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(07-30-2019 02:38 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(07-30-2019 02:12 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  This has all been an interesting development. There has always been a decent sized t-shirt Michigan fan base in Greater Cincinnati. My guess is many of them became Michigan fans out of opposition to Ohio State. Starting to think that a few will find themselves in the pickle of now not rooting for either. That is a good for UC.

The moral to all of this is that it is a conflict of interest to be a UC fan and root for another school in the region. Eventually, there will be a conflict of interest. Our fans/alums/students rooting for OSU, Michigan, UK, Indiana (even casually) is the reason why we are stuck in the AAC.

I think it's all relative to when you grew up in Cincinnati. UC football was non-existent as far as TV/radio/newspaper exposure while I was growing up (40 years old). Most of us who loved sports followed national teams because you could watch them play on TV. I liked Michigan, I had a number of friends who liked Florida State. But the need to follow a national team vs. a local team died due to the expansion of media/TV exposure.

I haven't followed any other teams since I graduated UC in 2001 and never will. I'd feel weird wearing another school's gear.

The UC fan explosion really occurred during the BK era 07-09. I'd think as these kids grow up you should see a lot less split allegiances than my era.

It was so frustrating to me growing up. I went to nearly every UC game in the 90s during my grade school/middle school years (also nearly every game after). I would try to sell people on how fun going down to Nippert for UC football was. Many were UC basketball fans that adopted OSU/Michigan/Notre Dame as their football team.