It’s the people that make me hate college football. And by “people,” I mean everyone. They ruin an otherwise entertaining exercise of tactics, strategy, and athletic competition. Between the college “kids” who are freaking 18-22 years old and should know better than to do some of the stupid things they do, and the coaches who get paid in ways that would make Goldman Sachs employees blush to do things that would make members of the Russian Mafia shake their heads, the people involved in this sport are intolerable. Still, there exists no living entity in this sport more repugnant, more pathetic, and more deserving of mass extinguishment via meteor collision than the fans. And there is simply no period of time during the college football calendar year worse for college football fans’ resumes than “crunch time” at the end of a recruiting year; a time apparently viewed by many vocal fans as a time to shine like wet dog feces in the sun. God damn, I freaking hate the fans.
There are fans who celebrate that one of their coveted recruits didn’t manage to qualify for a competing program. There are the fans who friend recruits on Facebook. There are the fans who declare that a new coach’s leash is a lot shorter with them now that a kid they didn’t approve has gleefully accepted a scholarship offer to fulfill a dream. There are fans who speak of “cohorts” and stars as though the future of a kid can be determined via those pieces of information with any level of success. There are fans who speak in outrage over recruiting and depth chart decisions without being able to so much as muster the ability to create an informed opinion on their nation’s politics. And there are fans who will demolish a recruit from one side of their mouth while trying to maintain their “classy” reps with faux shows of support from the other side.
And then there are probably the worst fans of all: The fans who take the pride they hold in their college football programs to levels that the bible has warned us about. The sort of pride that makes you fully understand why it’s a cardinal sin; because it’s flipping annoying, and anyone who would willingly be that annoying to the rest of the human population probably should do some time in hell.
To watch massive numbers of presumably grown people go into moralistic conniption fits that nearly threaten their imperfect balance on their high horses over who gets what offers – what the hell does that have to do with a moral plane anyway? – is just maddening. How the hell will humanity ever figure out… anything?
And save me your “pot, kettle” retorts and you what little wit you may possess if you disagree. I get it. I’m probably a part of the problem by hosting this site. Believe me, I’m considering what to do about it. But frankly, there are much larger, much more popular sites that are wrought with myopia and mental fumbles that would make stroke victims feel pitty, and so long as they’re around, until we find a better way, we may as well use whatever opportunity we have to point out their absurd lapses of critical thinking and the ugliness of their thoughts.
God damned people.
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pudj
thanks for the perspective and the unrestrained emotion
SDI
I saw that “shorter leash” comment and wondered if it had to do with your earlier shout box comment re: fans. Now I have my answer. Well done.
Jim
Sir, take it easy, try living in Alabama where football season is 12 months out of the year. Fans are like trees, if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, is it heard, does anyone care. If there is a football game and no fans show up or watch, does it matter or does anyone care. Fans are fanatics and the love they have for their teams is crazy, but they really do keep the rivalries alive and make watching college football and all college sports fun to watch. Hell, I think pro sports are boring compared to college and mainly due to the fans. They’re not perfect and may not live up to your standards of what fans should be like, but none the less, they’re a riot to watch and they do make the game better.
carson
That was the worst thing I have ever read. Your dumb
domer.mq
carson’s comment may be by most favorite comment ever.
The Biscuit
Dood, YOUR soooooo DUM!
Greatest thing about this post is that anyone that vehemently rails against it is just calling themselves out. I predict a quiet comment thread.
Dont lump us in with the black kettle junk. We are a beacon light of reason in the madness that is the CFB/ND landscape. Rage against the DYING OF THE LIGHT!
TBoneND
Agree with all except certain profanities (which I may add that I also express in private but I’m not proud of it).
These so called fans need to do some research on Kelly before they crucify both he and his recruiting.
I have lived near GR,MI for 30 years (its not easy with all these uM[sucks] fanatics).
Kelly literally dominated DIV II CBF while he was here, with two NC’s. Before any of you fanatics start ranting it’s only DIV II have to remember that he built Grand Valley into a Dynasty of sorts with players going to the NFL and assistants becoming successful HC’s.
None of us know what will happen over the next 3-5 years but I am optimistic. I also know Kelly has proven to be a much better HC than any of the fanatics out there, including me.
Nice post! These fanatics do service to “Her Lady” with all their venting.
I am just as proud of the student athlete’s in all sports earning a degree and embarking on a path that will bring positive impressions back to ND!!
TBoneND
I meant “do no service to “Her Lady”.
DeepTeaKup
I really need to make sure I visit this site more often. Well done mq, as I’ve always said an angry domer is much better than a happy domer.
Knoxville
I am a fan of Carson’s use of ‘your’ and it’s lack of a contraction apostrophe.
Carson, you’re smart!
Nate
This is why I come here and BGS and Rakes and do not EVER go to NDNation. It’s one thing to raise an eyebrow that we offered a kid who had one other offer from a 4th Tier school, but if you don’t get that this recruiting cycle is a filler and is no basis to judge anything, you’re a sad, sad, sad individual.
DJ4341
I hope Heggie plays with a rather large chip on his shoulder!!!!