Two fanbases have officially gone off the rails this year, according to the Nebraska Reacts survey. While those loyal Cornhuskers clearly see themselves as noble and true, the rest of the college football landscape has apparently been home to some truly wild stuff in 2026, with fans losing their minds at an alarming rate.
Notre Dame Fans Rage Quit the CFP
First up, the Notre Dame faithful truly outdid themselves when the 2026 College Football Playoff field dropped and they weren’t in it. Forget logic, they crashed out completely! The Domers had an identical record and similar strength of schedule to Miami, but Miami had that head-to-head victory, which, you know, matters. Then there’s Alabama, whose SOS was top 3, and their third loss came in a conference title game, something Notre Dame apparently thinks is “unnecessary” for them. So what did they do? Notre Dame flat-out quit, refusing to play because things didn’t go their way when they really shouldn’t have anyway. For weeks, their fans were online, claiming hypothetical CFP victories over Miami, Alabama, and, honestly, the entire damn field. The kicker? They finished 2026 as Indiana’s second-best team. You can’t make this up. The quote from their fanbase says it all: “Quitting is honorable when we do it.” Wild, right?
Texas Tech’s Mad Gambler Legal Circus Blew Up in Their Face
Then there’s Texas Tech, whose Red Raiders fans are still absolutely raging online. Remember Brendan Sorsby, the mad gambler banned by the NCAA? The rules were clear in the bylaws: he bet on games involving his own team while he was rostered at Indiana. But Tech’s faithful tried to get him eligibility through the courts, and it was an embarrassing failure. Sorsby filed suit in a Lubbock court, and some judge from a different district inexplicably issued a stay of his suspension. Yeah, that raised some eyebrows. The Big 12 and the NCAA were, understandably, a little ticked off and considered legal action against Tech. That’s when Big Daddy donor Cody Campbell and Texas AG Ken Paxton started making loud, terrible threats of retaliatory lawsuits if they dared proceed. Well, the Big 12 and NCAA immediately proceeded. Campbell, Paxton, and Texas Tech then curled their tails between their legs, shelved their limp legal threats, and told Sorsby they were parting ways. Their quote on the situation? “We know he’s guilty, but it’s okay. He went to rehab … after getting caught.” Pure chaos.
After all that, Indiana actually went on to lift the championship trophy on the Hurricanes’ home field after losing untold thousands of hypothetical match-ups to Notre Dame in the lead-up to the final against Miami. It just goes to show you, folks, the online world of college football fans never disappoints. You just know the arguments over these fanbases will be raging online for a long, long time.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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