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Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:21 am to bdv1974
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Simple Pole
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Question: Are you a sidewalk fan
(did you attend the school you pull for)
Are you asking people if they're sidewalk or asking if they attended the school?
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:22 am to bdv1974
Sidewalk fan here. I married an Ole Miss alum.
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:22 am to bdv1974
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Simple Pole
THEN WHY I HAZ A CONFUSED?
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:23 am to bdv1974
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Question: Are you a sidewalk fan
(did you attend the school you pull for)
I don't like this definition.
A sidewalk fan, to me, is one who didn't attend AND only pulls for a team when that team is having a relative amount of success.
I did attend UA, but if I hadn't, so what?
My dad raised me an Alabama fan, I've been loyal when we were shitty.
There are some shitty arse fans that attended the universities they cheer for, so why don't we call fans simply good fans or bad fans?
This post was edited on 9/18/13 at 8:24 am
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:23 am to beary25
UF Alum
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:24 am to bdv1974
Yes, but to be fair UAH doesn't have a football team 
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:25 am to bdv1974
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Pole
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Sidewalk Fan
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bdv1974
Ya' don't say.
Tulsa Welding School have intramural football?
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:25 am to MikeHoncho
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I don't like this definition.
A sidewalk fan, to me, is one who didn't attend AND only pulls for a team when that team is having a relative amount of success.
I did attend UA, but if I hadn't, so what?
My dad raised me an Alabama fan, I've been loyal when we were shitty.
There are some shitty arse fans that attended the universities they cheer for, so why don't we call fans simply good fans or bad fans?
Silly sidewalk fan
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:26 am to MikeHoncho
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My dad raised me an Alabama fan, I've been loyal when we were shitty.
There are some shitty arse fans that attended the universities they cheer for, so why don't we call fans simply good fans or bad fans?
This ^^^
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:26 am to bdv1974
I LIVE IN A BOX, SO YES
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:28 am to MikeHoncho
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MikeHoncho
Good points. I've also noticed that an extremely high percentage of fans who did not actually attend a school only pull for football. Grads tend to be a little more invested in the overall sports program.
And to answer the original question, no not a sidewalk. Class of '09.
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:28 am to Choctaw
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Simple Pole..
Goes to show just because you have degree doesn't make you smart.
Yes.....went military instead.
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:29 am to bdv1974
No. Class of 2000 (damn, I'm getting old).
But we all depend on non-alum to fill our massive stadiums, contribute to the coffers, and pump up the TV ratings to make the SEC what it is, so who really cares? I have a lot of friends who are fans of schools they didn't attend for a variety of reasons (went to different schools for academic reasons, some of which have little to no athletics, military, started own business without need for college, didn't have the money starting out to go to college, etc.).
But we all depend on non-alum to fill our massive stadiums, contribute to the coffers, and pump up the TV ratings to make the SEC what it is, so who really cares? I have a lot of friends who are fans of schools they didn't attend for a variety of reasons (went to different schools for academic reasons, some of which have little to no athletics, military, started own business without need for college, didn't have the money starting out to go to college, etc.).
This post was edited on 9/18/13 at 8:31 am
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:30 am to OSqueal
No degree
work strait out of HS.
now I have clemson/USCe/GT/ grads working for me..
work strait out of HS.
now I have clemson/USCe/GT/ grads working for me..
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:30 am to MikeHoncho
I see a difference between sidewalk fans and bandwagon fans.
Agree that is a sidewalk fan
Bandwagon
I don't really think that a sidewalk fan is a bad thing though. Just mho.
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A sidewalk fan, to me, is one who didn't attend
Agree that is a sidewalk fan
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only pulls for a team when that team is having a relative amount of success.
Bandwagon
I don't really think that a sidewalk fan is a bad thing though. Just mho.
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:30 am to iliveinabox
Alum.
What if someone is in highschool though? Where does that put them?
What if someone is in highschool though? Where does that put them?
This post was edited on 9/18/13 at 8:32 am
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:32 am to OSqueal
IU student but from the great state of Arkansas and all my family pull for #WPS
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:34 am to WG_Dawg
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Good points. I've also noticed that an extremely high percentage of fans who did not actually attend a school only pull for football. Grads tend to be a little more invested in the overall sports program.
To me the football only fan is the classic sidewalk fan.
Those who support the other supports are not sidewalk fans.
Not that there is any thing wrong with that.
Posted on 9/18/13 at 8:34 am to DrunkenStuporMan
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What if someone is in highschool though? Where does that put them?
Probably on the SEC Rant starting shitty troll threads.
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