Supporting a college football team that wasn't your alma mater- ex (1 Viewer)

[Tom Servo]

What channel are the Carnegie Mellon tartans on so I can watch them?

If they're playing the Grove City Wolverines they're going DOWN!Or not

 

[Christo]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

Of course they're representative. The schools are no more concerned that the average student graduate than they are the athletes graduate. If anything, they are more concerned about players dropping out than they are other students because they have money and time invested in them. Athlete or student, there is another class next year. The LSU football team's most recent Graduation Success Rate was 71%. The GSR tracks freshmen who enroll as full time students over a 6 year period. LSU's GSR for all students was 69%.

 

[MAC_32]

I grew up a Michigan fan. Will always be a Michigan fan. Whenever Bowling Green plays them though? Go Falcons

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

Of course they're representative. The schools are no more concerned that the average student graduate than they are the athletes graduate. If anything, they are more concerned about players dropping out than they are other students because they have money and time invested in them. Athlete or student, there is another class next year. The LSU football team's most recent Graduation Success Rate was 71%. The GSR tracks freshmen who enroll as full time students over a 6 year period. LSU's GSR for all students was 69%.

GSR is basically irrelevant given the classes/majors these athletes have a high tendency of taking.

And of course schools care way more about their football players than their normal students, they make the school money and bring the school bragging rights that some common student has no hope of bringing to the school.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

that's not at all your point- is it? seems like you're saying the only point of college football is to make money and entertain, and college football players will focus primarily on the football.

but that's only the football teams... take the teams away, and you've still got a massive majority of kids going to college, perhaps with a little less autumn entertainment.

A large number of these kids wouldn't even be able to get into these universities were it not for special admission programs provided for athletes by most of these schools.

 

[njherdfan]

Do people who root for teams of schools they didn't go to give money to the schools' booster clubs or athletic departments?

 

[gump]

Do people who root for teams of schools they didn't go to give money to the schools' booster clubs or athletic departments?

Of course.

 

[Christo]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

Of course they're representative. The schools are no more concerned that the average student graduate than they are the athletes graduate. If anything, they are more concerned about players dropping out than they are other students because they have money and time invested in them. Athlete or student, there is another class next year. The LSU football team's most recent Graduation Success Rate was 71%. The GSR tracks freshmen who enroll as full time students over a 6 year period. LSU's GSR for all students was 69%.

GSR is basically irrelevant given the classes/majors these athletes have a high tendency of taking.

Sure, because other students aren't taking these same courses or getting the same degrees.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

Of course they're representative. The schools are no more concerned that the average student graduate than they are the athletes graduate. If anything, they are more concerned about players dropping out than they are other students because they have money and time invested in them. Athlete or student, there is another class next year. The LSU football team's most recent Graduation Success Rate was 71%. The GSR tracks freshmen who enroll as full time students over a 6 year period. LSU's GSR for all students was 69%.

GSR is basically irrelevant given the classes/majors these athletes have a high tendency of taking.

Sure, because other students aren't taking these same courses or getting the same degrees.

At the same levels that the student athletes on football teams are? No not even close.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

that's not at all your point- is it? seems like you're saying the only point of college football is to make money and entertain, and college football players will focus primarily on the football.

but that's only the football teams... take the teams away, and you've still got a massive majority of kids going to college, perhaps with a little less autumn entertainment.

um, yes. what do you think the point is?

I don't get what the difference really is between college and pro.

You most likely root for whatever team is closest to you in either regard.

 

[Michael Brown]

I root for Notre Dame football because my father did, and he rooted because his father did, and he rooted because when he came to America from Ireland he saw Fighting Irish and that was good enough for him. Didn't cross my mind to think of ND in terms of it being an actual school when I was 9 years old. I just remembered my family all coming over and rooting for the Irish every weekend. I wasn't about to stop rooting for them just because I attended Montclair State University in NJ instead of going to South Bend.

 

[pollardsvision]

this bothers people?

Yeah, I'm not sure why anybody would give a #### about this.

 

[El Floppo]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

that's not at all your point- is it? seems like you're saying the only point of college football is to make money and entertain, and college football players will focus primarily on the football.

but that's only the football teams... take the teams away, and you've still got a massive majority of kids going to college, perhaps with a little less autumn entertainment.

um, yes. what do you think the point is?

