Fair Weather Fans Need Not Post Here...

[Newsbreaker]

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If I'm not mistaken Cap'N made the journey last year to watch us play AT Indiana State? Maybe I'm wrong, but even if I am... you're out of line 1988. Cap'N is a Panther through and through. You screaming how much UNI sucks isn't needed. Frustration is understood. TRUE fans... stay true through the good AND the bad.

Again, screaming about a team playing poorly doesn't make someone something other than "true through the good AND the bad."

I'm the "truest" Cubs fan you'll ever find, and yet I spend way more time than I'd ever want to quantify screaming about how much they suck.

If the UNI fanbase needs to do one thing more than any other, it's to get rid of this "true" fan bull****. It's embarrassing, counter-productive, childish and idiotic absolutely every time it's trotted out.

There is nobody (my wife and family aside) I enjoy spending more time with than the people who live and die with the same teams I do. That said, there are few people I want to spend less time around than those who thing they need to separate those same groups into "true" and "fake" so that they have something in their tiny little world to feel good about. And I say that as the LAST person prone to defending 1988 over anything.

[TravelingPanther]

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I think there is plenty to complain about. I just think a lot of people are going overboard. There's also the group that obviously doesn't have a clue what they're complaining about.

[igo4uni]

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We can still make the playoffs..........the sky is not falling......Cap'n Cat is super sexy.

[clenz]

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I'm with news, this only speak is positives of the Panthers and of the players is a stinking joke.

[TH1974]

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Some people need to realize that there's lots of middle ground between 'kool-aid-drinking' and 'sky-is-falling'.

[Newsbreaker]

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some people need to realize that there's lots of middle ground between 'kool-aid-drinking' and 'sky-is-falling'.

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[1988]

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A picture of me after yesterdays glorious loss! If you will notice, I have toned down my saddness.

[06panther10]

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Y'all need to shut the eff up and drink.

[DomeRanger Posse]

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[Newt99]

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Crying and complaining after two of the most disappointing losses in recent memory does not make someone a "fair weather fan." It certainly doesn't mean the crier or complainer doesn't "love their cats."

I realize this is a great time for a few people to score some points in the never end PN.com "who is a bigger fan than whom" contest, but let's try and keep our sanity.

Some people need to realize that there's lots of middle ground between 'kool-aid-drinking' and 'sky-is-falling'.

THIS and THIS. You can be the most supportive and loyal fan in the world and still criticize a poor performance. You aren't being honest with yourself if you still think this season is all sunshine and roses. The "I'm a truer fan than you" BS is about the most annoying thing about this board.

The price of continued success is that we expect the team to uphold that high standard and to perform to the best of their ability. Does Indiana State have a message board like PN? If they bashed everyone who made a negative comment on their board about the football team, this weekend would have been the first time in three years that someone could have posted on there without being criticized and having their "fandom" questioned.

[Born-a-Panther]

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We suck and Pat Grace sucks.

I have never once said that people can't be frustrated. But THIS is ridiculous. We are going to end the regular season 8-3. That is is not the record of a team that SUCKS.

I just think some people need to step away from the ledge a little bit. And calling out Cap'N for how he chooses to show his support is rather hypocritical on behalf of a lot of you.

[Mountain Panther]

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[Born-a-Panther]

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That said, there are few people I want to spend less time around than those who thing they need to separate those same groups into "true" and "fake" so that they have something in their tiny little world to feel good about. And I say that as the LAST person prone to defending 1988 over anything.

With all due respect News... my world isn't tiny. I lead a rather good and and fulfilling life.


Defend people's rights to piss and moan all you guys want. But I will also defend my right to see the glass as half full. If that makes me a kool-aid drinker... fine. Tastes a lot better than not having anything to drink at all.

[06panther10]

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I think purple kool aid is delicious.

[SpanishMoon]

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Everyone loves a winner and it is difficult to support an underachieving team. That is just the way most people are. It is always what have you done lately? A true panther loves his team through thick or thins.