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Alabama v. West Virginia: Trashier fanbase?

Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:16 am
Posted by Mizzou to my Lou
Miami
Member since Sep 2013
1767 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:16 am
Over the years, the college football world has been inundated with white trash horror stories involving these two fanbases, more frequently than any other schools in America.

Whether they're burning couches, poisoning trees, teabagging, defecating in stadium seats, poisoning fastfood, being racist, assaulting fans, murdering family members, embracing crippling obesity, committing beastiality--you get the picture, the beat goes on and on--these two fanbases have truly seemed to embrace 'the Deliverance guide to life.' To the untrained eye, Alabama fans and West Virginia fans appear to be indistinguishable, one in the same.

But, that's why I've turned to the expert opinion of the rant. Many of you, representing various SEC schools (LSU, Georgia, Mississippi State, Auburn, etc) have had the pleasure of interacting with both of these fanbases firsthand. In your experiences, what were some of the subtle nuances you've recognized between Alabama and West Virginia fans when it comes to being trashy?

Thank you for your input and God Bless.


Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Atlanta GA - ITP
Member since Sep 2012
24941 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:17 am to
Nothing can top West Virginia when it comes to trashy.
Posted by sjmabry
Texas
Member since Aug 2013
18510 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:17 am to

Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger
Member since Jun 2006
51874 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:17 am to
As a whole, WVU by a landslide.


Bama's nuts are more extreme, but there are some decent ones to be found if you look hard enough.
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Atlanta GA - ITP
Member since Sep 2012
24941 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:20 am to
Here is an old post from a MSU message board about visiting West Virginia. Long but funny.

Over the years, Ive been one of the more vocal critics of the LSU fanbase. Corndogs, funnel cakes, carnival workers, slashed tires, raped daughters, 80 year old women showing their tits, three-ways under tailgate tents. Youve heard it all before. And let me say, Ive traveled to every SEC stadium save Fayetteville, so I consider myself fairly well-versed on the intricacies of college fanbases. And until this past weekend, I have always placed the folks at LSU atop the steaming trash heap.

But, alas, I have gone to Morgantown and I have seen something far worse. Something so terrible that you cant really make fun of it without feeling like youre picking on Corky from Life Goes On. And I say this with a straight face: Thank God for classy people like LSU fans. And so, in this post, I will try to refrain from hyperbole. I want you, the sixpack reader, to value the gravity with which I speak. And so, I will relate my experience to you as accurately as is possible.

Have you ever stood in line for tickets to an eagerly anticipated Bubba Sparxxx concert? Me neither. But Im quite sure I just experienced something very similar. People often jokingly say things like, Hey, going to West Virginia are you? Bet youll see a lot of missing teeth. Ha ha. Well, let me tell you. Teeth are the least of my worries after a weekend in Morgantown. I think the discussion needs to shift to missing chromosomes. Seriously.

Some quick percentages based on my observations: Fans above age 15 without a tattoo: 12%. Fans below age 15 without a tattoo: 65%. Fans with the equivalent of a bachelors degree from MSU: 3%. Fans born into wedlock: 36%. Men with a goatee: 84%. Women with a goatee: 4%. Black people: -8%. Hooded sweatshirts: 97%. Wearing khakis or slacks: 1%. Ever worn khakis or slacks: 9%. Tongue studs: 45%. Pet anaconda, iguana, or bobcat: 68%.

There were some West Virginia fans sitting in the row behind me who were probably leaving the game to go work the evening shift at the wastewater plant who were commenting on two MSU fans sitting a couple of rows below. Mind you, most of the MSU fans were dressed in normal gameday attire. One turns to the other and says, Man, those MSU fans sure do dress all snobby for football games. Buncha stuckup pricks.

You may be thinking hillbillies, yokels, rednecks, etc. But thats not it at all. Thats what makes this group so tough to pinpoint, so tough to describe in QWERTY. It was straight-up factory trash minus the factories. It was like if Kid Rock, Courtney Love, and Lil Kim hooked up and had a retard child who was a Cleveland Browns fan. Whoever said this was the WWE crowd, you nailed it. Every gal had a gut, and every dude had 5-20 pubes dangling from his upper lip. Showers, who needs em? Baggy jeans? Check. 2002 Adidas cross-trainers? Check. Haircut 15 months ago? Check. Wallet chain? Check. 80 pounds of yuengling hanging off your midsection? Check. arse crack? Check. Fatass girlfriend wearing West ****** Virgina t-shirt and a rhinestone belt I think but I couldnt see it because her backfat was squeezed out and draped on top of it? Check.

