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CFB Hierarchy of Allegiance - do you agree with it?
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:17 pm
Interesting list. I think it's pretty spot-on for the most part.
Reddit link.
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HIERARCHY OF ALLEGIANCE:
How to choose who you should root for:
1. Your undergraduate alma mater - This should be the first and foremost team you root for, above all others. The only exception is if you attend/ed an institution that does not field a football team. Should that institution start up a football team, it automatically becomes your first team. It is your alma mater, for god's sake.
2. (really 1.5) Your employer - If you currently work for an instutition that fields a football program, you may pull for them as much as you pull for your alma mater. You should especially support your employer while on campus in a professional capacity, or while attending your employer's sporting events. If it comes down to employer vs. alma mater, the proper course is to take a public stance of neutrality while privately rooting for your alma mater.
3. Your graduate school (if applicable) - If you attended grad school, you may root for them, but always behind your undergraduate program.
4. Your parents' alma mater or favorite team - This goes double if both parents attended the same college, as that institution is at least partially responsible for your very existence. If both parents pull for rival teams, call a family therapist. If your parents served in the military, you may put the relevant service academy here, even if your parents didn't actually go there.
5. Your spouse's alma mater or favorite team - Never go to bed angry.
6. Your siblings' or close friends' alma maters - That's almost as good as if you yourself attended, especially if they can hook you up with tickets.
7. The dominant football power in your area growing up/the underdog football power in your area growing up - This is basically cultural osmosis. You're from Michigan? You're gonna grow up with Michigan or Sparty. You just ARE. NOTE: If your alma mater is a direct rival of the dominant football power, you are required to side with your alma mater in any and all possible scenarios.
8. Service Academies/Perennial Underdogs - Some folks put the service academies around here as a show of patriotism or support for the military or whatever. That's cool, just be aware that the lion's share of the military doesn't give a wet fart about the service academies' football programs. Other folks put a consistent no-hope squad on their allegiance list. You can do that too, but it doesn't really count.
9. Whatever. - If you've made it this far down, you can basically put whoever you like here, as far as I'm concerned. Most decent folks will have no more than three teams they pull for.
AVOID: Ironic enjoyment - Pulling for a team as a joke. College football is not a joke.
AVOID: Bandwagoneering - Oregon, Bama, whoever's winning right now because you're a loser and you just latch on, remora-like, to the team most likely to make you feel like you matter.
REMEMBER: WHEN IN DOUBT, ALMA MATER ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
Reddit link.
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HIERARCHY OF ALLEGIANCE:
How to choose who you should root for:
1. Your undergraduate alma mater - This should be the first and foremost team you root for, above all others. The only exception is if you attend/ed an institution that does not field a football team. Should that institution start up a football team, it automatically becomes your first team. It is your alma mater, for god's sake.
2. (really 1.5) Your employer - If you currently work for an instutition that fields a football program, you may pull for them as much as you pull for your alma mater. You should especially support your employer while on campus in a professional capacity, or while attending your employer's sporting events. If it comes down to employer vs. alma mater, the proper course is to take a public stance of neutrality while privately rooting for your alma mater.
3. Your graduate school (if applicable) - If you attended grad school, you may root for them, but always behind your undergraduate program.
4. Your parents' alma mater or favorite team - This goes double if both parents attended the same college, as that institution is at least partially responsible for your very existence. If both parents pull for rival teams, call a family therapist. If your parents served in the military, you may put the relevant service academy here, even if your parents didn't actually go there.
5. Your spouse's alma mater or favorite team - Never go to bed angry.
6. Your siblings' or close friends' alma maters - That's almost as good as if you yourself attended, especially if they can hook you up with tickets.
7. The dominant football power in your area growing up/the underdog football power in your area growing up - This is basically cultural osmosis. You're from Michigan? You're gonna grow up with Michigan or Sparty. You just ARE. NOTE: If your alma mater is a direct rival of the dominant football power, you are required to side with your alma mater in any and all possible scenarios.
8. Service Academies/Perennial Underdogs - Some folks put the service academies around here as a show of patriotism or support for the military or whatever. That's cool, just be aware that the lion's share of the military doesn't give a wet fart about the service academies' football programs. Other folks put a consistent no-hope squad on their allegiance list. You can do that too, but it doesn't really count.
9. Whatever. - If you've made it this far down, you can basically put whoever you like here, as far as I'm concerned. Most decent folks will have no more than three teams they pull for.
AVOID: Ironic enjoyment - Pulling for a team as a joke. College football is not a joke.
