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re: Why are you a fan of your particular team?

Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:38 pm to
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15609 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:38 pm to
Because I was born with purple balls and a big gold weenie....
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:38 pm to
Mom graduated from the University of Michigan.

Dad graduated from Texas A&M University (in his case, he is actually from Bryan/College Station).

Grew up rooting for both, and my wife and I attended the latter
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
66137 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:44 pm to

All my life I hit that line, I mean REALLY hit that line and I've kept on going. I have ran the ball right down the field, Guys. Will you give me a cheer? No? I'll never fear. Arkansas and Sao will never yield. I've been on my toes, like the Razorbacks, to the finish and I've carried on with all my might. You know why? Because it's A R K A N S A S for Arkansas and we fight, fight I mean absolutely kick arse fight.

Whom else would I follow?
Posted by Stonehog
Platinum Rewards Club
Member since Aug 2011
33446 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:54 pm to
Born and raised in Arkansas, graduated from Arkansas, live on Dickson Street.
Posted by sctide
Travelers Rest, SC
Member since Jul 2009
136 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:56 pm to
Two degrees from UA for me, two for my wife, two for my daughter and three for my son - too much money invested to cheer for anyone else.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
Throbbing Member
Member since Dec 2012
69956 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:57 pm to
My great grandfather, grandparents, father, aunt ,uncle, cousins, and I all went to Tennessee. Johnny Majors sent me a blanket when I was little, which I still own.


Plus I was born and raised in Florida and I'm contrarian by nature.
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:00 pm to
I have high self-esteem, so I figured I'd cheer for a team that would be no help whatsoever in that regard.


Also, I'm a second generation graduate of my school, so there is that.
Posted by Pavoloco83
Acworth Ga. too many damn dawgs
Member since Nov 2013
15347 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:25 pm to
I graduated from Auburn. So I am also a fan of Auburn.
Posted by Manzielathon
Death Valley
Member since Sep 2013
8951 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:28 pm to
If you aren't a graduate or currently attending the school you cheer for you are a trashy person
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68792 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:37 pm to
By all rights I should be a State fan. Everyone except my mom and one other relative, on both sides of my family went to and graduated from State. I was attached to my mom's hip until I started school. Whenever State would beat Ole Miss in any sports, I felt bad for her because she was always being ganged up on. So I became an Ole Miss fan. Not really sure when I made my mind up but it was when I was really young.

Up until probably 2011 I had been to more Mississippi State football games and I've still been to more State baseball games than Ole Miss games. My dad, brother, uncle and cousins used to try and go to at least one weekend game at Dudy Noble every weekend State had a home series. Was usually the Sunday game. I'm only the second person in my family to graduate from Ole Miss.
This post was edited on 6/2/15 at 10:39 pm
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
127597 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:44 pm to
Became a fan as a preteen after watching the 2001 SEC championship game.
Posted by PythagoreanTiger
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2012
352 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:45 pm to
Graduated from both Auburn and LSU. I'm the first in my family to attend either school, so there was little influence pre-college.
Posted by mtheob17
Charleston, SC
Member since Sep 2009
5347 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:47 pm to
gourilla ball in the 90s made me want want to play baseball at LSU. never happened.

Parents went to Tennessee, wife went to South Carolina and my Aunt went to LSU.

getting my MBA from LSU. Been a fan for over 20 years.
This post was edited on 6/2/15 at 11:23 pm
Posted by Legendary0903
Tree Fiddy Green Money
Member since Jan 2014
4416 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:47 pm to
Been a fan since the Fall of '67. Saw the light as an 11 year old, despite having Bammer parents.
Posted by lsudat10
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2010
2746 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 10:47 pm to
My grandfather went to undergrad at LSU, graduated and left to go kill Nazi's, came back to get his Master's degree.

My mom, aunt, uncle, sister and I graduated from LSU. I loved LSU because I didn't know better. Today, I'm glad I didn't know who Curley Hallman was while I was dressing up as an LSU football player for Halloween all those years.

When I finally started paying attention when I was 9 years old, I went to my first real game. Kevin Faulk was a freshman. Never loved someone I didn't know before I heard about Kevin Faulk.

I'm as real of an LSU fan as it gets
Posted by PanhandleDawg
Navarre Beach, FL
Member since Mar 2011
5467 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 11:34 pm to
It's a jacked up world.

Grew up on OM fan and attended many games early on.
Moved to S. FL and grad HS - then went to UF and graduated.
Transferred to MSU and graduated with an MBA.

Almost went to OM for my MBA, but they didn't have an accredited graduate program for my fiancee' at the time, so MSU it was -- glad for it today!

Now pull equally for UF and MSU... except I don't call myself "GatorDawg" on here...



This post was edited on 6/2/15 at 11:53 pm
Posted by AU4real35
Member since Jan 2014
16065 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 11:39 pm to
Remember pulling for them when I was a young boy... Went to AU on my parent's dime, party, flunked out... Matured, went to UAB on my dime... Good times!

...didn't attend one UAB football in 4 years.
Posted by JohnnyRebel
Colorado
Member since Sep 2014
7305 posts
Posted on 6/2/15 at 11:54 pm to
Bout to graduate. I'm in my last class right now. This time next month I'll be an Ole Miss Alumn.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55549 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 12:26 am to
Pop's family has been going to Alabama for quite a long time. He and his father are boosters. They took me to every home game and most away games as a kid. Got to eat and meet with the coaching staffs several times growing up. Went to Tuscaloosa for two years before having an existential psychedelic trip that sent me on another two year adventure around the country. Finished college elsewhere, but I'll always be a Gump. I'm about to move back to God's Country, though, and I'm tempted to get a second degree at UA.
Posted by Porky
Member since Aug 2008
19103 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 1:40 am to
quote:

Do ya ever get the feeling you cheer for your specific team, just because you're supposed to?

It's impossible for me not to love the Hogs.
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 3:50 am
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