Walking maroon-clad through the Pit, which was WVUs answer to the Junction, except that it was in a huge, disgusting parking lot felt about as safe as walking through downtown Mogadishu passing out Pat Buchanan for President handbills. People were pissing in a more public, blatant, disgusting, anatomical way than anything youve ever seen at Mardi Gras. Walk through the Junction and you might hear Boys of Summer or Dixieland Delight maybe even something as risqu as Back in Black. Prior to my trip to Morgantown, I thought John Denvers Country Roads would be as overplayed as Rocky Top in Knoxville. But no. Blaring from every vehicle in the Pit was Death Metal, or ho-slapping gangsta rap if you got lucky

Ill also say this. In all my visits to college campuses, Ive always kept an eye out for talent. Some places are flourishing with talent (Ole Miss). Others are a little behind the curve (Tulane). Some have the talent but that talent comes with STDs (LSU). But suffice it to say, every college campus Ive been to is teaming with talent relative to the rest of society. General rule of thumb, right? 18-22 year olds in their prime trying to flaunt it. Not in Morgantown. I kept an eye out, and again, I am NOT overstating this. I did not see one female that I would rate higher than a 3.5. Dead serious. Not a single one. And for reference, Leigh Anne is at least a 6 on my scale. There was this one chick at the Texas Roadhouse Steak place after the game that I saw going to into the bathroom that I would rate a 6.5, but I cant count her as part of the WVU faithful.

Maybe this explains some of the mystery surrounding the man that is Doc Foglesong. After having visited his alma mater, I really appreciate the effort he puts forth on gameday. His jorts and knee-high maroon and white socks look damned good compared to what hes used to.

So heres to you Moutaineers. You did something I thought was impossible. You made Baton Rouge look like Buckingham Palace.
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:21 am to
Out of the 571 posts you've made, at least 400 have to be about Bama. Seems you have a nice little obsession going



That being said, I don't get why people make these topics. It's an SEC board. Alabama has committed like 40 acts of 1st degree arson in the past 5 years. And everyone here obviously hates Bama because well....Bama. So the answer will be Bama every single time, regardless of the comparison/question.
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11314 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:23 am to
Actual Bama fans at games are just fine, it's the trailer park walmart shopping frontrunning dregs that give them a bad name. WV is 10 times trashier at least.
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
25901 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:25 am to
WVU by far. Not even remotely close.
Posted by Mootsman
Charlotte, NC
Member since Oct 2012
6025 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:40 am to






Posted by Sevendust912
Member since Jun 2013
11367 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:43 am to
quote:

Alabama v. West Virginia: Trashier fanbase?


Alabama
Posted by AUbagman
LA
Member since Jun 2014
10583 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:44 am to
WVU is downright terrible. I've never felt threatened at UA, but did when I went to the game at WVU. I got out of there with a quickness.

I'll take a handful of ignorant fans that take their football too seriously over one that has no genetic variation all day.

Moral of the story, the worst UA fans aren't at the games usually, while WVU is made up of predominately bad fans.
This post was edited on 8/27/14 at 10:49 am
Posted by MrAUTigers
Florida
Member since Sep 2013
28312 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:46 am to
Can we all just pull for the sinkhole?
Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
Member since Nov 2010
18771 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:47 am to
I see a lot of posters giving WVU the edge. This cannot stand. Time to poison their couches.
Posted by AUbused
Member since Dec 2013
7785 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:56 am to
Brothers from a different mother. Kindred spirits.
Posted by camdonspicolli
Oxford MS (Gods Country)
Member since Jul 2014
224 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:04 am to
never experienced an Alabama fan yet as I recently transferred to Ole Miss but man West Virginia fans are redneck as hell
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
62162 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:10 am to
From my experience at that games. Not on the internet


Most trashy down


West Virginia
LSU
Georgia
Alabama



Posted by Team Vote
DFW
Member since Aug 2014
7737 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:14 am to


Nobody touches West Virginia when it comes to trash quotient. There is something off with those people.
Posted by constant cough
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2007
44788 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:18 am to
Alabama
Posted by heartbreakTiger
grinding for my grinders
Member since Jan 2008
138974 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:21 am to
WVU has a higher trash percentage but Bama has the extremist. Bama wins because they are like Islam and the nuts they have are ISIS
Posted by Gnar Cat21
Piña Coladaburg
Member since Sep 2009
16850 posts
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:25 am to
West Virginia are the worst fans I have ever encountered in auburn

Just absolutely disrespectful and trashy. It's like every fan I passed on the street wanted to fight about something
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