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GQ Ranks Terps Fans Some of the Nation's Worst
Even Duke basketball fans rank more favorably in the eyes of the magazine. Yuck.
The University of Maryland has a lot going for it. It's , and is situated in , according to some rankings.
What UMd. also has, apparently, are some of the worst fans in the nation. According to GQ magazine's own "heavily researched, highly scientific accounting," UMd. fans rank fifth in having the surliest, least pleasant fans in the whole country, college and pro sports alike.
They are rated worse than Yankees fans (No. 9). Worse than Dallas Cowboys fans (No. 12.) And most offensively, they are worse than Duke basketball fans (No. 8).
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Why? GQ doesn't bother with an extensive explanation. They just enumerate the five worst Terrapin riots, with cringe-worthy breakdowns of some of the silly (read: violent) things the Terps have done in recent years.
On the upside, Terps fans still have a few spots to go before they are as despised as any fan from Philadelphia.
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