that I'd occasionally wear to school. I'd hear "BYU sucks" all the time. In fact, I had a teacher that would write any loss by BYU (or the Dallas Cowboys) on the board and keep it up for months. He called me "BYU" instead of my name (I actually didn't mind) and would harass other students in the class. Guess what, the BYU fans that I knew never started anything. Some would defend aggressively, but never start it.
I'm guessing the the world is righting itself and BYU fans will return to the fans of the 80s-early 90s.