Oct
28
Team Pride vs. School Pride
Filed Under in general, sports
People who are proud of their school
People who are proud of their school’s team
First, an apology: I’m sorry that I went AWOL yesterday: I have another cold. Apparently, I’ve turned into the boy in a bubble and I get sick every time I’m within 100 feet of a sick person or bird poop or you name it. This sucks. And I’m still sick, but I’m going to man up and write a post today.
Moving right along: are these two different types of people? Yes.
Think of it this way: when you tell people where you went to school, do they say, “oh, [university] is having a great season”, or do they say, “what do you do for a living?” ‘Nuff said.
Let me make my point another way, real quick like:
The first result I get on a Google Images search for Harvard is:
Look at these pansy bitches becoming the leaders of the most powerful nation on earth. Losers.
And a search for “University of Alabama”, first result:
This elephant never forgets how to beat your ass, or if you want fries with that.
Now before you start to bring it, let me explain to you team-lovers why this is.
1) Good schools are bad at sports, with one exception: Duke basketball. Some schools might pop up out of nowhere from time to time and have a good season, but they never stay on top, again minus Duke. Damn outlier.
2) People who went to good schools cheat on their team on Saturdays. Nearly everyone I know who went to a good school who likes sports wore a different shirt on Saturday.
3) I am right.
So the point is this: don’t confuse team pride with school pride. School pride is for doctors, lawyers, senators, and judges. Team pride is for everyone, even if you didn’t go to a school.
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Duke Basketball is the only outlier? Seriously I think Notre Dame Football invented this category and has monopolized for a decent century. Any Catholic in the Midwest and probably America grew-up cheering for the Irish, even if he/she would never have a chance to go there. Notre Dame has its own huge TV contract. Duke basketball is a relative flash-in-the-pan compared to ND. I think you need to amend this post.