re: Non-alumni fans

You can be a fan of your State's flagship university. Never understood these locals that pull for Alabama.

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I won’t wear LSU gear because I don’t think I have the right to as a non tiger but I do love all things LSU Athletics

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Coming from someone with 2 LSU degrees this is nonsense. If you’re a loyal fan, who cares?

Nm

You’re probably more of a fan than many alumni!

You love LSU....You're one of us..My neighbor who never set foot on a College Campus..was a Grade A Plumber ,and raised 10 kids (Sorry no pics of his Daughters..six of them all fine af too)...would sit on his porch every Saturday evening, with his wife, sipping on his Bourbon...sayin' Geeeeaaaaaaauuuuxxx Tiiigahs!....I was but a small kid..and I think this is where I became an LSU Fanatic!

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Is my buddy right or am I accepted as legit?

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I joined the TAF to support them

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been a diehard Tiger fan

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Seem legit to me......that is more than many of our "fans" have done so welcome aboard IMO

I was raised to go to LSU, but was offered a free ride to another school in East Texas. So I did went were the money was and got my degree. While in college, I would still drive down to Baton Rouge when I could for the occasional football game, even sat in the student section a couple of times. Later joined TAF, did my time, and purchased football season tickets. Now I live in OKC, and was warmly welcomed by the local alumni chapter here, despite not actually attending LSU. I pay the annual dues and am considered an "ABC" by LSU (alumni by choice). They send me all the alumni stuff in the mail, monthly magazine, bumper stickers, etc. I probably give more to the school than many who actually graduated there. TAF treats me nice. I still go to the games.

Doesn't matter where you actually went to school. College football isn't a multi-billion dollar industry because of alumni who graduated from the school they support. It's because of its large base of fans, many of whom never even have the opportunity to attend college.

A friend who graduated from Texas once complained to me about the "t-shirt" fans in college sports, and how much he despised them. He defined a t-shirt fan as someone who didn't actually graduate from the school they cheered for. I quickly explained that their athletic program--the one he enjoys so much--was built on the back of "t-shirt fans" and millionaire boosters--of which he is neither. You take away all the "t-shirt" fans and college athletics would be no different than an elitist ivy-league polo club. No one would give a shite, licensing sales would be nonexistent, and ESPN sure as hell wouldn't broadcast it.

This ain't communist N. Korea; you can do what you want!

Went to uno but wore lsu gear. Caught flack. Didnt care

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Here’s the question: one of my buddies thinks I’m a lame arse because of my passion for the Tigers when I didn’t attend the school.

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I've thought about this a lot.

I was a LSU fan pretty much from the moment I could walk.

Was that lame? Should I have waited until I was an actual student at LSU?

Sorta related, it was a bit earth shattering to learn that the cheers I learned as a kid sitting with my old man in the South End Zone had different words in the student section in the North End Zone. Like a totally different world but in the same stadium. And that was before STTD,B.

As for OP, you're probably a more legit Tiger fan than many. I got your back, baw.