OT: For which B1G team would you most hate to be a fan?

hands down. /thread

I'd put Minne higher on the list.  They have been pretty irrelevant in bball and fball for awhile now.  While the basketball team will be decent-good this year, the football team will still be awful.  

I would only follow a college team if I attended college at that institution.  So that would mean I'd be unhappy as a fan of anyone except Michigan, Purdue, or Northwestern since those are institutions I respect academically.  Wisconsin is also okay I guess.  

Any B1G school located outside of Ann Arbor.

Michigan State without a doubt would be #1 for me.  I would have trouble continually defining myself by comparisons to my big brother and lying to myself that I'm a fan of an elite football program rich in tradition, when in fact, no matter what else happens, Michigan State will always live in the shadows of the truly elite Big Ten programs (UM and Ohio), rich both in football success, and tradition.

Because that would mean associating with the rest of the fan base and listening to that awful "Hang on Sloopy" song (that I hated even before the ohio state band started to play it constantly) and having to pretend that I liked it.

Without ranking every team, I would hate to be a Sparty fan. Sure, every once in a while they will field a good team. But it would just suck to always be little brother! You would have to live with the knowledge that you're never going to be the best college team in your state. At least OSU, Wisconsin, PSU, and Nebraska are going to always be the prestigious college team in their states. A lot of MSU fans I know are more of the casual fan type. They let me hear about their dominance during our lean years, but don't seem to care much the other 90% of the time. I couldn't handle that. Or maybe I could. I AM a Lions fan...

Either Northwestern, Indiana, or Minnesota.  They are neat little programs but for huge football fans like us, I think it would be absolutely maddening watching either of those teams get hammered week in and week out (with a few flashes of brilliance thrown in there every now and again).  I assume those fans become numb after a while but could you imagine being on NWGoBlog everyday?  I'd want to slit my throat on a regular basis!

I'd hate to be an OSU fan because their fanbase seems to be proud of being known as the biggest jackass fanbase in the nation.  Wouldn't be fun going to games, always knowing you're expected to act like a jackass.

Ohio

They suck at everything...

This is an interesting question. I would hate to be an OSU fan because I hate what they represent, but I am also a Michigan fan. If I were an OSU fan, I wouldn't hate that, and I would enjoy (scandal aside) the athletic success they've had in the past decade.

I think it would be difficult/painful to be a Indiana/Northwestern/Minnesota fan. It isnt' that I dislike these fans or teams, just it would be tough to care about a team that perpetually puts out a subpar or disappointing product. Kind of how it felt being a Lions fan for so long.

My girlfriend is an ND alum and a pretty serious fan, and the delusional grasp is a little pathetic. She ends up disappointed by their lack of success and inflated expectations every year. Must be tough.

I like having Wisconsin right below us.  They are a very similar school.  In fact, if I didn't get into UM I'd have gone there.  Similar academics, similar school culture, similar type of student.  They lack the history we have but have had great success of late.  Good at football and basketball every year- not a bad run they've had- plus they aren't too hateable.

NW round out my three best.  Sure their sports aren't great but for their size and academic focus they aren't horrible (like Indiana football).  Plus how can you hate them- they do it right- everyone roots for them to make the bracket for BBall and when they are good at football everyone feels good about it- not many top conference teams you can say that about.

After relfection - Minnesota - Just a bunch of decent guys who believe their program will be good and are generally dissapointed by losses to NW and ILL.  Only to hope for the best the next year and face further dissapointment.

While all you are picking on Minnesota here, and you might think it's worth it in a normal sense, you have to remember most Minnesotans aren't "die hard" about any collegiate sport that isn't Gopher hockey.

In that sense we do not complain much about the football or basketball because it doesn't matter that much. There is a sense of balance about most college sports up here - nobody is going to have a terrible weekend because the Gophers lose a football game. Plus, as I've mentioned above, most people give their time and money to the Vikings.

MSU. There are entire memes dedicated to their ineptitude. SpartyNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! and Kork Coupons.

Purdue. List of team national championships:

The only school close is the University of Chicago.

for sure.  It may wear off, but right now when I think of Penn State athletics, the word that come to mind first is "gross."  I hate Ohio State and lil' bro, but their existence does not evoke a tangible "sick feeling" like Penn State.  I actually started to feel like Penn State's uniforms were "gross" and kind of creepy after the Sandusky story broke.  I would hate to be a PSU fan right now.

The choice for me is ohio and it's an easy one.  I have a very limited number of coolers at my disposal and I prefer to use them to maintain the temperature of my beverages.

Michigan State, since that would have meant I didn't get into Michigan, and that would have crushed me.

I used to date an Illini back when I was at Michigan.  Let me tell you.  There is not a sorrier lot of souless downtrods than Chicago kids stuck in Champaign/Urbana.

For those of you who haven't been there, let me describe it to ya.  Remember Field of Dreams?  Well picture the field, without the dream.  Anyone who has EVER attended that crap university begins casual conversation with an apology.  "I went to Illinois, it's not as terrible as you would think..." or something like that.  And it certainly didn't improve the sunny disposition of my black-hearted, hate sponge of a girlfriend, who studied spanish there.  Just consider what it must be like to be an all B1G bitch --- AND study spanish in a hot corn patch.

The sports teams are horrendous.  Sure the basketball team had a few ok years, but when was the last time they really charged up a fanbase?  Don't get me started on the football team, which is as laughable as their now banned mascot, Chief Illiniwik.  The only thing "cool" about Ilinois was the frilly, flippy chief running around like his moccasins were on fire.

Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium -- hands down the worst two sports complexes in the B1G, even when you factor in Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan.  Worst colors.  Worst Band.  Worst food/bars.

It's Illini.  Trust me it's Illinois...