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We always talk about which sports or teams have the craziest fan bases are the most loyal and there's also a great debate on whether college sports or pro sports

Have the most rabid fans. But if you had to pick your top three most loyal and rabid fan bases, who would they be? We're dropping our list here shortly. But with mainstream sports media members like Mad Dog, really only listing major cities when it comes to talking about the best markets are fan bases. We got to show a little love to everybody and not just the mega markets. Because why would I want to go to a game in Chicago when there's more shots outside of the arena than in it? Or Detroit?

I'd rather drive down the flint and watch the tropics play while drinking a cold bush bavarian. Big markets don't necessarily mean more die hard fans. I promise you will not find crazier atmospheres than college football where it matters most. So I will kick off the list. I'll start with number three going down to Baton Rouge just LSU. These people wake up before the rooster crows and their drunk as they're walking past the rooster. Yet somehow they make it

through the whole day to be as rowdy and as crazy as you've ever seen at night in that stadium. These fans got so loud. It caused an earthquake. I'm not kidding. It registered on the Richter scale. LSU, there is no other school in the state of Louisiana. There's not a Alabama to an Auburn. Hell, there's not even a Tennessee to a bandy. So LSU, they are rabid and they go absolutely nuts in pretty much every sport. Number two, Manchester United,

you could have picked a lot of soccer teams. These people also enjoy their drink. Yet they climb over fences and try and storm Coliseums. They also roam around in gangs and fight each other. Imagine that. A gang of LSU or Arkansas fans just thugging it out in the street. That actually happens here. It's really all they got. But number one, this would probably be the easiest decision I've ever made. Any North Korean Olympic team, any of them.

Pick one. Look, play the clip. You want to talk about loyalty? There's only one loyalty that is stronger than loyalty out of love. And it's loyalty out of pure unadulterated fear. These people are horrifying. If one of them screws up or you don't play good, you're probably not coming home. And I'm scared for what's going to happen to your family. Have you seen one of their meetings? They clap for an hour and a half. I know you love your team. But when's the last time you come?

You clap for an hour and a half. So before we talk about the most loyal fan bases, North Korea's got to be number one. They've got to be because they got to be cone.

What's your three didn't hold anything back? It's the truth. Okay. So it's a duck. That was for an hour and a half of this. I mean, I'm getting tired just doing it right now. You don't have to cry outside for two weeks. Yeah, they have to cry outside for weeks. The first one that stops crying disappears. And it's not because they put invisibility cloak on them and Hagrid stole them and took them.

The Hogwarts. That's not why. That's not why. Okay. The opposite happens. There's a lot just happened right there. We have to break that down before I get to my list. First of all, that was, that was hilarious. Second of all, I feel like I need to defend the people of Detroit a little bit. Okay, because they are die hard sports fans. I know that they're a big city. And you're talking about small-town markets. But hey, they haven't been, they haven't seen a lot of love in a long time up there in Detroit with their sports. Still die hard fans. You got lions fans, red wings fans. Some of their other sports too have fans. Look, I don't, I don't,

I just don't want to go to a game in Detroit, like I'd much rather go to Oxford or I'd much rather go to Tuscaloosa or I'd much rather go to Waco and watch Baylor play. Like I'm sorry sports like an Oxford right now. Are they? Have you seen Lane Kiffin or is that just would you rather go to Tuscaloosa? Then Detroit probably. But see, I'm not a big traffic guy. I've lived in big cities. I'm just, I, I don't have to go out with, with, you know, I like to be able to do. I like to be able to get no watch in the game. I'm not going to hustle out to get out of traffic. I like to be able

to put my drink down, walk to my own bathroom. I don't have to wait in line. I don't see some drunk dude passed out in the corner. Oh, you're going to see that. Yeah. That was my house. You're going to see that. That was me. For sure, for sure. But again, North Korea, most loyal fan base. Please at me. Is that a bird or a plane? It's a blame. Yes. Wow. That's exactly what it is. Well, well, again, I'll just end the North Korean point on this. You know how loyal they are. They don't think that guy goes to the bathroom. They hit 18 hole in ones in a row. He did. Okay. All right. That's

