OSU fans are inhumane and stupid...
by miles on Jan 5, 2009 11:13 PM CST
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There is nothing worse than an Ohio State fan. I go to Ohio University, and everyone seems to be Ohio State fans... This pisses me off like no other. If you like OSU that much, then go to the state school. Its not that hard.
So anyway, ofcourse I was going to go watch the game at Buffolo Wild Wings to watch it with all the OSU fans. I went with a few friends of whom were rooting for Ohio State. I was THE ONLY Texas fan in this huge room of about 300 people watching the game.
Texas starts off the game pretty slow which shuts me up the first half. When Texas starts getting rolling along I start clapping and such and a bunch of people start glaring at me. This is a free country , right? I think I am aloud to root for my team.
So this starts getting personal. The one thing good I can say is some of those girls looked really hot in those Ohio State jersey's but thats all.
When Ohio State scores with 2 minutes to go, this one guy that was staring me down the entire time acts like he is at his wedding and flings his girlfriend or wife around like its the happiest day of his life... I laugh....
Long story short I was pissed. But I knew Colt had it in him to come back. As he marches down the field, I see the OSU fans get quieter and quieter as I get louder and louder.
Texas scores, I go crazy which didn't go over very well with everyone there. This one skate board punk comes over to me and says... "If OSU loses and you are still there after these 16 seconds on the clock, I'm going to beat the shit out of you". I said good, I'm staying to watch the award ceremony. He walks back and watches as the clock runs out...
I hold the hook em horns up high...
I stand at the front door and scream at the TOP of my lungs "FUCK OSU!"
Everyone gets quiet as I walk off.
You think they will mess with me? Nobody messes with me
Check the status
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Miles = Bad Ass
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 5, 2009 11:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I believe this is the first Miles post I've rec'd
Because it made me LOL.
And his description of OSU fans reminded me of my feelings about Iowa Hawkeye fans. :-P
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." -Bob Feller
by baseballismyboyfriend on Jan 5, 2009 11:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You rec'd it...
ironically though, right?
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 5, 2009 11:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes...
…because it made me laugh. I needed that.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." -Bob Feller
by baseballismyboyfriend on Jan 5, 2009 11:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think you might like miles
cause he sorta turns you on
by cowpoke on Jan 6, 2009 12:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think you sort of
love Miles.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 12:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO
Who knows whether this actually happened or not, but this time I’ve gotta give it up. Nicely done Miles.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 5, 2009 11:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
my favorite is Miles description of Ohio U students being OSU fans.
greatness.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well to be honest
They couldn’t get into OSU, so they had to settle….
"But with Tom Hicks squeezing his checkbook tighter than Tony Romo's grip on Jessica Simpson"- Jim Reeves on why Cruz will be the clean-up hitter in '09
by red3biggs on Jan 7, 2009 8:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I knew
a guy that was in summer school with me and had a 1.9 GPA after this quarter and transfered to OSU.
OSU is a state school, not hard to get into.
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 7, 2009 8:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And yet you
still didnt get in…
Explains the bitterness in your voice
"But with Tom Hicks squeezing his checkbook tighter than Tony Romo's grip on Jessica Simpson"- Jim Reeves on why Cruz will be the clean-up hitter in '09
by red3biggs on Jan 7, 2009 8:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Huh????
I never applied to Ohio State.
I’m from Dallas.
The reason I went to Ohio U was for Sport Management program which Ohio State doesn’t even have.
It was either Ohio U or Texas A&M, never Ohio State.
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 7, 2009 8:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec'd
Screw off OSU.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 5, 2009 11:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ugh...
another Miles wreckfest.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Jan 5, 2009 11:44 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I thought this one was pretty good, actually
Perfectly timed, and perfectly laced with the “status” schtick. There’s something to be said for Miles actually seizing a moment instead of trying to create one this time.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 5, 2009 11:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The worst people in the world
Are the idiots who go around slamming other teams’ fans. Get a life, people are just having a good time and you’re hollering out at some drunk dumbass like he’s representative of an entire huge group of people. Either grow a pair and beat the shit out of the guy that threatens you, or learn to not go crying to the fucking internet when life isn’t a water slide into a pool of sunshine and happiness.
by TheRubberDucky on Jan 5, 2009 11:48 PM CST reply actions 5 recs
count me in as worst people
cause I like to slam the stinking M’s and raise hell with Angels and bash the A’s. I like to talk shit and trash the M’s, A’s and Angels
by cowpoke on Jan 6, 2009 12:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What ammo do you have when you trash talk?
We are one of the worst franchises in sports history.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 12:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
a good shit talker doesn't need ammo
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 12:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Give me one line...
Gdawg1: You suck
Angels Fan: But we’ve won a World Series.
Gdawg1: But…but…damnit.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 12:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That was ages ago
Who cares about what happened back then. How many WS did you win since Jon Daniels took over?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 1:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Gdawg: I’m gonna fight you, Angel Fan.
[Angels Fan hits Gdawg in the face]
Angels Fan: You never say, “I’m gonna fight you, Gdawg.” You just smile and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him.
Gdawg: You fight your way, and I’ll fight mine.
Angels Fan: Oh, listen, Gdawg. Don’t you try to…
[Gdawg hits Angels Fan in the face]
Angels Fan: I think your 1996 AL West Champions ring might’ve caught me on the lip.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 6:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome. Love the reference.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Jan 6, 2009 7:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
was the first thing i thought of
great movie
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 7:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you really don't hear
too much smack from fans of the LA Clippers.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 12:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, I don't think the Clippers have any fans
Everyone out here is la la for the Lakers.
Have I ever mentioned my hatred of the Lakers?
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 12:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You are in LA?
Where about?
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 12:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Orange County, actually
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 1:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Terribly Sorry
Most boring place on planet Earth.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bet you didn't know that the LA Clippers have also
been under .500 for 8 of the last 9 years.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 12:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i agree with this statement
Get a life, people are just having a good time and you’re hollering out at some drunk dumbass like he’s representative of an entire huge group of people
unless its an aggie.
…or a sooner lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 6:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There are two things I cant stand
People who dont tolerate other cultures and the Dutch.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 6:48 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 6:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is a loaded thread
and one that I’m happy to plunge into, but this is a fairly epic comment. Certainly worthy of the greenness that comes with three recs.
Either grow a pair and beat the shit out of the guy that threatens you, or learn to not go crying to the fucking internet when life isn’t a water slide into a pool of sunshine and happiness.
Perfect. Enough with the talk, Miles. Write home when you drop somebody — then we’ll be mildly impressed.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Texas starts off the game pretty slow which shuts me up the first half. When Texas starts getting rolling along I start clapping and such and a bunch of people start glaring at me. This is a free country , right? I think I am aloud to root for my team.
According to your profile, the Ohio Bobcats are your NCAAF team.
by Topgun22 on Jan 5, 2009 11:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand "inhumane"
Don’t get me wrong, I was excited for Texas to win. Not because I like the Longhorns (I don’t really), but I don’t want OSU winning anything.
by JBImaknee on Jan 5, 2009 11:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I have an ex who loves OSU for no real reason.
She didn’t go there, doesn’t know anyone that goes there, and I don’t think she’s even been to Ohio. She also went out of her way to be as much of a bitch as possible when she dumped me. This was just a week or two before Florida kicked the crap out of OSU for the national title a couple of years ago, so I thoroughly enjoyed it (plus my grandfather went to Florida).
