Texas Texas!

[Mr Dio]

Well, I work with, chat to & at games sit next to diff ag fans of all types..Not all but many never cease to amaze me with their classless nature.
I meet Buckeye fans once every so many yrs but they remain largely classy.

I guess many don't rememeber that what is taking place on the field or court is JUST A GAME.
Stay cool M, don't be one of those types.

[samikeyp]

Having grown up in this state, my experience has been that of the UT and A&M fans I have met, most are pretty cool. They pimp their respective teams but only a few on each side have been nasty about it. What cracks me up is a lot of those who are nasty have never attended either school. Two of my three closest friends are Aggie fans and I like to believe that we represent the way the majority of the way those fans act. We talk trash but its all in fun. I am sure that if A&M beats UT, the next time I see Mandy, she will give me some ..we will both laugh and I will end up buying her a beer or something...its all in good fun.

[Mr Dio]

What cracks me up immensely is the way many people weren't fans of any team til they went to a certain school..Many Buck fans were raised the way they were as I was, for many years & will still in single digit yrs in elementary school.
I guess the simple concept of a fan escapes many because the majority of Ohio State football & Kentucky basketball fans are from the state but never went to the school itself.
Anyone need a link to look up the meaning of a "fan"?

[samikeyp]

I guess the simple concept of a fan escapes many because the majority of Ohio State football & Kentucky basketball fans are from the state but never went to the school itself.
Anyone need a link to look up the meaning of a "fan"?

Is this a bad thing? I never attended UT but I am a Longhorn fan. I don't think you have to go to that school just to root for them. Now I do not claim to be "a Longhorn" because that would imply I attended UT but I don't see the problem with being of a fan of a school even though you didn't attend class there.

[Mr Dio]

A bad thing?, Being a fan? Not in my book.
Just an observation I've made while reading different posts over time by the common senseless.
I see many times over how a person can't possibly be a fan if they didn't go to school somewhere.

[KewlKat00]

I see many times over how a person can't possibly be a fan if they didn't go to school somewhere.

i don't think that's true. i mean, i am a spurs fan... but i've never played for the spurs. alot of people are fans of colleges for the same reasons as professional sports... based on location, etc.

growing up i was a texas fan (but i wasnt an extreme fan)... but i happened to go to usc. so now i am, obviously, a usc fan. i will be a usc fan for the rest of my life. but most of my family still cheers for texas, even though only one of my cousins went there.

[Kdfelicity]

Being around all that burnt orange is bound to make people sick sooner or later

Actually, I almost bought a Burnt Orange Jeep Wrangler thank you very much. I was going to sign for it that day but my parents thought wranglers were too dangerous.

[Ginofan]

Actually, I almost bought a Burnt Orange Jeep Wrangler thank you very much. I was going to sign for it that day but my parents thought wranglers were too dangerous.

Wranglers are dangerous! But I was only kidding when I said that about burnt orange making people sick

[Mr Dio]

don't think that's true. i mean, i am a spurs fan... but i've never played for the spurs. alot of people are fans of colleges for the same reasons as professional sports... based on location, etc.
growing up i was a texas fan (but i wasnt an extreme fan)... but i happened to go to usc. so now i am, obviously, a usc fan. i will be a usc fan for the rest of my life. but most of my family still cheers for texas, even though only one of my cousins went there

You don't think it is true that-----MANY idiots say that someone isn't OR can't be a fan of a college sports team because they didn't go to that school?
I see these IDIOTS everyday on this board & I don't see their point having any validity.
I am & have been a UT sports fan since I was 7yo & I still haven't went to school in aUsTin.
I think you, and others miss my point entirely.

[Marcus Bryant]

Well, I work with, chat to & at games sit next to diff ag fans of all types..Not all but many never cease to amaze me with their classless nature.

Good one, Pot.

[KewlKat00]

You don't think it is true that-----MANY idiots say that someone isn't OR can't be a fan of a college sports team because they didn't go to that school?
I see these IDIOTS everyday on this board & I don't see their point having any validity.
I am & have been a UT sports fan since I was 7yo & I still haven't went to school in aUsTin.
I think you, and others miss my point entirely.

i don't think it is true that you can't be a fan of a college sports team because you didn't go to that school... but I KNOW that there are alot of idiots that would say otherwise. but they obviously just want to hate. it is their loss for not knowing a true fan.

i get your point. i follow two teams passionately. i love both teams equally, but the cir stances are different. the first team is the spurs. i have been a spurs fan since i was in kindergarten. even though i don't live in san antonio, i only root for the spurs. the spurs were my team because i was raised in san antonio. the second team is sc football. the second i chose to go to usc, i began cheering for them. it's my team because it's my school. but there are people that i graduated with that could care less how our football team does... so obviously going to a school doesn't make you a fan of that team.

people have different reasons for becoming a fan, but BEING a fan is what makes you a fan of a certain team... that is what i meant. (is that your point?)

