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by BYULV · 8/7/2010

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BYULV
I live down here in Vegas and get a constant barrage of anti-BYU sentiment, a lot of it from LDS UNLV fans. They seem to have an unnatural hatred toward anything BYU, especially toward the fans. Many of them have stories about how terrible they have been treated by BYU fans on one occasion or other. This is kind of ironic coming from UNLV faithful. I just don't see these mean spirited BYU fans. Am I just too blue-goggled or not going to home games enough? I know we have our idiot fans, but have you guys witnessed many true abuses from BYU fans?



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CougarClaw
I think there are plenty of fans who want to make their own home-court "the 12 man" on the field or make it one of the "worst places to play" because it wins games.



But what it really comes down to is all it takes to ruin a reputation is ONE bad fan or one good fan on one BAD day. I've certainly yelled my fair share of non-niceties during games.
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MTM
CougarClaw wrote:
But what it really comes down to is all it takes to ruin a reputation is ONE bad fan or one good fan on one BAD day.


My experience is that this is true at RES too. It bothers me to hear all your stories about how bad it is at RES although I believe you.



I wish things were spirited but not nasty. It's embarrassing.
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Mars


As far as opposing fans are concerned, I'm the nicest guy in the world you'll ever meet in person. I'm incredibly loud cheering for my team though.
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Schmoe
There was a poll not too long ago that had BYU as the second best fans in the conference behind AFA. I think people look for a reason to get offended, especially LDS fans of other schools so that they can further justify not being BYU fans.
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Brayden Green
sometimes people hate BYU because they secretly hate the church, or sometimes not so secretly. I've found it's true even in member circles. The guy badmouthing the bishop, EQ prez, R.S. surprise surprise, they hate BYU too.
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CAFB_04-12
People always hate the fans of the team that beats them all the time. Fellow Air Force colleagues dislike BYU because the academy always loses.
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kiwibacon
MTM wrote:
But what it really comes down to is all it takes to ruin a reputation is ONE bad fan or one good fan on one BAD day.


My experience is that this is true at RES too. It bothers me to hear all your stories about how bad it is at RES although I believe you.



I wish things were spirited but not nasty. It's embarrassing.
As I am sure there are a few crass people at LES. Good to have you over here by the way, MTM.
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MTM
kiwibacon wrote:
CougarClaw wrote:
But what it really comes down to is all it takes to ruin a reputation is ONE bad fan or one good fan on one BAD day.


My experience is that this is true at RES too. It bothers me to hear all your stories about how bad it is at RES although I believe you.



I wish things were spirited but not nasty. It's embarrassing.
As I am sure there are a few crass people at LES. Good to have you over here by the way, MTM.




I appreciate that.



I came here to see how the other half lives so to speak. It's interesting to me to try to understand people and group dynamics.



Depending on what happens on November 27 I may stop posting here forever but until then... :lol:
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BYULV
I am all for loud cheering for your team, yelling, screaming or anything like that, but i hate it when it gets personal toward opposing fans or players. One thing i do hate about some byu fans is when they boo our own team or coaches. These guys are young men doing the best they can and noone ever deserves that kind of treatment from their own fans (unless we decided to kick onside while up by 40- then i'll join in the booing).



Unlv fans I still think are the worst...to the point I hesitate taking my kids to the games. They are just nasty, rude and vulgar. Surprisingly, they make Utah fans look very hospitable in comparison. San Diego fans just seem clueless, uninformed and silly. Nothing too harmful except one guy who was drunk and got into verbal attacks with my then 7 year old and his 7 year old cousin... Our boys put that guy in his place and embarrassed him in front of the girls he was with. The girls were actually high-fiving the kids whenever they had a good comeback to their drunk friends. It was pretty humurous.



Tcu fans were pretty classy when I went out there to a game, but of course they killed us. I've never been to the rest of the mwc for games so not sure how their fans are. Ucla fans were mostly decent although uninformed/clueless.



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Gunk
CAFB_04-12 wrote:
People always hate the fans of the team that beats them all the time. Fellow Air Force colleagues dislike BYU because the academy always loses.


AF must hate a lot of teams.
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BigCougsFan
Gunk wrote:
People always hate the fans of the team that beats them all the time. Fellow Air Force colleagues dislike BYU because the academy always loses.


AF must hate a lot of teams.


I hear they like Utah's fans :P
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SpiffCoug
I'm sorry guys, but BYU fans are some of the nicest around. The percentage of jerk fans is WAY smaller than anywhere else in college football. People who claim to have numerous run-ins with bad BYU fans are the fans who go out of their way to antagonize opposing fans. I've been to away games in Laramie, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Colorado Springs, Logan, Annapolis, and State College (Penn St). I've never had any issues with opposing fans (other than at SLC).



I was somewhat concerned in Laramie, but left quickly and avoided Poke fans.



BYU fans are nicer than any fan base anywhere. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded and looking for the few bad apples. At other schools it's not a few, it's a bushel or pockets of bad fans.
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Mars
kitic77 wrote:
BYU fans are nicer than any fan base anywhere.

What about Notre Dame and Nebraska? I hear they are the Top 2 nationally.



I think Notre Dame plays the opposing team's fight song every game.

I think Nebraska stands up and claps every home game they lose for the visitors.
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MTM
BYULV wrote:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/specials/fansurvey/2009/mwest.html


Kind of funny that byu is highly ranked in both rudest fans and nicest fans. Utah is confirmed, they aren't classy.



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Yeah, the poll seems to contradict itself.



I didn't see classy or not classy as a choice. ??????



The Utes will soon be playing "the most enjoyable brand of football" however. ;)
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byutx
The douchebaggery at RES far exceeds that at LES.
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MTM
byutx wrote:
The douchebaggery at RES far exceeds that at LES.


Not according to this fan poll.
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