Really? Their fanbase has a largely impeccable reputation. Every time they're mentioned on ND boards, someone posts about how great their fans were when they visited South Bend in 2000, and my cousin, a Sparty alum, passed along similar sentiments when he visited Nebraska for their game there in (I believe) 2011. They're nice people, but the insufferableness is a function of their place in college football's current landscape. They truly believe national championship contention should be a regularity, which of course hasn't happened this century. The massive advantages that they once had - facilities, money, fan base, TV appearances, etc. are no longer exponentially better than many in P5 conferences and any advantage is mitigated by the dearth of local talent. Any yes, i'm completely disregarding when they lost to Miami in the MNC game after finishing second in the Big 12 North in like 2001 or whatever.