Also, OSU is constantly overrated and usually wilts badly when it faces the best of other conferences. I was glad when OSU lost to USC early this year, because it meant OSU wouldn’t get into the national title game, meaning there was a shot at an actual competitive game. As it is now, the SEC has to pay property taxes on the Buckeyes.
by Inkara1 on Jan 6, 2009 1:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Everybody who believes this, raise your hand
Dreaming of 2009
by RangerMoto on Jan 6, 2009 12:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'll raise my hand to 2011
that dreaming of 2009 is not even a dream anymore. Change that dreaming to 2011
by cowpoke on Jan 6, 2009 1:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't raise my hand...
…I’m too busy making a dismissive wanking motion.
There’s no way this happened.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Jan 6, 2009 2:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinking everything up to the point of the skater-dude threatening him might've actually happened
And that Miles wrote this this with a black eye and two peices of cottonball shoved up his nose.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 3:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Swear to God
all of this happened, I wouldn’t make this up for no reason.
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 6, 2009 6:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You have nothing to be proud of
I assure you.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Miles
do you tell us about the stories where somebody actually does attack you? Because let’s be honest – if you haven’t already, you’re going to get mauled. It happens to the best of us
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 6, 2009 2:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
yep
Ive seen pictures of Miles. No way is he the only Longhorn fan in a place full of Buckeye and does what he says he did. Either that or his sister got on his LSB account and wrote how exactly he died. maybe I should go check the Ohio newspapers.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
by bigsteve on Jan 6, 2009 9:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
one doesn’t dissect miles…
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
by Longhorn on Jan 6, 2009 9:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"If you like OSU that much, then go to the state school."
If you like UT that much, go there instead of Ohio.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 6:09 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Nothing
better than 8 am class every single sucking morning in 20 degree weather…..
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 6, 2009 6:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
fucking*
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 6, 2009 6:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yea i had an 8 AM class my first semester of college
quickly learned that thats really early + i like sleeping in
never had another
luckily most of my courses were offered in the afternoon and on m/w or t/th – had no friday classes 3 of my last 4 semesters…was SWEET….
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 6:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, my favorite schedule was the
3 Tu/Th classes, Monday night class, and Wednesday night class combo.
The best was when the monday night class was a real easy class where you didn’t need to show up every week (MNF in the fall!).
Tuesdays and Thursdays sure sucked, but it was like I wasn’t even in college on the other days (from the studies’ perspective).
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 6:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
First semester of my freshman year of college...
There’s an English class everyone has to take and I originally wanted to sign up for it for the 11 a.m. slot. That was full. So was the 10 a.m. class. So was the 9 a.m. class. I ended up having to sign up for the 8 a.m. class. Thing is, I got into my first choices for all my other classes… so I had English at 8 a.m. and my next class wasn’t until 1 p.m. I quickly got in the habit of taking a nap after English got out at 9.
by Inkara1 on Jan 6, 2009 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I did take a marketing management course in summer school
one semester and it started at 7am. All of us had afternoon jobs so we took morning classes. This was before I started drinking coffee but I always had two Dr.Peppers before going to class.
I wanna say it was Monday – Thursday 7-9am for 6 weeks because I do remember we would always go out and get hammered on Thursdays. I had some 2 hour math class after the marketing class. Well worth it because it was over very quickly and summers in Lubbock are much nicer than summers in DFW (sleep with the windows open in Lubbock!!).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
window open?
could u smell herford?
by jacksastud on Jan 6, 2009 12:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sharky,
shut the fuck up.
Sadly, I am not making this up.
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 6, 2009 9:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
id love to see a scrum between miles and sharky
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
Prize fight of the century.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is the biggest news of the offseason
Sad.
by cstorm15 on Jan 6, 2009 7:49 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
it must have been true
because if he had made it up, he would have gone home with three hot OSU girls.
by mo on Jan 6, 2009 8:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ohhhh man...
….more UT fans who don’t go there. Sigh.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:00 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
college teams
i grew up being told you pick a college team from your state to root for. i pulled for the horns before i was close to college age, just because i didnt go there means i have to stop rooting for them?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No
You pick the college team where you went to college.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that makes no sense
you stop rooting for a team you have your whole life just because you went to a different school.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
You do. If you want to keep rooting for that school you have been a fan of forever, then go to that school. Otherwise, cheer for the school you actually attended.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah you make no sense
what if i couldnt afford to go to that school? so i had to go to a cheap local school?
elitist douche bags arent going to dictate that i cant cheer for a team
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Very very very
few schools are as big of a bargain as UT. You want to cheer for UT, go to UT. Otherwise, just stop whining.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
UT cost more than 2x the amount of where i went, so thats not a huge bargain.
how about you stop being a giant dick
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I totally understand cost reasoning for going somewhere.
But seriously, UT is not cost prohibitive. And what is the problem with cheering for your own school? Why not have them #1 for your own self? Makes no be a diehard for a school you did not attend.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just to jump in the convo...
I went to a school to play baseball. This school did and does not have a football team. Does that mean Im not allowed to root for any college football teams at all?
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:54 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I know
that….and so was my response :-)
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 9:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
My parents went to Lamar Universtiy in Beaumont (no football). They sort of vaguely cheer for everyone, it seems.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
after all that ranting....
… this comes out.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just crucial trivia, I tell you.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But they are diehard for nobody.
They sort of care about A&M, considering their two children went there. Are they dressing up in A&M stuff, though? Not a chance. When I say they vaguely cheer for everyone, what I mean is they like college football and like watching good stuff. They could care less who won.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Dangit
that sucks. That is what i get for being a college athlete and picking the school that was the best for me athletically and academically. Crap!!!!
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 9:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Making the right decision
Has its cost, too.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
a couple good one liners from ya today, brett.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
same here
went to my school not because i liked the schools sports programs, but because it was the best fit for me academically.
man, i must be a dumbass…
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what if you didnt go to college
cant root for any college team?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure
But it doesn’t make it more acceptable than the UT bandwagon fans. It should be a casual rooting interest, not the sort of “paint your living room burnt orange with UT lamps and blankets everywhere” diehard fandom.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
see now i understand the diehard thing, i’m not going to go through all that crap or buy a burnt orange car, i see no need to.
i guess it depends on how you define casual an die hard.
for me, i like ut always have so im not a “bandwagoner”. i own a tshirt and sweatshirt but thats about the extent of my ut fandom merch.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
This all got started because Miles is attending an OSU-UT game and tells all the OSU fans to go eff themselves at the end. If Miles simply hates the OSU people and wanted to yell at them, ok. It seems it was more motivated by UT winning than hatred of OSU fans.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand where you're coming from
but nothing seems more douchy to me than someone who tells others who they can root for or how much of a fan they can be of a certain team.
I am a fan of TCU, for instance, but have never attended a class there in my entire life. I do however attend most of their home games and have many friends who have attended TCU. According to your logic I should have put all of my financial interests aside, put myself in deep debt, so I could be a “true fan”.
by jcir454 on Jan 6, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It is not I that make the rules.
And I certainly am not instructing anyone where to go to school or which school is more acceptable. I am simply relaying the cheering rules.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
which you made up
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I made up what?
The rules? I most certainly did not make these rules up. Just because you have ignored them does not mean they never existed until I responded to a post by Miles in January of 2009.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
cant ignore what ive never heard
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
no, i dont
because you are still full of it
but its cool because the great thing about america is i don’t have to follow anyone’s arbitrary rules about things like this
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No, you absolutely don't have to follow these rules.
