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Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:30 pm to nycajun
Yeah, but their fans are not intermingled amongst each other.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:31 pm to Ross
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Yeah, but their fans are not intermingled amongst each other.
Not sure you fully appreciate the demographics of southeast Michigan and northern Ohio.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:32 pm to Bench McElroy
Seems about right.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:32 pm to nycajun
There is no way it is even in the same league as fans that are forced together in the same state.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:33 pm to nycajun
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Not sure you fully appreciate the demographics of southeast Michigan and northern Ohio.
I've been to both. They both suck. Big 10 football sucks, the midwest sucks, and their rivalry sucks in comparison to the Iron Bowl. It's not even close.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:34 pm to MattP598
I agree with Matt on this one...
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:35 pm to MattP598
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There is no way it is even in the same league as fans that are forced together in the same state.
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I've been to both. They both suck. Big 10 football sucks, the midwest sucks
Alabama provincialism at its most obnoxious.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:36 pm to nycajun
The fans for Ohio State are predominately in Ohio. The fans for Michigan are predominately in Michigan.
The fans for both Auburn and Alabama are in Alabama.
The fans for both Auburn and Alabama are in Alabama.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:37 pm to nycajun
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Alabama provincialism at its most obnoxious.
No, actually it's just a fact in this case.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:38 pm to Ross
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The fans for both Auburn and Alabama are in Alabama.
Last time I checked there was no legal, commercial or cultural impediment to crossing the state border. "My state vs. your state" has at least as much fuel for a strong rivalry as "my hick town vs. your hick town."
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:39 pm to nycajun
Yeah, ok.
I'm sure there is some intermingling, but as I said before, it's not in the same league. Fans typically root for the school in state.
I'm sure there is some intermingling, but as I said before, it's not in the same league. Fans typically root for the school in state.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:40 pm to nycajun
Who cares how far the schools are from each other? They're in different states, people from Michigan grow up there, go to school there, and live there without hardly knowing an OSU fan. Vice versa is true for OSU fans in Ohio. You think Alabama fans only live in Tuscaloosa and Auburn fans only in Auburn or do you think they're dispersed throughout the state? You grow up next door to an Auburn fan here, go to elementary school with them, some are your best friends, some you date, sometimes you marry and fight over who gets to steer the first born to their school, you work with them, etc. You don't get that in OSU-Michigan.
ETA: sure some osu fans end up in michigan and vice versa, but it's about 5% I'm sure and you don't get the rivalry from birth that way so the intermingling is on a much smaller scale... Not that I expect an LSU fan to understand a college football rivalry, especially one living in the college hotbed that is NY
ETA: sure some osu fans end up in michigan and vice versa, but it's about 5% I'm sure and you don't get the rivalry from birth that way so the intermingling is on a much smaller scale... Not that I expect an LSU fan to understand a college football rivalry, especially one living in the college hotbed that is NY
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Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:42 pm to bigpapamac
Yeah and i've been around the south enough to know that Bama has a huge fanbase in other states as well,Chattanooga for instance,as does Auburn but just to a smaller extent...
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:46 pm to bigpapamac
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people from Michigan grow up there, go to school there, and live there without hardly knowing an OSU fan. Vice versa is true for OSU fans in Ohio
I understand the reason you believe as you do about why the rivalries are different. The problem is that your facts (above) aren't right. Kids from Ohio go north to Michigan (if they have good grades). Kids from Michigan go south to Ohio State (if they don't
). People from southeast Michigan commute to work in Ohio. People from Ohio commute to work in Michigan (or at least they did when there were jobs in Michigan). People from Ohio are even allowed to marry people from Michigan if they promise to improve themselves. It isn't as dissimilar from what happens between two in-state schools as you seem to think.Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:46 pm to WDE24
Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana really voted for Red Sox-Yankees??Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:49 pm to bigpapamac
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Not that I expect an LSU fan to understand a college football rivalry, especially one living in the college hotbed that is NY
I grew up in Baton Rouge and went to college at LSU. I went to graduate school at University of Michigan. I've lived in Clemson, SC, Gainesville, FL, and Atlanta. My LSU season tickets have been in my family for 50 years. I live in NY (where they have television) and I go to every LSU home game and most of their away games. Please, before you fire, be sure it's loaded.
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Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:54 pm to nycajun
And exactly who is LSU's rival again? This is why I expect LSU fans to know little about a true rivalry.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:54 pm to Bench McElroy
If it wasn't basketball season, Auburn-Alabama would probably be ahead of Duke-UNC and Celtics-Lakers.
Posted on 2/9/11 at 1:59 pm to Bench McElroy
I can understand arguments that people would have Bama-Auburn over OSU-Michigan, but some of the comments about the OSU-Michigan rivalry are ridiculous.
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