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re: Is it fair for Auburn fans to view themselves as the opposite of "gumps"?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:58 pm to Luke
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:58 pm to Luke
You say that but Alabama has NEVER had higher entering freshmen stats than its had over the last 5-10 years despite all the growth. The concern when growing that fast is watering down student quality but it's actually gotten better since the increase in enrollment.
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:02 pm to Govt Tide
I like my new avatar a lot better.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 4:55 am to AHM21
This thread...
DELIVERS.
DELIVERS.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 6:50 am to Gus Bus Driver
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LOL at bama fans thinking they are the same as Auburn fans. Youre not. Never have been never will be.
Auburn fans, for the most part, are well educated and successful.
Bama fans, for the most part, are uneducated and poor.
Which must be why the city of Auburn has more people living in mobile homes than any SEC city besides Nashville. Per capita Auburn has more living in mobile homes than any SEC city by far. And it is your own students who are living in trailer parks while attending.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 6:53 am to cardboardboxer
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Barners, outside of their town at least, always have to deal with sidewalk Bama fans that run the state. This makes them a tougher group, less prone to melting and more prideful of what they do have. They are not riding of the success of Auburn. Auburn is something they take heat for, and they don't mind because of pride.
Meanwhile many Gumps are only fans of the team because the success of Bama allows them to feel better about their own crappy life. They ride the biggest bandwagon in the South, so they have INCREDIBLY thin skins and melt all over the place for reasons that make them seem like ingrates to the college football world, like crying because they ONLY won three out of five titles.
I can actually agree with this.
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There are many sidewalk fanbases like the Gumps in America (Michigan, USC, Texas, etc.), but Bama for some reason attracts the most useless, embarrassing, and stupid people from this sidewalk category.
Very true, and the reason why is obvious. Location, Location, Location.
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What is sad is that there are some really good Bama fans. Classy folks that attended the school, go to every game, and appreciate the little things (aka not every year is national title or a complete waste of time). But these classy folks are overpowered by the Wal-Mart legions Bama's success has provided.
Truth
Posted on 4/3/14 at 6:54 am to Monticello
A day later...yup, we are very different. Thank God.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 6:54 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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inconsequential life.
33,199 posts.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 6:55 am to Monticello
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Which must be why the city of Auburn has more people living in mobile homes than any SEC city besides Nashville. Per capita Auburn has more living in mobile homes than any SEC city by far. And it is your own students who are living in trailer parks while attending.
You're using that as the basis of your argument? Low cost student housing?
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:05 am to AUsteriskPride
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You're using that as the basis of your argument? Low cost student housing?
Simply a counterpoint to an AU claim that their fans are rich and Bama's are poor. If AU fans were so much more wealthy, they could at least put their children attending AU in an apartment or rental home instead of massive trailer parks surrounding campus. I'm not bashing anyone who has to live in a trailer to get an education.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:06 am to parkjas2001
Our core fanbases are exactly the same. The sidewalkers we have now are not the true fans.
I don't get upset about the fact that we have them and they are certainly welcome to cheer on the Tide with me.
Having said that if you look at Bama fans in the early Shula years and compare them as a whole with the auburn fans from two years ago, the differences would be slight.
I don't get upset about the fact that we have them and they are certainly welcome to cheer on the Tide with me.
Having said that if you look at Bama fans in the early Shula years and compare them as a whole with the auburn fans from two years ago, the differences would be slight.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:11 am to Monticello
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Simply a counterpoint to an AU claim that their fans are rich and Bama's are poor.
They're also attending school, which isn't cheap at all. You don't have money by making it rain on new apartment complexes when a trailer could suffice. But in large part, UA does have far more fans from a lower socio-economic backround. It's just the nature of averages. Neither situations are controllable, unless Auburn passes some snooty ordianance and UA publicly shuns the undesirables.
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:13 am to Monticello
You dumb son.
My first cousin lived in a trailer at AU. Why? Because his parents were poor? Not so much.
He bought a trailer outright, saved about 30k in rent during his time at AU then sold it when he left for 20k more. Walked away with an extra 50,000 by the time he graduated in savings and 80,000 in cash after he sold it. Pretty nice way to graduate and start to work.
My first cousin lived in a trailer at AU. Why? Because his parents were poor? Not so much.
He bought a trailer outright, saved about 30k in rent during his time at AU then sold it when he left for 20k more. Walked away with an extra 50,000 by the time he graduated in savings and 80,000 in cash after he sold it. Pretty nice way to graduate and start to work.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:14 am to Monticello
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:16 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
I don't doubt you, but your numbers don't appear to add up.
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:17 am to CheeseburgerEddie
They never do.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:18 am to CheeseburgerEddie
You are just not following because I left out a step.
I'll give you a moment to think.
I'll give you a moment to think.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:18 am to TT9
Ah, another Gump struggling with the numbers.
I will give you a moment as well.
I will give you a moment as well.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:20 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
I'm fine, I don't have a inferiority complex toward auburn like you do Bama.
Must suck to go through life that way, but by all means carry on.
Must suck to go through life that way, but by all means carry on.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:21 am to CheeseburgerEddie
Alabama fans are all redneck idiots who live in trailers because we're poor and stupid.
auburn fans are all highly educated, highly successful gentlemen and ladies who drink single malt Scotch from priceless crystal whiskey tumblers...and they live in trailers because it's financially responsible.
Why is this hard to accept? It's so obvious.
auburn fans are all highly educated, highly successful gentlemen and ladies who drink single malt Scotch from priceless crystal whiskey tumblers...and they live in trailers because it's financially responsible.
Why is this hard to accept? It's so obvious.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:22 am to Crimson Legend
Well it took almost 30 pages but we finally got through.
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