You can continue to be among the millions of irritating idiot UT Superfans who did not go to school there. Congratulations.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You're both being silly
Neither of you should take things so seriously.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
x
There’s too many of them and they are simply too annoying to not be serious business. SER-I-OUS.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
congratulations
on being a flaming elitist douche
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 12:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok
I’m still not sure you understand what elitist means.
If I were to tell you, say, that your college is inferior to college X or Y, that would be elitist.
To expect you to cheer for your own school is not elitist.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you are acting like your view is more important than the view of others.
adjective
Characteristic of or resembling a snob:
noun
One who despises people or things regarded as inferior, especially because of social or intellectual pretension:
seems to fit.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 12:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok dude
There would be no opinions period if one did not think a subjective viewpoint was better than other viewpoints.
How is saying that fake UT fans are annoying snobby?
Third, I keep telling you that your school, UT, TCU, A&M, whatever school is fine. It’s great that people choose their universities. In fact, it’s so great, that those people should really get into it and support their own school. Please explain how that regards any university as inferior or is intellectually pretentious?
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
im done with this, i just think you are having a rather snobbish attitude about the whole thing.
who gives a crap what school someone cheers for?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you are being obnoxious and insensitive here
starting with the idea that nobody could possibly not afford UT.
even if you are making a joke, it is in poor taste.
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
by ab03 on Jan 7, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair
I paid my way through UT working as a courier. No loans, no parental support. It can be done. When you factor in the value of a degree from UT versus the cost, then it’s very affordable. Now, whether everyone can get accepted to UT is another matter.
I think one of the things that makes college sports unique is that we can’t change allegiances. I’ve got a piece of paper on my wall that says what team I root for, and there’s no changing that. It’s a perfect mechanism to eliminate bandwagon fans.
And not all non-alumn fans are bandwagoners. But enough of them are for it to be annoying.
by cstorm15 on Jan 7, 2009 5:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You are an Aggie
I don’t think I need to say anything more.
by robert_d_wilfong on Jan 6, 2009 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not Elitist
But stupid.
What about those who went to UNT? You expect them to root for UNT football???
All that program did for me was cost me more money.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think privileged is a better word.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Jan 6, 2009 12:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that's what I did (TCU)
suck it up and go all out!
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 11:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's okay
I’ll just continue being a casual fan with or without FuturePants’ permission, unless the company I work for wants to pay for my grad school costs.
by jcir454 on Jan 6, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So you have
to pay that school tuition every year to be a fan of them?
Bullshit.
"Being elite is not something that you acquire, it is something that becomes of you and your status" - Miles
by miles on Jan 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How about...
….attend at least one semester there? Start there!
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i got drunk there several times over a semester thats as close as i get, so im not cool enough
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously you don't have to be cool at all to go to UT.
Zing!
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I get
From past conversations that you went to SMU law, but are you a UT’er?
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No
Actually went to A&M undergrad. What’s funny about this conversation is there are zero non A&M alumni A&M fans. =/
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
Start winning and that’ll change.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
because A&M sucks!
:P
the aggies are the one team in sports i think i have despised my entire life.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
go to east texas
there are plenty of non-college attending aTm fans
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm an A&M fan--always have been
But I went to undergrad at Ole Miss because they had a much better English program…and Faulkner lived there…and Barry Hannah teaches there. Well worth it.
I’m not ashamed to say I root hard for both colleges’ sports teams. They’re in different conferences and never play each other so it’s not like rooting for two MLB teams or anything.
by naropean on Jan 6, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yup i think a lot of people fit that category
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
At least Ole Miss can beat Tech
so you got that going for you
by BEW on Jan 7, 2009 7:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure there are
I go to a school that will never compete in anything related to athletics (UNT). My brother is an Agg so that’s who I root for. Why not? Am I as hardcore about it as he is? No, not at all. My general rule is I go for any college that has “Texas” in its title.
Is that against the rules since I never attended A&M?
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Jan 6, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dont sell UNT short.
maybe not in the next 5 years or whatever, but DFW has way too much talent to not make vast improvements over time.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Once the new stadium is built
Should help a lot in recruiting
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Jan 6, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Spoken like
a true Ranger fan…
by Anonymous New Guy on Jan 6, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
DFW has always had a lot of talent
Yet, UNT has always sucked. Go figure.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Otherwise, cheer for the school you actually attended.
what if the school you attend is gawd aweful, even at the D-3 Level and therefore you dont want to have any association with that football team/program?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
because sports matter more !
screw academics
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 10:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That was a joke.
But I still believe your team should be #1, no matter how bad they are.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thats foolish
when i was in college, the only thing we were good at was punting…well we had a really good punter (had a couple of NFL tryouts – was d-3 all american a couple of times, i think he punted in the double digits vs trinity one year)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is true.
always support you team. they will suck. its inevitable. if they suck when you go there, act like the colorado students. plowed and could care less by halftime.
Im a UT alum and just by pure accident ended up in Boulder on a work trip one weekend. Turns out Texas is playing Colorado that weekend. I had been working so much i forgot. So we go to the game and i was giving a couple friends hell b/c they were CU fans. we get there and the joint is packed. tons of hot chicks all with CU stuff on getting wasted etc. (aside: the reason you goto your games no matter how shitty the team is: HOT CHICKS who have been forced to go for some organizational purpose and wanna get wasted later. its like a corral, y’all). This was the typical CU fan. hot. female. drunk by halftime. didnt care texas was up by 21.
best line i heard:
“you guys arent that good, your only beating us by 21 at haftime, and we suck!”
anyway, if your just into the game for the score, your missing a lot and these shitty school may suck b/c people dont go, if you and all your buddies went then that would help fund the football team which would help fund cadillacs, which will bring you a decent football team. ask aTm, it works.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 1:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Cheating set the groundwork for an impressive 15 year run by the Aggies. Those were the days.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling I know the answer to this question but...
What if your school doesn’t have a football team? Are you allowed to root for another team? If so, are there any parameters to picking said team such as shortest distance?
by Slaw on Jan 7, 2009 12:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yes sir
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thats what I thought
…yeah us D-3 guys should at least have a choice of d-1 teams provided we arent bandwagon guys of course.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 10:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
exacly
hell i should get an exemption for my middle name (its texas) lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Man,
this means I have to root for either Northwestern State (D I-AA in football) or
THE University of North Texas?
Dodge-ball is coming around….rolling with THE University of North Texas…..
Freddie King rules faces.
by Ryin A on Jan 6, 2009 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, stick with UNT.
When they get good, you can be happy. If A&M ever goes to a bowl again, I’ll be happy. Until then, I will just have to watch other teams every December and January, but not wear their university’s clothes and cheer for them.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i actually feel sorry for aTm these days
houston is right around the corner, how can you not be awesome? TCU is pretty much a better all around program than ATM now? thats nuts.
we’re talking about a school that was passed over for the big 12 for baylor and atm and iowa state etc.
stuff changes though, ATM will get good again. the big 12 isnt good for them though, it made texas biggest rival OU a conference game. It took away from Texas biggest conference rival. If that game wasnt on thanksgiving it would just be UT playing tech or sumpn. no biggie. ATM screwed up when they hired the former packers coach, texans arent gonna be drawn to that. once they fire him and hire a patterson type or like baylor did, some1 with deep recruiting roots in texas, theyll be fine.
till then, it sucks to be an aggie.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
well, you can be fans of both
You’re a fan of the team you grew up watching and then you’re a fan of the team where you go/went to school…
I was like that, i grew up watching Notre Dame Football, but i went to the University of Texas.
