The Blue Board

You would be a Duke fan. Homo.

I won't be attending the university of Maryland but I still love their teams. I've spent so much time watching their teams and going to their games. Also a great sense of state pride.

I won't stop rooting for them. Might not be a super fan but still like the team. I wouldn't flash it or wear any gear while at another college though.

Hate to break the news but you and your friends date raping chicks at the frat castle doesn't get you a championship ring, you're not a part of that either.

Ahh now I get it. Poor guy. You simply don't understand. Now i just feel bad for you. You'll never know what its like to be a real fan.

Sauce...congrats to your Terps on beating Dook

Sure, I didn't see the field. I took classes with the players, paid my tuition to benefit the institution that allows football to exist, etc. I never said I was a part of the team. But I am a part of the University, and believe it or not, the football team is only a small part of that. The titles wouldn't be possible without the people that make up the University. Sure the t-shirt fans provide valuable revenue, but it would all be worthless if not for the underlying institution that is the University itself.

How much of a part if the community were you, though? You took classes, paid tuition, and I'm sure enjoyed the city as much as we all did. But was that it? What about clubs or professional organizations? Events? Supporting other sports? Other student groups? Did you catch a concert at Moody? Attend a Guerrilla Theatre? Call into 90.7? You get the idea.

Just being at a school doesn't make you part of it. Being a part of it makes you a part of it.

And for the record, I'm not calling you out, as I don't know your answers to the above questions.

Not really. Disliked Michigan for most of my life, but was more concerned about the sports I was playing than the college ones until I was about 15-16.

Rooting for a school you didn't go to when you are a student or alumni of another school is like jerkin' it to a picture of your high school sweetheart while making your wife watch. Some people may be into it. I think it's weird.

Which one is hotter?

But that's the thing. Being a fan of something from age 1 to 16 isn't "bleeding something your whole life". It's a childhood passion: people grow out of those when the have their own lives. Going to a major university is starting your own life. Embrace that community and live it through and through. Like I said, I liked Texas football because my Dad went there. I got plenty worked up when we were at the Rose Bowl and Texas played USC. But once I reached the age of making my college decision and decided that wasn't the route I wanted to take, I disengaged. I went to Alabama and dove in head first. Because it is MY SCHOOL. I'm a part of it. I'm not a part of Texas. Someone in my family was. Being a fan of something when you're 16 doesn't mean jack.

I hear the women at CofC are