re: Ex-Oregon Player Rips fans - Are our fans any different?

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Definitely lowered himself to the level he's bashing. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Oregons fanbase is no different than any other successful program, including ours.

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Yes but his is right on the money. Look how Clowney was put on a pedestal on here and looked how quickly he was tore down. Look what happens in social media when a player is a major reason for a loss. We as a people are horrible and have been like that forever. It is human nature and it is never going away. Will sit a guy on top of a mountain, but when he falters once, we are like savage dogs.

I wouldn't use slave but gladiators were essentially slaves. His analogy is spot on. Their work is football, their pay is food, a place to stay, and a higher education. It's the equivalent of a regular person getting that first job out of college that prepares him for the bigger step up in his mainstay career job.