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Lonestarball_tiny by miles on Comment 364 comments

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 reply actions 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

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by baseballismyboyfriend on Jan 5, 2009 11:27 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes...

…because it made me laugh. I needed that.

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by baseballismyboyfriend on Jan 5, 2009 11:32 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

of course

loves me some miles.

I’ve never doubted that

by cowpoke on Jan 6, 2009 12:14 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well to be honest

They couldn’t get into OSU, so they had to settle….

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by red3biggs on Jan 7, 2009 8:36 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And yet you

still didnt get in…

Explains the bitterness in your voice

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by red3biggs on Jan 7, 2009 8:47 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by miles on Jan 7, 2009 8:51 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rec'd

Screw off OSU.

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by Gdawg on Jan 5, 2009 11:43 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ugh...

another Miles wreckfest.

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by slc ranger on Jan 5, 2009 11:44 PM CST reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ditto

I was actually thinking the same thing.

miles is greatness… he’s so good at seizing the moment

by cowpoke on Jan 6, 2009 12:12 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

a good shit talker doesn't need ammo

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by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 12:33 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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?

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by Gdawg on Jan 6, 2009 1:06 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Umm no

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 1:27 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rec

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:32 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

awesome

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:34 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:17 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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 reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't raise my hand...

…I’m too busy making a dismissive wanking motion.

There’s no way this happened.

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by thedirkatron on Jan 6, 2009 2:44 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Swear to God

all of this happened, I wouldn’t make this up for no reason.

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by miles on Jan 6, 2009 6:35 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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

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by Walter Sobchak on Jan 6, 2009 2:24 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rofl

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Jan 6, 2009 12:45 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by bigsteve on Jan 6, 2009 9:07 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one doesn’t dissect miles…

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by Longhorn on Jan 6, 2009 9:09 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 6:09 AM CST reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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).

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by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 6:55 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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!!).

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by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 11:07 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sigh

Miles making up more shit..

by Sharky on Jan 6, 2009 7:34 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sharky,

shut the fuck up.

Sadly, I am not making this up.

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by miles on Jan 6, 2009 9:35 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh

Prize fight of the century.

613photo

by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:08 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 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 reply actions actions   0 recs

Ohhhh man...

….more UT fans who don’t go there. Sigh.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:00 AM CST reply reply actions 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?

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:05 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

You pick the college team where you went to college.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:30 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:32 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:33 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:39 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:48 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:54 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

x

That was tongue-in-cheek.

by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:55 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know

that….and so was my response :-)

by Michael Cave on Jan 6, 2009 9:55 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh

My parents went to Lamar Universtiy in Beaumont (no football). They sort of vaguely cheer for everyone, it seems.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:00 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just crucial trivia, I tell you.

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by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:27 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:29 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rofl

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what if you didnt go to college

cant root for any college team?

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:53 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:55 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:58 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:14 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:23 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cant ignore what ive never heard

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:26 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:46 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:02 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

x

There’s too many of them and they are simply too annoying to not be serious business. SER-I-OUS.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:05 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

congratulations

on being a flaming elitist douche

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 12:11 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:20 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 12:28 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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?

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 12:36 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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?

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 1:04 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by ab03 on Jan 7, 2009 1:25 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:13 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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?"
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by tyd3311 on Jan 6, 2009 12:57 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that's what I did (TCU)

suck it up and go all out!

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by willamos2 on Jan 6, 2009 11:47 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So you have

to pay that school tuition every year to be a fan of them?

Bullshit.

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by miles on Jan 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How about...

….attend at least one semester there? Start there!

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:35 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i got drunk there several times over a semester thats as close as i get, so im not cool enough

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:39 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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. =/

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:56 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh.

Start winning and that’ll change.

by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

because A&M sucks!

:P

the aggies are the one team in sports i think i have despised my entire life.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:58 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Once the new stadium is built

Should help a lot in recruiting

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‘(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?"
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by tyd3311 on Jan 6, 2009 1:01 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

as long

as you are a A&M fan and not a UT fan then its fine by my….

by blalock84 on Jan 7, 2009 6:36 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

because sports matter more !

screw academics

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 10:10 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was a joke.

But I still believe your team should be #1, no matter how bad they are.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:12 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

Cheating set the groundwork for an impressive 15 year run by the Aggies. Those were the days.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:25 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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…..

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by Ryin A on Jan 6, 2009 10:16 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:25 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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…

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by Longhorn on Jan 6, 2009 9:06 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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).

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:02 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:37 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 2:46 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:15 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There are too many lawyer-Rangers fans.

by cstorm15 on Jan 6, 2009 4:27 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Black Francis on Jan 10, 2009 6:19 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:24 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 9:21 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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??

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:33 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so very tempting to make that my new sig.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 10:03 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Go for it.

I deserve it for my treachery.

by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 10:04 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 9:38 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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?

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:43 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not really

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:47 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whats not simple about not giving a crap who roots for who?

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:53 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 9:59 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh

I see what you’re doing here.

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by Dirk Diggler on Jan 6, 2009 10:03 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by ghtd36 on Jan 6, 2009 9:48 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good point.

Adopting a shitty team might be another exception.

by brettgardner on Jan 6, 2009 9:49 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are all bandwagon fans.

That’s what makes them especially annoying.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:51 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:11 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lose a lot?

Yeah, last I checked, A&M went 4-8, zero wins against Big XII South teams. I hurt.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:27 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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?

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by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 10:30 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:35 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 10:47 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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?

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by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 10:16 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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!

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 10:28 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:05 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:19 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:21 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"a community college and" = "a community college or"

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:22 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

$22k per year for what?

All inclusive or tuition? Tuition is less than half that.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:24 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tuition + room and board.

I only went there as a freshman, so that’s all I have to go off of.

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:24 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And for the record...

Tuition is $8k a semester.

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:26 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Ziing!

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by lonestarJon on Jan 7, 2009 12:50 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions actions   0 recs

No, I agree with him.

OSU fans are asshole extrordinaires.

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 9:52 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha!

Rec’d.

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by ghtd36 on Jan 6, 2009 10:22 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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

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by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 1:55 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 3:38 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doesn't GoET

owe us a follow-up of some sort? I thought an update was imminent, IIRC?

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by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 3:44 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cool

Then I humbly await your greatness, mister flowerpot-head. ;)

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by lonestarJon on Jan 6, 2009 8:08 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rangers85's post sucked

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by Agreen07 on Jan 6, 2009 4:54 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

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by miles on Jan 6, 2009 7:02 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thanks

I knew I must have been missing something

by Randy Richardson on Jan 6, 2009 7:20 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good point.

A rebutting question: Does it matter? They’re both pompous and arrogant for the most part.

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:00 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by Chase Irwin on Jan 6, 2009 2:46 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions actions   2 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.

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by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 11:08 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by utlonghorn24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:08 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:22 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whats worse is the ou fans

who arent from oklahoma and never went to ou.

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 11:29 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

heh
whats worse is the ou fans
who arent from oklahoma and never went to ou.

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by knockoutking on Jan 6, 2009 11:43 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

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by FuturePants on Jan 6, 2009 11:44 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

at least live in the same state

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by rentz on Jan 6, 2009 12:12 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs