Just saw th espn show last night. What an embarrassment for those two fanbases. If thats what big time football brings then count me the eff out. What a bunch of pathetic losers.
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Lol you're more than a little biased on this one.
All that that documentary really shows is the "sidewalk" (non-alum) fans of those schools. Alabama and Auburn's alumni base is a nationwide, educated, cosmopolitan group. More than 50% of each incoming freshman class at Bama is from out of state.
Whats funny is i have half a dz extended fam members who are alums of both schools. I bet they are so pissed at the show. It really paints a picture of uneducated radical fanhood.
Are they? Not saying you're wrong, I just have only run into 1 alum combined (bama guy). I figured they might be regional (as in the southeast) but didn't realize they had a nationwide presence.
I found this article interesting. It’s not an exact answer to your question, but it kind of shows the location of fan bases. It’s an older article and not perfect by scientific measures, so take it with a grain of salt.
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ege-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/?_r=0
Yeah, they are both nationwide. My brother's fraternity consists of guys from Texas, California, Chicago, Atlanta, Alabama, etc. He also has been dating a girl for two years who goes to Bama and is from Bayonne, New Jersey.
Bama has really used their football money to drastically improve its academics. Like I said, more than 50% of Alabama's freshman class the past few years has been out of state. Just the way the state of Alabama is, it can't support a 80% in-state mandate like North Carolina can do with UNC.
The girl my brother is dating said Alabama sent a contingent of academic recruiters to her area in New Jersey. They rented out a local country club and invited a ton of potential students to attend.
As for Auburn, they just get hundreds of kids from metro Atlanta and most of those kids are offspring of transplant Atlantans from all over the country. So thus, Auburn is cosmopolitan too.
But yes Hark, despite my post, I'm sure Alabama's base is still mostly regional within the Southeast. But like I said, I do know they're making a concerted effort to recruit students nationwide.
Its a case of chk vs the egg. Is bball good cause we support it or do we support it cause its good?
I'd wager if we had one tenth the success in fb we've had in bball kenan would stay full.
History says there is much truth in your position. There were years in which the UNC-Dook game was among the 3 or 4 largest crowds in Southern football. UNC was known as a 'football school' until post-Choo Choo. Then we had the administration backlash. The goal was to avoid 'professionalism' in college sports, and football was blamed virtually 100%. This was not only at UNC. UVA had the same issue at the same time, but its football hadn't had UNC's heights. Maryland football peaked in 1953, and its admin also reined in things when Big Jim Tatum left for his alma mater.
UNC basketball people realized the opportunity and went whole hog to hire someone to overtake Moo's Everett Case. And they went after St Johns' Frank McGuire, who was as 'professional' a college coach as any school had in any sport. McGuire's dapper professionalism led to amazing recruiting and Ws, including an undefeated National champ, in the most exciting Final 4 ever (UNC's 2 games were both won in triple OT). By 1960, with Big Jim Tatum dead and UNC's admin happy to have football loosing teams even 4 of 5 years while basketball was HUGE nationally, UNC was no longer close to a 'football school.'
If Fedora pulls a McGuire and wins a National championship, things will switch back.
And that is the reason a large number of the basketball-onlys take delight in UNC football being mediocre or worse.
And that is the reason a large number of the basketball-onlys take delight in UNC football being mediocre or worse.
At UNC, as it is at most universities with big revenue sports, we need both to be successful, on the field or court.
At UNC, as it is at most universities with big revenue sports, we need both to be successful, on the field or court.
