Marquette Hatred Towards Wisconsin

[forgetful]

UDub is in Seattle on Lake Washington. Outstanding university on a beautiful campus. The college in Madison is a great graduate research school but its undergrad programs are...wanting.

Agree 100%.

Also, as others have noted, I see the reverse case being very common.  Used to root for UW (provided they weren't playing MU), but the fan bases attitude towards Marquette is so over the top that I now root against them.

[Markusquette]

"PUKEQUETTE fan is jealous that BO forgot more about coaching than the dirtbag SCUZZ will ever know."

This one really made me laugh

I liked these as well.  Pukequette is a pretty catchy nickname.

[WarriorFan]

When I was at MU, the UW game was important and interesting, and and annoying amount of Red populated the Mecca/Bradley Center, but the real rival was Notre Dame.  No-one on this planet was more annoying than Digger Phelps and his disdain for Marquette propagated by the Chicago gold coast crowd who would come north for one game per year so they could complain about the rooms at the Hyatt. 

That was a REAL rivalry. 

We need another one like that.

[Cooby Snacks]

UDub is in Seattle on Lake Washington. Outstanding university on a beautiful campus.

It certainly is a wonderful institution.

[LloydMooresLegs]

Shouldn't this thread be titled Wisconsin-madison hatred toward Marquette?

The title is accurate in light of the posts after the OP.  It is a lot of "don't know why they hate us; I never even considered hating them until I knew they hate us; but I sure hate them now."  My experience is that I didn't know I was supposed to hate them until I started to visit here.  And I am a good lemming. 

Compare that to my feelings toward ND basketball--the hatred for ND basketball comes honestly and with its roots grounded in my days as a student (0-6 with at least 5 of those losses coming in the last minute).

[GooooMarquette]

I think the posts that reference MU as their "little brother" are very telling.  You just might be pissed off if - or at least envious - if your little brother has achieved more success than you did.  Hence their obsession with us, and the frequent attempts to be derogatory with the "little brother" reference.....

[warriorchick]

I liked these as well.  Pukequette is a pretty catchy nickname.

It's keefe's drag queen name.

[KenoshaWarrior]

It's not the Madison grads, it's the UW-Whatever people that make them really insufferable as a fan base.

Agree!!

By far the worst is UW-Oshkosh.  They threw a celebration after Madison went to the final 4.  That would be like us throwing a party if St. Norberts won the D3 title.   
Oshkosh alums are your typical Brewers, Badgers, Packers fan who pretends the Bucks and Marquette dont exist, mostly because they have never seen a black person who wasnt on TV

[KenoshaWarrior]

I think the posts that reference MU as their "little brother" are very telling.  You just might be pissed off if - or at least envious - if your little brother has achieved more success than you did.  Hence their obsession with us, and the frequent attempts to be derogatory with the "little brother" reference.....

With this in mind why do people still refer to MSU as little brother?  It seems like MSU kicks their but in just about every sport for the past 10 years?

[Coleman]

Agree!!

By far the worst is UW-Oshkosh.  They threw a celebration after Madison went to the final 4.  That would be like us throwing a party if St. Norberts won the D3 title.  
Oshkosh alums are your typical Brewers, Badgers, Packers fan who pretends the Bucks and Marquette dont exist, mostly because they have never seen a black person who wasnt on TV

Haha. I grew up in Osh Vegas and this made me laugh.

Believe it or not, there is a pretty good MU contingent in Oshkosh. The comment on diversity isn't exactly true.

To be honest, even the Badgers are an afterthought in the Fox Valley. All worship at the altar of Lambeau. There's the Packers and then there's everyone else.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Haha. I grew up in Osh Vegas and this made me laugh.

Same here, and you are spot on:  90% Packers, then everyone else unless there is an important story about who wqs signed for the practice squad this week.

[john31]

Don't hate UW, it takes too much effort, not worth it. Complete and utter apathy is the way to go that really chaps their asses. Go Warriors, Ring Ahoya.......

[Dawson Rental]

Don't hate UW, it takes too much effort, not worth it. Complete and utter apathy is the way to go that really chaps their asses. Go Warriors, Ring Ahoya.......

Who are we talking about and where are they located?

[KenoshaWarrior]

Don't hate UW, it takes too much effort, not worth it. Complete and utter apathy is the way to go that really chaps their asses. Go Warriors, Ring Ahoya.......

Yea except for that Pondexter lay up we have no reason to hate UW

[MU82]

"PUKEQUETTE fan is jealous that BO forgot more about coaching than the dirtbag SCUZZ will ever know."

