Why do we boo so much?

gocubs2118

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Its kind of embarrassing that we boo EVERY call that doesn't go our way. We are the laughing stock of college basketball because of how much our fans boo.
 

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We are the laughing stock of college basketball because of how much our fans boo.
:biglaugh: It's good that there's always people to crack jokes to make us feel good in tough times.
 

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I'm pretty sure that anyone that has ever been to a college game outside of Ames, Iowa has also heard "boo". Any sort of student section tends to do that.
 

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Its kind of embarrassing that we boo EVERY call that doesn't go our way. We are the laughing stock of college basketball because of how much our fans boo.

:wideeyed: this is what fans do... Saying we are the laughing stock is quite a stretch, who did you poll ?
 

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Hey, guys, it's fine to disagree - but no personal attacks. Thanks.
 

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I am not certain of this, but I would think that boo'ing is part of the home court advantage??? It has to have some kind of effect on the officials?
 

gocubs2118

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Ok maybe we aren't the laughing stock but we don't have to boo every god damn call that doesn't go our way. Its part of the game that refs are going to screw up.
 

clones_jer

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If we're the laughing stock of college basketball our fans have nothing to do with it.
 

Clone5

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The people in Cyclone Alley around me booed literally every class after the refs got a couple wrong. Also, there are a lot of people in CA this year that try to get people to look at them by yelling "funny" stuff at opposing players. This does nothing but make those people look like an idiot and make my arm wet from their spittle when they yell. End of rant sorry.
 

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Its kind of embarrassing that we boo EVERY call that doesn't go our way. We are the laughing stock of college basketball because of how much our fans boo.
Have you been reading KU's message boards? Because they always make fun of us because of all of the "booing" we do. However, if you ever watch a big game when the game is at Allen Fieldhouse, you will see that they boo just as much as we do. Every fanbase boo's. Pay closer attention to a big game on tv and you will see that the home crowd will boo just as much as us.
 

Jack & Hilton

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To get calls to go our way, an advantage of home court advantage. But yes sometimes it is over the top.