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Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:28 pm to StopRobot
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:28 pm to StopRobot
That is obviously referring to graduates, and even then, that's a very conservative estimate. if TAMU has only 250K alumni I'd bet that would put the average life expectancy below 65
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:28 pm to boddagetta
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What is the term for someone that attended a college but did not get a degree from that college?
I think the term these days is "football player"
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:28 pm to StopRobot
So that means I'm not a sidewalker???
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:29 pm to BearBait09
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That is obviously referring to graduates
No its not. Facebook allows you to list any colleges you attended. Its based on that
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:30 pm to boddagetta
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So that means I'm not a sidewalker???
If you attended a college you are an alumni.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:31 pm to boddagetta
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What is the term for someone that attended a college but did not get a degree from that college?
Someone who liked drinking more than studying?
inB4 the stories about your sick relative.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:33 pm to sealawyer
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inB4 the stories about your sick relative.
How about inB4 I figured I was suited better to serve my country than be a leech off of it?
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:33 pm to StopRobot
Doesn't aTm have one of their traditions about the term "former student" does that mean you graduated or didn't. Had an aggie explain it to me once, I forgot that story when he told me a Jizz Jar story shortly thereafter
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:33 pm to StopRobot
Faulty math. Maybe 22% of college football fans in Texas are A&M fans, but not all Texans answered the poll or are college football fans (or are on Facebook).
I suspect the ATM numbers represent a large, loyal alumni base along with a University that has little appeal outside Texas and is overshadowed by the flagship school (longhorns) within its own state. Exactly the opposite effect from Georgia's numbers. Auburn's numbers versus 'Bama likely reflect 'Bama's greater national appeal plus it also is the flagship school within Alabama.
I suspect the ATM numbers represent a large, loyal alumni base along with a University that has little appeal outside Texas and is overshadowed by the flagship school (longhorns) within its own state. Exactly the opposite effect from Georgia's numbers. Auburn's numbers versus 'Bama likely reflect 'Bama's greater national appeal plus it also is the flagship school within Alabama.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:34 pm to boddagetta
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How about inB4 I figured I was suited better to serve my country than be a leech off of it?
I was going to put "sob story" and now I wish I did.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:36 pm to SpringBokCock
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Faulty math. Maybe 22% of college football fans in Texas are A&M fans, but not all Texans answered the pol
Faulty understanding of how a poll works.
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I suspect the ATM numbers represent a large, loyal alumni base along with a University that has little appeal outside Texas and is overshadowed by the flagship school (longhorns) within its own state.
Actually it represents a very good job by TAMU to market itself online
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:47 pm to sealawyer
Question:
Did the Small Town Pizza Lawyer guy actually go to Ole Miss, or is he just a sidewalker? He's obviously an Ole Miss fan.
Did the Small Town Pizza Lawyer guy actually go to Ole Miss, or is he just a sidewalker? He's obviously an Ole Miss fan.
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:51 pm to sealawyer
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Doesn't aTm have one of their traditions about the term "former student" does that mean you graduated or didn't. Had an aggie explain it to me once, I forgot that story when he told me a Jizz Jar story shortly thereafter
We don't use the word alumni, instead it is former student.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:54 pm to BearBait09
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who is making the rules?
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THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HIERARCHY OF ALLEGIANCE:
Who should I root for?, explained
1. Your undergraduate alma mater - This should be the first and foremost team you root for, above all others. The only exception is if you attend/ed an institution that does not field a football team. Should that institution start up a football team, it automatically becomes your first team. It is your alma mater, for god's sake.
2. (really 1.5) Your employer - If you currently work for an instutition that fields a football program, you may pull for them as much as you pull for your alma mater. You should especially support your employer while on campus in a professional capacity, or while attending your employer's sporting events. If it comes down to employer vs. alma mater, the proper course is to take a public stance of neutrality while privately rooting for your alma mater.
3. Your graduate school (if applicable) - If you attended grad school, you may root for them, but always behind your undergraduate program.
4. Your parents' alma mater or favorite team - This goes double if both parents attended the same college, as that institution is at least partially responsible for your very existence. If both parents pull for rival teams, call a family therapist. If your parents served in the military, you may put the relevant service academy here, even if your parents didn't actually go there.
5. Your spouse's alma mater or favorite team - Never go to bed angry.
6. Your siblings' or close friends' alma maters - That's almost as good as if you yourself attended, especially if they can hook you up with tickets.
