you seem like a good fan... but in the whole "some fans ruin it for the rest of them" i now hate Duke more than Iowa Hawkeyes.
As some people know on this board i play the part of Cy the Mascot on occasion and i have never experienced more rude, foul mouthed, bird flipping fans ever... not even hawkeyes.
My last straw was when I was taking a picture with a prolly 7 year old cyclone fan and his mom when a Duke fan decided it was appropriate to let everyone know in earshot that Cy looked like a "F***ING FA**OT!!!" That is really cool man, real class act. I will say i did meet a fair share of Duke fans who wanted to even be in a picture with me and were nice people. But it kinda goes back to the "a few ruin it for all" thing.
My new opposing school hatred poll:
Duke
Iowa
Nebby
Another Duke fan here and it's awful to hear some fans acted like this. Unfortunately, you're right that a couple of fans can give an entire fanbase a bad image (though some fan bases --UNC, Maryland, Kentucky-- suck all around). I'm from NC so i'm not sure what the Duke fans are like up in the north, but hopefully they are all not as rude as you described. I can assure you that most Duke fans (that I know at least) wouldn't act like that but again, there are those select few fans that ruin it for everyone else. That said, i'm sure if any other fan base acted like that around me i would hate them too.
Good game, the first half really made me nervous when you guys started really clicking. I know it's not easy to see the positives after a loss, but honestly you guys played better than a lot of teams Duke has seen this season (especially Gonzaga) and the game was closer than the final score suggests.
If anything both ISU and Duke fans can agree that:
1) F&%* Harrison Barnes
2) F&*# ESPN for showing the end of the Kansas game and making us sit and watch them in a timeout instead of switching back and forth