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re: How many people grew up a fan of a different than you cheer for now?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:28 pm to ElephasMaximus
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:28 pm to ElephasMaximus
Was a UF fan for as long as I can remember. If 'dem Tigers are off (hate to say it now), I'll root for the Gators.
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:29 pm to ElephasMaximus
I grew up cheering for both Tennessee and Kentucky (Kentucky mainly in basketball). I'm a border child one parent from each state so it made sense to me and Kentucky reminds me of my Mammaw - she loved them and was old enough to remember when UK had good football teams. I still cheer for Kentucky when we're not playing although many Tennessee and Kentucky fans would consider this the equivalent of a Bama fan cheering for Auburn. 
I somewhat cheer for Notre Dame depending on the opponent because my great aunt and uncle who went there made me a casual fan (mostly I just keep up with them on occasion). My great aunt is in her 90s now but she still calls every football season to talk about the Vols and Notre Dame.
I somewhat cheer for Notre Dame depending on the opponent because my great aunt and uncle who went there made me a casual fan (mostly I just keep up with them on occasion). My great aunt is in her 90s now but she still calls every football season to talk about the Vols and Notre Dame.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:29 pm to ElephasMaximus
Grew up an Arkansas fan. Still an Arkansas fan. Secondarily a UCF fan since I enrolled there.
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:30 pm to ElephasMaximus
Three generations of AU/API Grads... not much of a choice... I was prolly brought home in Orange and Blue
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:31 pm to ElephasMaximus
Naw, I was raised correctly from an early age. There was a time where I tried to have a co #1 team but that lasted all of a week.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:31 pm to ElephasMaximus
Grew up in Arkansas, called the hogs many of times. Attend LSU
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:31 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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I've never met an Auburn fan who grew up bama.
That's hard to believe if you went to Auburn. In my experience there are a lot of Auburn and Alabama fans who grew up fans of one team and then switched because of going to school at the other or for other reasons.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:32 pm to elposter
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That's hard to believe if you went to Auburn.
Not if you are a part of the 20-25% of AU alum that grew up in Ga.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:36 pm to parkjas2001
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Not if you are a part of the 20-25% of AU alum that grew up in Ga.
My point was that I'm surprised (if he went to Auburn) that he never met one person there who grew up an Alabama fan. There are a lot of people at both schools in that situation.
That doesn't have as much to do with growing up in Georgia. Has to do with spending 4 years at Auburn and not running into anyone in that situation.
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:37 pm to idlewatcher
I grew up a pretty big Tennessee fan since my dad went to UT and my family is from there. My sister went to Bama so I cheered for them a good bit when I was a teenager. When I decided to major in Architecture, Auburn had the best school for it in the SEC and arguably the South, so I went there and never looked back.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:37 pm to elposter
I gotcha. Yeah, I dont remember running into any Bama fans at AU either. One does come to mind but I only remember him bec I slept with his gf and not bec he was a Bama fan attending AU.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:38 pm to elposter
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My point was that I'm surprised (if he went to Auburn) that he never met one person there who grew up an Alabama fan.
Everyone I met at AU who was a bama fan growing up was still a bama fan.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:40 pm to uabtodd
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Work with one of those guys. His little sister is graduating from Auburn this semester but still wears her bama crap all over campus. Apparently there are a lot of those types down there right now.
I don't see how you can do that. That guy's little sister sounds like a fat girl.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:40 pm to parkjas2001
Only people I met at auburn who grew up Bama fans were either still Bama fans and were just there bc of a certain major or were girls who didn't care who they (or their kin) were a fan of growing up and the switch wasn't a big deal
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:41 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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I've never met an Auburn fan who grew up bama.
A decent amount Auburn fans grow up UGA, but change when they don't receive an acceptance letter.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:41 pm to Damn Good Dawg
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Naw, I was raised correctly from an early age
I agree,,,there are other universities? Go figure....
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:43 pm to ElephasMaximus
Was raised a Michigan fan. Still am, but Bama is my #1 now.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:43 pm to LandofDixie
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I grew up a pretty big Tennessee fan since my dad went to UT and my family is from there. My sister went to Bama so I cheered for them a good bit when I was a teenager. When I decided to major in Architecture, Auburn had the best school for it in the SEC and arguably the South, so I went there and never looked back.
When I was in school as a freshman/sophomore(08/09), A&M's architecture program got ranked number one by some ranking. I remember seeing kids wearing shirts everywhere.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:47 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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Everyone I met at AU who was a bama fan growing up was still a bama fan.
Oh, I see. Definitely met a few in that situation as well.
The former Bama fans who converted probably just didn't want to admit their shameful past to you.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:53 pm to Prof
One thing about being UA/UK fan is I've always hated UT!!
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