re: Bison's official UT/Oregon thread

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If you encounter an obnoxious fan, they are likely a transplant from California. Back in the day, you could expect traffic to stop for pedestrians and people always opened doors for you. If you come across someone that is impolite, just assume they are Californian.

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I'll just assume they're former USC fans.

Seriously though, the other half spent a great deal of time out there and said they were unnerved by the friendly nature and questions southerners tend to ask. They considered the friendly 'get to know you questions' and extraneous small talk to be rude or at least off-putting.

We still open doors and I've had more than one occasion where a random stranger who either offered me help or just started helping when I had car trouble, even in Knoxville. Two of them, ran from across the street to push the car to a store while I piloted and before I could get out of the car and thank them they were gone. Outside the city, we wave to each other in cars (even if we don't know them ). We have a few grumpy places but it's not the norm at all.

But I have lots of respect for Oregon fans -- good peeps.