There have been a few exceptions, but to it seems like the less effective players with over-sized ego needs tend to do the most trash talking - and most want to get into the faces of those who are the better performers. OU, GU, AL, AU - the team/school has very little to do with the syndrome. As for the person bashing, mediocre minds tend to focus on such things as "personality". That would include the U as a personality.
