Quote Originally Posted by TheSultan View Post
Honestly, I don't know why people care so much about this issue. My friend the UW season ticket holder just called me last week to confirm that I will head up to Madison for the MU game. I wear my gold proudly before, during and after the game and we give each other sh*t the entire day. I am sure that there are a number of MU fans that do the same thing.

MU fans make plenty of noise during the UW game. My nephew who is a student there said the loudest he has ever heard the BC was during last year's UW game - especially when Blue hit that off balance 3 point shot. It's not as though they lose their homecourt advantage in the process.

This is sports - not WW2.
I agree with it on being the loudest. I was there, and the sea of gold was a sight to behold. That was one of my proudest moments as an MU fan, seeing all that gold in the building.

As far as it being sports and not WW2...I say this EVERY year. The MU-UW rivalry HAS to be one of the "softest" in America. I blame MU fans for most of that unfortunately...too many MU fans root for UW in "every other game" but this one. That's disgusting to me. I cite this every year as well, but think about North Carolina-Duke, Louisville-Kentucky(my favorite), Michigan-Ohio St, there are MANY that "get" what a true rivalry is about. Fans from thos teams can't stand the other teams fanbase. Most specifically UK-UL. They flat out HATE each other. Sure, all the fanbases i mentioned have football, and that is likely where it starts, but you are damn right it spills over to basketball as well. I just want to know why the UW-MU "rivalry" can't be that way?? Is this state really that "soft" as a whole??