Stay Classy Wisconsin! Vol. 2
by Ben Findley on Feb 14, 2011 4:42 PM PST
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This Saturday after Wisconsin had knocked off the #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes the twitter-sphere was all abuzz after Buckeye's freshman center Jared Sullinger tweeted that Badger fans had spit in his face:
"Buckeye Nation if you ever decide to rush the court. Don't ever spit on the opponents. Just a lil tip from me to you."
"To be spit on is just nasty. On top of that in my Face. Before and after the game. Smh (shake my head). I just kept walking."
All I can say about this is that spitting in someone's face is disgusting, classless, lewd, and I told you so when it comes to Badger fans.
In my chronicles of my trip to the Rose Bowl this year I mentioned how classless and rude many Wisconsin fans were-- chanting a**hole & f*** you at young TCU fans for example-- and it brought more than a few defensive Badgers to the site. I even had one Badger email to tell me that this behavior is acceptable because chanting expletives is a "tradition" at Wisconsin, wow, some tradition. Actually I got such a kick out the email I thought I would share it with you, unedited except for putting asterisks on the profanity:
Hey Ben
I am a badger fan here, I just want you to know that chanting A**hole and F*** you is part of the tradition. In fact, if you sit at the badger side of section, we are chatting against each other. Literraly, one section will shout, Suck, The other will should fuck you, and then the original section will shout eats***.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyjO1ZDPg6c
Also, chatting a**hole is also parted of the tradition in which to be followed by drinking beer from the beer bong. We did this to a few TCU fans during tail gating.
Good win by the way!
So it would appear that the majority of Badger fans not only do not have a problem with this type of behavior but they rationalize it and feel it is justified. I would love to hear how they rationalize spitting in a basketball players face. Now I know that it is slightly unfair to lump a whole fanbase together after some isolated spitting incidents, but let's just say that after my trip to the Rose Bowl no tale you could weave about Wisconsin fans would surprise me.
Stay classy Wisconsin!
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I get swearing at sporting events
But when it’s an entire chant that seems a bit much.
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Swearing at a game is understandable
But most of the time only if you’re upset at something in the game. Screaming obscenities at little children and then trying to justify it? That’s not anywhere close to OK.
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I'll make Mr. Findley happy.
About 8 or 9 years ago Wisky played Unlv. Wisky was easily covering the spread. All of a sudden the lights went out at about 6 minutes left in the game. They called the game and Wisconsin won the game. As you probably already know Wisky brings their fans to other people’s stadiums in large numbers. Here is the rule on bets made in vegas for them to be paid. A football game must be within 5 minutes or less to consider your sports ticket to be paid. Guess how many fans from wisky did not get paid? Roughly 10,000 fans. A few were in the 10,000 dolar range. They said a car hit a transformer but the next day the news outlets could find no accident. We believe some big time casino just pulled the plug and did not want to pay. Wisky fans were pissed but they still come all the time in big numbers to sam boyd stadium whenever they play.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 14, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Mr. Findley is happy, good story
As an aside, of course Badger fans travel well, if you lived in Wisconsin you would take any excuse possible to get out of dodge for a weekend…
"Football is a violent game played by violent people, so put a smile on your face, murder in your heart and lets go kick these f***kers in the mouth" -Dick Bumpas, TCU Defensive Coordinator
Classless Badger Fans
Why did you even bother to stick your nose into the “spitting incident” at the Kohl Center? Talk about classless (and bad journalism). You did not even have a dog in the fight. I would be willing to bet a month’s salary (mine, which is significantly larger, against yours) that it never happened. Why do I say that? First is the claim that it happened twice, once going in and once going out. After the game was a crowded mess, but before the game, there should have been witnesses. Also, apparently Sullinger did not mention it to anyone, he just tweeted much later. Excuse me? Also he is listed at 6’ 9," which means that most mortals would be spitting uphill. Would you do that? Let’s look at the other side. Here we have a pampered elite athlete who believes what his own PR man says (see Tiger Woods.) He has always been told he is the greatest, and now he plays on “one of the great basketball teams in NCAA history.” Suddenly he gets a taste of reality. How many times has he been on the losing side in a meaningful basketball game? How would you feel if someone took from you something which you felt was rightfully yours? Angry? Frustrated? You bet. So he lashed out not realizing that a big deal would be made of it. And you report it as fact and pass judgment on 200,000 + alumni on the basis of this. That is plain bad journalism. As far as classless is concerned, let me tell you what happened to me at the Rose Bowl. I was sitting in a red section, and the only purple couple in the section were sitting next to me. The guy was OK, and we talked throughout the game. I congratulated him on a good game, and we headed for the exit. His wife, however, started taunting the fans around us. Unfortunately we were high up, so this continued for a full 10 minutes, even though numerous people came up to her and asked her to cool it. It was the single most blatant example of boorish behavior I have ever seen. But I do not judge TCU because of it. Every fan base has its jerks. And I do not attack another university in print because of these outliers. That is really classless.
Defensive Badger is defensive
"Football is a violent game played by violent people, so put a smile on your face, murder in your heart and lets go kick these f***kers in the mouth" -Dick Bumpas, TCU Defensive Coordinator
by Ben Findley on Feb 16, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
An interesting concessionaria fiat discussion is worth comment. I think that you should write more on this topic, it might not be a taboo subject but generally people are not enough to speak on such topics. To the next. Cheers
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