7. The dominant football power in your area growing up/the underdog football power in your area growing up - This is basically cultural osmosis. You're from Michigan? You're gonna grow up with Michigan or Sparty. You just ARE. NOTE: If your alma mater is a direct rival of the dominant football power, you are required to side with your alma mater in any and all possible scenarios.
8. Service Academies/Perennial Underdogs - Some folks put the service academies around here as a show of patriotism or support for the military or whatever. That's cool, just be aware that the lion's share of the military doesn't give a wet fart about the service academies' football programs. Other folks put a consistent no-hope squad on their allegiance list. You can do that too, but it doesn't really count.
9. Whatever. - If you've made it this far down, you can basically put whoever you like here, as far as I'm concerned. Most decent folks will have no more than three teams they pull for. You wanna root for your fifth grade teacher next door neighbor's favorite team? Yeah, okay, whatever, I guess.
AVOID: Ironic enjoyment - Pulling for a team as a joke. College football is not a joke.
AVOID: Bandwagoneering - Oregon, Bama, whoever's winning right now because you're a loser and you just latch on, remora-like, to the team most likely to make you feel like you matter.
REMEMBER: WHEN IN DOUBT, ALMA MATER ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:03 pm to WhitewaterDawg
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I find that A&M Number hard to believe.
Seems pretty believable.
Now if A&M wasn't so fricking weird, then it might be a curious number.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:04 pm to WG_Dawg
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There is literally no way on Earth that there are more UGA fans that are non-alums than Bama fans that are non-alums.
The state of Georgia has a lot more people than the state of Alabama, so it's entirely possible.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:07 pm to sealawyer
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THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HIERARCHY OF ALLEGIANCE:
Who should I root for?, explained
1. Your undergraduate alma mater - This should be the first and foremost team you root for, above all others. The only exception is if you attend/ed an institution that does not field a football team. Should that institution start up a football team, it automatically becomes your first team. It is your alma mater, for god's sake.
2. (really 1.5) Your employer - If you currently work for an instutition that fields a football program, you may pull for them as much as you pull for your alma mater. You should especially support your employer while on campus in a professional capacity, or while attending your employer's sporting events. If it comes down to employer vs. alma mater, the proper course is to take a public stance of neutrality while privately rooting for your alma mater.
3. Your graduate school (if applicable) - If you attended grad school, you may root for them, but always behind your undergraduate program.
4. Your parents' alma mater or favorite team - This goes double if both parents attended the same college, as that institution is at least partially responsible for your very existence. If both parents pull for rival teams, call a family therapist. If your parents served in the military, you may put the relevant service academy here, even if your parents didn't actually go there.
5. Your spouse's alma mater or favorite team - Never go to bed angry.
6. Your siblings' or close friends' alma maters - That's almost as good as if you yourself attended, especially if they can hook you up with tickets.
7. The dominant football power in your area growing up/the underdog football power in your area growing up - This is basically cultural osmosis. You're from Michigan? You're gonna grow up with Michigan or Sparty. You just ARE. NOTE: If your alma mater is a direct rival of the dominant football power, you are required to side with your alma mater in any and all possible scenarios.
8. Service Academies/Perennial Underdogs - Some folks put the service academies around here as a show of patriotism or support for the military or whatever. That's cool, just be aware that the lion's share of the military doesn't give a wet fart about the service academies' football programs. Other folks put a consistent no-hope squad on their allegiance list. You can do that too, but it doesn't really count.
9. Whatever. - If you've made it this far down, you can basically put whoever you like here, as far as I'm concerned. Most decent folks will have no more than three teams they pull for. You wanna root for your fifth grade teacher next door neighbor's favorite team? Yeah, okay, whatever, I guess.
AVOID: Ironic enjoyment - Pulling for a team as a joke. College football is not a joke.
AVOID: Bandwagoneering - Oregon, Bama, whoever's winning right now because you're a loser and you just latch on, remora-like, to the team most likely to make you feel like you matter.
REMEMBER: WHEN IN DOUBT, ALMA MATER ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
Jesus frick... so I can claim mine and my dads (Kentucky) Virginia Tech, whom I hate (My moms) Alabama (SO's alma mater) UVA (I'm from NOVA and it's the popular team)
frick Virginia Tech though. Them them in their vagina.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:08 pm to oman
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Now if A&M wasn't so fricking weird, then it might be a curious number.
Alright the thread is now complete, a masked Longhorn has made a snide comment about A&M.
Our work here is done.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:12 pm to cardboardboxer
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a masked Longhorn has made a snide comment about A&M.
Our work here is done.
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