Washington Foreskins.
Cleveland Cadavers or Cadavaliers.
Directions from Ohio State to U. Mich: North until you smell it, west until you step in it.
And best of all: “Can’t read, Can’t write: Kent State”
Washington Foreskins.
Cleveland Cadavers or Cadavaliers.
Directions from Ohio State to U. Mich: North until you smell it, west until you step in it.
And best of all: “Can’t read, Can’t write: Kent State”
Nebraska alums tell the nicest Nebraska jokes.
Q: Why did Nebraska switch Memorial Stadium’s field to artificial turf?
A: To keep the cheerleaders from grazing the sidelines.
(I imagine that joke’s actually told almost everywhere nowadays.)
Why thank you, Astorian.
The only people I ever heard use the “Nowledge” joke were from Colorado. It was kinda odd, since Nebraska had some kind of record for academic all-americans at the time – which they played up at every opportunity.
Then again, for a while there the “no-huddle” joke would have fit the squad very well.
You’re welcome.
True story: my wife and I got married at a downtown Austin church on October 23rd, 1999. That happened to be the day of the Texas-Nebraska game.
All week long, I was going to the airport to meet friends and relatives who were flying in for the wedding. And on EVERY flight, it would be my parents plus 198 Husker fans, my brother and his wife plus 198 Husker fans, my cousin and 199 Husker fans, and so on. Sixth Street was an ocean of red all week.
As you already know, Husker fans are as passionate and enthusiastic as English soccer hooligans… they’re just incredibly POLITE hooligans!
It so happens, my bride and I got to our hotel (where we were probably the only non-Husker guests) just in time to see Major Applewhite lead the Longhorns to a come-from-behind win.
Anyway, that night, we met hundreds of Nebraska fans, and ALL of them were remarkably upbeat. They HAD to be hurting, but ALL of them smiled and said things like, “Boy, wasn’t that a great game? That Major Applewhite is a heckuva a player, I tell you what…”
So, no joke- it was always fun when the Huskers came to town. I’ll miss that.
Some college sports insults I’ve heard…
Q: What’s the difference between Louisville and Lexington?
A: 80 miles and 6 national championships
I’ve heard fans yell “Put In Rudy” at Notre Dame basketball road games when they were not playing well.
Ralph Friedgen’s wasteline grows faster than the national debt.
“Eat Shit, Pitt” yelled by the student section at WVU during the backyard brawl games. Similarly, “Karen Syphers” was chanted at Rick Pitino during UofL-WVU.
“That throw was uglier than Frank Beamer’s goiter” (at a VA Tech game)
“You couldn’t block a beach ball” and “You’re father should have pulled out” (both directed toward the visiting goalie at a college hockey game)
You can’t spell “scum” without “UM” (University of Miami). Conversely, you can’t spell “Sugar” (as in Bowl, where the champion of the SEC plays - when they’re not in the national championship) with out “UGa”.
Georgia fans also say that orange is the perfect color for Florida fans - they can wear it to hunt deer on Fridays, cheer for the Gators on Saturdays, and pick up trash along the highway for the rest of the week.
If you went to Georgia, you probably can’t spell sugar at all.
Heh, nice.
Northwestern is a great academic school … but by and large pretty lousy at football. I always kinda admired the cheers they did when they were losing … again.
“That’s alright!
That’s OK
You’re going to work
For us some day.”
They also charged the field and chanted “We’re the worst” when the broke the Division 1 record for consecutive losses.
We at Columbia were so proud when we broke your record for consecutive losses! Of course, YOU were getting stomped 49-0 by quality schools like Michigan and Ohio State, while WE were getting annihilated 49-0 by the likes of Princeton, Harvard and Lehigh.
Alas, Prairie View A & M turned out to be worse than either of us!
Elite academic institutions use this all the time. Not limited to Northwestern.
There’s a common chant by fans of college teams who are playing against state universities: “Safety school! Safety school!”.
In English soccer, loads of clubs’ fans will sing, “Are you [rival club] in disguise?” if their team is winning against a 3rd club. Or, if they’re playing their rival, they’ll sing, “Are you [some club that’s not good at all] in disguise?”
I saw the US vs England in Chicago back in '05, and there were thousands of English fans that made the trip. I think it was 2-0 at the time (finished 2-1), and the English were sining “Are you Scotland in disguise?” I took no offense as an American.
<mini-hijack> Aren’t most flagship state schools reasonably hard to get into?
Alabama fans say the same about Tennessee.
In Pittsburgh, the Baltimore Ravens are known as “The Ratbirds”.
Cleveland Browns stadium (and possibly Cleveland itself) was known as “The Mistake by the Lake”. Haven’t heard it much lately so I dunno if it’s dying out or what. Shame Cleveland hasn’t had a good team in a while, it makes trading insults more fun.
I thought old Municipal was the “mistake”.
Given your username, you must be a 'Cane or a Gator. Sorry you couldn’t get into college and had to settle. (That’s another insult for the thread, that can be applied to whatever school is your school’s archrival.)
Works for Auburn, too. It’s actually really good for Georgia, since most of our traditional rivals wear orange - Florida, Tennesee, Auburn, Clemson. Georgia Tech doesn’t, but we have a whole different set of insults for Techies.
I’ve most often heard “Mistake On The Lake” applied to the whole city. But Muny was a pretty godawful place to watch a football game, especially in January.
Better dead than Red!
Who hates Iowa? We hate Iowa!
Both from Minnesota. The second one is special because it’s chanted at every single football game. Because we may not like whoever we’re playing, but we hate Iowa.
Sort of like hearing fans at Bruins, Celtics, and Patriots games chanting “Yankees suck!”, huh? ;D