This one really made me laugh

Bobby Knight woulda slapped him silly for not calling him Coach Scuzz or Mr. Scuzz!

[DienerTime34]

Agree!!

By far the worst is UW-Oshkosh.  They threw a celebration after Madison went to the final 4.  That would be like us throwing a party if St. Norberts won the D3 title.   
Oshkosh alums are your typical Brewers, Badgers, Packers fan who pretends the Bucks and Marquette dont exist, mostly because they have never seen a black person who wasnt on TV

Agree 100% after living in the Fox Valley for five years. It always amused me the local paper would call it "Badger Gameday" when it listed the UW v. Marquette game every year.

[Benny B]

Agree!!

By far the worst is UW-Oshkosh.  They threw a celebration after Madison went to the final 4.  That would be like us throwing a party if St. Norberts won the D3 title.   
Oshkosh alums are your typical Brewers, Badgers, Packers fan who pretends the Bucks and Marquette dont exist, mostly because they have never seen a black person who wasnt on TV

Ah yes... the great Osh Vegas riot of 2000.  That still cracks me up to this day.

[madtownwarrior]

Most UW fans are pretty decent except the aholes on the Buckyville and Badger sites.  

I do get sick of the "Harvard of the Midwest" and Wisconsin is such a academically superior school.  Gee folks, look around to maybe Northwestern, Stanford, Cal, or the true Ivy leagues and "Wisconsin does not hold a candle."    And the attitude of nobody at MU was able to get in to Wisconsin - complete bullshit.  I had a dorm room already assigned at Wisconsin when I decided to go to MU (and I am sure many others have).   At the same time, success in life is rarely tied to the "self-perceived prestigious school you went to."    It's about what you do with that education (and there are plenty of Madison cab drivers with PHD's from Wisconsin).  

Also the perception of how great they are in sports - I have said this before - I go to many Badger football games, the Badgers have won a lot of games against mediocre competition in the Big 10 (when OSU and Michigan were down for an extended period).   Never came close to real championships and quite often losing major games (Rose Bowls or against top teams).  I do think they have a great coach in Andersen after the boob Bielema (I have met him, I can call him a boob on first hand experience).

As far as basketball - Bo ruled the Big 10 well before Matta to OSU, Beilien to Mich and Crean went to II,II.  Now they hang there hats on "never finished below 4th place" when in reality "4th place is likely their ceiling now in the Big 10."   Again, have not sniffed major success but act like they are Duke.

[Hards Alumni]

Most UW fans are pretty decent except the aholes on the Buckyville and Badger sites.  

I do get sick of the "Harvard of the Midwest" and Wisconsin is such a academically superior school.  Gee folks, look around to maybe Northwestern, Stanford, Cal, or the true Ivy leagues and "Wisconsin does not hold a candle."    And the attitude of nobody at MU was able to get in to Wisconsin - complete bullcrap.  I had a dorm room already assigned at Wisconsin when I decided to go to MU (and I am sure many others have).   At the same time, success in life is rarely tied to the "self-perceived prestigious school you went to."    It's about what you do with that education (and there are plenty of Madison cab drivers with PHD's from Wisconsin).  

Also the perception of how great they are in sports - I have said this before - I go to many Badger football games, the Badgers have won a lot of games against mediocre competition in the Big 10 (when OSU and Michigan were down for an extended period).   Never came close to real championships and quite often losing major games (Rose Bowls or against top teams).  I do think they have a great coach in Andersen after the boob Bielema (I have met him, I can call him a boob on first hand experience).

As far as basketball - Bo ruled the Big 10 well before Matta to OSU, Beilien to Mich and Crean went to II,II.  Now they hang there hats on "never finished below 4th place" when in reality "4th place is likely their ceiling now in the Big 10."   Again, have not sniffed major success but act like they are Duke.

+1 I live in Madison, and grew up in the Fox Valley.  Lots of MU hate for no reason.  Badger kids on the whole are pretty decent, but they cheer with their hearts instead of their heads.  They do see the college world as though UW-Madison is a beacon of excellence in the Midwest, when simply is what it is.  A great school, but not an exceptional school.  Kind of like Marquette.

[MountainCreekHouse]

Ah yes... the great Osh Vegas riot of 2000.  That still cracks me up to this day.

This comment just made me burst into laughter at work!

But as far as what some people have said here, being from Indiana originally and not having any experience with the state of Wisconsin until I went to MU for undergrad, I was very surprised by the overall bandwagoning everyone in the state of Wisconsin does for UW-Madison. It seems like your you could have literally no one in your immediate or extended family go to UW-Madison, but because you live 1 mile east of the Minnesota-Wisconsin border you have all the reason in the world to be the biggest Badgers fan ever.