I don't get what the difference really is between college and pro.

You most likely root for whatever team is closest to you in either regard.

the point of college? lots of things.

kibbutz took what I asked, and applied it only to college football players and programs.

 

[El Floppo]

this bothers people?

Yeah, I'm not sure why anybody would give a #### about this.

you must- or else why post?

I am interested- because I don't care about college teams and was curious why people do... especially when the college isn't their own.

 

[Christo]

Some people root for pro teams in cities they've never even lived in!

yes.

I guess to me that's different- pro teams are there for one purpose... to entertain. go ahead and pick your pro team.

colleges? kinda have other m.o.s.

No it doesn't.

only point of college is college football? explain...

Pretty much. The players aren't representative of the students at these schools, they're brought to these schools to play football and that's it; at least that's the case for 90+% of schools. It exists for entertainment for the student bodies and for the schools to make money.

Of course they're representative. The schools are no more concerned that the average student graduate than they are the athletes graduate. If anything, they are more concerned about players dropping out than they are other students because they have money and time invested in them. Athlete or student, there is another class next year. The LSU football team's most recent Graduation Success Rate was 71%. The GSR tracks freshmen who enroll as full time students over a 6 year period. LSU's GSR for all students was 69%.

GSR is basically irrelevant given the classes/majors these athletes have a high tendency of taking.

Sure, because other students aren't taking these same courses or getting the same degrees.

At the same levels that the student athletes on football teams are? No not even close.

Sure, because the majority of students at LSU are Letters majors.

 

[pollardsvision]

this bothers people?

Yeah, I'm not sure why anybody would give a #### about this.

you must- or else why post?

I am interested- because I don't care about college teams and was curious why people do... especially when the college isn't their own.

Surely, you are kidding with this whole thing.

95% of these schools you are thinking of are public institutions. From the public's perspective they are just like a pro team, except they are "owned" by the state instead of some random white dude from somewhere else. Some fans even pretend to believe in the whole student athlete thing, which makes rooting for these teams even more enjoyable for many.

This isn't very complicated.

This question makes as much sense as wondering why somebody would be a Falcons fan if they don't work at Home Depot.

Guess what Ohio State football fans never have to worry about? Seeing their favorite team move to Maryland in the middle of the night. It's more of a wonder that we care about pro teams.

And I say that as someone that cares more about pro teams (despite going to a school with many solid sports programs).

 

[beer 30]

Ask any UM fan.

Or just about anybody that grew up in Ohio. I graduated from Akron, a downtrodden D1 school at the time and went to more Ohio State games in college then I ever did Akron. It's just a thing, still root for the Zips but I've been an OSU fan since I could turn the knob on the TV.

 

[Guest]

this bothers people?

Yeah, I'm not sure why anybody would give a #### about this.

you must- or else why post?

I am interested- because I don't care about college teams and was curious why people do... especially when the college isn't their own.

So the gist is that you don't care about college football? Got it.

 

[Mjolnirs]

I've been a Gamecock fan since I was a little kid. In the early and mid 70s South Carolina basketball was on tv every week and my dad and I always watched.

I was actually accepted to USC but couldn't swing the finances.

Do people who root for teams of schools they didn't go to give money to the schools' booster clubs or athletic departments?

I joined the Gamecock Club in 1986 and have had football season tickets ever since. My son graduated from USC and my daughter spent two years there before transferring closer to home.

I think the university is ok with me being a fan.

 

[Premier]

Obviously NFL is a higher level of play but they can't come close to the atmosphere of a major college program. It's just so ridiculous how much more fun a college game is to go to. And I've been an nfl season ticket holder for 15 years.

I would go to a college game 10 times out of 10 over the nfl. Hell if they played on Sundays I would never watch the nfl again.

Edit: I have degrees from FSU and USF so I don't have a problem with any rooting interests. USF kinda really sucks now though.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

A friend of mine from high school is a huge Ohio State fan. All kinds of Facebook posts with him festooned in OSU gear. I'm quite sure he's never been to Ohio.

 

[Fennis]

UCSB Football - Undefeated since 1992

 

[Zow]

It's odd to me given how great the NFL is and I find it strange people who aren't related to a school embrace such an inferior product. But that's their choice.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I like every team.

