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re: Quick question: what is the definition of a "sidewalk fan."
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:22 am to mwlewis
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:22 am to mwlewis
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I'm not disagreeing with you I'm just pointing out that many become fans of schools when they go there
Ding ding ding
Grew up a GT fan and didnt become an AU fan until I got to school there.
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Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:24 am to parkjas2001
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Grew up a GT fan and didnt become an AU fan until I got to school there.
I wasn't an MSU fan until my senior year of high school.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:25 am to FourThreeForty
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:27 am to parkjas2001
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Grew up a GT fan and didnt become an AU fan until I got to school there.
Been a bama fan my whole life, and it will not waiver. But
to you too.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:28 am to parkjas2001
quote:category 1 sidewalker.
Grew up a GT fan and didnt become an AU fan until I got to school there.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:28 am to Slippery Slope
Essentially what it boils down to is this:
If you support a program by going to games, or if not, if you make every effort to watch every game and you anguish in every loss to some degree and feel real pride and spirit of unity with every victory then I don't care if you never stepped foot on the campus, you are a real fan period.
If you support a program by going to games, or if not, if you make every effort to watch every game and you anguish in every loss to some degree and feel real pride and spirit of unity with every victory then I don't care if you never stepped foot on the campus, you are a real fan period.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:29 am to beaverfever
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category 1 sidewalker.
for GT...absolutely
I am an Auburn alumnus every damn day.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:41 am to LukeSidewalker
I am very familiar with Houlka. My late wife's Dad was from there and my Dad worked as a part time police officer up there after he retired.
I bet your parents I have crossed paths at some point if they have been here long.
There are some beautiful places up there out in the county, even if the town itself is pretty shitty.
I bet your parents I have crossed paths at some point if they have been here long.
There are some beautiful places up there out in the county, even if the town itself is pretty shitty.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:50 am to More Cowbell 1963
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I bet your parents I have crossed paths at some point if they have been here long.
There are some beautiful places up there out in the county, even if the town itself is pretty shitty.
My mom is not from there, but my step-father is, and I can assure you that he know's your late wifes dad, (sorry to hear). And yes, when I visit, I'm on the four wheeler until dark. Thank God for my basketball goal as well, I feel like pistol pete out there.
My step-fathers sister has a few businesses in houlka and ponotoc and they have lived there their whole lives. This post was edited on 6/19/13 at 9:52 am
Posted on 6/19/13 at 9:53 am to Henry Jones Jr
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(People who grew up a fan of a certain team but went to a different university for educational reasons are excluded.)
Yes! I am excluded!! (I have always wondered)
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:27 am to CockHolliday
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CockHolliday
I might go a step further (and to the dismay of all the marketing folks out there) and look at broader measures.
Do you support the team in action over goods? I see lots of folks who sit on the front row at church defined by what they wear for the sake of appearance but I respect the guy with plainclothes who sits in the back and is more active in the day to day.
Do you support the spectrum over the singular? Being a fan of Bama football is different than supporting Bama basketball as well. It is easy to support a winning team with traditions but following a team without is a whole different level of fan.
Do you support the non sports side of college sports? I love fantastic play as well as anybody but I also want the institution I am a fan of to mold leaders and thinkers. Winning a game is great but winning at life is much better. In a age of "me" it is nice to see the message of "we" getting passed on to those who will be responsible in an age when we are dead or in nursing homes.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:29 am to Cheese Grits
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I might go a step further (and to the dismay of all the marketing folks out there) and look at broader measures.
Do you support the team in action over goods? I see lots of folks who sit on the front row at church defined by what they wear for the sake of appearance but I respect the guy with plainclothes who sits in the back and is more active in the day to day.
Do you support the spectrum over the singular? Being a fan of Bama football is different than supporting Bama basketball as well. It is easy to support a winning team with traditions but following a team without is a whole different level of fan.
Do you support the non sports side of college sports? I love fantastic play as well as anybody but I also want the institution I am a fan of to mold leaders and thinkers. Winning a game is great but winning at life is much better. In a age of "me" it is nice to see the message of "we" getting passed on to those who will be responsible in an age when we are dead or in nursing homes.
Damn fine points.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:40 am to InVolNerable
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Someone who didn't attend the college.
Someone who didn't attend college at all.
Half of Alabama's fanbase.
If they are from an SEC town and attend an out of SEC school but still cheer for a team that isn't their hometown team.
All of these are the correct answers.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:42 am to More Cowbell 1963
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I am a sidewalk fan and you hate me and you dont' even know me. What a prick!
I hate plenty of people I don't know. I'm not a tolerant person.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:46 am to LukeSidewalker
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I know tons of Alabama fans that attend Auburn aswell. It's in the blood wether you can admit it or not. School spirit is very understandable though.
Terry Daniels (All American punter for AU under Terry Bowden) is still a huge bama fan to this day.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:52 am to mwlewis
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I'm not disagreeing with you I'm just pointing out that many become fans of schools when they go there. I know plenty of people who grew up UA fans, graduated from UA, but go to graduate school elsewhere and have split allegiance because of it.
True, that's my case. Of course I'm going to cheer for a school that I'm paying tuition at. I might not know much about Mizzou athletics but I support them, paying for school, etc. It's not like Mizzou is a powerhouse so people can't ever say I started cheering for Mizzou because they're "good".
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:53 am to BoCam2
So are you saying someone who didn't experience the greatness, majesty, and class of the tide until 2011 is not allowed to be a fan?
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:56 am to Slippery Slope
Slippery Slope didn't you or another Miss State Poster start one of these threads like back in Feb or March?? Is it really that serious for you
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:56 am to Slippery Slope
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a: a fan who didn't attend the university that they are a fan of,
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:57 am to JordonfortheJ
I attended.
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