The Week in Review: Best OTR Comments

* In addition to its new look, OTR unveiled several new features this week (Fresh Cream, Ripe Produce), prompting one reader to label the Editor-In-Chief a “vapid whore.”

“Stop trying to turn OTR in to College Cosmo Girl!” came the shriek.

As the team considered this insightful comment, Tufts contributor The Peasant had a more positive response:
“I find it much more aesthetically pleasing than previous iterations,” he wrote.
Indeed.
 

Fortunately, by the end of the day on Friday an overwhelming number of readers had voted in favor of the new layout. Hey OTR fans, we never stop working for you.

* Newbie contributor Mild-Mannered Rambler unwittingly sparked an online riot when he posted a list of the most obnoxious football fanbases, dubbing the crowds that cheer for Michigan “retarded.”

“Michigan fans are classy,” a wolverine supporter raged. “You’re just jealous your team sucks and Michigan always has a winning record.”

“Michigan hasn’t had a losing season since like 1967,” another added. “It's the program with the most wins overall. Before you start making dumb posts about Michigan, back up your facts.”

Meanwhile, hordes of Ohio State fans broke into song (We don't give a damn about/ the whole state of Michigan/ Cause we're from O-HI-O!), gleefully celebrating their position as the most obnoxious fanbase in college football.

“The Bucks have every right to be as obnoxious and excited as football as they are,” an OSUer proclaimed. “National Champions in 2002, and 2 straight years in the BCS bowl since then. Maybe somebody is just a little jealous or bitter. If you consider the fact that we cheer when we beat your asses, then yes, ‘obnoxious.’”

Obnoxious, loud, angry, I think everyone can agree the fall will bring us a hot and wild football season.
 

* Over at Penn State, the ever controversial Petro enraged Disney fans by suggesting the Jonas Brothers lip-synched their songs.

“You wish you were half as talented as them!” a JB groupie snarled. “They don’t lip sync! I would know I’ve seen them live many times. Shut up. Get over yourself. Get a life and don’t mess with a Jonas fan cuz we will mess you up!!!!!!!!”

“I'm sick of this kind of behavior from haters,” an intensely motherish reader wrote. “What kind of life do you have if you spend your life on a computer searching Jonas Brothers articles and insulting them just for the sake of making girls around the world upset?  What are you, a 40-year-old who lives with his mother? Seriously, go play with your dungeons and dragons.

Some readers even went so far to post veiled threats:

“Team Jonas girls will come bust you up unless you grow up!”
“You haters better watch your backs because us Team Jonas girls will come after you.”

Petro, for your sake I hope the Team Jonas girls come after you in panties and wet t-shirts. That would make for a fantastic after-school Disney special…

* One of the more popular posts of the week came from Lil’ G who published a the country’s 5 wimpiest college mascots. By the week’s end over 10,000 people had reviewed the list, with dozens of fans demanding Lil’ G add their school:

“Where’s Stanford on the list? The band’s mascot is a tree, the SCHOOL’s mascot is a color!”
“What about the UNC ram? Just about as sissy as it gets.”
“Nebraska’s Big Red looks like Bob’s Big Boy.”
“How could you leave out the Kansas gayhawks?”
“Fighting trojan? A condom is scary?”

And strangely, an older reader posted a lengthy description of her childhood nightmares involving Oregon’s mascot, Donald Duck:

“Donald is cute, but don’t get him angry. As a youth, I recall seeing him grow little devil horns, have steam come out of his ears, and flat out loose his cool when taunted or teased. As for real ducks, if you don’t pay attention, they have been known to get nasty… FY, I understand [Donald] Duck has a kid brother from another mother that some us Duck fans still remember: ROBO DUCK. I think he may be a better representative for the team. We more mature Duck fans think them as the ‘Fighting DUCKS’”

Uh.  Ok then…

* Finally, the most controversial post of the week, 5 Reasons Why Michelle Obama is a Baby Mama, drew howls of racism, sexism and political ignorance.

“Why don’t you turn your keen perceptions on Cindy McCain’s area 51 alien looking, oxycontin addicted, trust fund havin’, caboose, Dr.Lechter?” one reader demanded.

“Watch out, an opinionated smart black woman will live in the white house next year! Better start prepping for the rapture.”

“Douche bag.”

“Racist crap.”

The post’s author, Quinnipiac contributor JAlmanza, dismissed the critics as a tad overzealous.
“I’m not racist,” she retorted. “But it’s funny that people might think that I am.”

Phew. OTR reminds and encourages readers and contributors to play nicely.
Until next week…