re: Growing Up In Alabama And Becoming A Bama/Barn Fan

My grandfather's cousin played at Auburn I think 1956-1959, so his family have all been fans since then. My mother's family were all bama fans because they moved into the state during the bahr years.
When my parents got married, my dad converted my mom, just as I converted my wife whose family are all bama fans.
I have noticed, and this is just purely my experience, that the chances of a bama chick marrying an Auburn dude and converting seem to be a lot higher than an Auburn chick marrying a bama dude and converting, among the friends and family I know who have gone into mixed marriages.
I was going to be the first person in my family to go to Auburn, since the 50's, until UAB threw all kinds of cash at me to come to school there and I couldn't afford to pass that offer up.