The bottom line is pretty simple. Our fans suck. The reality is that we have a large number of ignorant, front running jackbags in the stands right now. Unfortunately, we need them right now. I sit in 137 and witnessed these gems from those around me today:
Four idiot students sitting in the row ahead of me. The highlight of their day was making a "Fire Brewster" and "Play Gray" sign. They sat and bi+ched from the moment they walked in. One kid booed Weber before we took a snap then later screamed "You sucK Weber" on a false start by the line and later when we had a penalty on a punt return. Why? Because there was a number 8 on the field. The fact it wasn't Weber on either play is evidently immaterial.
The old ladies screaming at people to sit down on 3rd downs.
The guy whose girlfriend puked at the Purdue game and left before half screaming about poor playcalling on every play.
The 40 something guys who left a tie game with 5:00 minutes left.
That's just a few. Truthfully, I think it will take 10 years to rebuild a rabid, loyal fanbase if we can do it at all. The students who come are great and if we can get 50% of them to buy tickets post graduation and stay involved, we can build a good fanbase, but it will take time and hopefully, attrition amongst the a$$hat crowd, old crowd and front-runner/I just do what is trendy fans. It can happen and while winning would help it and should be expected, it shouldn't be a requirement. If schools like South Carolina, Ole Miss can build loyal fanbases with their rather weak history, we should be able to with our recent (read 40 years) weak history.
