Most loyal fanbases

[SFNL]

Taking the OP's top 15... only 1 problem with it. UF doesn't belong. After that they are pretty damn equal to me.

 

[HuskerOC]

How many "rivalries" has Nebraska won 10% at best?

Iowa:

24-9-1

I think that might be better than 10%.

Do you prefer Massengill or Summers Eve?

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

We clap for Southern Miss as they run off the field after upsetting us in Lincoln.

It is just simply well-deserved to call us the most loyal.

 

[iowajerms]

We clap for Southern Miss as they run off the field after upsetting us in Lincoln.

It is just simply well-deserved to call us the most loyal.

That has to do with respect. Not necessarily the same thing. I will admit, HuskerNation is top-notch when it comes to respect. I credit Tom Osborn a ton for that.

I heard a story from multiple Husker fans, which I cannot find a source of it so I am not sure of it's accuracy, but they were playing Colorado in the final game of the season and they have qualified for the Orange Bowl. The fans threw oranges on the field (some people say frozen oranges). Tom Osborn stopped the game and told Husker fans that he would forfeit the game if they continued to throw oranges.

If someone could find a source for that, I would love to see it. I find it to be an awesome story. I do have a lot of respect for HuskerNation, but I do not agree that they are the most loyal fan base. That is based on my criteria, which I have explained.

 

[iowajerms]

Iowa:

24-9-1

I think that might be better than 10%.

Do you prefer Massengill or Summers Eve?

I never said Iowa belonged on the list.

 

[socaljim242]

You can also name the list "places where there is little else to do but follow the local team"

 

[Gooch1034]

I don't know. I don't see how any fans could be more loyal than Penn State fans after the whole Sandusky deal. Staying loyal after such a disgusting, embarrassing and shameful/heart breaking situation is noteworthy IMO.

 

[Camfantasy]

I don't know. I don't see how any fans could be more loyal than Penn State fans after the whole Sandusky deal. Staying loyal after such a disgusting, embarrassing and shameful/heart breaking situation is noteworthy IMO.

Legit point.

 

[pennstatenut]

I don't know. I don't see how any fans could be more loyal than Penn State fans after the whole Sandusky deal. Staying loyal after such a disgusting, embarrassing and shameful/heart breaking situation is noteworthy IMO.

Not hard to stay loyal to a team when the team has nothing to do with it.

 

[socaljim242]

Not hard to stay loyal to a team when the team has nothing to do with it.

The president of the school , the head coach, every one else on the staff who knew he was a creep and they still let him roam the halls and showers. Yeah they had nothing to do with it.

 

[WhiteMamba]

I sm guessing these are most loyal fans in other leagues

MLB - Yankees
NBA - Heat
CBK - Kansas
NFL - SEA

Remove Seattle. They are not bandwagon. They are very loyal fans, irritating as it may be.

But in this part of the country, they love their Ssahawks win or lose. And they did a whole lotta losing and the fans still flew the flag since I can remember (80s through the present)

 

[WhiteMamba]

Have you ever been to Nebraska? There's nothing to do there, especially once it gets cold outside. There is also 1 D1 football program in Nebraska. It is so easy for those Husker fans to be loyal to Nebraska.

Ya, well when they don't have a shot at a Natty, which they have had plenty of, and show up by the thousands at opposing progrs stadiums I say that is loyalty to the core. The very definition.

They have been on the top. Now they aren't. And they travel in unbelievable numbers.

The sea of red in opposing stadiums is a treat to see. I can't wait to see it in Autzen a few years down the road.

 

[oaknightshockey1]

That has to do with respect. Not necessarily the same thing. I will admit, HuskerNation is top-notch when it comes to respect. I credit Tom Osborn a ton for that.

I heard a story from multiple Husker fans, which I cannot find a source of it so I am not sure of it's accuracy, but they were playing Colorado in the final game of the season and they have qualified for the Orange Bowl. The fans threw oranges on the field (some people say frozen oranges). Tom Osborn stopped the game and told Husker fans that he would forfeit the game if they continued to throw oranges.

If someone could find a source for that, I would love to see it. I find it to be an awesome story. I do have a lot of respect for HuskerNation, but I do not agree that they are the most loyal fan base. That is based on my criteria, which I have explained.

This could have been the incident you were talking about. There's no mention of TO threatening to stop the game, but he very well may have.

For years there was a tradition at Nebraska games of throwing oranges on the field whenever the Huskers scored a touchdown. It ends at this game. Because of the cold, the oranges are frozen which means a squishy fruit has turned into the equivalent of a big rock. During the game, a thrown orange hits an official in the head. The resulting injury ends his career.

