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Which Florida Fan Base can't you stand the most?

Which Florida Fan Base Can't You Stand The Most?

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Which Florida Fan Base can't you stand the most?

It's too early to say much about UCF's fanbase.  It's hard to judge a team's fans solely by the Internet tough-guys you find on Rivals.

Overall, I still have to give it to Miami.  I have never in my life seen a more fair-weathered, ignorant, and yet in-your-face, fanbase than theirs.  When Miami is good, they come out of the cracks, but can't name more than two players on the team.  That's pretty typical of South Florida sports overall, though.  And those so-called "fans" will rub your nose in it when they beat you.

Don't get me wrong, though – they have some great fans.  There just aren't enough of them.
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Tebow said

I'm going to say The U, simply because most of their so called "fans" are only wearing their gear as a fashion statement. You know the type, the tough guy wanna be, over sized baggy clothes, driving around in either mom's big SUV or his very own 1993 Honda Civic with the big gaudy rims and loud exhaust. They are as bandwagon as they come when they get a big win, although it's been quite awhile for their program.
I have to agree. 50 percent of cans fans down here have never even seen the campus they are all just bandwagoners and thats why when um isnt in the top 5 in the rankings they cant sell out a game because most of there fans dont have a real attachment to the school.
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Hands down, UCF fans.  Having experienced it in person three times so far, one would really have to be there to believe it.  Obnoxious doesn't even begin to cover it.  Although to be fair, the first year was the worst.  The second year (at the Citrus bowl) they were eerily respectful for the most part.  The third year, they were absent by half time due to the public de-pantsing and spanking we gave them.  But still some hung around and talked some profane smack after the game (after 64-12???).

UF fans are arrogant.  UCF fans are obnoxious.  When we came down to your place, the worst fans I could find were some of our own, who I told off when I saw them.  I am getting too old for this *^(%.
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owlcountry40 said

I have to agree. 50 percent of cans fans down here have never even seen the campus they are all just bandwagoners and thats why when um isnt in the top 5 in the rankings they cant sell out a game because most of there fans dont have a real attachment to the school.

This is where FAU and FIU have a chance to distinguish themselves as significant South Florida fanbases.

FAU has a great team, FIU has a lot of students. In both cases, the majority of the people in the stands (when the attendance reaches a more enviable level in the next 10 years) will be people with legitimate attachments to the school.
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owlcountry said

owlcountry40 said

I have to agree. 50 percent of cans fans down here have never even seen the campus they are all just bandwagoners and thats why when um isnt in the top 5 in the rankings they cant sell out a game because most of there fans dont have a real attachment to the school.

This is where FAU and FIU have a chance to distinguish themselves as significant South Florida fanbases.

FAU has a great team, FIU has a lot of students. In both cases, the majority of the people in the stands (when the attendance reaches a more enviable level in the next 10 years) will be people with legitimate attachments to the school.
FIU does have alot of student but we aren't small either i know for a fact we are about bigger or just about the same size as school like Clemson auburn Tennessee.
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owlcountry40 said

Tebow said

I'm going to say The U, simply because most of their so called "fans" are only wearing their gear as a fashion statement. You know the type, the tough guy wanna be, over sized baggy clothes, driving around in either mom's big SUV or his very own 1993 Honda Civic with the big gaudy rims and loud exhaust. They are as bandwagon as they come when they get a big win, although it's been quite awhile for their program.
I have to agree. 50 percent of cans fans down here have never even seen the campus they are all just bandwagoners and thats why when um isnt in the top 5 in the rankings they cant sell out a game because most of there fans dont have a real attachment to the school.

Can you even call the "Thug U" crowd bandwagon fans?  I mean, they wear the gear the same way a street gang wears their colors.  To them, it's just a label, a brand name.
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I wish UCF would put us on the schedule, but I know that will not happen as long as we look like we have a chance to beat them. The game up in Orlando in '03 was awesome and the fact we played them close probably cost us any chance of getting on their schedule again (until we're in the same conference). To me, it's a no-brainer…and it would be a great natural rivalry, but I guess we won't be finding out anytime soon. Other than that, I have no real issues with their fans, although their basketball fans were pretty annoying back when we were in the A-Sun together.

There are things about other fanbases that bother me, but no enough to elicit hatred….FIU fans believing that UM is their biggest rival based on two games and one huge brawl even though UM fans could care less on their end. USF's success would make any fanbase obnoxious, but the fans on their message board are alright and their focus is usually only on UCF. Jim Levitt seems like a joyless a-hole and he made some stupid comments but I'll only worry about him again in '10. UM, FSU, and UF fans are who they are and not going to change. At least FSU and UF fans are usually only people who go to those schools…..The vast majority of UM's fanbase are people who probably could not even find their campus with a map.
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Although there are a lot of "I wear UM as a fashion label" bandwagonners that support UM, in UM's defense, a lot of their fans are also people that grew up with UM in Miami and have always supported them for years even though they didn't necessarily go there. But, it doesn't matter because all those fans will switch over to FIU, if they haven't done so already.  ;)
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I think the whole UM fan thing is more pronounced because UM is a private school with a low enrollment and because the great success they have had in the past (thanks in large part to Schnelly). The fans that get on my nerves the most are UM fans that have gone to other schools but still consider themselves UM fans. I know I have some friends that have went to FIU but are much bigger supporters of UM than they are their own alma mater….if there is a UM game on at the same time as FIU is playing there is no question what they'll be watching. I'm sure that is something that FIU hopes will change with time and I'm also sure FAU has the same issues, but it bothers me. I think it is a bigger problem for FIU simply because of the fact they share a county and the decades of tradition at UM. FIU will have to accomplish some major things to make a dent.
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I think its nice to see nobody voted for FIU.  How many schools in the country would say that they dont hate the fans of their main rival (which FIU is, despite the record, just like UCF and USF despite their record).  Its nice, I really wish nothing but the best for FIU except when they play FAU of course.

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