OTish: Your sports fan pet peeves?

People in the front row at hockey games who bang on the glass as if that does anything.

that immediately come to mind: the term "The Lady (team X's). and shirtless guys (this is doubly disturbing when guy has moobs or large belly)

Mine is the huge advantage that warm weather bowl games give to teams that play in warm weather, often near the bowl stadiums.

Tied with this is the national media, who, when they take note of the phenomenon, act like it "might" be an advantage or it "may" work against a team. Of course it's a huge advantage, of course it's unfair, just admit it already.

But I detest when people refer to the team by the coach's name, e.g. "The Fighting Harbaughs" "The Fighting Sabans"   

Rece Davis on ESPN does this constantly and it drives me batty.

Two come to mind.  People who don't know what they're talking about talking like they know what they're talking about.  Eg, me (knowing next to nothing about soccer) saying "Man City always chokes" after they give up a goal.

The other is the inevitable column about how the team that just won a championship--no matter the sport--is set up for years to come as a dynasty.  Happens after every goddam championship--no matter the team, pro or college, etc.  I swear, there's one standard article that is just repurposed with fill-in the blanks for names.

Everybody except me.

Everything they do.

Thought of another one, and I'm a little hesitent to say this because the sentiment about it seems evenly split, but the maize in Michigan's uniforms being highlighter yellow!!!  It seems to be trending back to a darker maize this past season, but for the longest time, this was my #1 sporting pet peeve.

That guy that sits in the north endzone at yells "tackle" at the top of his lungs every play.  You know who you are you douchebag.

The hypocrisy among fan bases. Something is terrible when one team does something wrong, but when your team does something wrong, there's always an excuse or exception. This happens with everything in life, but for some reason it pisses me off a little bit with sports.

Michigan, OSU, (insert other big time football program) fan and Kentucky, North Carolina, or Duke basketball fan guy.

The holier-than-thou objective guy.  "No, the ref got it right.  It was a good call."  STFU!

I hate when people cheer on individual players by using their first name like they're bffs. Eeeww.

Angry fans who yell insults at players when they don't make a play, as if the player is letting that fan down intentionally. Those kinds of fans seem to think they're the only ones at the game. 

Note:  the following rant does not apply to pro sports.  I don't care what people do at pro sporting events.

I get pissed at people who negatively attack the other team, with stupid chants like "You suck," "Overrated," and other crap.  The exception to this is the FYS reaction at that MSU hockey game when what's-his-name got feloniously assaulted by those two Sparty thugs.  Negative "cheering" makes one look like an immature little spoiled tool.  Drives me nuts.  Stick to rooting for your own team and ignore the other team's antics.

The "It's just a game" people. 

Living in NY, I only get to a game once per year. I have been to a Michigan game every year since 2006. Two separate occasions I have been told to "be quiet" and "pipe it down" by elderly Michigan fans. I can see being told to quiet down if I were screaming swear words or beyond annoying, but I was not doing anything that would be considered obnoxious. The big house should be way louder than it is. I can't believe the number of people that attend who act like they are at a fucking golf tournament. One of the reasons I wish Michigan would to for more night games is that the crowds are more into the game and aw louder than day games. Unfortunately it looks as if Michigan will only have one home night game per year.

The guy who's irrationally exuberant before the season starts and then irrationally outraged after a tough loss.

Oh, my goodness I can't fricking stand concerts before games, during halftime or otherwise. Basically any BS to attract casual fans is annoying.

Not really fan related but I hate it when athletes thank god when they win. I'm sure kids with cancer are glad god is looking out for pro athletes winning games. Another one is people who look at star athletes as heros.

Another big pet peeve of mine is how the sports of golf and tennis make the fans be quiet.  WTF?!?!  It's not any harder to play those sports than it is to play any other, but they'll insist that the fans who paid to watch be silent while they're playing?  This to me is the height of snobbery, arrogance, and condescension.  Yes, I know the country-club etymology of those two sports.  Still, it doesn't make it right.  Seems anachronistic and absurd.  

Wagon jumpers. If all of your favorite teams are from a whole lot of places you've never been to, or all seemed to have won championships in the same year at some point, then you're a douche. You don't have to like every team in your geographic area, but just saying "I LOVE the SF Giants, and Kentucky basketball, and Alabama football, and the Seahawks!" Irritates the shit out of me. Almost everything else I can take.