[Mr Dio]

people have different reasons for becoming a fan, but BEING a fan is what makes you a fan of a certain team... that is what i meant. (is that your point?)

Amen man!

the second team is sc football. the second i chose to go to usc, i began cheering for them. it's my team because it's my school

I got 2 words for you man..KING TACO!
I miss SoCal but to tell you the truth, I wouldn't want to live there unless I could have a home in the SA/aUsTin area as well. GREAT place to stay a while but live..Well, we all differ in opinions , ya know?
One of my best buds from the Corps lives on Manchester a block or 2 from Playa & is a hardcore Trojan fan because that is his alma mater as well.

[Kdfelicity]

Hey Kewl, why'd you move to LA?

[KewlKat00]

I miss SoCal but to tell you the truth, I wouldn't want to live there unless I could have a home in the SA/aUsTin area as well. GREAT place to stay a while but live..Well, we all differ in opinions , ya know?
One of my best buds from the Corps lives on Manchester a block or 2 from Playa & is a hardcore Trojan fan because that is his alma mater as well.

actually, we don't all differ in opinions. i don't think it is that great of a place to live. there are definitely positives to living out here, but san antonio or austin is more my type of place. being in school was so great because i could pretty much split my time between the two. the best of both worlds. but now that it's over, i'll move back eventually... maybe after the football season... i just can't leave it yet. there is nothing like college football. my parents don't quite understand that going to all of the sc home games makes staying out here in this "crazy place" worth it.

[KewlKat00]

Hey Kewl, why'd you move to LA?

to go to school at usc. i really couldn't give you a solid answer why, but it was a combination of things that made me choose sc (over tulane and ut). weather, academics, away from home, big sports program, something different...

i graduated in 2004, but i am still living here. this will never be home for me, but it's fun... and most importantly, it made me realize how much i love texas.

[Mr Dio]

I was stationed on Camp Pendleton in the late 80s & he stayed out there.
I went to LA/Pico Rivera, South Orange or San Diego County every wkend to get away from it for a while.

Very nice SoCal is.

[SWC Bonfire]

I did meet a couple of complete assholes but I think that you'll see a larger % of ty fans being ags..Not all ags, but they will show themselves like corn in .

I find this highly unlikely, unless you made a complete ass out of yourself.

[Mr Dio]

I find this highly unlikely, unless you made a complete ass out of yourself

No I didn't, but I refused to be intimidated by those assholes, They had the same sense of being an ass that might be rising in you right now.
Are you corn boy?

[mookie2001]

mr dio post your game pics

[Cant_Be_Faded]

September rolls around yet again, Mr. Dio is silently posting pictures of the santa klaus and mookie is quietly hanging tinsley around the yard.

[Kdfelicity]

to go to school at usc. i really couldn't give you a solid answer why, but it was a combination of things that made me choose sc (over tulane and ut). weather, academics, away from home, big sports program, something different...

i graduated in 2004, but i am still living here. this will never be home for me, but it's fun... and most importantly, it made me realize how much i love texas.

Awww... I should hope you still love Texas! California must be a big switch. I don't think I could live there after I've spent my whole life in Texas. I'm surprised you haven't come back yet!

[Mr Dio]

mr dio post your game pics

Will do.
The best ones I have to get developed cuz the dig cam was put away during the game..Had the 35mm out w/a big lense.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Were you wearing burnt orange?
Did any Buckeye fans try to pick a fight with you?

[Mr Dio]

I was wearing a burnt orange UT shirt w/Bevo on it as well as my burnt orange cap.

The Buck fans wear ribbing as any others were but only a few of them were real asses. I will say this, the closer I got to the stadium from Lane Ave the more hostile it got. The vast majority were very cool though. Many even said if it were Ohio State v Mich that tempers would be worse.

I will post some Lane Ave pics so you can see what I mean by the best game I'd ever been to. Lane is like 6th St in Austin when it closed down on Halloween night but with a big game atmosphere to boot.

[j-6]

How was the "talent" in Columbus, anyway?