So I always go on other teams' forums for kicks, but I've been doing it more so this year because we're actually legitimately good so I wanted to see how other teams view us. Here are my observations
Miami fans are currently the most delusional. Their fans insist they have a better defense than Georgia's
NC State fans get the nod for most whiny. I've never seen so many threads created (some go 18-20 pages) on how the refs have it in for them and the ACC is conspiring to keep them down
Michigan fans get the nod for "quickest to blame anyone but themselves"
I know the entire country likes to see ND fans as the most delusional, but after peeking around, most fan bases are just as bad, if not worse. I'm not talking about predictive threads. EVERY fan base will predict their team will blow them out
I'm honestly not trying to be bias, and obviously there are good and bad apples to every group, but AS A WHOLE (key words here), I find ND fans (at least Domer Domain) fairly rational. We base our conversations on evidence and once someone is a tad bit delusional, there are always people to check them. I barely see that on other boards (at least, our opponents this year)
I give Temple a pass because we were their first opponent and it rational thinking would point to ND not being that good this year based on last year. So they were rightly confident coming into South Bend
Basically, does Miami truly have a great defense or are our own Golden-colored glasses getting in the way of our own rational thinking?
So I always go on other teams' forums for kicks, but I've been doing it more so this year because we're actually legitimately good so I wanted to see how other teams view us. Here are my observations
Miami fans are currently the most delusional. Their fans insist they have a better defense than Georgia's
NC State fans get the nod for most whiny. I've never seen so many threads created (some go 18-20 pages) on how the refs have it in for them and the ACC is conspiring to keep them down
Michigan fans get the nod for "quickest to blame anyone but themselves"
I know the entire country likes to see ND fans as the most delusional, but after peeking around, most fan bases are just as bad, if not worse. I'm not talking about predictive threads. EVERY fan base will predict their team will blow them out
I'm honestly not trying to be bias, and obviously there are good and bad apples to every group, but AS A WHOLE (key words here), I find ND fans (at least Domer Domain) fairly rational. We base our conversations on evidence and once someone is a tad bit delusional, there are always people to check them. I barely see that on other boards (at least, our opponents this year)
I give Temple a pass because we were their first opponent and it rational thinking would point to ND not being that good this year based on last year. So they were rightly confident coming into South Bend
Basically, does Miami truly have a great defense or are our own Golden-colored glasses getting in the way of our own rational thinking?