 

[Zegras11]

UCSB Football - Undefeated since 1992

1991

Look at the 1990 coach

 

[Good Posting Judge]

UCSB Football - Undefeated since 1992

Every college should do this.

 

[FUBAR]

I grew up a Michigan fan. Will always be a Michigan fan. Whenever Bowling Green plays them though? Go Falcons

Wolverine by birth (grew up in Michigan, Dad went there for his Master's), I went to Eastern because they offered me a scholarship so when they play, I'll cheer for EMU even though that's a losing cause. Went to law school in Kansas, so the Jayhawks became my favorite team. I'll still follow and cheer for Michigan but if they play my Jayhawks, it's Rock Chalk time.

Do people who root for teams of schools they didn't go to give money to the schools' booster clubs or athletic departments?

Do people who root for teams in cities they don't live in give money to the team? Suspect the vast majority of both fans will buy gear but nothing else.

Ask any UM fan.

Or just about anybody that grew up in Ohio. I graduated from Akron, a downtrodden D1 school at the time and went to more Ohio State games in college then I ever did Akron. It's just a thing, still root for the Zips but I've been an OSU fan since I could turn the knob on the TV.

Why did Q single out Michigan? This is true for ND, Michigan, Bama, Auburn, USC, Texas, Miami, UNC basketball, Kansas basketball... pretty much every major college team.

 

[Slapdash]

It's odd to me given how great the NFL is and I find it strange people who aren't related to a school embrace such an inferior product. But that's their choice.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I think most college FB fandom is regional (eg LSU & Louisiana) and cultural (UT vs A&M, Auburn vs Bama).

 

[hagmania]

Kentucky doesn't have much else going for it, so being a basketball powerhouse forever and ever wraps you up in the Big Blue mystique from birth.

But I root for Vandy every time they play UK. I don't care if it were in the tourney and UK were odds on favorites to win it all, I'm cheering for the 'Dores.

Football season I cheer for both equally and am completely indifferent as to the outcome of head to head matchups, unless a bowl game is on the line for Vandy or I am attending said game, in which case I wear black and gold.

 

[Tom Servo]

I root for Notre Dame football because my father did, and he rooted because his father did, and he rooted because when he came to America from Ireland he saw Fighting Irish and that was good enough for him. Didn't cross my mind to think of ND in terms of it being an actual school when I was 9 years old. I just remembered my family all coming over and rooting for the Irish every weekend. I wasn't about to stop rooting for them just because I attended Montclair State University in NJ instead of going to South Bend.

But you also root for the Yankees so just go ahead and order your Cowboys and Lakers jackets already.

 

[Keerock]

Colledge.

My college resume had the word Uneversity in it True story. Obviously, I graduated before spell check.

 

[Henry Ford]

I know college football is huge- but I"ve never really understood actively supporting a college team that you didn't attend.

My own college team set the record for consecutive Div 1 losses while I attended- hard to get behind, but I do. I guess in the absence of games that interest me, I'll root for my brother's college a bit, especially if they're in the mix for BCS or championships, but don't go out of my way to do so and don't care about them one way or the other.

But the idea of caring about a college team that has nothing to do with my life... I don't get it.

Is it for people who lived near a major football school and had nothing else to cheer for?

Some people grow up fans of a school - especially in the south. If you grew up in Louisiana, you're expected to pull for LSU unless you went to Tulane or Ooh La La. Really, even then. I'm sure Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi are the same way.

 

[Slapdash]

Kentucky doesn't have much else going for it, so being a basketball powerhouse forever and ever wraps you up in the Big Blue mystique from birth.

But I root for Vandy every time they play UK. I don't care if it were in the tourney and UK were odds on favorites to win it all, I'm cheering for the 'Dores.

Football season I cheer for both equally and am completely indifferent as to the outcome of head to head matchups, unless a bowl game is on the line for Vandy or I am attending said game, in which case I wear black and gold.

I'm less confused by your posts now.

 

[shader]

Quite often, people begin watching college football before they attend college. HTH

 

[joffer]

I was a big College Football fan before I went to college. I rooted for the school where my father went, my uncle went, and my older brother went. My college choice wasn't based on my allegiance to a football program, and just getting a degree wasn't going to erase 10 years of being a diehard fan.

 

[Tom Servo]

I was a big College Football fan before I went to college. I rooted for the school where my father went, my uncle went, and my older brother went. My college choice wasn't based on my allegiance to a football program, and just getting a degree wasn't going to erase 10 years of being a diehard fan.

