OK Yes I know I am about to go on a rant. I guess I don't really give a crap anymore about this place.
Here is my response to my latest personal message.
Are you guys happy?????? 12-22-2009 01:05 PM you know you're an idiot, right?
Yep. I am an idiot.
I am an idiot because I love College Football. I am an idiot because I can think of nothing better to do with my money, when the discretionary funds are available, then spending time with family and friends enjoying a pre-game tailgate and watching a football game for a team that I have connected with very closely over the last 20 years. I am an idiot because, god forbid, I think that the long term success of a football team is a representation of the fans of that team.
Almost every post in the this damn thread validates everything that is known to the rest of the country about CU football fans. The fans base, as a collective, is full of asinine children who think the football team exists for their needs. We have a fan base that runs for the hills when our team doesn't win. We have a fan base that will come up with an excuse at every turn as to why we don't support our team with heart when times are tough. I am not talking about monetary support. Not everyone has the funds to buy season tickets or even donate to CU. Nor should they. But I also believe a fan base that is willing to withhold support because of a win/loss record is fan base that doesn't have football in it's core of cores.
CU fans don't travel to bowl game, Excuse = Bowl games are in crappier places to visit than Colorado.
CU fans don't show up on road games, Excuse = Big12 cities are dives
CU can't keep a solid fan base unless it's winning, Excuse = To many things to do in Denver or Most Coloradans are from out of state.
You know what BS. If I can afford to go to a bowl game, I don't care where it is I am going. My ass isn't going to stay home because it's not in some top 100 vacation destination. **** that, the attraction is the city, the attraction is the CU Buffaloes. They could be playing a street game in down town Detroit and I would not care. If I could afford to go, then my ass is there.
Yep I am sure I will get more of those pm's and reps after this post and so what. I am pretty sure my ass is done with this board after this anyways.
This site has become over run with 20 year old roaches who don't know a damn thing about staying the course. CU fans want their self gratification. CU fans want to walk around and show their support when the team is winning. But we threaten to stop wearing black on gold and take out the powder blue when we don't get what we want.
The problem with the CU fans base, is that we are made up of a bunch of spoiled as brats who have gotten what ever they want in life. There are not many of us, yes there are some, who would follow CU to the end of the earth and even jump of the damn cliff if need be. Colorado is not football country, and because of it the program suffers long term consequences. And NO big time football programs don't suffer the same mentality. SEC football and the Big12 south is full fans and teams that live for Saturdays. Tailgating at CU doesn't even come close to even the worse SEC tailgate.
See College football isn't about your teams win/loss record. It's not about where your team is ranked. That is all icing on the cake.
College football is about rounding up the family and friends on a Saturday, standing shoulder to shoulder to cheer on the young men and women who represent the University that you have come to love. It is about bonds and friendships that are formed over time during that process. For football fans, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER TO DO ON GAME DAY WITH YOUR TIME OR MONEY.
I have met very few people on the board, but I can tell you of the few I have met there is only 1 that sticks out to me as one who believes and follow CU football in the same fashion.
He and I vehemently disagree about this coaching staff and what needs to happen to return CU to the top 25, but yet we have a mutual respect for each other because of our inherent belief that, no matter what the win/loss record is for our football team, we will always wear our colors with pride on game day. We will always find away, if possible, to attend as many games as possible, because there is NOTHING better to do on game day. No matter where we live.
So fine call me an idiot for believing that being a fan of a team goes beyond what happens on the field. Call me an idiot, for thinking it is ridiculous that a rival team can come into our stadium and fill up 25% of the seats. I will wear my badge of idiocy with pride every Sat.
And I assume you will continue to piss and moan and point fingers at everyone else. Continue to tell CU that if they want your support they better have record you are willing to brag about. I personally will continue to remember just what exactly it was that bonded me to CU football on Saturdays and the family memories that CU has provided me over the years.
And yes, I know my typing sucks and I don't proof read my posts, and half of them don't make sense because they are all over the ****ing place. I just don't care.