Seattle Sportsnet

Not all sports fans are created equal.  Some are great, some aren’t so great.  Today, we focus on the least likable sports fans of all, the ones who are toughest to get along with, and the ones we will never, ever appreciate.

11. The Tour Group Photographer.

Vital signs: Asian; owner of million-dollar camera that dangles from neck strap; travels with groups of 40 or more.

Reason we hate them: The Tour Group Photographer doesn’t stop taking pictures, and it’s annoying as hell. When they aren’t taking pictures, they’re talking loudly in a language we can’t understand, interrupting our conversations about sports with their gibberish of unfamiliar descent. Worse yet, they’re part of a group that takes up an entire section of the stadium/arena, and are more interested in flipping through the pictures that have been stored on that camera, rather than the game going on before them.

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It feels nice.  We’re Pac-10 champions.  At the very least, we’ll be sharing that honor with another team.  But as long as we win next Saturday, it doesn’t matter.  We control our own destiny when it comes the conference title, and with any luck, next week at this time, we’ll be outright Pac-10 champions for the first time since 1953.  That’s Washington basketball, home of the victors.

We’ve been pimping this team all year long.  It feels good to have our boasting validated.  All season long we’ve been telling you and anyone else who will listen about how great this team is.  Last week, we joined together with you, the fans, to influence Yahoo’s national college basketball rankings. We helped move our Dawgs up four slots in that poll.  We did that!  This is our team, our time, and our championship.

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