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Guess you just can keep wasting your time making new accounts then

I know some good people who can help you.
And I still don't get the OCC comments, or why you think they're funny?

Just ignore him I'm banning just about right when I see it

Unlike a good number of posters on Rcbm, right? Should I use TanFan, Ross, and tJYD to formulate my opinion on all Sparties?

Sorry to break it to you, but MSU is not immune from this kind of fan.

I would strongly disagree with that. You're viewing it from a UM perspective. There is a reason we Spartans act the way we do. If we only had to deal with sane, sensible UM grads, this rivalry would probably be pretty fun.

I don't think Tanfan, Ross, or tJYD are good examples at all. Tanfan hates MSU fan boys more than UM'ers. Ross isn't a Spartan, he's some kid posting on our board, and tJYD is a bigger fan of conference realignment than he is actual sports. And the price is right.

Now if you want to argue that a large portion of our fan base cares more about UM losing than MSU winning, or that a large portion of our fanbase hates a large portion of our fan base, I think that's accurate. And sad. But I'd rather have that than what you have.

You could. You'd be wrong, but you could.

Not really, you're looking at it from an MSU fan's point of view. There is a group of Michigan fans who are jackasses, there is also a group of MSU fans that are jackasses.

I'm not saying we don't have those fans, I'm saying by percentage, you're fan base has much more. And since your fanbase is larger, it has considerably more by volume.

Let me explain it this way.
Most UM grads I know are alright people. Not all, but most. Let's take them out of the argument for a moment.
Is it safe to say that a very high percentage of MSU fans went to MSU? That's always been my experience. I'd also venture to say the a large percentage of non-UM grad fans did not go to college, period.

Would it also be safe to say that, on average, MSU fans are more educated and make more money than UM fans that didn't go to UM? It may not be rue in every case, I'm just saying on average.

Would it also be safe to say that as education and socio-economic conditions trend downward, the likely hood for this type of behavior increases? I'm not saying all poor UM fan's are like this, or that all well-off MSU grads aren't like this, I'm just saying that by percentage, they probably are.

If you don't disagree with what I said above, I don't see how you can argue that the Walmart portion of your fanbase has a greater percentage of morons than Spartan fans.

If you do disagree with anything I say, there might not be more use in talking, because I really don't think any of that is up for debate. This isn't a slight to anyone that likes UM and didn't go there, there is still a chance you are a good, smart, successful person.

But there is a higher percentage chance of you NOT being one than a Spartan fan. That is all.

Then why are we arguing about anything? And it's a stupid argument anyway. "Our idiots are better than your idiots!" is basically what we are arguing.

Can we let it go? This is really stupid, UM is a classy instituion and so is MSU there's no need to go down this road.

Logging off for the day...I left all of the hate back in 2011.

It becomes your own personal truth and nobody will convince you or I otherwise. For me it happened 23 years ago when I moved to the east side of Detroit. Mind you I had grown up on the west side TC area lived in mid Michigan and northern Michigan. Mom and dad from the U.P. When I was making the move my friends tell me " oh coming behind the 'blue wall'". I'm like WTF? Anyway when I get here I start getting ribbed about my college education from acquaintances who had associates degrees from macomb college. It grates on you. And here is why it's like that in the tri-county area: don canham. Guy was a genius. Marketer extrordinaire. Generations have grown up here with one winning team in the 70's and 80's. Michigan. Their three big rivals they loathe and even if you didn't go there if your parents, blue collar or not, had season tickets you felt a part of the family because canham did a hell of a job. You feel u of m is your school so you can make fun of Osu ND and MSU no matter where you went or didn't go to school. U of M is your family.

It's not like that outstate and I have lived in five counties. U of m fans out state don't have the ties or in many cases season tickets the tri county area does. They don't even realize they're obnoxiously stupid joking about degrees etc. It is the truth for many Spartans trapped behind the blue wall.