad93]

Didn't see it but I am not the least bit surprised!!

 

[russb8903]

I mean, let's be real. We make claims to being a very "classy" fanbase but such claims are about as laughable as when the sorority girl puking on the street talks about southern girl classiness between heaves. We certainly aren't LSU, but neither are we remarkable in a positive way.

 

[bamafan4ever]

Is it just a reflection on our fan base or is it more a reflection on society as a whole today? Class is more rare than ever and you need to look no further than today's "role models" to figure out why. Try raising your kids to be decent human beings in this environment with all of the indecency that is not only pervasive but protected and praised. It's good and moral people that are patronized and demonized by today's mainstream.

 

[gumboman]

Heck, I tried, but all that came up was LSU players getting hauled off in cuffs or showing up to the courthouse to defend themselves. :fight:

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Class is out the window when large amounts of alcohol are being consumed. There were a number of scrums around the stadium Saturday and from what I understand they all involved folks who had been drinking.

 

[JeronimoSooner]

There is not a team in the country that is without classless idiots who do nothing but look for trouble. Believe me, there are PLENTY of OU fans I wish would root for another team, or anything else that does not associate them with OU. I can't stand those people not only as another fan, but as alumni of OU as well.

I understand your concerns and disgust with these kinds of people being associated with your University, but from experience I can tell you the majority of these brawls and disrespectful behaviors come from the people of Baton Rouge/New Orleans, and many Sooner fans will tell you this very same thing. It is in no way a black mark on Alabama's fans because it happens EVERYWHERE, and it involved lsu fans. I saw nothing but class when Alabama fans graced Norman, Oklahoma with their presence in 2002. It would be lovely if you guys visited again. :cheers:

 

[bamascw]

I sat in section K for this game, my "sectionmates" were all adults my age or older (38). Every single one of them were fairly drunk by kickoff and then continued to pour liquor into their water bottles or plastic cups of coke throughout the game. Several of them were yelling at LSU fans in our area before kickoff. Once the interception in the 4th quarter was announced, one of them proceded to throw a water bottle toward the field. Upon leaving, I heard plenty of people yelling classless remarks at every LSU fan they saw. A lot of them were students so I chalk that up to them being young, drunk and stupid. My 17 year old was with me for this game and I proceded to tell him that if he ever acted like that I would kill him! It is a pure shame that people act this way and make us look like white trash, drunken rednecks. I was there all day Saturday and never once saw an LSU fan act this way toward any Bama fans. I am sure it happened at some point and the sheer number differential will make the Bama idiots outnumber the LSU ones but still, I am totally embarrassed by this.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I had a nice couple from LSU right beside me (if I ever find out who owns the pair next to me I'm going to kill them for selling every big game) and before the game started there was an idiot on the other side a row down shaking his shaker in their faces. They were nice and respectful, but some folks just want to be idiots. I told them if anyone started anything with them I'd kick the Bama fan's butt myself.

You can't find any club, church, charitable organization, athletics team or large workplace that's devoid of something who is classless and in need of a butt whippin'. Why should a stadium with 90,000 Bama fans, or our million+ fanbase, be any different?

While I'm at it, there is a clear difference between post-game analyses and player bashing. Many kickers miss FG that are near, or beyond, their normal limits. Perhaps the shallow analysis of "our kickers suck" might want to delve deeper into just where our drives stalled. Foster is 2 for 3 from 40 to 49 yards, and 0 for 4 over 50. He can't kick a 50 yarder. Shelley is 12 for 13 under 40 and 0 for 2 over 40. He can't kick a 41 yarder. Also, "our QB's garbage" might be a bit more believable if accompanied by statistics that show why he sucked beyond the single INT and 16 of 29 passing for 200 yards. The wheel route to Trent in OT was catchable (would've been a tough one), but if that one is pulled in we'd be talking about how he was able to make the tough throw at crunch time.

Analysis over player bashing is the sign of a real fan.

RTR,

Tim

 

[planomateo]

embarrassed by other fans....what rock have you been hiding under?

every fan base has them.

 

[Jseakin]

I will definitely be in the minority on this one but what could possibly surprise anyone about our fan base when the number one thing most look forward to is screaming "we just beat the hell out of you" after winning a game? I for one (and maybe the only one) view this as classless and unnecessary. Having a cheer or celebration that encompasses a victory is great but I don't like that it entails taunting the other team. I just picture this happening at my child's little league game or something and imagining how irritated I would be.

