re: How do you handle a "fan" that knows nothing about their team

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How do you handle a "fan" that knows nothing about their team
Correct them or nod your head and let them live on blissfully ignorant?

I work with a guy from Louisville, says he's a fan.
-He insists that Auburn and Louisville play in football all the time and played in the last few years (they've played once in 1974.)
-He claims Louisville played for and lost a national championship in football in the last decade.
-He's certain that Kevin Ware broke his leg in the National Championship game just this March.

This guy I don't even attempt to correct because he's beyond helping.




Another coworker is an LSU fan who knows just enough to hold a conversation about college sports.
-He was worried that LSU and Auburn wouldn't play each other this year because they don't play much. Being in the same division doesn't mean you play every year, as evidenced by LSU and UGA rarely playing.
-He said LSU never loses at home, "at least not in the 20 years I've been watching them."
-Informed me Auburn hasn't been any good since Eli Manning played QB for AU.

This guy I corrected on all counts, but he's brighter than the Louisville fan.

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