you play to your audience; he's a broadcasting (comm) major. He said we had a great fanbase. It wasn't a backhanded compliment unless you think being #2/32 is a huge diss. Arch and lloyd both made similar comments but without saying anything positive at all about their former teams.
If someone came here and just said "I'm excited to be here" it'd probably be considered really boring too
champ insulted the skins; this isn't even close, and clark has consistantly said how he loved it here, how the skins gave hima chance to prove himself, about how he'd stay here for less, about how great the lockerroom is and how great his teammates are.
It's odd that you can ignore all the good things he's said and knock him for a single (perceived) sleight that may very well have been a compliment (again, unless you think we're #1/32 without any debate, but i doubt very much the skins are or need to be #1 in absolutely everything they do).