AVOID: Bandwagoneering - Oregon, Bama, whoever's winning right now because you're a loser and you just latch on, remora-like, to the team most likely to make you feel like you matter.
REMEMBER: WHEN IN DOUBT, ALMA MATER ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
This post was edited on 9/30/14 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:18 pm to Augustus
As a multifan I agree with said hierarchy
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:20 pm to Augustus
1. Bama - alma mater
2. Miss State - grad school/employer
Checks out for me.
2. Miss State - grad school/employer
Checks out for me.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:21 pm to Augustus
Great list. 1+4, 3, and 7 for me... and I root for them in that order:
LSU (alma mater + both parents)
Baylor (grad school)
Maryland (where I grew up)
LSU (alma mater + both parents)
Baylor (grad school)
Maryland (where I grew up)
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:21 pm to Augustus
Highly disagree.
Nobody in my family graduated from UGA, and only a couple even went there at all. Yet I started going to games at age 3 and by age 7 went to every home game every year. I've been raised a UGA fan since I could walk. I did end up going go UGA, but had I not gotten in and had to go elsewhere for education, I damn sure wouldn't have put that school above UGA. Ditto if I went somewhere for a graduate degree as well.
Nobody in my family graduated from UGA, and only a couple even went there at all. Yet I started going to games at age 3 and by age 7 went to every home game every year. I've been raised a UGA fan since I could walk. I did end up going go UGA, but had I not gotten in and had to go elsewhere for education, I damn sure wouldn't have put that school above UGA. Ditto if I went somewhere for a graduate degree as well.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:23 pm to Augustus
LSU checks in at numbers 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 for me. As for #5, Spouse Alma Mater, this works for appearances for me, but being married to an Aggie is getting tough not putting them at #9 for me. I have gotten good at fake cheering.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:24 pm to TreyAnastasio
Lol @ people w/ multiple allegiances
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:26 pm to Augustus
I think 7 should bump up to 4 (which would really make it No. 1 from your youth until 18 years old). Of course, it also could depend on where your parents graduate from. That could keep No. 4 ahead, if they went to a school with a top football program. I basically agree with the rest.
This post was edited on 9/30/14 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:26 pm to Augustus
quote:
REMEMBER: WHEN IN DOUBT, ALMA MATER ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
Absolutely. Nothing worse than the douchers actively pulling for schools other than the one they attended
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:27 pm to lsu2006
quote:seriously
Lol @ people w/ multiple allegiances
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:34 pm to Augustus
My alma mater is a D3 school. Not a chance. Looks like I'm on to 3/4 then!
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:35 pm to Augustus
LSU has or currently does represent numbers 1,2,3,5 and 6 for me. I suppose 7 also.
No question who I'm for.
No question who I'm for.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:35 pm to danman6336
This works for me:
1. LSU (alma mater)
2. Tulane (grad school)
I will occasionally attend a Tulane game if it doesn't conflict with LSU.
1. LSU (alma mater)
2. Tulane (grad school)
I will occasionally attend a Tulane game if it doesn't conflict with LSU.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:36 pm to Augustus
I disagree, but I have a unique situation. I did everything in my power to attend LSU, but they couldn't fund an out of state transfer scholarship. Wasn't worth paying about $20k a year when I went to school for free. A degree from LSU doesn't hold that much weight. I bleed P&G. I've been going to games since I was 5 years old and will until the day I die. Some guys chart isn't going to change that.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:38 pm to OBReb6
quote:
Absolutely. Nothing worse than the douchers actively pulling for schools other than the one they attended
Or you can go to Georgia State where there are idiots who hate that they have a football team because it gets in the way of them rooting for UGA.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:40 pm to danman6336
quote:
Lol @ people w/ multiple allegiances
seriously
So, should I stop rooting for the school that my entire family went to, one great grandfather was the dean of the business school, another a regent and writer of the alma mater, or the school that I graduated from?
This post was edited on 9/30/14 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:41 pm to TreyAnastasio
Well aren't you special.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:42 pm to lsu2006
quote:
Lol @ people w/ multiple allegiances
There are tons of people w/multiple allegiances and I don't see why it's a problem. Especially considering the two may very rarely meet. If I go to a grad school that's in the PAC12 or ACC I know I would become a fan
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:43 pm to Augustus
My grad school alma mater (FSU) is definitely higher on my list then my undergrad alma mater (LSU). Otherwise, I agree with that list of priorities
Posted on 9/30/14 at 12:44 pm to Wally Sparks
quote:
Georgia State where there are idiots who hate that they have a football team because it gets in the way of them rooting for UGA
how exactly would state having a team "get in the way" of pulling for someone else?
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