The Blue Board

No dude, I'm smart.

On the other side of the spectrum, I'm a junior at Florida State right now. I wasn't a fan of any college team until I got here. I dare anyone to call me a bandwagon fan though, or anything of that nature.

I couldn't agree more. My hometown is about 2.5 hours from Baton Rouge and it seems that there are more LSU/Saints (I know NFL isn't the subject at hand, but same principle) as of the past 6-ish years and it grinds my gears. Lots of fans don't attend the school they support - no problem with that - its just that when you wake up, oh say... following a national championship, and are suddenly a super fan and decide to rub it in other's faces that it is a problem.

This.

If I was a bandwagon fan I would have hopped off at some point during the RR years you know.

My friend (I'm Canadian) is a huge WVU fan. He started to like them because of Devine and has loved them since.

Crazy I know.

I look at it this way: as long as it isn't directly negative for my team, I pull for other SEC schools in OOC contests.

So for example, I will be pulling against SEC schools in most OOC contests in the regular season if they're a rankings obstacle or a threat to my team later in the year...or they're Auburn.

Now Ole Miss against Texas? I will be pulling for the I-Wish-They-Were-Ackbars because they aren't a threat to Bama and it makes the SEC look good. I'll want LSU to lose however because they are a rankings obstacle and a threat.

In bowl games I'll mostly pull for the SEC since it helps the perception of the conference and makes it easier for us to reach the NCG and better bowls.

I chanted SEC SEC SEC when I was taking a shower this morning.

i just wanted to add my two cents. it's not the fact that these people don't go to the school, it's the fact that they insult my education on a regular basis when they are going to community college because they couldn't get into any major school. i love it when Walverines bring up academics or start referring to MSU as "Moo U".

Yeah, the Canadian fan that just so happens to love Michigan Football. It's so odd you went with Michigan and not a team like Illinois or Minnesota. Funny how that works.

Don't worry, there are many like you and they frequent these boards.

My aunt and her family lived in Ann Arbor throughout their lives. So yeh it would make sense going to Michigan games and being a fan of Minnesota. Superior logic Harry.

Sweet, I also have family that went to UM. I guess I should of been big, big supa fan! like you.

Strange how all these traditionally good schools have fans that had a "such and such" attend or I once went when I was a kid and I was hooked. Never seems to work out for the Minnesota's of the world.

Edit: wait, read that wrong. Looks like they didn't even go to UM. They just at one point in their lives lived in Ann Arbor. Wowzers. My dad once worked in Ann Arbor. Again, I guess I should be a big UM fan now. Just look at those connections we have!!!!

lulz.

My cousin did attend UM, and my sister lives there now.

But again your logic is superior.

I live in CANADA, I naturally would choose the team I went to see games of as a child no? Not to mention Michigan is on TV in Toronto more than any team save ND.

So should I chose the team I have the biggest connection with (no matter how little it is), and the team I grew up going to games of? Or just some random team?

Wouldn't it be more bandwagon if I was a Sparty fan?

Run along man, your trolls get dumber by the day. How about you tell me about your job, how hard you work and your wiseness again? That was fun.

EDIT: Or am I not allowed to be a fan at all because I didn't attend an American school?

Lulz you are so sad. Tough break no one cares about MSU football outside of Sparty grads. I know it kills you guys.

I'm going to go to bed crying myself asleep that some kid from Canada loves UM football and is a little bandwagoner.

This might blow your mind but....

99% of all football fans out there aren't thinking about UM. They are concerned with their own team and outside of football season, it doesn't even register. Even fans that consider themselves die hards don't even follow recruiting. There is only a tiny niche of fans that post on these boards and know about other teams. We represent just a fraction of the most committed fans. So when you say that nobody cares about MSU football outside of our fans, it doesn't really mean much of anything. The same can be said for any school. I guess there is an off chance that some random guy in New Mexico could be worrying about Michigan football next year. Your mind = blown.