Nothing wrong with that…
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
by Longhorn on Jan 6, 2009 9:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No
You are first and foremost a fan of the team where you went to school. If you went to grad school, you are a secondary fan of that school. Any other college teams that you are a fan of can be, at the very most, extremely casual.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Grad School?
No way. As a grad student (or law student, or medical student) you aren’t really part of the campus “life”. Its like having a job at the University – its nice to see them win, but you don’t really find yourself scheduling around their games.
I don’t agree with your rules about having to go to a school to cheer for them, but if you say that, then you have to eliminate grad school affiliations as well.
The exception is if you go to undergrad at a place with no team and grad school with a team. I’ve seen those people get into their grad school teams.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Totally
My real interest will never be, and can never be with my grad school. You aren’t in college there; you are pursuing some kind of specific profession. You aren’t rooted in the whole atmosphere or anything. That said, I can cheer for SMU, I can be happy when they win….I just couldn’t cheer for SMU over A&M or something, no matter how bad A&M got (or will get, sniffle).
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Can you admit your douchiness in this thread, though?
I, for one, do not qualify to be a UT fan under your guidelines.
However, I woke up in the morning as a young child, flipped the TV on, and watched Major Applewhite and Ricky Williams. I haven’t stopped following them since, without ever attending the school. My brother went there, my best friend goes there, I"ll likely be going there for grad school, so just let me know at what point I will qualify.
Oh, does flying to California without hotel, car, money or get this (GAME TICKET) — and sneaking into the stadium to watch USC get VY’d — qualify me?
I’m trying, dude. Let me be.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You can be whatever you want.
Just don’t expect me to not be irritated when I go to breakfast and see 30 people wearing UT sweatshirts and hats and such, knowing full well that 90% of them did not and have never attended UT. That’s not douchy. The only douchy activities are the people that go nuts for UT wins when they have never gone there.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think
i can agree with this statement, people wont listen to alot of what you are saying, but it still is very irritating when this is what happens. I grew up a huge UT fan, then i went to A&M and they have not been very good since i went to A&M while UT has won a NT, but I still have to root for A&M and my heart as a college fan belongs there. I personally think if you went to any other D1 college Football school you should be rooting for that team and only casually rooting for others.
And from a personal standpoint i hate when i see people who went to Baylor, TCU or somewhere like that rooting for UT or OU as if they went to school there. It just really bothers me.
by blalock84 on Jan 7, 2009 6:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Im screwed!!
Undergrad and grad school at the same school and then law school at SMU. And im certainly not rooting for SMU’s team. I dont get care if they get good or not! haha
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 10:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
grad school for what?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Im getting
my MBA and MS concurrently in accounting. Then on to SMU for their night law school program and specialize in securities and finance.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dang, nice
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man
….am I glad there are people like you. Because that means people like me don’t have to learn that area of law, which I frankly find frightening.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
You know the frightening for me? I like school now. Im looking forward to the grad school semester starting up again ha. I also realize that I have a while to go.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There are too many lawyer-Rangers fans.
by cstorm15 on Jan 6, 2009 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think there are enough
There should be enough lawyers so that every household in America could have one living with them, kind of like a butler.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
grad school?
but what if you, for example, go to texas for undergrad but then georgetown law for grad school, its not even a part of the main georgetown campus…
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I have a friend that attended Northwestern Law. It’s by the lake downtown and not up in Edmonton(?) way north, like the undergrad campus. The best way I can describe his interest in Northwestern’s great season they just had was a sort of mild amusement. His love begins and ends with CU.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ohhh man
more elitist opinions from you. First music, now which teams people can root for. Glad you are here to set us straight.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 9:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No
He’s right. It’s weird to be a diehard fan of a random college team.
Having a rooting interest is fine, but people who don’t/didn’t go to UT and decorate their homes in UT shit and go crazy for them? That just seems like bandwagoning to me.
The only exception is if you live in a small and/or college town.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
if you do that for a random team in your state i think its fine, but doing that for a team in a state you have never lived in or been too? thats a little odd.
also whos to say who can root for what team? i mean should these guidelines apply to pro teams too??
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They do apply to pro teams.
All those D-Bags who just choose to be a Yankees or Red Sox fans are equally as in the wrong as weirdos who just choose to be a diehard UT fan but did not attend school there.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To an extent.
It’s a little different for some reason. I guess because pro teams are less local, more national. I went through a season as a Vikings fan when I was about 8 or 9. I’m so embarrassed. I beg the Cowboys every day for forgiveness, and I understand if they don’t grant it.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You thought the Vikings won the Hershel Walker trade?
so your allegiances went with him?
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 10:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hah.
I was 3 when that deal went down.
I probably just liked the colors. Very woman-like.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 10:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
so very tempting to make that my new sig.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 10:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Go for it.
I deserve it for my treachery.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 10:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No it's not weird
What if you were raised as a fan of a team because your entire family went there. Dressed in Gig ‘Em aggies or Wreck ’Em Tech shirts from birth. It’s what you’ve always known as a fan. Just because you go to some other school doesn’t mean you give up something that has always been a part of your sports fandom.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 9:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No
First off, parents that do that are going way over the top. Second, you have to make your own decisions in sports.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
make your own decisions in sports
just as long as you dont decide to cheer for a school you didnt go to right?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Right.
The decision is made for you by geography in pro sports, and tuition dollars in college.
It’s all very simple really.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
not really
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What's not simple about that?
Sounds reasonable to me.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
whats not simple about not giving a crap who roots for who?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You can cheer for whomever you wish.
It simply makes one annoying to choose a college at random and go nuts for it.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i agree that its annoying to cheer to the point of arguing in a bar or getting into a fight over a school you didnt go to, but really who gives a shit.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
I see what you’re doing here.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 10:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
I mean, obviously it’s your right to root for whomever you want. But I do find it kind of strange when people who went to, say, North Texas, root for Texas. If your parents went there, or your sibling went there, then I understand. But just rooting for them because they’re there? A little weird.
It’s like a buddy of mine who went to Mizzou, but roots for Duke in basketball and Tennessee in football. He’s from New Mexico. His parents went to UNLV. Always a little strange to me.
I think it would be different if people were rooting for a school that stinks. You don’t see a whole lot of peripheral Baylor fans, for example.
"Please. What the hell do you know about starting a sports-related website and then deciding to leave it to work on other things and then? How dare you, sir." -- Michael Schur, aka FireJoeMorgan's Ken Tremendous, to Will Leitch
by ghtd36 on Jan 6, 2009 9:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
Adopting a shitty team might be another exception.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They are all bandwagon fans.
That’s what makes them especially annoying.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing is worse
than kids cheering against THEIR school because of some allegiance to a different school. If your school has no team, then you can cheer for whoever you want. But if you go to a Division I school (sorry, BCS Championship Division school), you belong to them.
When I was at Rice, I knew guys who were rabid UT fans and would actually rejoice in UT’s victories over us. Oooh. You’re cool – you like the big school with the factory football team. Way to go out on a limb there.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man
There is this guy I know who went to Baylor. You literally would never know it because all he does is wear UT stuff. Anyways, a few years ago he happened to be at the same bar I was watching the Big XII basketball tournament at, and it happened to be the end of the UT-Baylor game. Guess who that idiot was cheering for? Hint: not his alma mater. Sheesh.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
that’s college sports sacrilege right there. You get an exception ONLY if you have a relative playing for the other team. Not “used to play for” or “on the bench” – I mean actually in the game.