 

[JeronimoSooner]

EVERY fan base has them. Believe me. I've been to Oregon, Boise st (fiesta), West Virginia (fiesta), Missouri, Colorado, the Cotton Bowl (texASS game multiple years), and of course lsu (03 super dome). That was enough for me to know those idiot fans exist everywhere. I understand being ashamed, but don't let 'em get to ya. Alabama fans are known as one of the better fan bases, at least in this part of the country.

 

[bamatommy]

Class is out the window when large amounts of alcohol are being consumed.

Bingo!

 

[bamatommy]

if I ever find out who owns the pair next to me I'm going to kill them for selling every big game.

:laughcry:

 

[BAMA JAMMA]

I mean, let's be real. We make claims to being a very "classy" fanbase but such claims are about as laughable as when the sorority girl puking on the street talks about southern girl classiness between heaves. We certainly aren't LSU, but neither are we remarkable in a positive way.

I never implied I wasn't being real. I'm also one of the ones who laugh when X fan base says X school is 'classier' than another. I'm of the side where we don't throw stones from a glass house mentality. I'm well aware every school, including our own, have their share of fans.

I guess my point is more so of the 'mob mentality' that takes over in public settings. Add in alky and its a no-brainer something will eventually break out. It just disgusts me to see and its embarrassing regardless if its considered 'the norm'.

embarrassed by other fans....what rock have you been hiding under?


every fan base has them.

Not living under a rock and as I mentioned above I'm well aware every school has them. I guess I'm the guy in the crowd that if I was there I would frown upon it while others shrug it off....or want to jump in to take cheap shots.


But since the fightis and idiot fans are the norm let's switch the conversation to the looting and stealing of others property while the brawl was taking place. This has been brought up a few places and after watching the video there appears to be a few drunken idiots who steal peoples beer from knocked over coolers and tables. Bama fans stealing from other Bama fans. As if stealing alone wasn't bad enough. I guess my moral fibers are thicker than others because no matter how much I've been drunk at games and been in hostile situations, never would I imagine, "hey lets start looting al this. Look at all the free beer and food. Hell look...there's a flat screen TV!!!". I just find it all disgusting to see exploited for what it is.

 

[parrotdr]

but from experience I can tell you the majority of these brawls and disrespectful behaviors come from the people of Baton Rouge/New Orleans, and many Sooner fans will tell you this very same thing. It is in no way a black mark on Alabama's fans because it happens EVERYWHERE, and it involved lsu fans.

Way to kiss up to the Bammer Board and call out LSU fans. Yes, we have our bad ones, like everyone else. This brawl was not just about LSU fans...get your head out of the sand--it's about drunken idiots anywhere--I've seen them at every away venue I've been to, including Bama, OU, and all the other SEC venues (except for Vandy!). "Your experience" is not Bible.

 

[JeronimoSooner]

Read my posts again please. I said every team has them. I never said my experience is "bible", so don't you dare quote that as coming from me. And that doesn't mean my experience in New Orleans at the 2003 title game, along with hundreds of OU fans, doesn't count for anything in this discussion of the worst fans in college football, cause it damn sure does. If any of you could see the memories in my head of that night, I'm quite sure there are lsu fans who would be disgusted with their own. In fact it was the most horrible experience I've ever had at a college football game without question, and it probably won't ever be matched. And again, if you read my post up the page a bit, you'd see I've been a lot of places. The things I heard and saw from lsu fans that night was absolutely f'd up on all kinds of levels. I'm curious parrot, when did you visit Norman, Oklahoma for a college football game?

 

[LBS]

140,000 fans on campus. Who amoung them made YouTube? Answer: The exceptions.

I heard about the fight, but it was "the" fight -- singular, and I think that is key. It was unusual.

Me and my LSU guest walked the entire campus and the result was my friends saying that it was the best road-game experience they had ever had. In fact, the closest thing I say to a fight were to Crimson-clad drunks and a couple (that girl was giving her boyfriend the what-for).

It think we did a great job, relative to just about any other place that I have been.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I've been to Alabama games and Wyoming games and I would be very surprised if any fan base was worse than Wyoming's. At 16 I had several Wyoming fans threaten to 'knock my teeth out" because I applauded watching Marshal Faulk run wild over Wyoming

 

[bamagirl917]

140,000 fans on campus. Who amoung them made YouTube? Answer: The exceptions.

precisely!