If I might digress, it was a really stupid tradition. If you’d like another example, one year I had end zone tickets on the North side, quite a few rows up. Another student in front of me throws an orange and it lands about three feet in front of Tom Osborne who is standing near the 40 yard line. His friends high-five him, congratulating him on his great throw. The rest of us are ready to kill him. A policeman steps into view below us, and several of us point the guy out. He is escorted from the stadium. One of his friends turns to me and asks why we gave him up and I respond that the police have just saved his friend from a severe ass-kicking.

“What if he would have hit Osborne?”

The guy says nothing and we go back to watching the game. Throwing oranges on the field might have been fine in an era where mutual respect was expected. In the early 80’s, it’s clear this was lost on my generation. Anyway, it’s a stupid tradition, and like most stupid traditions, someone had to get seriously injured before it was ended.

1982 Nebraska - Oklahoma: A Near Death Experience - Corn Nation

 

[iowajerms]

Ya, well when they don't have a shot at a Natty, which they have had plenty of, and show up by the thousands at opposing progrs stadiums I say that is loyalty to the core. The very definition.

They have been on the top. Now they aren't. And they travel in unbelievable numbers.

The sea of red in opposing stadiums is a treat to see. I can't wait to see it in Autzen a few years down the road.

Well, maybe I should throw Iowa on the list then. In the past 10 years, there has only been 10 home games at Kinnick they did not sell out. I bet there's not many programs with better sell out rates. It's also a top 25 largest stadiums as well. Iowa is amazing when they do strips or red, white, and blue.

Iowa also travels well too. Look at the Orange Bowl they had vs Georgia Tech. Iowa fans out-numbered GT fans 10:1, or something like that. Most of the bowl games Iowa went to during the BCS era were games they didn't deserve. They just travel well.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

That has to do with respect. Not necessarily the same thing. I will admit, HuskerNation is top-notch when it comes to respect. I credit Tom Osborn a ton for that.

I heard a story from multiple Husker fans, which I cannot find a source of it so I am not sure of it's accuracy, but they were playing Colorado in the final game of the season and they have qualified for the Orange Bowl. The fans threw oranges on the field (some people say frozen oranges). Tom Osborn stopped the game and told Husker fans that he would forfeit the game if they continued to throw oranges.

If someone could find a source for that, I would love to see it. I find it to be an awesome story. I do have a lot of respect for HuskerNation, but I do not agree that they are the most loyal fan base. That is based on my criteria, which I have explained.

Well yea, it is respect.......but the point is our entire stadium is still full after losing a game we should never lose. We don't leave our team even when we know we're going to lose.

I remember a game where we lost by about 30 points to Kansas State back in the day and still as the clock expired there we stood to applaud the opposing team and also let our guys know we aren't just going to bail on them.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I mean, just ask Dan Beebe how loyal we are..........we almost shanked that mother fucker!

 

[WhiteMamba]

Well, maybe I should throw Iowa on the list then. In the past 10 years, there has only been 10 home games at Kinnick they did not sell out. I bet there's not many programs with better sell out rates. It's also a top 25 largest stadiums as well. Iowa is amazing when they do strips or red, white, and blue.

Iowa also travels well too. Look at the Orange Bowl they had vs Georgia Tech. Iowa fans out-numbered GT fans 10:1, or something like that. Most of the bowl games Iowa went to during the BCS era were games they didn't deserve. They just travel well.

I wouldn't have an objection whatsoever with Iowa on the list. From what I have seen and know of the program they are a great fanbase. Seems like a top end fanbase in the B1G. That is saying something. The B1G as a whole travels the best. And seem for the most part to pack the home games. Minus NWestern

Oregon has a really good sellout streak going, dating back to 1999.

They only seat 54,000 but they also sell between 2,000 and 6,000 standing room for every game.

 

[TexasExes98]

Here we go again with the Nebraska "lets make every discussion on this forum about our mediocre football program..then we will get mad at everybody because they aren't bowing down to our 8 win seasons and Bo Pelini's cat."

Sorry to the good Braska fans out there like GBR, RA, Tom, some of the new guys, etc....... you far out number these fhegs and I honestly have nothing but respect for Nebraska....but this "look at us too" pre-school attention seeking shit is getting old and I will call it out when I see it. I would expect the same from others to a VT poster acting in the same manner.

Even their own head coach doesn't like the Nebraska fan base. Most loyal, yeah; #1 douchebag fan base, fo sho! Don't believe me, ask their head coach, he'll verify it.....

Bo Pelini to the Nebraska fan base, "Fuck you fans, Fuck all of you!"

 

[Gooch1034]

Not hard to stay loyal to a team when the team has nothing to do with it.

I meant it as a compliment. I still have a hard time with it personally but I am really impressed how things are going on at PSU lately with the football program.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Even their own head coach doesn't like the Nebraska fan base. Most loyal, yeah; #1 douchebag fan base, fo sho! Don't believe me, ask their head coach, he'll verify it.....

Bo Pelini to the Nebraska fan base, "Fuck you fans, Fuck all of you!"

He's had offers to leave for more money and warmer weather