Comments on: ON OUR PLANET THE SKY IS PAISLEY

by: Terrible Tom

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:08:08 +0000

NCSU is one of the first on my list, too. However, they do have TWO mens hoops nat’l championships, one of which marked the end of UCLA’s decade of dominance, so they are probably disqualified as ‘most deluded fan base’–though if we qualified that with ‘most deluded *college football* fan base, NCSU would be right up there.

I think I’d have to vote for Oregon. They’ve come close to being a nat’l title contender in football once or twice, and this year’s basketball team overachieved by reaching the Elite Eight–but they’re probably never going to win a national championship in either sport. The average Ducks fan thinks that *this* is the year they knock off USC, go undefeated and play for the title. I guess we’ll find out in Week #2 when they travel to Ann Arbor whether or not that’s a possibility.

by: Mike

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:51:58 +0000

Uh, Elihu, “past that never happened”. Does 11 Championships ring a bell?

by: Elihu

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:28:46 +0000

As I missing something here? Shouldn’t this obviously be Notre Dame?

by: Erik

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:52:38 +0000

Gotta be the Alabama Crimson Tide. Ask any Tider: They’re the pre-season national champs every year.

by: Run Up The Score

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:07:29 +0000

Maryland is a darkhorse choice for this award. For as irrelevant as they are (the now-fading basketball title notwithstanding), they LOVE themselves. Same with Pittsburgh, for that matter.

Cal isn’t a bad pick, either. When have they really accomplished anything?

Georgia? Rather sheepish since the Herschel Walker years.

by: Paul

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:56:32 +0000

Hmmmm … Gophers … Bar-bee-cue potato chips …

by: Mark

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:59:03 +0000

Ooh! Washington! That’s a good call!

by: Hawkeye State

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:56:01 +0000

It’s hard to top Arkansas, especially after recent events, but The Crimson Tide of Alabama might be the one to do it. Ole Miss, South Carolina, the entirety of the SEC not named Florida or Rocky Top, hve to be considered. I’d put Washington ahead of Arizona State, but just slightly.

by: Scribleris

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:35:01 +0000

That’s a good point about NC State, Jon, but then again they DID win a national championship in a relevant sport. I think that might be a disqualifier, even if it’ll probably never happen again.

by: Jon

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:48:47 +0000

It seems to me that to be delusional, you have to have expectations that exceed your ability to actually meet them. I really don’t think Arizona State has any fans, much less ones with delusional thoughts. Ole Miss seemed thrilled at a Cotton Bowl appearance a few years ago.

Off the top of my head, North Carolina State is a fairly good choice. They really havn’t done anything of note since Jimmy V and the ACC’s ridiculously short three point line got them a pass into the tournament. But since then they have churned through coaches, built nice facilities and had sky high expectations but never actually achieved anything. I think their fans view them as the equivalent to North Carolina and Duke, when in reality Wake Forest’s and Appalachain State’s athletic programs have accomplished more over the past 20 years.