repeated and incessant public ridicule and taunting. We see it all the time on this board. If someone is criticized for something, a common response is "why the hate"?

You haven't sensed an "an extreme hostility" toward this girl?

Like I said, she has to live with herself and if we, as sports fans, are secure in our love of the game/Cougs then we should also be secure enough to believe that her living with her own opinion is punishment enough.