01-03-2014, 10:11 PM
(01-03-2014, 09:34 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Yes, my experience with MSU fans mirrored your experience with Stanford fans. There seemed to be an unusually high ratio of gracious fans to a-holes. I was impressed with the turnout, which was at least 2:1 MSU to Stanford, and probably more. Most of the fans I talked to were knowledgeable, gracious, and respectful both before the game, and after. It felt better somehow to lose to good winners. I appreciated the MSU band's tribute, and though I often cut the LSJUMB a lot of slack, in light of the MSU band playing "Come Join the Band" in tribute, I groaned at the wisecrack about couches. Anyways, congratulations on being Rose Bowl Champions, and thanks for the gracious message after.
BC
Good to hear. Every fanbase has it's bad apples, but I like to think we're better than most. I think most of us were just excited to be there. I graduated from MSU in 2011 and we haven't been to the Rose Bowl since before I was born.
The Stanford band does their thing, it's frankly kind of amusing and it doesn't really bother me at all.