You have no idea. This is the diary of a college basketball fan. Friday, March 26th: It's gameday. UT plays Xavier and Duke plays Illinois in the Sweet Sixteen. For the duration of the tournament, you have cheered on UT even as they sent UNC, and with them your bracket, packing. Tonight will be no different. 9 AM - Alarm goes off. Go to econ class? Nah. Back to sleep. 10 AM - Alarm goes off again. This time, it's for italian. Attendence is ta ken, going is a must. 1040 AM - Italian drags despite the news that the afternoon session is cancelled. Nobody really cares that southern Italians prefer red wine. 1130 AM - Finally, it's time to skip history class and go home. I remark to a friend that I am thinking of taking a flask to the game tonight, and I lament the loss of my "Don't Mess With Texas" Longhorn T-shirt. My friend assures me that I should take the flask, because there will lots of Texan girls at the game, and I'm going to get laid. 137 PM - After eating some M&Ms for lunch, I decide to take a nap, and to prepare my liver mentally for the onslaught ahead. Take courage young liver, thy soul shall be rinsed clean of all impurity tonight with the cool, clean, exuberence of alcohol. 432 PM - Wake up, order some food, kill some time with porno. Attempt to calculate risk in sneaking in a flask with the increased security. Play some MVP Baseball 2004 to get in the sports frame of mind. 517 PM - Eat a greasy meatball sub to insulate the stomach against the elements. Ask friend if I can borrow some burnt orange to wear to the game. 600 PM - Shots 1-9 of Smirnoff Raspberry Vodka and Triple Distilled go down well. The Flask is ready. Gametime baby. 627 PM - No directions are necessary when we are invovled of course. Despite small moments of panic, we reach the Georiga Dome with ease. I am still nervous about the flask. I try putting it in my shoe, but that failed miserably. 717 PM - As I walk up to the security checkpoint, I have a minor panic attack regarding the metal flask in my back pocket. The fate of the flask is irrecovably tied into the fate of my enjoying the Duke game. Luckily, the security is nonexistant, and we get in unscathed. I immediately scamper off to find a large $4.50 Sprite to pour the vodka in. I quickly realize that the 50% alcohol vodka made even the gigantic sized Sprite taste awful. 730 PM - It is gametime, and I am very inebriated. We move down about twenty rows, and sit in some very good seats. Almost immediately, myself and another Texas fan I was with got into a shouting match with an Xavier fan. 731 PM to 10 PM - Xavier was being verbally abused by my own little fan section. The "X-A-V-I-E-R" chant is being changed to "G-A-Y-I-E-R". Out loud, we pondered what the mascot is, and learn that it is a Musketeer. Immediately there is conjecture that said musketeer is indeed a gay musketeer, and that a more approriate mascot would be a "butt pirate". That last statement, (made very loudly), caused the previously mentioned Xavier fan to stand up and take exception. He quickly quieted down when he realized he could not step to a few big Texan kids. I was very dissapointed by the Texas fans pretty much the entire game. The smaller Xavier contingent was much more vocal, and it was embarassing. Although shouting at every call and play and chanting "Texas Fight!" had made our voices hoarse, we still found the courage to let loose at Boddicker's 3 pointer to pull Texas within 1 near the end of the game. However, when #13 pulled up to take an ill-fated three pointer in the final posession of UT, we lost all will to cheer. There was definitely time left for a couple of more passes. 10 PM to 1216 AM - The Duke game was boring. The only enjoyment was derived from calling Illinois, "Illinoise" the entire game. That just pissed their fans off more than the game did. One of my friends bet the other kid 20 bucks or a T-shirt that Duke would win. The ENTIRE second half was spent asking my friend if he knew where the t-shirt stand was, and wondering if he could possibly get a head start and purchase that t-shirt before the lines got long. 113 AM - Wendy's late night pickup window is God's greatest invention. 2 Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers, fries, and a Frosty later, I'm all better. And maybe tomorrow, my headache will be too. I apologize in advance to anybody offended. That was not the intention in anyway. Xavier is a fine school. Thank you.
This thread reminds me why Texas fans were the most hated ones at the Denver regional last week. First, they didn't even fill their section of seats, with I'm willing to bet, at least 1/3 of each session that Texas was involved in being filled with fans of other teams. Then, you've got the fact that there were numerous Texas fans going around being verbally abusive to anyone and everyone. Saw a few try to start a fight with some Maryland fans (who they didn't even play!) before the UT - Princeton game because the Maryland fans were having a discussion about how either "Maryland or North Carolina were probably the best teams in the region", saw a group of four Texas fans follow a Princeton fan around for 10 minutes just yelling at him, even though the guy didn't say anything to anyone, and heard more profanities than ever before in my life (BYU's fans were the second most profane, talk about a shocker there). After the second session (when Texas beat UNC), I believe it was all summed up by one guy walking through the parking lot going, "well, at least now those jackasses will go back to their state". BTW, this post isn't a slam on Nomar. He was over the top, but hell, so am I when my team is involved. Nomar didn't stalk fans of the opposing teams. Nomar didn't verbally assault others. I know not all Texas fans are like this, but man, you guys were NOT represented well in Denver.
I just got back from Atlanta going to the game myself and highly doubt the extent of your story. im a student at texas so probably am biased but most fans I know or see dont start **** until its started with them. I had xavier fans cuss at me for no reason. they are sore winners and the refs handed them the game. i enjoyed my experience in atlanta except for the games result. sorry the fans u met didnt truly represent texas....hook em
Telling the truth. I know those fans didn't represent Texas, but that was my problem, NO ONE represented Texas. The UT section was maybe 2/3 full of UT fans. Every other section sold out, why didn't you guys? BTW, I'd much rather listen to UT fans cuss than BYU fans. Good God, that was just sad. No, God does not want your crappy team to win, and no, the state of Colorado does not like you. In fact, we hate you. Go away.
i was sitting behind the basket on opposite side of the UT section I guess? i was in 121 i think and the UT group was in 104...what about u?
denver isnt the cheapest place to get to especially on a last minute flight during spring break...i was actually just leaving denver that wknd from spring break I should have stayed but couldnt get a later flight home...Atlanta was easier to get to
