re: What % of Bama fans ever stepped foot in a U of A classroom?

Did I earn my fandom then? So far, I've paid the U of Alabama $120,000 as part of my daughters education. I'm a graduate of Boston College, a Massachusetts Yankee, and realized that Bama funnels all that football cash into a university which has some of the best science facilities in the country. My daughter will likely attend U of Alabama Birmingham Medical School and will have done more for the state and university than most residents. She volunteers at the DCH Tuscaloosa hospital every Friday. I'm wealthy, and I live and work in San Francisco CA.

You can disparage the Bama fans all you want, but these same fans support the state and school in brining in top notch talent to the state. After twenty years of this, imagine all the talent which has fallen in love with the South and decides to stay and raise families. Alabama as a state has a phenomenal vision and the University is a major part of that.

Disparaging them is simple jealousy.