OTish: Your sports fan pet peeves?
Was thinking about this topic listening to the radio yesterday. This applies to all sports and sports fans.
my no.1 is up and down guy. The guy in your row (usually at pro sports where alcohol is served) that gets up and down a minimum of 10 times a game to go refill and take a leak. Cannot stand it.
DISCUSS
February 12th, 2015 at 6:16 PM ^
Speaking of Seahawks, tired of hearing about the 12th man. Seattle stole it from College Station. Texas A & M had the 12th man, and was doing more with it, like suiting up a student in the 12 jersey for every game, before those bandwagoneers could even spell NFL.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
I dislike anything "nation".
I don't think the national athem should be performed like the singer is trying to get a record deal.
I dislike growing calls of remove your hat and stand for "God Bless America." It's not our national anthem, it's a religious song (I have no problem with religion) and since it's the second nationalism song of the day sometimes replacing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," it feels less like being thankful for a great country and troops who defend it and more like I'm entering propaganda territory.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:39 PM ^
Sorry, but having the band play the Victors 150 times every game...i mean geesh!
Sometimes we are getting our butts kicked then a timeout and then the Victors - pisses me off every time.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:39 PM ^
Or would that just be crazy?
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 7:52 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 4:34 PM ^
I hate people who tweet at high school kids who may be considering playing your favorite school.
There is a special place in hell for those people, and if there isn't I'll build it.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:41 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 4:57 PM ^
A few people have touched on these below, here's my own personal list:
- Boo-fan - Fans booing correct calls. Booing a guy who did his job correctly is ridiculous.
- Instruction fan - telling the players what to do from 90 rows up. "Run" "Tackle" "Throw it!" Oh, well thank you kind sir, I would not have thought to take a jaunt to the end zone had you not kindly informed me of my ultimate task. Especially worse if you're the guy behind me who sounds like Larry the Cable Guy and does this (Any Sec 39'ers out there?
- Explain It-fan - The guy who is explaining the play, call, penalty, etc. to his child/wife/girlfriend and has no clue what he's talking about. Every passing play is not a slant, and every run is not a read option. Unless you're playing me in NCAA Football.
- Parent of Uncontrolled Child-fan - The parent of the little kid who is constantly flinging the pompon into the back of your head or hitting you with his foam finger and is completely ignoring it.
- I'm an Important Business Guy fan - Guy who is trying to handle a business call or handle something clearly non-urgent while sitting in the stands instead of heading to a concourse. Nobody cares that you streamlined your gamificiation to incentivize your synthesizing of ideating your horitzontal management structure paradigm.
February 12th, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^
Instruction fan - telling the players what to do from 90 rows up. "Run" "Tackle" "Throw it!" Oh, well thank you kind sir, I would not have thought to take a jaunt to the end zone had you not kindly informed me of my ultimate task.
I'm that guy at my kids youth football games, but nowhere else. At that age (12), sometimes they DON'T seem to know what they're supposed to be doing...
February 13th, 2015 at 8:47 AM ^
That's totally different! I'm talking about at major college/pro sporting events.
February 13th, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
Well - if my kid ever plays college or pro ball, I'm sure I'll still be doing it..
February 17th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
Well, let everyone around you know you are instructing your kid then! Though really, I'm pretty sure if he's playing college/pro football he knows to run!
February 12th, 2015 at 7:04 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 13th, 2015 at 8:59 AM ^
Ha - well thanks for owning it. I'd probably fall into the "know it all" group for some people's pet peeves, so it's all good.
EDIT: And to be clear - I have no issue with kids being at the games. I think it's great that people bring their kids to games - UM should be inviting to families and one day will be bringing my kid(s) to games. The vast vast majority of parents and kids are great fans and I have zero issue with. There's been 1 or 2 instances where parents have seemed to treat the game and the pompon as a baby sitter and basically ignored their kid for 3 hours that really ended up annoying my entire section last year.
February 12th, 2015 at 5:04 PM ^
Applying to football - not waiting until between plays to get out of or into your seat. It's 3rd and 1, I want to fucking see what happens, not have the whole row in front of me stand up just to let you through. You can wait like three seconds.
(This is at Lions games mainly. People don't stand most of the game.)
February 12th, 2015 at 5:46 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 6:00 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 6:32 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 7:08 PM ^
A couple of peeves:
1. Just about anything in the ESPN comments section these days
2. The dude who wears a jersey to a sporting event of a team NOT playing that day!
Like someone wearing a Steelers jersey at the Broncos v Colts.
For UTL1, there was a guy in a Sparty jersey right in front of me. No UM or ND ties either. Just said he wanted to come to the ball game -- didn't cheer for ND but rooted against and booed Michigan the whole game. WTF?!
February 12th, 2015 at 6:44 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^
Anyone who still uses the word "hater" in the year 2105.
February 12th, 2015 at 7:26 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 13th, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
Yes, I'm a hater of those who use the word "hater" to disagree with someone's opinion and cannot offer anything cogent in return.
February 12th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 8:04 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 8:01 PM ^
Why would you represent yourself on the first "home" and then represent your opponent on the second "home"? Do you suffer from a multiple personality disorder?
Playing at neither location? Call it a "neutral."
February 12th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
Playing ACDC's Hell's Bells intro at a game
February 12th, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 12th, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
When people say high school recruits are already getting "enough" and shouldn't complain because they got a full ride somewhere
February 12th, 2015 at 8:57 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 11:38 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 8:14 AM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 13th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
Who thinks we'd all like to hear his opinions and running commentary througout the entire game. Shut your Pie Hole mush, Plz. Blaaaahhhhhhrrrrrffff.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
his/her alma mater and sports pedigree so we can really understand their opinions, etc.
Should be required disclosure for every talking head IMHO.