It's no secret that UCF football is down on its' luck this year. After losing to Temple last weekend, we're now ineligible for a bowl game, destroying students' hopes of seeing UCF play at the end of the year for the third year in a row. For juniors and seniors at UCF, this season is even more devastating considering UCF's fantastic football season in 2013, with a 12-1 record and ranking #12 overall. I remember watching the bowl game at home and cheering when I realized that UCF won the game. It's hard to believe that the same team that lost to FIU and UCONN managed to win the American Conference last year because of a Hail Mary pass at the very end of the game.

With that said, it's not surprising that attendance is down at home games. Most people who go to games want to see a competition, not embarrassing losses to teams we used to destroy. It's downright cringe-worthy watching our school play right now, so are we really that shocked that less than 1,000 people showed up to our latest home game? Probably not, but that doesn't stop many fans on Twitter, Facebook and YikYak from telling everyone that they're "true fans" for showing up to games, and everyone else is just a "fair weather fan" or worse, "not a true Knight."

For me, these "true" fans annoy me more than UCF's 40-13 loss to UCONN. During every game, you see tweets about "true" fans or posts about how they're better than a "fair weather" fan. So, what is a fair weather fan? The idea of a fair weather fan is someone who only supports a team when they're winning or doing really well, and then ignore or insult the same team when they're losing or doing poorly. Lately, it's been used to attack or manipulate students who aren't going to games, are joking about the team or who even dare say UCF is doing poorly.

The thing is, nobody likes supporting a losing team. While many can do it (fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers being an example), for others it can be hard, infuriating and sometimes, downright embarrassing. Many of us came to UCF seeing a great football team, and are upset that they're losing, but we still support the team even if we aren't coming to games. It's understanding that people are reluctant to go to games, and it makes sense that students are frustrated with our coach and our players for making mistakes and constantly losing.

As for the idea of being a "true" Knight? Everybody who paid tuition to come to this school and contribute to the community is a true Knight. Many people support other UCF teams, are involved with UCF clubs or show their school spirit at Pegasus Palooza and many homecoming events.

I'm not saying it's bad to show a lot of school spirit in the face of a losing season, quite the opposite really. However, pretending that you're better than others because you still go to games not only ignores other types of school spirit but is actually far more infuriating than a losing season. It's okay to go to games and unconditionally love the team, and it's okay to not go to games and question the team. Judging is not okay. One is not better than the other.