Its hard being a sports fan at a school like Rice and Baylor. We lose a lot. (But at least when we win we know we didn’t pay our players to get there….) Still not an excuse to wimp out and cheer for one of the big boys (especially in conference – at least the UT fans at Rice were for the most part cheering for a non-competitor)
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Lose a lot?
Yeah, last I checked, A&M went 4-8, zero wins against Big XII South teams. I hurt.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
JB -
I haven’t fully turned my attention to college hoops (that starts after the Super Bowl) but isn’t Baylor much better this year in basketball.
You boys are usually pretty good in baseball as well.
If you had it to do all over again, would you still want Baylor to be in the Big 12 or do you wish they followed TCU’s route?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 10:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They were looking pretty good preseason...
…but maybe have not quite been as good as some people thought. Like, some figured them as 3 or 4 in the Big XII overall (behind OU, UT, and probably KU). Conference play will be very telling, but I could still see them finishing 4th in the Big XII and easily getting a tourney bid.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I still think
they will slot in nicely as the no. 3 behind UT and OU. It seems that guard oriented teams (which they are) tend to do very well in pressure situations (i.e. big 12 play and the tourney).
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I went to Rice
But pretty much everything you said applies to Rice as well. We rock in baseball, sometimes do okay in basketball, sometimes horribly, and usually are a joke in football (but not this year! 10-3!).
I do think Baylor made a mistake going to the Big XII. A little private school with sports as a lower priority in that whole conferance of big state schools? They’d fit in nicely with SMU, Rice, and Houston in Conf USA. TCU would probably have been a better fit for the Big 12, in retrospect, but I am not sure that they could have rebuilt their program there.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 10:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's funny how some colleges have adapted
very well to the Big 12 while others have struggled mightily.
A&M was an absolute football juggernaut in the last 10 years of the SWC and was pretty damn good the first couple years of the Big 12. Since the last couple years of Slocum’s reign, the Aggies have mostly struggled.
On the otherhand, Texas Tech has done much better in the Big 12 than they did in the SWC – probably has much to do with the coaches they’ve hired.
I also believe TCU has flourished by not going to the Big 12.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 10:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
why?
i have a friend who goes to clemson, is a big fan of that school but is also a big fan of alabama because her entire family before her went to alabama/family has season tix to ’bama, etc
does that means she CANT be a fan of alabama?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my God, absolutely.
She has to be a Clemson fan, period. If she wants to cheer for a competing school, go to that school!
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
she can want Alabama to do well
but first and foremost she should be a Clemson fan.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 10:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
she is lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I find that weird too
But the “rules” are stupid.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You can go anywhere you want.
It’s not elitist to say you can’t be a diehard of a school you did not attend without being exceedingly irritating.
And yes, I am most definitely a music elitist. Deal with it.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I gotta agree with FuturePants and brettgardner on this one
People are free to root for who they wish, but it it annoying when people root for schools that they never went to. Colleges should not have geographical fandom….it should be entirely based on alum status (and NOT grad school alum status either).
Prohibitive cost is not a valid reason for not going to school. Last I checked, college loans are still available to anyone that wants them (I’m 30 and still have about $30K myself). You (or your parents) must pay for the right to cheer for a school.
Rooting interests in another school is permissible when not taken overboard (i.e. rooting for the “other” school whenever they play your own alma mater).
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by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thats just dumb
because someone doesnt want to be in debt up to their eyes they cant root for a school.
colleges always had regional fandom, look at alabama.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But seriously.
UT is cheap, cheap, cheap. A&M and UT are both fantastic bargains. Getting a loan to subsidize will not cause people to drown in debt. That said, student loans do suck royal ass. I have about $100k of them myself. I don’t blame anyone for choosing the cheapest route they can in the interest of avoiding debt. However, for those that don’t want to go to UT for whatever reason (or any school), don’t act like you did go there and wear UT stuff and go nuts when they win.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
In comparison to private schools, maybe.
It’s like $22,000 a year man. I could go back home and go to a community college and graduate with a degree from UTPB (a UT system school) and pay well under half that amount with no financial assistance.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"a community college and" = "a community college or"
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
$22k per year for what?
All inclusive or tuition? Tuition is less than half that.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Tuition + room and board.
I only went there as a freshman, so that’s all I have to go off of.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And for the record...
Tuition is $8k a semester.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm..
I guess I can’t be a Rangers fan anymore since I didn’t go to the University of the Texas Rangers.
by GregoryM on Jan 6, 2009 10:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ziing!
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 7, 2009 12:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
miles...
…there are asshole fans from every school. There are asshole fans from OU. There are asshole fans from Texas. There are asshole fans from Mizzou. There are asshole fans from Kansas and Hawaii and Georgia and Middle Tennessee State.
Accept it, and realize that all fan bases are more or less the same.
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by ghtd36 on Jan 6, 2009 9:30 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
No, I agree with him.
OSU fans are asshole extrordinaires.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand that most OSU alums...
go on to work for American Airlines.
C’mon, you KNOW someone was thinking it…
by bking on Jan 6, 2009 9:56 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Ha!
Rec’d.
"Please. What the hell do you know about starting a sports-related website and then deciding to leave it to work on other things and then? How dare you, sir." -- Michael Schur, aka FireJoeMorgan's Ken Tremendous, to Will Leitch
by ghtd36 on Jan 6, 2009 10:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This should explain everything
http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/11/24/669062/american-airlines-is-the-s
Also, after you read Miles post, you should read rangers85’s followup (it somehow became the most rec’d post in LSB history).
http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/11/24/669880/american-airlines-has-scum
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
somehow?
It was the most brilliant thing ever written on this site. That’s how it got wrecked like a motha lova
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by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 3:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
It was pretty good, and perfectly timed. But I was suprised to see it garner more recs than GoET’s “users guide to LSB” for example.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 3:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't GoET
owe us a follow-up of some sort? I thought an update was imminent, IIRC?
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 3:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Well, DShep did the Alamanac, which Adam actually put on the sidebar. But yeah, GoET needs to do a yearly edition of his users guide or something.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 4:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I do...
and I will. I am compiling data, so to speak.
I had two weeks off of work around the holidays but I spent that time starting and somehow completing a lifetime goal of writing a book. I’m working on editing said book and when that is finished, I will make the User’s Guide 2.0.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 6, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cool
Then I humbly await your greatness, mister flowerpot-head. ;)
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 8:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers85's post sucked
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
I knew I must have been missing something
by Randy Richardson on Jan 6, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh...
here is a question. Which is worse? A USC fan or Ohio st. fan? Id have to go with USC.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 10:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
A rebutting question: Does it matter? They’re both pompous and arrogant for the most part.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ohio State fans
USC fans, while spoiled and douchy, will at least help you sneak into the Rose Bowl if you are so inclined.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
HERE ARE THE RULES.
B-Garden actually came the closest.
1. You DO NOT pick your team, your team picks you. I was born in Dallas, therefore all Dallas sports teams are mine for life. If you are not born in a city with major sports teams, then you go out in a circular motion until you hit one, if you come close to two major cities with teams? You google map that shit down to the mile, whoever is closer wins.
2. You are allowed to cheer for college teams you were born close to, or who your parents cheer for UNTILL THE DAY YOUR ACCEPTANCE LETTER arrives from the college of your choice. From that day on you live and die for that team and that team only, along with the major sports teams of your birth city.
