most entitled FB programs/fans
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Nebraska is definitely an entitled Football School over a few ahead of them for sure. However the top 3 are 100% accurate. We demand greatness every year and have been getting giant doses of turd sandwiches
Entitled and demanding greatness is the same? You should take a break on this one
I have an ex wife... I know what entitled is and will continue to sit at the big boy table.
Entitled: Believing you deserve special treatment or success without necessarily earning it.
Example: Nebraska football fans expect national relevance every year, even though the team hasn’t been elite in decades... that’s a clear example of entitlement.
And
Example: My ex-wife expected me to pay for everything even after the divorce, like she was still owed my support... that’s also entitlement.
Where in the world do you see NU fans expecting special treatment? You must not actually read this board. Yes NU fans believes and expects to be relevant on a yearly basis. That’s is what this history of this program has produced. Does not make them entitled. Sheesh man lay off the Hawkeye wine
Yeah, but you can kind of say that about just about every program on that list. All those programs spend a ton and have all the pieces in place, at least in their eyes, to win big. So, expecting results for all the resources they're putting behind their programs doesn't necessarily equal entitlement. Especially for those who've had that level of success in the fairly recent past. Probably the ones I'd actually label as entitled would be the couple that have never won anything but expect to. I certainly wouldn't count any blue blood programs as entitled. That's an exclusive club that damn well better expect greatness.
For the lazy...
20 - Michigan State
19 - Arkansas
18 - North Carolina
17 - Texas A&M
16 - Nebraska
15 - Tennessee
14 - Miami
13 - Notre Dame
12 - Penn State
11 - Oklahoma
10 - LSU
9 - Auburn
8 - Florida State
7 - Georgia
6 - Oregon
5 - USC
4 - Florida
3 - Ohio State
2 - Alabama
1 - Texas
Of that list, the only ones I'd personally qualify as entitled is Texas A&M...and possibly Arkansas and Oregon. The rest have at least won a National Championship in the last 50 years, except Michigan State and North Carolina, but I've never viewed those two fan bases as acting all that entitled in football. They're basketball schools and most of them know it.
tl;dr - Another stupid and wrong list, but at least it's something to get us through the offseason.
Again Big red kool aid or not does not make a fan base entitled.
Some Nebraska fans still expect major media coverage just because we’re playing a big-name opponent, even if we haven’t been nationally relevant in years. They act like we should automatically be in the conversation with trueblue programs like Bama, Ohio State, or Notre Dame, not because of current performance, but because of what we used to be. That mindset overlooks how far the program has slipped and assumes tradition alone should command respect... that’s entitlement. Pride in history is great, but respect in the present has to be earned.
This is accurate! However, I do not pay attention to the other schools fan bases in the preseason. I have been at the heart of ours since the 80's, and honestly have caught myself expecting more than we deserve MANY times. I have realed that part of me in since the middle of the Riley experiment. Then I have went into true realest mode when Frost got hired.
Pretty sure most Huskers fans get this… we absolutely need to earn it.
I hear what you’re saying, some fans demand respect simply because of the name. That would qualify as entitlement. But I don’t believe the fanbase as a whole is entitled. You even admit in this post that “some” Nebraska fans act this way. For sure, some do.
I guess what is the amount that bleeds into entitled territory? I think a lot more than some need to feel this way for Nebraska to be high on this list. Most Nebraska fans, in my opinion, are beaten down by the last 20-25 years.
Koolaid still flows every year, but I don’t think people believing Nebraska will be good this year (rinse and repeat) qualifies a fanbase as entitled. Misguided maybe? Sure. But not entitled.
Entitlement led to our downfall. We certainly have been humbled since Solich's firing; and that was an example of entitlement in its highest form.
If there was any entitlement it was within the confines of the athletic department
Agreed.How in the fvck did Michigan skate this list? Ohio St is number 3 and Michigan isn’t even even on the list…? Smells fishy to me.
Michigan, Texas and Notre Dame should all be tied for 1st.
I wonder if the author of this list is a Michigan fan.
That's not true. Maybe discussions were inside the facility but there were absurd amounts of entitlement across the state and some of the most significant donors had their hands all over it.
This fanbase was entitled and it caused havoc within the program. We are reaping now what was sowed during the Devaney/Osborne era. Nothing could measure up to our entitled fan base's expectations after their runs in the early 70's and mid 90's.
25 years ago we would have be atop of the heap. Not even close.
I'm sure there was some fans with thick pockets that was not in the same confines you speak of that had influence on that decision. That group was plenty entitled...
Oh boy. That’s just not true. But you will argue until you turn blue.
My opinion: 25 years ago, we may have finished 4th... Behind Michigan, Texas and Notre Dame.
Those three have owned this category for a long time!
If you can prove this did not happen, I will admit I was wrong. In 2024 $388.8 million dollars was donated to Nebraska. You don't think that money has any influence decisions of the University? That is only the money that is reported too
LOL. So you say it's not true and then don't justify with any evidence contrary to the point? makes sense.
Three blue bloods who've all been to the playoffs and/or won titles recently should expect their programs to be great. That's not entitlement to me, that's normal fan behavior.
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I already have. Don’t care if it makes no sense to you. I’ve seen your posting style you will argue to the end right or wrong. Don’t have all day to explains slowly so you understand.
Where's there's money there's influence. In the early 2000's that influence as well as the outrage amongst the fan base led to Solich's dismissal. The di was casts early in solich's tenure. 9-4 in 98 and not winning a NC in 99 brought out the wolves. The ass whipping in the 2001 NC game sealed his fate. We threw a two time Big 12 coach of the year. A NC qualifier. And a nation wide well respected coach to the curb for being "mediocre."
If that's not entitlement I don't know what is.
Where did you explain your point of view? Point me to your facts for basis in this discussion.
Expectations and entitlement is 2 very different things. So the entitled fans forced to TO to appoint FS as HC instead of a national search. Entitled fans hired Steve Peterson who then hired Bill C after a botched search? Entitled fans forced the admin to hire Sean Eichorst which in turn hires Mike Reilly? I will blame the Admin well before the fans. Specifically Harvey Perlman
Entitled does not mean expecting your program to be great based on the recent past.
The definition of "entitled" is believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
In this context, entitled means fully believing you are great and deserving of special treatment, regardless of any results on the field.
Michigan was entitled 3 years ago, before their recent title. Texas was entitled prior to their 2005 title. All three were entitled prior to the playoffs existing.
I do not think OSU or Georgia fans are that entitled.
Comprehend a simplistic view of the fan base wreaking havoc in the athletic offices and that’s why NU is where that have been.? Yeah right
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