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I've said numerous times that I want to beat LSU as much as Bama, if not more. I started pulling for Auburn in '99, and I'm not from the state of Alabama, so LSU has been the West team to beat for Atlanta for the majority of my time. As far as that game goes, not sure what I'll do yet.

Just out of curiousity how does that exactly work? Who did you pull for before 99? What made you choose Auburn if your not from Alabama? Did you have relatives who went their or some kind of connection?

Sorry, not trying to be nosy, just genuinely interested how that works. For me, I've grown up in Louisiana my entire life, all my family pulled for LSU, and my uncle played for the Tigers in the 70's so there was no question where my allegiances went from day 1.

That's why I'm always interested and curious when somebody has a story different to how their fandom came to be. Doesn't make it any better or worse than mine or anybody elses, just different and unique which I think is always interesting and what makes it such an awesome sport.

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Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger

Member since Jun 2006

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Posted on 10/4/11 at 11:40 am to bigbowe80

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Who did you pull for before 99?

UGA. Moved to Georgia when I was 3. Have lived here for 27 years, minues the 5 I was at AU.

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What made you choose Auburn if your not from Alabama?

Offered a good program for the degree I wanted at the time, and it was far enough away from home that my parents wouldn't expect me to commute from home.

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Did you have relatives who went their or some kind of connection?

Nope. Dad went to LSU. Mom went to UGA.

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Sorry, not trying to be nosy, just genuinely interested how that works. For me, I've grown up in Louisiana my entire life, all my family pulled for LSU, and my uncle played for the Tigers in the 70's so there was no question where my allegiances went from day 1.

That's why I'm always interested and curious when somebody has a story different to how their fandom came to be. Doesn't make it any better or worse than mine or anybody elses, just different and unique which I think is always interesting and what makes it such an awesome sport.