Quote Originally Posted by SeaRay View Post
Our state rivalry is the South Carolina-Clemson game. I have observed the same thing here. The loudest, crudest, "fans" never set foot on either campus as a student and probably could not pass the entrance exam at either school. I (South Carolina fan) will be playing golf tomorrow with 3 Clemson fans(all grads) and we have never had more than a friendly jab at each other and always in good spirit and fun. It is, after all, just a game.
I know what you are talking about. my 3 best buds from high school (and still today) are MSU grads. I am an Ole Miss grad. Other than some good natured poking and prodding, no real issues. Some of my "friends" who did not graduate from either, on the other hand, become possessed by some kind of football demon at this point every year.

I am all about supporting your "chosen" school, but do it in a constructive way... Take a class, send your child to school there, join the alumni association, donate to a scholarship fund, heck...go down to the quad/drill field/grove early one morning before final exams and hand out hot cocoa to the students. That will mean a lot more in the long run than whoever wins a ballgame.