So anyone who hasn't yet gone to college or never went to college shouldn't follow college sports at all?
I understand completely. A person that cheers for a particular college, might root for the team his favorite player is on. When I was a kid, I liked Mickey Mantle and White Ford, so I rooted for the Yankees (although my main loyalties were with the Colt .45s/Astros). I live in Minnesota now. Do I have to root for the Twins/Vikings/Wolves or is it O.K. for me to be a fan of the Houston sports teams?
Do people really think about this? This actually bothers some of you? How pathetic is your life that you care why or how a person became a fan of a particular team? Another question. Did everyone who lives in greater Bryan/College Station who has ever worn maroon graduate from A&M? What about everyone in the states of Oklahoma or Nebraska? There are t-shirt fans for every school. I honestly couldn't care less who you root for. If you grew up or lived in an area for a significant portion of your life and grew to be a fan of a team from that area, good for you. If you have some other connection to a particular team, regardless of where you live, and your a fan, good for you. For the rest of you that actually think this is some sort of issue...get a life.
So let me get this straight, if Bill Gates began bragging on Princeton basketball to Bill Bradley - this would be out of line? Or it would be if he was ragging on Princeton basketball?
Nope, what is annoying is fans who think they can set the criteria for what fandom is. They just need to STFU, and worry about themselves.....being a fan is a personal choice, and there is no criteria..... Just a bunch of whining apparently about whom is a bigger or better fan... Pardon me while I YAWN at the "I am a better fan than others masterbation party" DD
It's pretty sad because it looks like it only bothers the Aggies. Being labeled a "t-shirt fan" isn't an insult to anyone.
it's hysterical how much it bothers some of you. and you probably shouldn't admit it. some of you might want to put me on ignore.
I wish my school had more t-shirt fans (perfunctory blather about it how it doesn't really matter) But I think the reason smack-talking t-shirt fans of UT bother some people is that if someone is unaffiliated with any school, choosing UT (at least nowadays) is kinda like the easy way out when it comes to cheering for a Texas school. It would be like if I got tired of the Rockets' mediocrity, started cheering for the Spurs, and ran smack in the GARM after every Spurs win/Rockets loss.
those people are called bandwagon fans. i went to all ut home games in 1997, so eff anyone who says i take the easy way out by rooting for ut.
how do your collective asses feel today after a basketball was shoved up it for 40 minutes last night?? i could take a lineup of two tx. state alums, a shsu alum and a acc dropout and manage to not foul ut 6 times in less than a minute.
A fan is not measured in how they react when a team wins, but when a team loses. Anyone can pick a team during a random game to cheer for. It gets weird when you get upset that some school in Idaho lost a game.
Learn how to read, champ. I don't like college sports. You should definitely make another thread about this in a few weeks, though.
Don't throw a hissy fit, buddy. Seems like you are now rambling incoherently into subjects that no one threw out there.
And it's that much more pathetic when someone else gives a s*** about how or why someone is a fan of a particular team.