a good list. All right. My most loyal fan bases list at number three. I'm going to start with Duke basketball. They're everywhere. The Cameron crazies. Everywhere I go in the country, I see Duke basketball fans of all ages, really, which is another thing that that makes it cool. One thing I will say the reason they're not higher on my list, though, they've had it good. They've had it good 42 years coach K five national titles, 13 final fours. Their loyalty hasn't been tested as much. We're about to find out. So you're putting a lot of kind of notice a little bit. I'm

putting them on notice a little bit. Look, it's easy to be loyal when you're winning all the time. You see what I'm saying 42 years with coach K, you've done a lot of winning. I'm not going to take it away. You're still the number three spot for me, but we're going to find out in the next five or two. So if I were to say this is somewhat of a back kind of compliment, what I'd be kind of absolutely because I'm okay. All right. There you go. They're everywhere. It's everywhere. North Carolina fan. Yeah. I know that. Oh, you experienced this. I just saw you. I just saw you. I just saw you. Number two for North Carolina. I know. Number two big bandwagon. I have a please Austin Red Sox fan.

Boston fans in general. We're going to see the Celtics on display tonight. New England Patriots fans are die hard. But again, Celtics and Patriots have had it a little bit better. The Red Sox fans got tested. Eight was 84 years after the curse of the Bambino. Red Sox fans are in full force when they're winning championships. They're in full force when they have an 84 year drought. Boston Red Sox fans are everywhere. Die hard, loyal, passionate, gotta put the Red Sox up there. And then I must say it's tough to compete with North Korea. Number one.

The closest I can get, Alabama. I'm married into this. I did too. I'm doing that too. This is family now. I'm telling you say that. But no, this is family for me now. I object. Yes. I think I experienced this on a daily basis. I'm telling you right now. When lose, mostly win for them. Yeah. I'm telling you right now. This is as close as it gets to the die hard, most loyal fan bases that I can compete with North Korea.

I love Alabama football. I love the diversity of your list too. You know me, I'm not a, we don't have to, it's not all about, you know, what you look like, whatever. But I thought you really diversified your portfolio right there. First of all, thank you for that. Okay. I wasn't, I was trying to be as objective as I could. I will say though, I do feel, I feel like soccer fans are going to be mad at me for not having one of the clubs on the list because soccer fans are so passionate, so die hard, so loyal. I just don't know it as well. You had man you, but so why, why, why do you have man you,

who say like man city or liver? I could have just picked, I could have picked multiple or the German. Again, that's, I could have just picked international soccer fans in general. Again, I just want everybody to grass, the grass, the honesty of this of the whole thing. Think about it. Yeah. These guys. And I don't know, maybe some girls too. I don't know how goes down over there. They Roman gangs and fight the other teams gang before the game. So just think about it. We see fights at tailgate. So they'll see drunk guys like Ellis.

You at BAM or whatever. There's some two frat guys are throwing it down. You know, nobody's hitting anybody. It's like a fight in baseball. These are legitimate like jets versus the sharks. Like, I mean, I don't know if they're snapping when they're walking up the street next each other. But these are fights. If you see them, they use objects. These guys are going to the game and it looks like they just got out of the trenches in World War One. That's the only thing coast. Like I said, the only thing more loyal than that. If you believe the guy talks to dolphins. It's like when the ball game ends, the real game begins for them.

Exactly. Now we go to work. Love that. Love that. Okay. Let's go to my list. Can't wait to hear about this. Number three, the Yankees. Yeah. The Yankees. You know, one thing I already know is having the best players and not winning. I think hurts worse than not having good players and getting there and losing. Because you know, it's like Tennessee. Don't you think you're not even with the antics with Tennessee. Have the best players. Yeah. Still lost. All right. That haven't won in oh nine. Unacceptable. Have it. The Yankees have won the World Series since 2000. Okay. Unacceptable.

All right. Number two, I'll go Bill's fans. One, you never want a Super Bowl. All right. You never want a Super Bowl. Two, it is freezing. It looks so and I so cold. I can never do. And these people are here throwing beers right when the sun comes up, breaking tables, fighting each other out of love and a little bit mixed of hate. And you still wouldn't even the Super Bowl three times and still haven't won it. That's loyalty. All right. And David, you know, after everything you said about Alabama, on number one, all of them fans.

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