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Originally Posted by keg in kc
Funny thing is, I was talking to a friend today about how people root for conferences, and I just don't get it. See it with SEC fans and a good many Big 12 fans locally. But I don't give a flying **** if the Big 10 is any good or not. I only root for Michigan. Iowa losing today? Shrug. Ohio State blowing that game to Toledo would've made my year.
That's basically how it is for me. I don't root for the rest of the conference. I don't take any pride in another Big 10 team doing anything. Most of the schools get apathy at the best (Iowa, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue), but some of them I wouldn't piss on if they were burning (Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, and now Nebraska). I hated seeing Ohio State winning a championship.
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I'm the same way. I root for Mizzou. I play nice, because I don't want to be a dick, or a troll. But really, all I give a shit about is my team. I root against all the rest of them. And if it's a conference game, I root for the team lower in the standings... to improve Mizzou's position.
Same thing goes for the NFL and the AFC West.