The Blue Board

It goes both ways... It's dangerous for you guys to come to Ann Arbor because a group of a-holes came to Ann Arbor (decked out in Spartan gear) to beat up Michigan fans at the game last season... and people haven't forgot. Honestly, if you start something, your life is in danger. I'd stay out of Ann Arbor and let this cool down.

Two completely disgusting acts of violence if you ask me. What happened at the USC vs. UCLA game last year was completely unacceptable and the Dodgers vs. Giants game as well.

Crap is different then beating someone up. I am not trying to make this into a MSU vs UM flame war. This is happening all over sports right now.

Of course you are, just a pure coincidence that this happened in AA to a sparty fan.

lol sparty

You could cite probably 100 different examples if you weren't trying to make this about teams.

Raiders play in Oakland. Its not in southern California.

If I saw thugs in green and white beating the crap out of a guy just for wearing a maize and blue shirt I'd jump in and try to stop it. It's a moral crisis at that point and you have to stand up to it.

I've been to Raiders games before, that's a very violent gang oriented culture there. Definitely the most violent sports atmosphere I've ever been to. Reminds me of that movie Roller Ball.

1. Only shitty sports fans wear shirts/jerseys of teams that aren't even playing, especially for a rivalry game. If you want to go to the game, wear neutral colors.
2. Doing something like this is just asking for trouble, especially if you are an asshole about it.
3. We don't know the full story so we really can't make any assumptions about anything. However...
4. There's no reason for physical violence against someone else, especially in downtown fuckin Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor people are a passive crowd. It is when you get the downriver Kid Rock types who roll in into town with their pickups and muscle cars packed with coolers full of beer when the atmosphere changes.

There was an article a while back (don't ask me where, I forget) that discussed how one of England's most notorious ultra leaders (Chelsea FC group) had started to organize Raider fans into a soccer-style ultras group that just randomly started attacking opposing fans. Not sure if it was like that before, but it's still an interesting correlation.

EDIT: It's in a book called How Soccer Explains the World, and there's a section partway into the book which describes this guy named Garrison who helped teach Raiders fans how to act like soccer hooligans.