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re: Percentage of Alabama fans who have no affiliation with the University
Posted on 8/1/12 at 9:27 pm to CockyInNola24
Posted on 8/1/12 at 9:27 pm to CockyInNola24
when an occasion arises that i chat with someone with bama gear on (bar, restraunt, elevator, etc) i always ask if they attended the university. i do this with other sec schools also as a point to start a conversation. after decades of doing this, i have only talked to a handful of bama fans that actuallly went there. less than any other school except tejas. since this has happened hundreds of times, i begin to wonder if there really is a school in tuscalosa named bama. 
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Posted on 8/1/12 at 9:31 pm to CockyInNola24
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2. Backwoods South Carolina? You do realize Columbia is the Capital City, right? I think you have us mistaken for the cow pastures of Clemson
And Mobile is where UA is located? Pick an argument and stick to it.
Posted on 8/1/12 at 9:33 pm to LSU GrandDad
Again. Where the Hell do you actually socialize at to have only met "a handful of 'Bama alums" over the years? It's not exactly a small university.
Posted on 8/1/12 at 9:36 pm to CapstoneGrad06
As a 2002 grad,as I've said a million times our "sidewalk" fans don't bother me at all,the retards such as the teabagger and Updyke are the minority of a otherwise fine fanbase.
Posted on 8/1/12 at 9:45 pm to LSU GrandDad
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when an occasion arises that i chat with someone with bama gear on (bar, restraunt, elevator, etc) i always ask if they attended the university. i do this with other sec schools also as a point to start a conversation. after decades of doing this, i have only talked to a handful of bama fans that actuallly went there. less than any other school except tejas. since this has happened hundreds of times, i begin to wonder if there really is a school in tuscalosa named bama.
The same can go for OU and Arkansas. Go anywhere in those states you see tons of fans wearing T-Shirts, hats, having license plates, etc reppin the schools. I'm positive most of them didn't go to those schools. Hell they love football and don't have a pro team so I can understand the love for the schools.
Then factor in the nice stadiums that hold just as much as pro stadiums, that's their pro team. Much easier for them to go to a game at Fayetteville or Norman than to drive to KC, Dallas, Nashville, or New Orleans and fighting traffic to watch a pro game.
Posted on 8/1/12 at 10:30 pm to TT9
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As a 2002 grad,as I've said a million times our "sidewalk" fans don't bother me at all
Me neither.
I'm sure 'Bama has more, but since I doubt more than 50% of any fanbase in the SEC (outside of probably Vanderbilt) actually attended their favorite school, I'm not sure what the big deal is. If you are in a neutral area (i.e. not particularly close to any SEC town), point at someone in a bar wearing an SEC shirt, ask them if they are a grad, it's at least a 75% chance that they are not. I say this coming from a place like this. I know a load of UA, AU, UF, UT, etc. fans that haven't even stepped foot on their respective campuses.
Posted on 8/1/12 at 10:33 pm to NBamaAlum
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Don't you go to USA?
Strike one, lion alum
Posted on 8/1/12 at 11:49 pm to 228Tiger
Posted on 8/2/12 at 1:30 am to crimsonsaint
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Another question, why are they so annoying/obnoxious? I can't go anywhere around here without hearing some drunk Gumptard yell ROLL TIDE!
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You just made that up didn't you?
Literally ANYWHERE.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 1:38 am to CockyInNola24
Who cares? Why should people have to attend the university to be a fan? I guess we have to play in the NFL to be fans of those teams too.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 7:50 am to CockyInNola24
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I'd say a good 95% from personal experience. Between my time living in New Orleans and Mobile, AL, I've met TONS of Alabama fans. Of course, none of them nor their immediate family members have any affiliation with the University. As a matter of fact, I don't know if 10% of the people I've met in Mobile have even gone to ANY type of college/university.
Now this is just stupid. I doubt very seriously that you have ever met every Alabama fan, so how can you know what 95% of them are. Why didn't you just say that 95% of the ones that you've met?
I am an alum, but I have no problem with people that have never gone to the university being a fan of the football team. That is the point a lot of them are fans of the sport teams, but doesn't necessarily mean that they are a fan of the University.
Get off your high horse. You don't have to be from Hersey Pa to love Chocolate.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 7:55 am to CockyInNola24
The original poster is correct... I would say less than 8% actual can say they have graduated from UAT... The gumptard sidewalkers are strong in number only when the tahd is on a roll. The Shula years were a glorious time to live in Alabamistan!
Posted on 8/2/12 at 8:12 am to CapstoneGrad06
Living in North Carolina I can assure you that there is no reason to ever go to South Carolina except that they are between here and Tuscaloosa. I try not to stop.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 8:15 am to Luke
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The Shula years were a glorious time to live in Alabamistan!
Why? Auburn didn't accomplish shite during that time frame other than winning a people's championship.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 8:18 am to crimsonsaint
Careful, very sensitive bunch they are.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 9:07 am to LSU GrandDad
It's funny when posters stir the pot with bama fans. If they truly believed they were superior, then they wouldn't respond at all. Shows their insecurity.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 9:16 am to Monticello
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30 years ago most people didn't have the opportunity to go to college and had to start a career at 16 or 18. I think it is really shitty to act like people without college degrees are somehow subpar fans or citizens, especially from the older generations.
This is so true. I'm in my mid 40's and have been working for the same company for 26 years. I didn't have the opportunity to go to college because I had to go to work. I am now co-owner of the company and doing ok. I hate that I can't be a fan of the University of Alabama since I wasn't able go there.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 9:19 am to CockyInNola24
Why is it even a big deal if you're a fan of a school you didn't attend? I grew up an Alabama fan (still am) but went to Samford and UAB. Does that make me any less of a fan? No.
This post was edited on 8/2/12 at 9:21 am
Posted on 8/2/12 at 9:38 am to CockyInNola24
Typically but not always Alums are more reasonable and intelligent fans. They understand why a graduate from another school would pull for his school and respect that. Sidewalk fans not so much.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 10:22 am to TexasTiger89
I have a childhood friend that went to Virginia for undergrad and got his MBA at Vanderbilt and could care less about either as he's a big Alabama fan. Sadly, I now have to inform him that he's a laughingstock on the SEC Rant because he's a dirty sidewalk Bammer and wouldn't be cool enough to hang out with all the sophisticated USCe, LSU, and Auburn alums here making fun of him.
This post was edited on 8/2/12 at 10:24 am
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