I don't understand. . .

#76
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I grew up in North Alabama, so I went for UT when I was a kid because I liked the orange uniforms. Then when I actually understood football, I stuck with my Vols.
 
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You know what's interesting? Knoxville could have 1,000,000 in the metro in a decade or two. Currently, I think we're at 700,000.
 
#78
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Well I personally think theres plenty of room under the UT flag for any fans that want cheer for them. But you always find some people who think that if you have another team sticker on your truck that youre a 'frontrunner' or a 'bandwagoner'. Ive been blasted on his very site for pulling for 2 different college teams in different sports. Support who you want. Ive never had either program send me my money back because I pull for a different program in another sport.
 
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nickknx865 said:
I love the Vols. I bleed orange, and that will never change.
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It's funny to me when people "bleed orange" but somehow morph into Tar Heels and Blue Devils when the shape of the ball changes.

To each his own . . . but I don't get it.
 
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ShanMan said:
But you always find some people who think that if you have another team sticker on your truck that youre a 'frontrunner' or a 'bandwagoner'.
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I wouldn't call you a frontrunner. There are plenty of reasons to pull for multiple teams. "Frontrunning" just happens to be the most popular and easiest to indentify.
 
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It has been my humble belief that these "bandwagon" people suffer from insecurity issues. In order for them to feel "good" about themselves, they hang on to the winning teams. I don't hold a medical degree, but why else would they transfere allegances to teams so often? I actually feel sorry for these people 'cause they probably never feel a sense of "belonging".
 
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volfan4evr said:
It has been my humble belief that these "bandwagon" people suffer from insecurity issues. In order for them to feel "good" about themselves, they hang on to the winning teams. I don't hold a medical degree, but why else would they transfere allegances to teams so often? I actually feel sorry for these people 'cause they probably never feel a sense of "belonging".
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Kind of like Cubs fans.
 
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GAVol said:
It's funny to me when people "bleed orange" but somehow morph into Tar Heels and Blue Devils when the shape of the ball changes.

To each his own . . . but I don't get it.
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yeah...i can understand people going for different pro teams that aren't in the same city for NFL and NBA. But it just seems like that would be ridiculous in college. In college sports you feel a connection with the university/athletic department.

It just makes no sense how someone can be a fan of two universities.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
yeah...i can understand people going for different pro teams that aren't in the same city for NFL and NBA. But it just seems like that would be ridiculous in college. In college sports you feel a connection with the university/athletic department.

It just makes no sense how someone can be a fan of two universities.
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How do I feel connected to the UT athletic department? How do you feel connected to the UT athletic department?

I guess if that's how teams are decided my top team would be Old Dominion, because I know just about every person in the athletic department on a personal level. And that's only because I worked with them.

The UT athletic department is no different than say the personnel department of the New York Giants or Kansas City Royals.
 
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nickknx865 said:
You know what's interesting? Knoxville could have 1,000,000 in the metro in a decade or two. Currently, I think we're at 700,000.
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Yeah and it's grown like 10% since 2000. Bigger than like Wichita, Little Rock, Des Moines...bigger than I thought actually
 
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volfanbill said:
How do I feel connected to the UT athletic department? How do you feel connected to the UT athletic department?

I guess if that's how teams are decided my top team would be Old Dominion, because I know just about every person in the athletic department on a personal level. And that's only because I worked with them.

The UT athletic department is no different than say the personnel department of the New York Giants or Kansas City Royals.
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Connected is such a broad term. I should say you have "personal feelings" towards them...if that makes any sense.

I understand people being connected to multiple universities. But if they are, shouldn't they root for all the sports teams for that university? Like if you support Tennessee and Duke, shouldn't you also be a Duke football fan and not just a Tennessee fan. I don't see many people that are Duke football fans that are also fans of other major universities.

I also don't understand how someone can be a Memphis fan and a Tennessee fan at the same time. I mean...aren't these two schools rivals? Once you like one school first, how do you end up liking their rivals afterwards? It just makes no sense.
 
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#88
#88
Interesting thread. I was born and raised in TN as a UT fan....graduated from UTK in 04. I then got married, and attended OSU for grad school...and have stayed here since. My grandfather was also an OSU grad, but lived in Knoxville for most of his life.

I am a fan of all Vol sports. Football, BBall, baseball, it doesnt matter. However, having lived here and received my Masters from OSU, I also pull for them to win.

If UT and OSU play each other in ANY sport, I without one shred of a thought hope that TN destroys them in every way possible. Every other game, I hope OSU wins.

What I dont get it is rooting for a team you supposedly "hate" (like UF, UA) just because they are playing a team from a different conference. I will never, EVER pull for UF or UA to win ANY game. Their success does nothing for UT in anyway.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
Connected is such a broad term. I should say you have "personal feelings" towards them...if that makes any sense.

I understand people being connected to multiple universities. But if they are, shouldn't they root for all the sports teams for that university? Like if you support Tennessee and Duke, shouldn't you also be a Duke football fan and not just a Tennessee fan. I don't see many people that are Duke football fans that are also fans of other major universities.

I also don't understand how someone can be a Memphis fan and a Tennessee fan at the same time. I mean...aren't these two schools rivals? One you like one school first, how do you end up liking their rivals afterwards? It just makes no sense.
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I agree on rivals, but why do you have personal feelings towards a university athletic department, but not the personnel department of your favorite pro team?

I grew up a Tennessee football fan and a Duke basketball fan. I wasn't connected to either university, other than watching UT football every Saturday with my papaw and thinking Bobby Hurley was the greatest PG on the planet. I didn't care about Duke football and I hated the Houston show in Tennessee basketball. It's not that the ball changes, it's that as a kid it's where I put my allegiances.