3. At your college you are allowed to use the word “we” when talking about your teams accomplishments. Because part of your money, even the smallest amounts in some cases, get put towards the athletic fund. Somewhere along the line your actual money will get used to improve the gym,training room, buy weights, supply jerseys, fund a plane ticket, whatever. So therefore you in some small way helped the team win, you can claim a small part of that success.
Feel free to add more rules as you see fit. Also miles I like your posts up until you get carried away with people feeding your ego here and then you start lying.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 11:01 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
The fact that more people care about college sports than college itself is the real American tragedy.
by oc on Jan 6, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Once you get out of college, you really begin
to care about how the team does in sports, especially when you have blowhard Ags, Sooners, Longhorns all around you.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So since I'm from the middle of nowhere in Texas...
And my “birth city” has no major sports teams, I am free to choose any sports team (pro) in my state to root for?
What if you transfer schools? What are the rules then?
P.S. – This is borderline ridiculous.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Border line ridiculous, maybe.
Actually ridiculous is all the weirdos in this state that wear UT stuff all the time and are diehards but did not, and never have attended the University of Texas for anything.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
whats worse is the ou fans
who arent from oklahoma and never went to ou.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:29 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
heh
whats worse is the ou fans
who arent from oklahoma and never went to ou.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's everyone.
UT, OU, TTU, USC, UF, whatever. Like I said above, A&M has zero bandwagon fans, so we can’t really be included there.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What if you went to UT-Pan American
Can you cheer for UT because its the same system?
by robert_d_wilfong on Jan 6, 2009 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
How is that different from UT fans who never went to UT?
I’m lost.
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by ghtd36 on Jan 6, 2009 11:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
at least live in the same state
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 12:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
All fans
Who did not go to the school are just as bad.
ALL OF THEM.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 12:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
my biggest bitch
the next recruit that goes to OU and says its b/c of the environment im just gonna shoot.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 2:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Amendments
It isn’t birth city – its city of formative sports years (6-12 years old). I was born in South Carolina, yet I couldn’t care less about the Braves. I grew up in Texas.
There are other exceptions as well with pro teams – hereditary fandom is permitted, for example I’m from a family of Steelers fans (came from up there). Didn’t like the Cowboys. I grew up not liking the Cowboys and still don’t, but I’m not allowed to go out and become a Redskins or Giants fan for that reason alone. But Pittsburgh is permissible. Now, you can’t pick a team because “my great-grandmother was from Seattle” – its the team of your household (they have to own memorabilia) or of your neighborhood.
As for college teams, I agree completely.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
College Teams
once again what happens if your college does not have a football team? Like my favorite team is Tech. Ive been a Tech fan since the days of Zebbie Lethridge because my baseball coach played at Tech. My sister and brother in law went to Tech (Goin band from Raiderland!!). We have had family season tickets there for roughly 8 years running now. Now I could I have gotten into almost any school in the nation I wanted to. However, I played baseball and honestly was not good enough to play at Tech right out of HS (they also are much more active recruiting JuCo players than HS players). Thankfully, I got much much better at baseball in college haha. So I went to a school that had the proper combination of success, playing time, and academics. Where do I fall? Am I an orphaned college football fan never allowed to claim a team as my own?
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
YOU CHEER FOR YOUR OWN SCHOOL
AND YOUR OWN DAMN SCHOOL ONLY.
How hard is it people.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So
by your logic i cannot cheer for any college football team? I have to be completely neutral in every game. Additionally, I am being punished for my desire to play baseball and go to a quality academic school.
"YOU CHEER FOR YOUR OWN SCHOOL "
And to address other concerns about level of “fandom”. No I dont own any jerseys (I actually feel owning any jerseys after playing any sport in college that requires you to wear a jersey while playing it, is a HUGE violation and gay) however I own a few shirts and a hat. No I would never cry after a loss but i do get down if they lose. I went to the cotton bowl and was upset when they lost obviously.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Soooo..
While I was in the Army I earned my degree through correspondence from the University of Maryland University College. With that being said does that mean that I am not allowed to cheer for a single college team since the college I graduated from does not have a sports team?
by GregoryM on Jan 6, 2009 10:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think you have to be orphaned.
At least you have some rationality to it:
1) college has no football;
2) brother and sister in law went to Tech;
3) grew up Tech fan.
If I caught you in a Tech jersey, crying after a close loss to a team that derailed a chance for a Tech conference championship, that would be wrong. If you want Tech to do well, I don’t think there is any problem with that.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Future
Don’t let him off the hook.
It is BLOOD IN. BLOOD OUT.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 12:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
A mild appreciation or rooting interest is fine. Diehard, in-your-face, telling everyone to eff themselves when you didn’t attend that school is a bit different.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, exactly.
In fact, my comment, which got all this mess started, was about Miles. Rentz took my opinions exceptionally personally and Miles doesn’t seem to care.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
not personally
i just thought you had a dumb point.
miles doesnt care because he has more status than any of us.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I think there is a difference in levels of fandom being discussed here.
SGY is describing the inclusive “we” for college teams. If you think of the college team as “we”, that means you went to the school as an undergrad. Period.
Its okay to root for other teams to win, but they can never be YOUR team.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hypothetically,
i continue in grad school to the pt to where i get my doctorate. Become employed by lets say UT. However, I did not go there for undergrad. If someone asks me how UT did a preceding Saturday i have to answer “they did so and so”?
Just playing Devil’s Advocate fellas.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 12:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well knowing how UT did
is probably a good career strategy regardless of where you work in a city like Austin.
Even wanting them to win is fine (by my book). I like to see USD do well in baseball, just because I live nearby and go to their games occasionally. But when they lose, I’m not upset, and if they were to win, I wouldn’t go around taunting people. Rice on the other hand, I’m celebrating.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well you
said “period” So no matter what happens with you and that school in the future you can never refer to them as we if you didnt go there as an undergrad? By your logic Mike Leach cannot refer to Tech as “we”. After all he did not go there as an undergrad. June Jones cannot refer to SMU as “we” because he did not go there as an undergrad.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Michael its over
You can’t cheer for any team to win, all you can do is hope for teams not to lose.
This is the life you have chosen.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 1:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
x
Wow I guess I should have just gone to the school with the best football program. I need to make sure I rebuke a friend/coworker of mine who went to Harvard but is a diehard Tech fan. Bastard!! How dare he not choose Tech over Harvard? Didnt he think about his future as a fan?!?! Bastard!! I guess hindsight is 20/20 :-)
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Co-woker
That explains it all.
You went to a small school, he went to Harvard. Yet you both do the same thing.
Sports is all that matters. Choose wisely.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 2:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually
we do not do the same thing. He works at the same company as I do hence the CO-worker. Im hoping all of your comments here had some semblance of sarcasm but you never know. A lot is lost in translation.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 2:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sports
Michael- I’m another of the “went to a school without football” crew. I’m a UT-Arlington graduate. We only have six men’s sports- golf, track, cross country, tennis, baseball, and basketball.
Now do I root for UTA’s baseball and basketball teams? Definitely. But when it comes to football, I follow two teams- Alabama (since I was born there) and Texas, since I went to a University of Texas school. My parents graduated from a non-football school (in Georgia, of all places) and my brothers both attended UTA and Tarrant County College.
My dad did attend Mississippi State for a year, and my mom got her M.A. from North Texas, but even those are tangential affiliations at best. So when it comes to picking a college football team for those of us who attended a non-football school, I say just pick whatever feels right or makes the most logical sense.
