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I have a very low opinion regarding Purdue fans by saintapollonia

I grew up in Lafayette, so I know they have a hard on for ND. But, I've attended other events and seen their fans do some horrible things, including seeing some Purdue fan slash a Sparty fan with a knife as they were walking past each other.

I have relatives that feared for their lives in the late 80s at the Orange Bowl. That place was dangerous. My friends in the band had bags of urine and hot quarters thrown at them at Ohio State in the 90s.

I've been to Bama, not necessarily in ND fan capacity, and their fans were nice and friendly...even so at the 2012 beatdown they gave us. One of the scariest fan situations I ever encountered was a LSU vs Bama game at Tuscaloosa. The LSU fans were full of hate, alcohol, and God knows what else.