Does the state of Wisconsin hate us?

[klyrish]

As a fellow MU alum, I'm truly sad for you.

Why?  These are the same people that, while watching the WI/OSU football game last year at the WI bar here in Denver, got the entire bar to do the "pretty boy! pretty boy!" chant directed at me after I came back in from having a smoke.  I was there rooting against OSU and was wearing an MU shirt because I own no Badger gear.  After the chant, a bunch of them told me to go back to MU. WTF

[Jay Bee]

Why?  These are the same people that, while watching the WI/OSU football game last year at the WI bar here in Denver, got the entire bar to do the "pretty boy! pretty boy!" chant directed at me after I came back in from having a smoke.  I was there rooting against OSU and was wearing an MU shirt because I own no Badger gear.  After the chant, a bunch of them told me to go back to MU. WTF

Bro, you totally shouldn't smoke.  I hope you started letting the fists fly after that.  Was this at Swankeys or Blake Street Tavern?  I'll stroll through both of them in a few weeks with my MU national champions gear on.

[foreverwarriors]

Why?  These are the same people that, while watching the WI/OSU football game last year at the WI bar here in Denver, got the entire bar to do the "pretty boy! pretty boy!" chant directed at me after I came back in from having a smoke.  I was there rooting against OSU and was wearing an MU shirt because I own no Badger gear.  After the chant, a bunch of them told me to go back to MU. WTF

There's a difference between being a "proud" alum and, as you put it earlier, "a cocky dick." I'm guessing the cocky dick part of your personality is what got you ridiculed...

[Hards Alumni]

There's a difference between being a "proud" alum and, as you put it earlier, "a cocky dick." I'm guessing the cocky dick part of your personality is what got you ridiculed...

mmmhmmm

[leever]

mmmhmmm

"cocky dick" seems a bit redundant, no?

[ringout]

1.Private School
2.Has 1/4 of students from Illinois
3.Students are usually boss's of most people in state
4.Black student athletes

I believe that #4 is the main reason as the average joe in wisconsin can not relate to black athletes.  

Marquette needs to embrace this role of the evil empire kinda like cincinnati did or UNLV Did. We need to carve out our own niche and our own fan base not try to convert dumb hillibillies from Crivitz

Had an example last night during the MU UNC game.  Sitting next to guy I know in the bar.  He says "Will Marquette ever have another white guy on the team?"  I guess Wisconsin has more Aryan influence than I thought.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Had an example last night during the MU UNC game.  Sitting next to guy I know in the bar.  He says "Will Marquette ever have another white guy on the team?"  I guess Wisconsin has more Aryan influence than I thought.

Outside of Milwaukee and the Green Bay Packers sports complex, there's not a whole lot of African Americans in the state.

[KenoshaWarrior]

Outside of Milwaukee and the Green Bay Packers sports complex, there's not a whole lot of African Americans in the state.

Their are plenty of Blacks in Kenosha, Racine and Madison as well.  The truth is that the Marquette players look nothing like 90 Percent of the state and the dumb yokel mentality of people outside Southeast Wis just cant get behind players that dont look like the starting forward for Slinger or West Bend West.

Madison for a lack of a better phrase is :"A bunch of people that believe in diversity but once a black family moves in they move to the next block"

[ChicosBailBonds]

Their are plenty of Blacks in Kenosha, Racine and Madison as well.  The truth is that the Marquette players look nothing like 90 Percent of the state and the dumb yokel mentality of people outside Southeast Wis just cant get behind players that dont look like the starting forward for Slinger or West Bend West.

Madison for a lack of a better phrase is :"A bunch of people that believe in diversity but once a black family moves in they move to the next block"

Madison's African American population I'll bet is less than 8%...it wouldn't surprise me if it was 5%.

I liked your quote....so very true.  I also agree that many MU players don't look like folks that a number of yokels are used to.  That doesn't mean African American, but you hear the "thug" crap thrown around because of the tattoos, the cornrows, etc from UW fans and others in the state. It's one of the reasons I wasn't thrilled with the poster MU did this year because you knew that would just feed into that crap belief that some folks have.  Oh well.

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5.84%

[ChicosBailBonds]

5.84%

Hey, I was close.  Source?

[HouWarrior]

Hey, I was close.  Source?

us census

   People QuickFacts   Wisconsin vs   USA

Population, 2009 estimate    5,654,774   307,006,550

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009    5.4%   9.1%

Population estimates base (April 1) 2000    5,363,708   281,424,602

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009    6.4%   6.9%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009    23.2%   24.3%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009    13.5%   12.9%

Female persons, percent, 2009    50.3%   50.7%


White persons, percent, 2009 (a)    89.4%   79.6%

Black persons, percent, 2009 (a)    6.2%   12.9%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2009 (a)    1.0%   1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2009 (a)    2.2%   4.6%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2009 (a)    Z   0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2009    1.2%   1.7%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2009 (b)    5.3%   15.8%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2009    84.6%   65.1%






People QuickFacts   Madison vs   Wisconsin

Population, 2006 estimate    223,389   5,556,506

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    6.8%   3.6%

Population, 2000    208,054   5,363,675


The data on age were derived from answers to a question that was asked of all people in Census 2000. The age of the person was usually derived from their date of birth information.    Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    5.2%   6.4%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    17.9%   25.5%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    9.2%   13.1%

Female persons, percent, 2000    50.9%   50.6%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    84.0%   88.9%

Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    5.8%   5.7%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    0.4%   0.9%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    5.8%   1.7%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    Z   Z

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    2.3%   1.2%