If you want to cheer for a college sports team, you should go/graduate from there...

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 12:21 AM

Seriously. I'm tired of all these "fans" cheering for Wisconsin/USC/Texas/Bama when they didn't even attend the university. Nothing more degrading to a student/alumni IMO. I'm sure people who cheer for their team that actually went to the school would feel the same way.

**dtbrehm** · 10-27-2011, 12:25 AM

Hokie Hokie Hokie HI!

**feardafronfz3** · 10-27-2011, 12:25 AM

How's your football team doing this year, brah?

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by feardafronfz3

How's your football team doing this year, brah?

Just won the DIII nat'l championship. Feelsgoodman.jpeg

**cbad7676** · 10-27-2011, 12:27 AM

hate bandwagoners.

ex: ask a "true" saints fan who was the QB before Drew Brees??

80% won't know. its Aaron brooks

**robogain** · 10-27-2011, 12:29 AM

probably a good reason why i dont give a single **** about college sports. my university doesnt have a D1 program. lol

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 12:29 AM

I'm a DeVry University Devil.

**feardafronfz3** · 10-27-2011, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by cbad7676

hate bandwagoners.

ex: ask a "true" saints fan who was the QB before Drew Brees??

80% won't know. its Aaron brooks

Well you are in that 80%, it was Todd Bouman
Boom Roasted

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by feardafronfz3

Well you are in that 80%, it was Todd Bouman
Boom Roasted

**908** · 10-27-2011, 12:44 AM

Not necessarily, though I agree somewhat. If you have ties to a team through some other way. Dwayne Jarrett played in my conference while I was in high school and when he went to USC he started to make a name for himself. Brian Cushing also had a lot of hype coming out of Bergen Catholic so I watched pretty much all the USC games. Didn't hurt that Reggie Bush was ****ting on everyone at the time also. Now that I have nobody to support on the team I could care less about USC. And the reason I followed them goes for all the other athletes that come out of Jersey I played against or watched in high school.

**wsuwarrior** · 10-27-2011, 12:57 AM

This ranks up there with some of the most stupid things I have ever read on this website.

I hate bandwagon fans as much as the next guy but to say you cant cheer for a university if you arent alumni is creating a ridiculously high standard for such a trivial thing as sports.

What is your criteria for professional teams?

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by wsuwarrior

This ranks up there with some of the most stupid things I have ever read on this website.

I hate bandwagon fans as much as the next guy but to say you cant cheer for a university if you arent alumni is creating a ridiculously high standard for such a trivial thing as sports.

What is your criteria for professional teams?

From the area/local. Or in a case like yours (small markert) from the state. I hate seeing "fans" from miami cheering for the lakers and vice versa, but I can understand a guy from connecticut cheering for the yankees or so. Nomsayin'

but for college teams, go to the school before you cheer for them. this "i didn't go but im a fan" sh*t has got to stop.

**UniversityMisc** · 10-27-2011, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by 1GGY

From the area/local. Or in a case like yours (small markert) from the state. I hate seeing "fans" from miami cheering for the lakers and vice versa, but I can understand a guy from connecticut cheering for the yankees or so. Nomsayin'

but for college teams, go to the school before you cheer for them. this "i didn't go but im a fan" sh*t has got to stop.

brb attendance dropping from 100k to 20k or less at games

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by UniversityMisc

brb attendance dropping from 100k to 20k or less at games

Where's the problem?

**UniversityMisc** · 10-27-2011, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by 1GGY

Where's the problem?

Schools making money to fund other sports from their football programs, and possibly even sustain the football program its self at smaller schools.

**jvinci** · 10-27-2011, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by 1GGY

From the area/local. Or in a case like yours (small markert) from the state. I hate seeing "fans" from miami cheering for the lakers and vice versa, but I can understand a guy from connecticut cheering for the yankees or so. Nomsayin'

but for college teams, go to the school before you cheer for them. this "i didn't go but im a fan" sh*t has got to stop.

There are 3 loopholes to your criteria:

1. If my good friend/family member went to Oklahoma St., you can bet your ass I just became a fan to support them.

2. If my city's local star makes it big, I feel you have the right to root for the team he's on. I live 5 mins away from the high school Tedy Bruschi attended and I know a lot of my friends parents were lightweight fans of the Pats because of that. I realize this isn't a huge reason, but you could make the argument.

3. If you were RAISED to be a fan of a team via father/family origin. My grandma and dad were both born in Texas. I have never even been there, yet I am a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. In addition, I was raised to be a Texas fan and to despise Texas Tech. You know how much it would cost for me to attend those schools (with out of state tuition!?) lol it just wasn't in the cards.

So there you go, some valid reasons to be a fan of a team.

