re: SEC school you attended vs. SEC school you root for

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Why does it matter?

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Because the point of football programs are to be a boost for the universities associated with them. Too many people have the tail wag the damn dog, which leads to Penn St kind of shite.

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Why does it matter? If I hadn't gone to those few games I'm an a-hole?

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If you did it because you were a Bama fan only and frick the team you were actually associated with because they suck, then yeah you are an a-hole.

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What about all the kids who don't care about any sports including their own schools? Are they assholes?

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No, they aren't assholes because they don't choose to wrap themselves in another university's brand.

If they don't want to care about any sports fine. Hell that is probably how it should be, the sports are supposed to be a sideshow for the main event of learning. As long as these non sports fans don't run away from association with their university otherwise they are a-ok.

The problem is when people put a sports brand (like Bama) above the university they are actually tied to.

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How much do you have to put into trying to act like you're a fan of the other sports team you have no interest in and did not come to school to see one iota, in order to be good in your eyes?

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It isn't some litmus test of how many games you went to, or how big of a fan you are. Heck it doesn't even matter if football is involved.

If you would rather have people associate you with a university that you have no legitimate tie to (A), instead of a university you attended (B), just because University A is more successful in a fricking sport than university B or because you were born in that state or some stupid shite like that, then you are an self-hating a-hole. Period.

Pretty simple to me.