I was rooting for Penn State long before I went to college. In fact, my three schools (for engineering) I was deciding between were Penn State, Pitt, and Grove City. My dad was because he thought Pitt and Penn State were in the mix because they had good football teams. I decided to stay close to home and go to Grove City. I ended up liking the D3 atmosphere more than I thought I would.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Also have a cousin that's a huge U of I(llinois) fan.

'it's our state's team!'



So is SIU, NIU, EIU, ISU, etc... why not root for them too?

Our Illinois State Redbirds are having a fantastic season imo

 

[Jayded]

I grew up Irish Catholic and had family ties to Notre Dame. Plus they were on TV a lot even prior to the NBC deal.

I go opposite to the tradition in that the local fans made me dislike the local team more. I generally hope they win so my work/home life isn't miserable but when they play ND I want the Irish to decimate them.

My university was IAA when I attended but is now D1. I'd root for a good game and be happy either way presuming they would ever play ND (unlikely).

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I like every team.

Congrats on the big win this weekend.

Also, sorry about that tough loss.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Kentucky doesn't have much else going for it, so being a basketball powerhouse forever and ever wraps you up in the Big Blue mystique from birth.

But I root for Vandy every time they play UK. I don't care if it were in the tourney and UK were odds on favorites to win it all, I'm cheering for the 'Dores.

And you have Kevin Stallings, who is impossible to root against.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I root for Notre Dame football because my father did, and he rooted because his father did, and he rooted because when he came to America from Ireland he saw Fighting Irish and that was good enough for him. Didn't cross my mind to think of ND in terms of it being an actual school when I was 9 years old. I just remembered my family all coming over and rooting for the Irish every weekend. I wasn't about to stop rooting for them just because I attended Montclair State University in NJ instead of going to South Bend.

Who do you root for when Montclair........oh never mind.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Are you not allowed to become a fan of a college team until after you are accepted to that school? College football is only for 18 and older. Sorry, kiddo. You can't root for the school your family has attended. You can only root for the school you go to.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Many of the best college football fans did not go to the schools in question. Most of the crazy OU fans did not go there, same for many other places I've visited like Michigan, Penn State, and Texas Tech.

I'm a Michigan fan, will always be a Michigan fan, and I never went to school there. I did grow up there though and they were my only team until my late 20s. I probably like OU more because I did go there, but it's not a huge difference. I also went to Maryland, and I don't really follow any of their sports teams (and that's my local school now as well).

if OU plays Michigan, whom do you root for?

They only played in the NCAA hoops tourney and I rooted for OU because they had the better chance to advance beyond that game. They are going to play in football in a few years, not sure what I'll do.

Explode, prolly.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

A friend of mine from high school is a huge Ohio State fan. All kinds of Facebook posts with him festooned in OSU gear. I'm quite sure he's never been to Ohio.

Is it Guster?

 

[Peyton Marino]

I was a big College Football fan before I went to college. I rooted for the school where my father went, my uncle went, and my older brother went. My college choice wasn't based on my allegiance to a football program, and just getting a degree wasn't going to erase 10 years of being a diehard fan.

In contrast to this, I grew up in Cincy and was always a UC fan. I ended up going to OSU and pretty much stopped rooting for UC when I got there.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Are you not allowed to become a fan of a college team until after you are accepted to that school? College football is only for 18 and older. Sorry, kiddo. You can't root for the school your family has attended. You can only root for the school you go to.

This should go for pro teams also. Unless you have worked for one of the 32 NFL teams you should not be allowed to root for that team.

 

[Keerock]

Are you not allowed to become a fan of a college team until after you are accepted to that school? College football is only for 18 and older. Sorry, kiddo. You can't root for the school your family has attended. You can only root for the school you go to.

This should go for pro teams also. Unless you have played worked for one of the 32 NFL teams you should not be allowed to root for that team.

FYP

 

[Fennis]

UCSB Football - Undefeated since 1992

1991

Look at the 1990 coach

I remember that.

Gauchos last QB was this guy

 

[ZenMaster]

My school didn't have a football team. I grew up in Ohio watching Ohio St. football/basketball on TV so I root for them. Going to my first OSU/Michigan game in two weeks!