"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky
by RCCook on Jan 6, 2009 6:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Its Leach's job for Tech to win
he’s not a “fan” like their students and alumni are. When he inevitably leaves to go coach a school like Michigan or USC, he won’t be rooting for Tech
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
for actually responding as opposed to SGY’s well,uh, uh, uh i have no retort, conversation is over.
I could see that argument.
by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yes
i was born in houston, lived there til i was 3 moved to NYC til i was 6 and from then on i lived in Texas. Luckily i never had the memory to be attached to either of the previous cities, although i do sorta remember the Cowboys beating the Bill when i lived in NY and not liking it.
I concur with these admendments.
by blalock84 on Jan 7, 2009 7:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
These rules are primarily dumb
But you’re missing one important rule – HATRED. Hatred of a team and choosing their rival. Hatred creates more passion than attending psych 101 or where your mom popped you out. Hatred is more powerful than anything else. The closest NFL team to me growing up were the Broncos, and everyone – everyone loved the Broncos. So, I chose the Raiders as a child and haven’t turned back. I’ve gone to KC just to watch them lose to the Chiefs.
I’m of course a University of Wyoming fan, but my hatred of other teams drives my rooting interests in other college football games. Ohio State, FSU, UT, OU, the U, USC. Basketball is even better – Duke, UNC. Hate em.
Nothing pithy here. Please move long.
by WyoRanger on Jan 6, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The circular motion rule doesn't always work
If you grew up too far away from a team to go to games, then fanship depends on what teams were on tv. Most likely, the closest team geographically will also be on tv locally, but that’s not always the case. Also, some people can be legitimate Cubs or Braves fans because those games were on national television (e.g., the Cubs are my favorite NL team because I watched every game after school on WGN).
I’d like to add another rule: You cannot be fans of different colleges depending on the sport. For example, you cannot be a Duke basketball fan and a USC football fan.
by cstorm15 on Jan 6, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I compeltely agree with that rule
Your college team has to cover both sports.
None of this mixed crap going on.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 6:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Concur
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Jan 6, 2009 8:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
question
These all seem reasonable, but where does grad school fall into the mix? It seems like you should be able to cheer for the college where you attended grad school, with the exception that you must cheer for your alma mater if the two ever meet. This is my rule.
"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley
by trza on Jan 6, 2009 5:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
gagree
I grew up a UT fan, but went to ASU. I’ve always rooted for UT except when they play ASU (which isn’t often). Now, my wife is in grad school at UT so I feel like I have a real reason to root for them (though obviously elitist bastard FuturePants would disagree). :)
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 10:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That seems like it's pushing it.
But if your wife is in grat school at UT, maybe you have a right to have a rooting interest in them. If they played your school or her undergraduate, you have to cheer for the other team.
by FuturePants on Jan 7, 2009 10:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh most definitely
Always root for ASU over UT.
I actually lived in Austin for a semester with the intention of transferring to UT, but missed the deadline because I was um, having too much fun down there (oops). But, I went back to ASU cuz I missed the girl.
I’m glad you think I maybe have a right to root for the team I do though.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 7, 2009 11:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just don't buy jerseys and go nuts at your local Wings 'N More if you are watching UT win.
by FuturePants on Jan 7, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yessir
I have a couple of tshirts that were gifts and freebies from her grad school stuff. That’s about it.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 7, 2009 12:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
my issue
I went to SMU undergrad. Obviously, when it comes to college football, that is a problem. I follow the Longhorns more with respect to college football these days, although I have made to a couple of SMU games since I graduated. However, if SMU and Texas ever meet, I’ll root for SMU, futilely I’m sure.
"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley
by trza on Jan 7, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't go to SMU
but I grew up 5 minutes from there. My dad went there and I’ve been going to basketball games since I was 3. I went to a D3 school in New England so I am still cheering for SMU. If anyone has a problem with that, they can fight me.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Jan 7, 2009 7:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
SMU
When I was there they were actually pretty good. The Jeryl Sasser days. They never made the tournament, but they came close several times. I went to many more basketball games than football games, because the football team was just depressing.
"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley
by trza on Jan 8, 2009 9:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Here are the rules
do whatever the fuck you want, college sports are stupid anyway.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Jan 6, 2009 11:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
a Buckeye is a stupid nut off of a buckeye tree
really?? that’s the OSU mascot?? Something people snack on with a beer. Watch out for their NUTS!
Wait 'til the year after next
by NothinG on Jan 6, 2009 11:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
not as bad as Stanford
whose mascot is a tree running around on the field.
by JBImaknee on Jan 6, 2009 12:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dont hate. this is pure awesome-ness
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 7, 2009 6:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I almost brought this Stanford grad to tears
He was talking about how great Stanford was (they like to do that), and everything he said I retorted with “Your mascot is a tree.”
“Our chemistry department has 5 Nobel Laureates” – “So what? Your mascot is a tree!”
“Tiger Woods went there!” – “Was he friends with the tree guy?”
by JBImaknee on Jan 7, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that tree and their band
are pure greatness. They’re not even officially recognized by the school or funded at all. The band just runs around randomly during their halftime stuff.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 7, 2009 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
lol, nice comebacks
Wait 'til the year after next
by NothinG on Jan 7, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I nominate this thread for weirdest argument ever
I had no idea some people where such college sports nazis.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
FEEL IT SMELL IT FOOOTBALLL.
Live it, love it, learn it.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jan 6, 2009 2:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know why...
…but this comment amuses me the most. Maybe it’s because I like American Psycho so much.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that movie for the first time a few days ago
The guy knows his music.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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Tracey Jordan: I’m going to make you a mix tape. Do you like Phil Collins?
Jack Donaghy: I have two ears and a heart, don’t I?
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Jan 6, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
I was actually making fun of his antiquated gaming console. I should have picked something less ambiguous—N64, perhaps.
by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dreamcast!
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
turbo graphix 16
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 6:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to believe that thing was as expensive as the PS3 when it dropped.
by oc on Jan 7, 2009 8:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention
$100 games. And this was like 93-94, correct?
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Jan 8, 2009 8:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe earlier, but, what I do know is that in a time where gaming systems were booming, I didn't know a single soul who owned a Neo-Geo.
by oc on Jan 9, 2009 9:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think I remembered seeing someone play it once
I never knew anyone that owned one.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 9, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They had a Neo-Geo arcade game at the Putt-Putt off Cooper.
Nobody played it because everyone was coughing up quarters at Street Fighter.
Neo-Geo had no idea of its parameters.
by oc on Jan 9, 2009 10:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Street Fighter...
Good hell, I don’t even know how much I put in quarters into Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat II.
Those two games kept my ass broke in high school.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Jan 9, 2009 11:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 10, 2009 9:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i actually liked dreamcast
i think theres one company that still makes games for it
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 7, 2009 6:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Dreamcast
was just way too ahead of its time for its own good.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 7, 2009 1:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
concur
wonder if i can get one cheap on craigslist
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 7, 2009 7:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Dreamcast
i loved my dreamcast, the graphics were awesome. too bad the controller was so freakin huge
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 7, 2009 8:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
The controller and memory thing were horrible.
by brettgardner on Jan 7, 2009 8:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Still have my Dreamcast
I think I ended up with a total of 4 games. Still don’t regret asking for it for Christmas because of this game alone:
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Jan 8, 2009 8:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what game?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 8, 2009 11:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Power Stone
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Jan 8, 2009 11:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i remember that
i had/have a HUGE stack of dreamcast games due to the fact that all you had to do was download and burn them without any mod chip. this helped the demise of the system though.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jan 8, 2009 11:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would kill to get that game
I played that game every day at my friend’s house back when it first came out. I was so obsessed with it.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 8, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
explain
ive never heard of it
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 8, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a fighting game
I first played the arcade version that stole many a quarter from me, but then got super addicted when it came out on Dreamcast. Here’s it wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Stone
Here’s a video of the game play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otOWRIjKEzc
It reminds me a lot of Super Smash Bros simply because of how different it was to the whole fighting genre. It wasn’t just like Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, etc. where you would be only punching the other guy on some 2-D stage.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 8, 2009 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
1994 -- not only Shawshank Redemption, but also ...
