(09-14-2021 07:46 AM)Big Red Wrote:  

(09-14-2021 06:20 AM)cosine4 Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 12:30 PM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 09:51 AM)CHIPPEWA ENEMA Wrote:  Beat Coach HAIRball and the scUM nation (85% of whom never went to school in Arrogant Arbor)!

That is so strange. I know so many MAC grads in Michigan and Ohio that have abandoned their alma mater for UM, MSU and OSU. Route for them is one thing. But they don't even cheer for them if they play. "Big picture" to them.

It's the closest thing to PRO football those states have

Say that all you want, but I'd bet 90% of sports fans at NIU (students and alumni) would list one of the B1G schools or Notre Dame as their primary team with the Huskies second.

I knew many classmates at NIU who would root for the Huskies in any game unless we were playing Illinois or Iowa or Wisconsin or (fill in the blank) even though they attended NIU.

And I bet its like that at every single MAC school.

I vehemently oppose this statement.

I’m sure it’s true of all the Ohio and Michigan schools in the MAC but not of NIU, regardless of your anecdotal experience.

This is not true of me or anyone who I knew while at NIU. Sure, some of them weren’t the biggest diehard NIU fans either but they didn’t root for any other college teams. It’s fair to say that the Chicagoland sports fan landscape is significantly different from the one in the states of Ohio and Michigan especially as it relates to college sports. Chicagoland and Illinois as a whole are far more pro-sports oriented.

Frankly, I’m sick of fans of the Ohio and Michigan MAC schools projecting their reality onto the NIU fan and alumni base. And it irks me even more when NIU alums do it.

Please, speak only for yourself. Do not speak for me or others.

GO NIU HUSKIES!