Wisconsin Student Section Arrived Late, Left Early vs No. 4 Alabama

There isn’t a football fan in Minnesota, or elsewhere, who will try to argue that Gopher football fans are the most loyal CFB fans in the country. We’ve learned, over 50 years of football futility in Dinkytown, that most Minnesota Gophers fans do not love their teams unconditionally.
And that’s okay. They have legitimate reasons, that we’ll get into below. But one thing is for sure. When the Gophers, or other major local sports teams are playing well and need people to pack their stadium/arena, the fans show up every time. Apparently, the same cannot be said across the eastern border, in Madison, WI.
Unserious Wisconsin Badgers student section vs Alabama
On Saturday, the Wisconsin Badgers played against the No. 4 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide, a massive game on their non-conference schedule. Both teams were 2-0, entering the contest.
Pull an upset, at home, and they would have skyrocketed up the CFB standings. It’s one of those games that, you’d think, would have been circled by Badger fans across the country. A can’t miss matchup at Camp Randall, right?
Well, maybe the late-night scene in Madison got a little too crazy on Friday, for an 11 AM kick… but the Wisconsin student section sure wasn’t in a hurry to claim their spot in the stands. It filled out eventually momentarily. More on that below. But it was a sad scene, leading upto, and even beyond kickoff in Madison this morning.
The Wisconsin student section right at 11:00 pic.twitter.com/0lx4QLQZOA
— Katie Windham (@katiewindham_) September 14, 2024
30 mins til kickoff and Wisconsin’s student section is maybe a 1/4 full pic.twitter.com/liaQNU5qxw
— Patrick Greenfield (@PCGreenfield) September 14, 2024
I know I am biased. But seriously, this should be impossible for a school that thinks it belongs in conversations with the helmet schools of the Big Ten, these days. An undefeated home game vs the No. 4 team in the country, and the best team in college football for most of the last two decades… and your student section is a no-show at kick?
They left early too…
But wait… it gets better. Not only did they show up late, but most of the Badger student section left early, too. Luckily, the Camp Randall student section filled up for their “Jump Around” tradition, which takes place between the 3rd and 4th quarters.
As soon as the music stopped and the cameras turned away, the entire endzone emptied. In their defense, the game was long over and the hangovers were probably at full force.
Hell of a student section Wisconsin. Roll Tide pic.twitter.com/TdT95sYI6E
— Waddler Warrior (@WaddlerWarrior) September 14, 2024
Wisconsin’s student section only shows up to sing that stupid ass song. They cleared out as soon as it was over. https://t.co/E6dYpF93CZ pic.twitter.com/Jb2N9SmIKg
— Gray Williams (@GWillBall) September 14, 2024
Again, Dinkytown isn’t Lincoln. It doesn’t pretend (or want) to be. Gopher football fans do not bleed maroon and gold like other fanbases. You know, the ride-or-die CFB blue bloods. The Nebraskas, Alabamas, Ohio States, Michigans, LSU and, Tennessees of the college football world. We’ll never claim to be that.
But at least we aren’t Wisconsin Badger kind of fair weather. Man, what a bad look. Even national websites like Barstool have picked up on how pathetic the effort was today, in Madison. And they aren’t even writing about the 42-10 beatdown.
Minnesota Gophers fans are far from perfect… but come one
For context purposes only, the Minnesota student section was mostly full on Saturday for a 2:30 kick vs group of 5 Nevada. A game the Gophers won 27-0. And when big time opponents come to town, especially a historic program like Bama, Huntington Bank Stadium would be absolutely cooking, no matter the time of game.
And our team has mostly sucked since the 1960s. Even if the Gophers student section was this pitiful, at least they’d have a plethora of excuses. Not only has there been little to no success, but unlike Madison and many of these other CFB towns, there’s other stuff to do here.
Related: What We Learned About the Gophers in Week 3 Stomping of Nevada
There are four major pro teams in the Twin Cities, not to mention the growing popularity of non-major pro sports teams. Oh, it’s also a massive urban metropolis with a million non-sports related things going on every day and night of the year.
But even with all of that said, Gopher fans — ESPECIALLY THEIR OWN STUDENT SECTION — would never leave their football team hanging in a massive game, like the Badger student section did on Saturday.
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