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I like the idea of an insult of instructing someone to return to listening to Genesis. That is honestly hilarious to me.
by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 3:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ELITIST!!!
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 4:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
See, I still would have had no idea what you where talking about
That was before my time, I’m pretty sure.
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 4:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
assuming this is true
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
by Stevoo on Jan 6, 2009 3:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
question
“I go to Ohio University, and everyone seems to be Ohio State fans… This pisses me off like no other. If you like OSU that much, then go to the state school. Its not that hard.”
If Miles like UT so much, why did he go to school in Ohio? I imagine most of the other people in the bar were asking each other this question.
"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley
by trza on Jan 6, 2009 5:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me
or would a response similar to rangers85’s brilliant post be awesome?
by jonthefon on Jan 6, 2009 5:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
x
Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 45 given up in the 1st quarter. Wow. But still we're better than Washington! Oh and, SUCK IT WESTERN KENTUCKY! 1-10 baby!
by sprite on Jan 6, 2009 6:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sure thing
Did Jon Daniels downsize your old position at Dunking Donuts?
by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 8:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
New rule:
You are allowed to root for whatever teams you want as long as the combined won-loss record for all of those teams is near .500 during your lifetime. (+or- 2%)
"Evolution happened, now get over it." Michael Shermer
by rodcarew on Jan 6, 2009 7:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree Saltygoeshomerun and Mr. Caveman and the brettwhosagardner
I have pulled for UT all of my childhood becuase my parents have and they’re the good state school, however I am probably attending Oklahoma State… so from here on out I will hate the Horns and that arrogant ahole Mack Brown and have nothing more than the Dallas pro teams (except the Mavs), the Ok State COWBOYS, and the tumbleweeds of Stillwater to love and have a passion for….
Bobby Jindal '12
by dstar442005 on Jan 6, 2009 9:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
actually now that OKC has a NBA team
mavs are out to. cant be selective.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
If you grow up in Dallas and for college you go to a school nearby another NBA team you do not have to renounce your loyalty to the Mavericks. In fact, overnight just becoming a Thunder fan (or whatever their terrible name is) is against the rules. Sorry.
by FuturePants on Jan 7, 2009 10:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
well
you can become a fan of a team if one moves to your city, but you have to make that decision on day one. You can’t sit around, wait for them to be good, and then sell out your old team for the new one. Same goes for moving to a new city if you have only mild allegiance to your old city. They day you move in you pick which one.
Likewise, former Seattle fans are now free agents and can pick who they want (by no means are they relegated to Portland). But they can’t wait until the playoffs and then decide “I like Houston” because they look good (note, I have no idea which NBA teams are good)
by JBImaknee on Jan 7, 2009 11:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
once OKC got a team
I care more about them than i do the mavs. mavs were formally the team I rooted for mainly because I moved to dallas about 6 years ago and you are so saturated with dallas teams you can’t help but root for them. Although I will say, I’ve been a Dallas Cowboy and Texas Ranger fan my whole life.
I bet OKC will be better than the mavs next year. that’ll be funny. They just signed Krystic and they will get a lottery pick. Hopefully Curry. Curry Westbrook Durant would be nice to have. then you get role players and a 7 footer in krystic.
the mavs are going to suck unless they sign someone else like Wade or Bosh.
Wait 'til the year after next
by NothinG on Jan 7, 2009 12:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that's good, don't live by your parents favorites
Wait 'til the year after next
by NothinG on Jan 7, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
My rules for college sports allegiances are as follows...
In order to cheer for a team, one of the following statements must be true…
…you attended said institution.
…a member of your immediate family attended said institution.
…you grew up in close proximity to that institution.
Personally, I went to a private D-3 school. I still cheer for the Beavers (Buena Vista, not Oregon State), but I have season tickets for the Iowa State Cyclones (yeah, I’m pretty much a glutton for torture when it comes to sports fandom) because the last two statements are true for me.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." -Bob Feller
by baseballismyboyfriend on Jan 6, 2009 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
x
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Applewhite
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 10:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
fuck it
He was the youngest offensive coordinator among Division I-A schools at that time.
set 8 school records
consecutive passes without an interception (156)
Applewhite became the starter two games into his freshman season and later led the Longhorns to victory against #7 University of Nebraska 20-16, which broke the Cornhuskers’ 47 game home winning streak
Major was seen attempting to rally the offense before they took to the field, even as the restless Texas fans booed Simms as he returned to the field. Two plays later, Simms became injured and Applewhite entered the game. His first pass was completed for an 80 yard touchdown and he baited the University of Colorado bench in an attempt to rally the Texas fans.
His near miracle comeback solidified his starting position for the 2001 Holiday Bowl, where he would lead another comeback and throw for 473 yards and four touchdowns to win over Washington 47-43.
The longest pass play (97 yards)
During his one season at Rice, the team posted a 7–6 record and attended its first bowl game in over forty years.
During the 2007 season, Applewhite was mentioned as a possible replacement for Art Briles as head coach at the University of Houston. Briles had left Houston for Baylor University. Applewhite, however, withdrew his name from the candidates list.
/ sharky
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 10:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i would potentially give my left nut if they would make major applewhite the OC next year
some quotes:
On January 8, 2006, after one year at Syracuse (in which the Orange posted a 1-10 record), Rice University named Applewhite offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under new head coach Todd Graham. Graham said of Applewhite’s expected contribution to the new staff, "We want to spread the field and throw the football, and every quarterback and receiver in this state will be interested in Rice with Major as our offensive coordinator.
In his first season at Alabama, Applewhite improved the Crimson Tide offense, which gained 22.3 points and 340.9 total yards per game under Dave Rader in 2006, to an average of 26.8 points and 372.6 total yards per game in 2007. Following a 41-17 blowout over SEC rival Tennessee on October 20, Applewhite was named "Offensive Coordinator of the Week
Goals and all that kind of stuff, that’s something I don’t give much credence to," Applewhite said. “I want to be somewhere where I can win. I want to be at a school that has a tradition of winning and a chance to win. I want to be around good people, interesting people that I enjoy being around every day. And I want to be around people I can learn from.”
i hate greg davis.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 7, 2009 6:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Applewhite was great at Rice
I was angry when they allowed him to go, I was hoping that somehow Rice would do something to keep him around when Graham left, even make him the head coach if necessary. But it is hard to compete with Alabama.
I think Applewhite could have recruited very well for the Owls, which, needless to say, is something that we don’t do all that well.
by JBImaknee on Jan 7, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i would agree with that quite well
hell, any of the “non aTm, TT, texas” schools. imagine what he could do for someone like rice or TCU even…
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 7, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i'm not a fan
of OU and UT fans
Obama vs Palin in 2012. bring her on!
by gossamer on Jan 7, 2009 8:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Does Miles really exist?
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Jan 8, 2009 8:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Unfortuantely
But it does prove that God has a sense of humor.
by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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