Obnoxious Fans

If you've ever been to a sporting event, you know the obnoxious fan. The one that's probably smashed, screaming and yelling and just making everyone around him angry. He's the one that screams at everyone when they tell him to sit down and shut the hell up. At the Syracuse vs. Bethune-Cookman game last night, we had that guy right behind us.

This guy was screaming every time Louie McCroskey stepped onto the court. "Louie, you suck! **** you Louie! Get him out of here, he's terrible! Why are you putting McCroskey in? He sucks!" I like Louie McCroskey, so I wasn't happy with this obnoxious moron. I think he's a good player. He hit a 3 pointer right at the beginning of the game, and when everyone was cheering, you hear this moron. "Wow, he actually made a shot! He's terrible! I still hate him, he sucks!" I'd like to see you do that in Division I basketball, you moron. If you don't like a player, keep it to yourself and stop pissing everyone else around you off. Especially a player on your own team. Someone told him to "shut the **** up!" This kid stares at him, looking like a deer in headlights, and then turns to his friend to say, "I'm not going to be quiet, he can't shut me up." I've got news for you kid, yes, he could shut you up. I wouldn't keep talking like that for much longer...

We weren't sitting in the bottom rows because we didn't get there very early, only about 30 minutes before the game started or so. One of my friends overheard him saying, "Why are we sitting here with all the casual fans? I want to be with the hardcore fans!" I guarantee you that we are much more "hardcore" fans than he is. He's probably a freshman, I'd actually bet money on it, and doesn't understand what a lot of college fans actually do to follow their teams. Last year, I waited outside for two and a half hours in February to get good seats for the nationally televised Notre Dame game. If you know Syracuse, you can imagine how pleasant it was to stand outside in snow, strong winds and below zero temperatures for that long. I sprinted around the Dome to get good seats, and ended up in the 5th row from the floor, which wasn't bad at all. Then we waited another two hours for the game to start. Four and a half hours of waiting, don't tell me about being "hardcore." I bet a lot of people around us were more "hardcore" than he is.

These are the people that don't deserve the opportunity to watch the team. Let others have the tickets and then we can filter out the idiots. You want to sit in the student section to scream profanities at your own player, every time he touches the ball? We don't need that crap in the student section. We also don't need the band taking up our seats, but that's a different story. You want to be an obnoxious, annoying fan? Go sit in the visitors section, you'd fit in well there, rooting against McCroskey. We sure don't want you with us, and sooner or later, someone is going to get angry and punch you in the face. So think about that next time, and do the smart thing... shut the hell up and watch the game, or leave.