I just think it's hilarious when random fans act like they have some tie in to the university, just because they like their sports team. I'm not dissing you, but unless you go to the school, have family that went, work there or have parents that work there, I think the whole personal feelings/connected/part of the university because I'm a fan thing is quite funny.
 
#90
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I don't think its that bad if you support more than one team, as long as if they played, you would cheer for one all the way, and not care one way or the other.

Like, I'm Vol first and foremost, but I have a ton of family down in Louisiana and up in Ohio, so I'll cheer for LSU and OSU if that game would have no impact on the Vols. If the game does have an impact on us, then I want whatever would be best for the Vols, ..etc
 
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volfanbill said:
I agree on rivals, but why do you have personal feelings towards a university athletic department, but not the personnel department of your favorite pro team?

I grew up a Tennessee football fan and a Duke basketball fan. I wasn't connected to either university, other than watching UT football every Saturday with my papaw and thinking Bobby Hurley was the greatest PG on the planet. I didn't care about Duke football and I hated the Houston show in Tennessee basketball. It's not that the ball changes, it's that as a kid it's where I put my allegiances.

I just think it's hilarious when random fans act like they have some tie in to the university, just because they like their sports team. I'm not dissing you, but unless you go to the school, have family that went, work there or have parents that work there, I think the whole personal feelings/connected/part of the university because I'm a fan thing is quite funny.
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When you root for a college team, I see it as rooting for the university. So, if you root for the university, wouldn't you want that university to succeed on all levels (i.e. other sports teams). With Pro teams, on the other hand, it seems like you root for the team, not really the city.

Once again this is just my opinion about sports. Obviously anyone can root for whoever want, that's the great part about sports.

Anyways...off to the UT-UF game...go vols!
 
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Sudeepvol said:
yeah...i can understand people going for different pro teams that aren't in the same city for NFL and NBA. But it just seems like that would be ridiculous in college. In college sports you feel a connection with the university/athletic department.

It just makes no sense how someone can be a fan of two universities.
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actually, i think it makes less sense when people do it with pro teams. if you're a fan of a certain college team growing up and you end up going to a different school its understandable why you would follow two schools. but this makes no sense in pro sports. just pick a team and stick with them.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I have two alma maters, neither of which is UT. One, I pull for in everything all the time and likely would against UT in football, buy I played two sports there and we would be massive underdogs. That doesn't diminish my Vol fandom. My other alma mater I view as a mercenary transaction. I root for them, but couldn't consider them if they ever played UT.

If that disqualifies me as a good fan, so be it.
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where did you happen to go? just curious
 
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volfanbill said:
I agree on rivals, but why do you have personal feelings towards a university athletic department, but not the personnel department of your favorite pro team?

I grew up a Tennessee football fan and a Duke basketball fan. I wasn't connected to either university, other than watching UT football every Saturday with my papaw and thinking Bobby Hurley was the greatest PG on the planet. I didn't care about Duke football and I hated the Houston show in Tennessee basketball. It's not that the ball changes, it's that as a kid it's where I put my allegiances.

I just think it's hilarious when random fans act like they have some tie in to the university, just because they like their sports team. I'm not dissing you, but unless you go to the school, have family that went, work there or have parents that work there, I think the whole personal feelings/connected/part of the university because I'm a fan thing is quite funny.
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I never went to college at UT or any college, I joined the Marine Corps out of high school (1988) and have been in ever since. The reason I'm a Vol Fan and feel a connection to the University, well because I was born and raised in the state of Tennessee. Cheering for the VOLS as I was traveling around the world brought me closer to home.

I did not know you had to be an Alumni of UT to have pride of feel connected to the University of Tennessee.
 
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Mattlock said:
. . .how someone could be a "fan" of more than one college team, even if its two different sports. I'm not knocking anyone who is, I just don't get it myself. I work with a guy who went to UT, he cheers for UT in football, but if the basketball Vols were playing UNC, he would cheer for Carolina. I like some teams better than others, but I don't see myself ever being able to be a "fan" of any team but the Vols in any sport. Anyone else find this hard to understand?
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Well some people go to UT and graduate yet take their masters courses at another school and become a fan of that school as well.
 
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I don't get the whole multiple college teams thing either. I am from SC and grew up a huge Gamecocks fan (yes, they still exist) with my father being an alumni. However when I started going to school here I became a UT fan because I take great pride in where I go to school. I still pull for the Gamecocks to do well, but when we face off against them they are the enemy. So I don't really get how someone can have multiple college teams regardless of if they went to college or where they were born, etc. However VolnMiami has a good point and I don't really know what I would do in that situation. I might need to figure that out because I very well may be in that situation within a couple of years. We'll see what happens I guess haha.
 
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volfanbill said:
I just think it's hilarious when random fans act like they have some tie in to the university, just because they like their sports team. I'm not dissing you, but unless you go to the school, have family that went, work there or have parents that work there, I think the whole personal feelings/connected/part of the university because I'm a fan thing is quite funny.
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i really think you need to realize how many fans fall under that category. just some food for thought, not all of those fans that come to neyland stadium on saturdays are former students. the requirement of being an alumni of a school just to be a fan of their team is ridiculous. i'm not sure if this is what you're saying or not, but if it is, you might want to re-think your position on it.....
 
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VKAman said:
Stupid measurement...if we got by population JUST in the city then Jacksonville is the biggest city in the south...it and Memphis (along with Nashville and umm El Paso) are all bigger than Atlanta because it has about 519,000 people. Usually when people say population, they mean population in the metropolitan area (Atlanta has 5.28 million and is 9th in America instead of 33rd) because it is the only measurement that actually makes sense.
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get over it...nashville is ranked 39th and memphis is 41st. plus, nashville counts 4 more counties than memphis. i believe the difference is less than 300,000.
 
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