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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 11:05 am to TreyAnastasio
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:05 am to TreyAnastasio
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The rest of the country looks at both Universities, the state, and the region in the same light.
No. No they don't.
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:06 am to MrAUTigers
You're right. Most people in the US don't know where Auburn is unless they follow the sport.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:06 am to MrAUTigers
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:07 am to TreyAnastasio
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Was that a shot at me?
No from what I can tell you have legitimate reasons to root for Michigan and Bama, with actual connections to both.
But many fans don't.
Honestly if would piss me off if I had to deal with a part of the A&M fanbase that were also simultaneously Miami Heat and New York Yankee fans....
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:07 am to cardboardboxer
Huh, I would have never assumed someone who is an Aggie fan to be a frontrunner.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:07 am to AHM21
Lived in Alabama 7 years. Bama fans are worse - an Auburn fan never tried to run me off the road because of my LSU tag.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:08 am to TreyAnastasio
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Huh, I would have never assumed someone who is an Aggie fan to be a frontrunner.
Exactly. Same thing for Barners I think.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:09 am to TeLeFaWx
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The Ole Miss thing is true though
Better chance at winning the west this year than AM.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:09 am to Crimson Legend
i work with Bama alum(pretty good guys) and they make fun of their own fanbase... they are always saying they need to lose a couple to get rid of the gumps giving them a bad name...
not my words
not my words
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:09 am to TreyAnastasio
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Youve clearly never been to Columbus
You have some gif of a tOSU fan leap punching at a game?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:11 am to cardboardboxer
anOSU, not tOSU.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:12 am to All4Qtrs
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.. they are always saying they need to lose a couple to get rid of the gumps giving them a bad name...
You see this more and more. Bama fans embarrassed and looking down on thier own fans.
IF there is any difference, you dont hear Au fans making these statements.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:13 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.
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.
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.
/thread. That dots every i and crosses every T.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:13 am to Patton
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Better chance at winning the west this year than AM.
Really? We have more talent and a better schedule.
How about NEITHER of us has a good chance? Middle ground?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:13 am to AHM21
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Most people in the US don't know where Auburn is unless they follow the sport.
I love Bama's new talking points on here. Hell the majority of the country doesnt know where notre dame is either, same with most schools not named after a state or major city
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:14 am to Patton
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Better chance at winning the west this year than AM.
False.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:14 am to cardboardboxer
Middle ground accepted
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:14 am to MrAUTigers
So the difference in the fan bases is the size and popularity of both?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:14 am to parkjas2001
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IF there is any difference, you dont hear Au fans making these statements.
I guess our sidewalks aren't "family"
Posted on 4/2/14 at 11:14 am to NYCAuburn
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Hell the majority of the country doesnt know where notre dame is
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