Wisconsin is very different from the state of Indiana. I guess it's because of the school parity there: Butler, Purdue, Indiana and Notre Dame are all large fan bases for one reason or another, and no matter what part of Indiana you are in you never know where someone's allegiances will lie. I really didn't expect the fan base in Wisconsin amongst the casual observer to be so lopsided toward UW-Madison for no apparent reason.

That really pissed me off in college at MU, and that is where I believe my disdain for UW-Madison was born.

[willie warrior]

Do not understand the comments/hate toward UW-Whatever grads. I have two degrees from UW-Whitewater(Whatever), and have loved/followed/adored/suffered for/glorified/contributed to and pondered for MU since the days of Don Kojis. And just to further solidify my MU love and credentials, I have 6 CEU credits from MU.

Do not hate UW--just Bo Ryan--even though he is a good coach.

MU will always be #1 for me, followed by Hank Aaron, Lombardi/Packers, Robin Yount, Warren Spahn, Big O, DWade and so on.

UW Madison does have its share of arrogant fans, so does MU, even though MU arrogance pales to MU arrogance. I have always felt better and found great solace in hating on ND's arrogance, which IMO deserves all the disfavor toward.

[MountainCreekHouse]

even though MU arrogance pales to MU arrogance.

Word.

[Dawson Rental]

Do not understand the comments/hate toward UW-Whatever grads. I have two degrees from UW-Whitewater(Whatever), and have loved/followed/adored/suffered for/glorified/contributed to and pondered for MU since the days of Don Kojis. And just to further solidify my MU love and credentials, I have 6 CEU credits from MU.

Do not hate UW--just Bo Ryan--even though he is a good coach.

MU will always be #1 for me, followed by Hank Aaron, Lombardi/Packers, Robin Yount, Warren Spahn, Big O, DWade and so on.

UW Madison does have its share of arrogant fans, so does MU, even though MU arrogance pales to MU arrogance. I have always felt better and found great solace in hating on ND's arrogance, which IMO deserves all the disfavor toward.

Willie, you're making it too easy...

[mugrad2006]

This comment just made me burst into laughter at work!

But as far as what some people have said here, being from Indiana originally and not having any experience with the state of Wisconsin until I went to MU for undergrad, I was very surprised by the overall bandwagoning everyone in the state of Wisconsin does for UW-Madison. It seems like your you could have literally no one in your immediate or extended family go to UW-Madison, but because you live 1 mile east of the Minnesota-Wisconsin border you have all the reason in the world to be the biggest Badgers fan ever.

Wisconsin is very different from the state of Indiana. I guess it's because of the school parity there: Butler, Purdue, Indiana and Notre Dame are all large fan bases for one reason or another, and no matter what part of Indiana you are in you never know where someone's allegiances will lie. I really didn't expect the fan base in Wisconsin amongst the casual observer to be so lopsided toward UW-Madison for no apparent reason.

That really pissed me off in college at MU, and that is where I believe my disdain for UW-Madison was born.

You hit it on the head in your own comment.  In Wisconsin, there is really only one major state school (public) to cheer for, so it's statewide support.  On top of that, it's a football crazy state for obvious reasons and the Badgers are the only D-1 team, support for the other sports at Madison is a function of football fandom in my opinion.  Even folks who go to the other UW-[insert city here] school are likely to be as big or bigger Badger fans than for their own programs.

I would guess other states with only one major D1 football program would have a similar profile.

[GooooMarquette]

I do get sick of the "Harvard of the Midwest" and Wisconsin is such a academically superior school.  Gee folks, look around to maybe Northwestern, Stanford, Cal, or the true Ivy leagues and "Wisconsin does not hold a candle."    And the attitude of nobody at MU was able to get in to Wisconsin - complete bullcrap.  I had a dorm room already assigned at Wisconsin when I decided to go to MU (and I am sure many others have).   At the same time, success in life is rarely tied to the "self-perceived prestigious school you went to."    It's about what you do with that education (and there are plenty of Madison cab drivers with PHD's from Wisconsin).  

This. Harvard (the REAL one) accepted 6% of its applicants last year.  UW-Madison accepted 54.6%  And for those who claim UW-Madison is so superior to MU, MU accepted 55.2% - essentially identical to the "Harvard of the Midwest."

Bottom line:  If you get into MU, chances are pretty high you'll get into UW-Madison...and vice versa.  And at the end of the day, long-term success isn't tied to the "prestige" of the school you went to -- its what you do with your opportunity.