Well, I think you know my opinion on this matter. You shouldn't boo your own college team. Period. They are not professionals, they are kids, for the most part one's that will receive a degree from Cal. The do get more leeway and they should.
I do think you're conflating issues: whether fans do boo and whether they should.
Also, as for the ridiculous proposition of someone traveling from across the country and only doing so if the team is successful, well, I guess I am one of those persons. I'm a loyal person, hell, I'm from Buffalo. I will love my friends and family until the end. Same goes for my hometown, college, and sports teams. Maybe we are just different this way, but yeah, I will support the team when it fails. After all, I did go to EVERY home game in 2001 when Cal fell to 1-10.
Avinash
· 1 year ago
Well, my team is the Bills (I was born there). But they've caused so much heartbreak to me that it's hard for me to get attached to another team.
I take a much harder view with Cal than I do with Buffalo as a result of the failings my hometown team has undergone (that Dallas-Buffalo game made me hate life a thousand ways over), and perhaps that's unjust. But I've matured since I was a kid, and I've learned support only gets you so far. You have to be critical when it's due and sometimes (albeit rarely I admit), negative. I'm a little cynical in that sense, but I'm not going to just smell sunshine and roses all the time.
I'll support the team when it fails, but only by pointing out why the team is failing. There's only so much failure one can take. And I don't think general Cal fans will boo that much when the going gets rough. They just won't show up.
HydroTech
· 1 year ago
As for opening up practices, do we really need to do that just so fans can truly understand how hard the players work? Do you really need to see it for yourself? Just knowing that the players have a greater fall workload than any other Cal student on campus isn't enough? Must you get a copy of their fall daily schedule to see how many hours per day they devote to football until you can believe that they truly work hard?
As for the whole USC and Florida running open practices argument. The flaw with that argument is that those teams are USC and Florida. They are powerhouses. They are stocked with 4 and 5 star talent. Their second stringers could probably destroy the bottom half of teams in the NCAA. My point: they don't have to worry as much with their opponents knowing what they are doing because they are talented enough to get by with the other team knowing. For teams that are less talented, secrecy truly is valued more.
BeastMode
· 1 year ago
I guess my attitude has changed a bit since I left Buffalo, I've become a bit more positive. And, let me tell you that Dallas-Buffalo game was absolute torture. It had been so long since MNF had gone to Buffalo. The fans were awesome. The city looked fantastic. It was the worst loss since the Music City Miracle. Jesus, I have seen so many terrible Bills losses, nothing Cal can do can equal those.
Reno Bear
· 1 year ago
No one should be booing our own players. I was really pissed when people would boo Ayoob. As much as I wanted to boo Longshore I kept my mouth shut. These are college kids playing for their school. If you want to boo go to a pro game.Those guys get paid to get boo's.
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I do think you're conflating issues: whether fans do boo and whether they should.
Also, as for the ridiculous proposition of someone traveling from across the country and only doing so if the team is successful, well, I guess I am one of those persons. I'm a loyal person, hell, I'm from Buffalo. I will love my friends and family until the end. Same goes for my hometown, college, and sports teams. Maybe we are just different this way, but yeah, I will support the team when it fails. After all, I did go to EVERY home game in 2001 when Cal fell to 1-10.
I take a much harder view with Cal than I do with Buffalo as a result of the failings my hometown team has undergone (that Dallas-Buffalo game made me hate life a thousand ways over), and perhaps that's unjust. But I've matured since I was a kid, and I've learned support only gets you so far. You have to be critical when it's due and sometimes (albeit rarely I admit), negative. I'm a little cynical in that sense, but I'm not going to just smell sunshine and roses all the time.
I'll support the team when it fails, but only by pointing out why the team is failing. There's only so much failure one can take. And I don't think general Cal fans will boo that much when the going gets rough. They just won't show up.
As for the whole USC and Florida running open practices argument. The flaw with that argument is that those teams are USC and Florida. They are powerhouses. They are stocked with 4 and 5 star talent. Their second stringers could probably destroy the bottom half of teams in the NCAA. My point: they don't have to worry as much with their opponents knowing what they are doing because they are talented enough to get by with the other team knowing. For teams that are less talented, secrecy truly is valued more.