re: Your team/school vs. your alma mater

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Grew up an LSU fan, but once I got on campus as a student, my fandom expanded beyond sports and covers the university as a whole. There is definitely a major difference.

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This is the difference I think. I have nothing against people who root for schools they didn't attend but I take pride in more than just the sports teams at A&M. Fundraising efforts, new buildings on campus, alumni being named or elected to positions of power, etc.

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Grew up an LSU fan, but once I got on campus as a student, my fandom expanded beyond sports and covers the university as a whole. There is definitely a major difference.

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There's a difference. I don't discount so-called tshirt fans. But there's a difference between a die-hard alum and a die-hard sidewalk fan.

Now I'd still rather have sidewalk fans vs alums who don't care about sports at all. I think its rare to find those people, though. Even the nerdiest, most intellectual people who went to your school will generally at least take a passing interest in its sports teams, just because they attended at least a few games as a student and have fond memories.