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re: The truth about Georgia football and its fans
Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:30 am to WG_Dawg
Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:30 am to WG_Dawg
There is a clear dividing line between old school UGA fans and younger fans.
Older fans graduated from a UGA from another era. It was easy to get into and drew students from all across the state. These 45+ year old fans are typical to other rabid SEC fans that live and die by what occurs on Saturdays.
Younger fans that went to UGA during the HOPE era are different. They are largely drawn from the Atlanta metro area and many were from families not from Georgia or even the South. The much tougher academic standards over the past 15 years has limited the type of student that goes to UGA. The result is that younger alums typically don't have the edge to them than many SEC fan bases have. Thus, they're branded martini loving, wine and cheese fans. Plenty of exceptions to the rule but this is generally the truth.
Older fans graduated from a UGA from another era. It was easy to get into and drew students from all across the state. These 45+ year old fans are typical to other rabid SEC fans that live and die by what occurs on Saturdays.
Younger fans that went to UGA during the HOPE era are different. They are largely drawn from the Atlanta metro area and many were from families not from Georgia or even the South. The much tougher academic standards over the past 15 years has limited the type of student that goes to UGA. The result is that younger alums typically don't have the edge to them than many SEC fan bases have. Thus, they're branded martini loving, wine and cheese fans. Plenty of exceptions to the rule but this is generally the truth.
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Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:35 am to dlc83
I agree with probably 90% of what you said. Most of what you said is completely correct.
But just because more and more folks going to UGA these days are transplants who didn't necessarily grow up as UGA fans...doesn't mean that outside of 12 times per year they just don't care about football or forget it exists or something. There are just as many young diehards for UGA as there are for other schools, just like there are plenty of "whatevers" at other schools like there are at UGA.
There are tons of exceptions, and I don't think it's generally the truth. What I do think is the truth is that at ANY school, UGA and elsewhere, you're going to have a whole bunch of the following:
-grew up as fans, diehard to the core
-didn't grow up as fans, became fans at the school
-follow the team passively, root for them, but aren't necessarily super passionate
-couldn't care less about the team
And for that moron who said the average LSU fan knows the 2 deep, I mean that is one of the dumbest statements I've ever seen on a message board. Seriously.
But just because more and more folks going to UGA these days are transplants who didn't necessarily grow up as UGA fans...doesn't mean that outside of 12 times per year they just don't care about football or forget it exists or something. There are just as many young diehards for UGA as there are for other schools, just like there are plenty of "whatevers" at other schools like there are at UGA.
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Plenty of exceptions to the rule but this is generally the truth.
There are tons of exceptions, and I don't think it's generally the truth. What I do think is the truth is that at ANY school, UGA and elsewhere, you're going to have a whole bunch of the following:
-grew up as fans, diehard to the core
-didn't grow up as fans, became fans at the school
-follow the team passively, root for them, but aren't necessarily super passionate
-couldn't care less about the team
And for that moron who said the average LSU fan knows the 2 deep, I mean that is one of the dumbest statements I've ever seen on a message board. Seriously.
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