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Question for Ranters about Sidewalk Fans
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:15 am
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:15 am
Do you consider a grad of a system school as a sidewalk fan or a true fan?
Let's say you graduate from University of Arkansas at Little Rock or Tennessee at Chattanooga or Alabama at Birmingham. Is it sidewalk for them to support their flagship system Arkansas, Tennessee, or Alabama???
Let's say you graduate from University of Arkansas at Little Rock or Tennessee at Chattanooga or Alabama at Birmingham. Is it sidewalk for them to support their flagship system Arkansas, Tennessee, or Alabama???
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:17 am to The Winner
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a sidewalk fan or a true fan?
"true fan" is the dumbest thing ever, where you went doesn't make you a "true" fan or a fake one. Sidewalk simply refers to if you went there or not.
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Let's say you graduate from University of Arkansas at Little Rock or Tennessee at Chattanooga or Alabama at Birmingham. Is it sidewalk for them to support their flagship system Arkansas, Tennessee, or Alabama???
Well by definition yes, those would be "sidewalk" people because they did not go to the actual school. That doesn't mean they can't be a "true" fan though.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:17 am to The Winner
I consider a sidewalk fan someone who has no ties at all to the school.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:17 am to The Winner
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Do you consider a grad of a system school as a sidewalk fan or a true fan?
that would be a sidewalk fan
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:19 am to The Winner
No, to be a true fan you have to be exactly like me. A graduate of the university in the year I graduated with the exact same amount of support as me and interests as me.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:20 am to The Winner
If you have to sit and come up with ways that you feel like make you or someone else a “true” fan then that sounds gay.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:22 am to LukeSidewalker
this again
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:23 am to WG_Dawg
I was having a debate with a UAB grad who said he was more of a true fan of Alabama than I was(a MSU grad). I disagreed!
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:23 am to The Winner
Does anyone really care? Only so called Alumni of chitty programs really bring this up every summer. A lot of universities are supported by people who didn't graduate from that particular university. Probably 30% of the Sec Rant maybe graduated from the university they root if that.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:24 am to The Winner
It's not the face you put on, friend, it is how you truly feel; deep down. I do zero things, year round, to support the UGA football program. But when the team loses? It feel like I was punch in the appendix for an hour or so. That was more so when I was younger, and I've learned to suck it up. Richt help me learn that last trick.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:25 am to The Winner
Why do you give a frick what somebody thinks? Be a man dammit!
Especially not a dirty, rotten, good for nothing, pathetic, pig fricking, UAB graduate of all things.
Especially not a dirty, rotten, good for nothing, pathetic, pig fricking, UAB graduate of all things.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:25 am to The Winner
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I was having a debate with a UAB grad who said he was more of a true fan of Alabama than I was(a MSU grad). I disagreed!
Neither one of you are more or less a fan of your particular teams based on if you went there or not.
Now, I do think that an alum has the POTENTIAL for a more deep seeded and unique experience than a non-alum. Things like walking the grounds to class, enjoying the sights on a warm spring day, taking in all the campus and university has to offer on a daily basis, etc are things that a non-alum simply isn't going to have. I think that nostalgia and experience is a wonderful thing. But if you're simply talking abotu "who is the bigger football fan" then yeah..where you went is irrelevant.
This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 9:28 am
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:26 am to The Winner
If one is simple enough to get emotionally invested in games played by 17-22 year olds then it doesn't matter where one went to school. They're still simple.
Even worse if they draw an identity from those athletic events.
It's mindless,meaningless recreation. Nothing more.
Even worse if they draw an identity from those athletic events.
It's mindless,meaningless recreation. Nothing more.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:27 am to Vecchio Cane
Bitch you’re mindless and meaningless. This shite is my life. I’d die on it.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:31 am to KSGamecock
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Bitch you’re mindless and meaningless. This shite is my life. I’d die on it.
Well, yeah. I didn't mean you, KSG. C'mon. I meant...….those people
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:31 am to Vecchio Cane
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If one is simple enough to get
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meaningless recreation
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then it doesn't matter
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if
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It's mindless
Your own words, friend.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:32 am to The Winner
A fan is a fan imo. Side walkers tend to be more over the top.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:32 am to AndyWoods
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Your own words, friend.
well put
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:36 am to Vecchio Cane
You good, yea I’m with you on those people
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:41 am to The Winner
I don't think there is necessarily any way to pigeon hole all fans into any particular categories. I know some alums who could care less about sports and some big boosters who never even applied to go to the school. Being a fan is whatever you make of it.
P.S. And it can be a very fun hobby.
P.S. And it can be a very fun hobby.
This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 9:42 am
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