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re: Fanhood: Tradition or Choice?
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:37 pm to RiverCityDreams
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:37 pm to RiverCityDreams
I would imagine most people in the deep south start out liking the team their family does.
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Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:37 pm to RiverCityDreams
Doesn't one lead to the other ?
I've been in TS, the PMAC & the Box since I was 3. I bleed P&G but I still choose, as an adult, to be a Tiger fan through thick and thin.
I've been in TS, the PMAC & the Box since I was 3. I bleed P&G but I still choose, as an adult, to be a Tiger fan through thick and thin.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:38 pm to REBEL5 AC
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:40 pm to pivey14
quote:My uncle was the same way. He grew up in the Baton Rouge area and chose to go to MSU.
I grew up in Baton Rouge and chose State. Never liked LSU
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:41 pm to abellsujr
I enjoy it because when State has a bye or is playing an weak OOC team, I always come home and go to LSU games. We have season tickets for shits and gigs. I've been to just about as many LSU games as State games.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:42 pm to RiverCityDreams
Grew up in Austin.
Couldn't stand the thought of going to school there.
Chose A&M after seeing the bonfire game in 99 despite most of my family being burnt orange.
Couldn't stand the thought of going to school there.
Chose A&M after seeing the bonfire game in 99 despite most of my family being burnt orange.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:42 pm to RiverCityDreams
You choose who you choose. My kids are more than welcome to root for any team they want. My dad was always a huge LSU and Dallas Cowboys fan. I grew up loving LSU, but I always hated the Cowboys. It just never grew on me.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:44 pm to RiverCityDreams
BTW, almost went to Rice for grad school. Beautiful campus and a great school.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:48 pm to RiverCityDreams
Whole family went to LSU so its kind of by default but I wouldnt want it any other way, grew up in Texas so I liked them for a little bit but not really any more
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:49 pm to RiverCityDreams
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Choice?
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having to choose?
There was no such thing for me.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:50 pm to RiverCityDreams
Both my parents went to UGA so I didn't really have another choice. My brother ended up at Ole Miss though so they're definitely softening to the Rebs. They'll root for them pretty hard when they don't play Georgia. They don't want to see that tuition money go to waste.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:51 pm to RiverCityDreams
I think i could have chosen somewhere else, but by the time i got to actually choosing a college, i was set not he home team.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:52 pm to Bob Ag
My mom's family are all Texans and most are UT vgrads and/or UT fans. Only one Agghie in that family. My dad's family (Queens, LI, NY) are all Notre dame grads and/or fans. When my parents were 42/36 (in 1960), they moved to Baton Rouge, LA (I was 9). It took them only ONE season to convert lock, stock, and barrel to be LSU Tigers. My older sisters and I all have degrees from LSU as do our spouses. We are all LSU fans and we continue to confound both our Texas and New York families with that.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:54 pm to RiverCityDreams
I remember watching Rohan Davey and loved him and the way LSU played defense, that's the origin of my fandom.
(I live in Mississippi and have always hated Ole Miss.)
(I live in Mississippi and have always hated Ole Miss.)
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:57 pm to RiverCityDreams
Choice. Moved to Alabama at the ripe old age of seven - from Tallahassee via Georgia.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 2:59 pm to WilliamTaylor21
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I remember watching Rohan Davey and loved him and the way LSU played defense, that's the origin of my fandom.
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(I live in Mississippi and have always hated Ole Miss.)
Thank God
Posted on 6/2/14 at 3:03 pm to REBEL5 AC
Seems like most people had a choice. I imagined most families in the SEC "forced" their sons and daughters to follow tradition. To me though, the best fans are those who follow a team because they choose to. Although, I have seen some crazy families that are literally all fans of the same team and dare anyone in the family to root for another team.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 3:07 pm to REBEL5 AC
Starts as a traditions but can devolve into a choice. Both grandfathers went to LSU and eventually both parents went to LSU both coming from Texas. Having grown up in Baton Rouge, LSU athletics is definitely a high point of my young life. Many great memories in TS, the Box and The PMAC. I decided to go away for college but will always be an LSU fan by choice stemming from tradition.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 3:24 pm to RiverCityDreams
Grew up near Baton Rouge, dad was recruited by LSU, entire family is LSU fans, so it wasn't much of a choice for me.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 3:25 pm to RiverCityDreams
Choice. Both my parents are UNO grads, and my dad went to LSU for professional school.
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