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by jvinci

There are 3 loopholes to your criteria:

1. If my good friend/family member went to Oklahoma St., you can bet your ass I just became a fan to support them.

2. If my city's local star makes it big, I feel you have the right to root for the team he's on. I live 5 mins away from the high school Tedy Bruschi attended and I know a lot of my friends parents were lightweight fans of the Pats because of that. I realize this isn't a huge reason, but you could make the argument.

3. If you were RAISED to be a fan of a team via father/family origin. My grandma and dad were both born in Texas. I have never even been there, yet I am a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. In addition, I was raised to be a Texas fan and to despise Texas Tech. You know how much it would cost for me to attend those schools (with out of state tuition!?) lol it just wasn't in the cards.

So there you go, some valid reasons to be a fan of a team.

These are the most cliche'd, played out reasons that most "fans" talk about and they are in no way, shape or form valid.

**jvinci** · 10-27-2011, 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by 1GGY

These are the most cliche'd, played out reasons that most "fans" talk about and they are in no way, shape or form valid.

great comeback. i loved the part where you proposed valid points as to why they're not.

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by jvinci

great comeback. i loved the part where you proposed valid points as to why they're not.

I think the cliche'd and played out part did that for me.

**goirish3** · 10-27-2011, 01:41 AM

People that think this way, either dont go to a big name school, or didnt like sports until college and now think that they are somehow better than everyone because they attend the school.

**dt02** · 10-27-2011, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by jvinci

There are 3 loopholes to your criteria:

1. If my good friend/family member went to Oklahoma St., you can bet your ass I just became a fan to support them.

2. If my city's local star makes it big, I feel you have the right to root for the team he's on. I live 5 mins away from the high school Tedy Bruschi attended and I know a lot of my friends parents were lightweight fans of the Pats because of that. I realize this isn't a huge reason, but you could make the argument.

3. If you were RAISED to be a fan of a team via father/family origin. My grandma and dad were both born in Texas. I have never even been there, yet I am a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. In addition, I was raised to be a Texas fan and to despise Texas Tech. You know how much it would cost for me to attend those schools (with out of state tuition!?) lol it just wasn't in the cards.

So there you go, some valid reasons to be a fan of a team.

Despise Texas Tech and root for Texas? son you were raised wrong. oh well who gives a fuk, you are just another tshirt fan that I can ask when you graduated anytime you try to talk shiit.

**Hoop_Dreams** · 10-27-2011, 01:47 AM

re: pro teams

Having to root for a team based on location is bullshyt.

As a kid, I was obsessed with the Cowboys. That obsession is still alive today. I don't have to be from Texas to be a true fan.

The definition of a true fan to me is being loyal and sticking with your team, and that team only, from day 1. Doesn't matter where you're from.

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Hoop_Dreams

re: pro teams

Having to root for a team based on location is bullshyt.

As a kid, I was obsessed with the Cowboys. That obsession is still alive today. I don't have to be from Texas to be a true fan.

The definition of a true fan to me is being loyal and sticking with your team, and that team only, from day 1. Doesn't matter where you're from.

Just means you were a bandwagon fan as a child so you picked the cowboys cause they were good.

**wsuwarrior** · 10-27-2011, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by goirish3

People that think this way, either dont go to a big name school, or didnt like sports until college and now think that they are somehow better than everyone because they attend the school.

Im thinking the OP did go to a big school and developed an elitist attitude. Its actually quite ridiculous.

**Hoop_Dreams** · 10-27-2011, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by 1GGY

Just means you were a bandwagon fan as a child so you picked the cowboys cause they were good.

If I was a bandwagon fan I would've went from the Cowboys to the Broncos to the Patriots.

**jvinci** · 10-27-2011, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by 1GGY

I think the cliche'd and played out part did that for me.

and i'm saying YOUR excuse is cliche'd and played out.

quit being an elitist prick. if you go to a pac 12 or SEC school, than take it as a compliment that people want to be fans of a college that they didn't even attend.

**1GGY** · 10-27-2011, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by jvinci

and i'm saying YOUR excuse is cliche'd and played out.

quit being an elitist prick. if you go to a pac 12 or SEC school, than take it as a compliment that people want to be fans of a college that they didn't even attend.

I disagree.

**Honestly** · 10-27-2011, 02:26 AM

wat

**ezmac31** · 10-27-2011, 03:04 AM

lol @ some miscer setting the criteria for who people should root for when they watch sports.

brb not watching michigan football anymore and trying to find MAC games on TV on saturdays bc some elitist ******* on the internet says so.

**joshnumber21** · 10-27-2011, 04:13 AM

Buckeye born and bred, Buckeye til I'm dead. Best friend growing up was a 2nd string DT on the '02 National Championship team. Another good friend played Basketball at Ohio State and set plenty of records as a frosh. 60% of my friends from high school went there and I would have went there too if my family didn't decide to pack up and move to Michigan one random night.

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