re: This Picture says a lot about our "fans."

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What I'm saying is that all these people are getting all over people for not showing up or leaving early, pretending that the team would play better if the stadium was full and loud for every game. Obviously, that is not the case.

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The crowd doesn't directly affect the home team's play, generally. The crowd does directly affect the visiting team's offense. When the "everything is going well and the weather's good" crowd gets loud on an opposing team's offense is affected. I've seen it. The quotes about our stadium (sadly from a bygone era) prove it.

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First, you assume that I'm a "leave early" guy, which I never said I was, but that doesn't matter either way.

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And sorry, I didn't mean that you, specifically, are a "leave early" guy yourself, but have chosen to stand with them against those of us who are suggesting that if you're not going to see the team through, don't go at all. Watch the games on television. What I meant was that you are among those defending the indefensible, leaving early, when the team makes the greatest comeback in modern history.

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I know where Nebraska and Michigan stand in the cfb history bookds, don't lecture me.

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Your quote, "Where has that gotten them?" implied a disregard of the history of the program. I placed myself in the position of defending the imminently defensible - diehard fans staying for the whole dadgum game, and cheering their team win or lose.