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'sidewalk alum' debate
http://www.al.com/sec-cocktail/2015/09/c...river_home

Pretty good recording. It does touch on the fan who graduated vs non-alumnus fan.
the author is Alex McDaniel, @AlexMcDaniel on twitter, am al.com writer
09-30-2015 06:40 AM
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RE: 'sidewalk alum' debate
I can understand being a fan if you never went to college or went to a smaller school or somewhere without football. What chaps my ass is folks who graduate from one school but root for another, and I'm not just talking about UAB alumni rooting for AU or UAT. I have an uncle who was raised 5 miles from Auburn, went to Auburn, but it a bammer. I call out all my friends who went to UAB but post facebook pictures of themselves in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, asking them when they're going to support their alma mater.

Support the school you paid money to first.
09-30-2015 08:25 AM
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RE: 'sidewalk alum' debate
(09-30-2015 08:25 AM)dfarr Wrote:  I can understand being a fan if you never went to college or went to a smaller school or somewhere without football. What chaps my ass is folks who graduate from one school but root for another, and I'm not just talking about UAB alumni rooting for AU or UAT. I have an uncle who was raised 5 miles from Auburn, went to Auburn, but it a bammer. I call out all my friends who went to UAB but post facebook pictures of themselves in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, asking them when they're going to support their alma mater.

Support the school you paid money to first.

You hit the nail on the head.
09-30-2015 08:28 AM
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(09-30-2015 08:25 AM)dfarr Wrote:  I can understand being a fan if you never went to college or went to a smaller school or somewhere without football. What chaps my ass is folks who graduate from one school but root for another, and I'm not just talking about UAB alumni rooting for AU or UAT. I have an uncle who was raised 5 miles from Auburn, went to Auburn, but it a bammer. I call out all my friends who went to UAB but post facebook pictures of themselves in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, asking them when they're going to support their alma mater.

Support the school you paid money to first.

When I get asked why I'm a UAB football fan, my answer is short and succinct, "I put my mouth where my money is."

Hell, I don't care who anybody pulls for, frankly. I just wish slackjaws would stop begrudging me mine.
09-30-2015 09:05 AM
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RE: 'sidewalk alum' debate
(09-30-2015 08:25 AM)dfarr Wrote:  I can understand being a fan if you never went to college or went to a smaller school or somewhere without football. What chaps my ass is folks who graduate from one school but root for another, and I'm not just talking about UAB alumni rooting for AU or UAT. I have an uncle who was raised 5 miles from Auburn, went to Auburn, but it a bammer. I call out all my friends who went to UAB but post facebook pictures of themselves in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, asking them when they're going to support their alma mater.

Support the school you paid money to first.

Exactly!
09-30-2015 09:20 AM
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RE: 'sidewalk alum' debate
(09-30-2015 09:05 AM)Smaug Wrote:  
(09-30-2015 08:25 AM)dfarr Wrote:  I can understand being a fan if you never went to college or went to a smaller school or somewhere without football. What chaps my ass is folks who graduate from one school but root for another, and I'm not just talking about UAB alumni rooting for AU or UAT. I have an uncle who was raised 5 miles from Auburn, went to Auburn, but it a bammer. I call out all my friends who went to UAB but post facebook pictures of themselves in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, asking them when they're going to support their alma mater.

Support the school you paid money to first.

When I get asked why I'm a UAB football fan, my answer is short and succinct, "I put my mouth where my money is."

Hell, I don't care who anybody pulls for, frankly. I just wish slackjaws would stop begrudging me mine.
My standard answer is "I choose to support the institution of higher learning that has actually had a positive impact on my life"
09-30-2015 09:24 AM
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(09-30-2015 09:24 AM)LairDweller Wrote:  
(09-30-2015 09:05 AM)Smaug Wrote:  
(09-30-2015 08:25 AM)dfarr Wrote:  I can understand being a fan if you never went to college or went to a smaller school or somewhere without football. What chaps my ass is folks who graduate from one school but root for another, and I'm not just talking about UAB alumni rooting for AU or UAT. I have an uncle who was raised 5 miles from Auburn, went to Auburn, but it a bammer. I call out all my friends who went to UAB but post facebook pictures of themselves in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, asking them when they're going to support their alma mater.

Support the school you paid money to first.

When I get asked why I'm a UAB football fan, my answer is short and succinct, "I put my mouth where my money is."

Hell, I don't care who anybody pulls for, frankly. I just wish slackjaws would stop begrudging me mine.
My standard answer is "I choose to support the institution of higher learning that has actually had a positive impact on my life"

Spot on.
09-30-2015 09:35 AM
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RE: 'sidewalk alum' debate
Mine was more succinct. 03-lol
09-30-2015 09:39 AM
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09-30-2015 10:11 AM
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(09-30-2015 09:39 AM)Smaug Wrote:  Mine was more succinct. 03-lol

Touché
09-30-2015 10:13 AM
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