Schools with most school spirit?

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Anonymous wrote:UNC, U of TN, A&M, Michigan, Notredame, Ole Miss, Penn State

Although, I think non alum where UNC and Notredame gear, but probably not the same for most other schools.

Yes, you have a whole subset of ND subway alum who never attended, but love the school.

NP here. UNC and Notre Dame are two schools that immediately come to mind that have significant fan bases that are not alumni of each individual school.

Michael Jordan and Nike sure have helped UNC’s image stay popular over the decades. I see plenty of my DC’s teen peers in Carolina gear and I know neither of the parents went to school there. The Air Jordan 1s in the University color (which is Carolina blue) is among the most coveted editions (I have a sneaker head teen). Many celebrities over the year have been photographed in UNC jerseys (I still love the famous one of Snoop Dog wearing one) or been seen at football and basketball games.

Notre Dame also seems to have a huge number of subway alumni which I find really cool. I’ve meet many people who said they grew up a Notre Dame fan but didn’t end up going there (maybe couldn’t get in, don’t know). When you have love for a school that extends outside of people who went there I think it says a lot about the school spirit. You don’t see that with many other schools.

It’s called being a devout Catholic in the case of Notre Dame. There are many of them all over the country. All large state universities with good sports teams have significant fan bases, in their regions. Very few schools have a true national appeal. Look at tv viewership rankings for college football and to a lesser extent, basketball.

Agree, except I might remove the word "devout". I know a number of ND subway alums and they're pretty much all either 1) Catholic or 2) From Indiana. Catholic fans cheer for Notre Dame over other Catholic schools because ND sports teams are generally better, so they're more fun to root for. Plus ND football games are all over national TV, which makes them easy to watch.

There is a huge anti-Catholic component involved with Notre Dane as well. I’m sure many viewers watch their games and pray that they lose!

Another uninformed poster. Notre Dame’s “subway” alumni have no connection to Indiana.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_Alumni

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Anonymous wrote:UNC, U of TN, A&M, Michigan, Notredame, Ole Miss, Penn State

Although, I think non alum where UNC and Notredame gear, but probably not the same for most other schools.

Yes, you have a whole subset of ND subway alum who never attended, but love the school.

NP here. UNC and Notre Dame are two schools that immediately come to mind that have significant fan bases that are not alumni of each individual school.

Michael Jordan and Nike sure have helped UNC’s image stay popular over the decades. I see plenty of my DC’s teen peers in Carolina gear and I know neither of the parents went to school there. The Air Jordan 1s in the University color (which is Carolina blue) is among the most coveted editions (I have a sneaker head teen). Many celebrities over the year have been photographed in UNC jerseys (I still love the famous one of Snoop Dog wearing one) or been seen at football and basketball games.

Notre Dame also seems to have a huge number of subway alumni which I find really cool. I’ve meet many people who said they grew up a Notre Dame fan but didn’t end up going there (maybe couldn’t get in, don’t know). When you have love for a school that extends outside of people who went there I think it says a lot about the school spirit. You don’t see that with many other schools.

It’s called being a devout Catholic in the case of Notre Dame. There are many of them all over the country. All large state universities with good sports teams have significant fan bases, in their regions. Very few schools have a true national appeal. Look at tv viewership rankings for college football and to a lesser extent, basketball.

Agree, except I might remove the word "devout". I know a number of ND subway alums and they're pretty much all either 1) Catholic or 2) From Indiana. Catholic fans cheer for Notre Dame over other Catholic schools because ND sports teams are generally better, so they're more fun to root for. Plus ND football games are all over national TV, which makes them easy to watch.

There is a huge anti-Catholic component involved with Notre Dane as well. I’m sure many viewers watch their games and pray that they lose!

Another uninformed poster. Notre Dame’s “subway” alumni have no connection to Indiana.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_Alumni

The origins of the term are irrelevant. There are huge numbers of non-Catholics in Indiana who didn’t attend ND, but are still die-hard fans. I know because I grew up there. Call them whatever you want.

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Penn State, U of Michigan and U of Florida have tons of school spirit.

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Anonymous wrote:Penn State, U of Michigan and U of Florida have tons of school spirit.

They have tons of students.

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There is a huge anti-Catholic component involved with Notre Dane as well. I’m sure many viewers watch their games and pray that they lose!

I'm not anti-Catholic, but I usually pull for an ND loss because they get more TV time than their quality would usually seem to justify and they tend to get rankings that are overly favorable.

…..because they have a huge Catholic following. It’s ok. You can admit it, even in this PC culture we now live in.

Lol. No.

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There is a huge anti-Catholic component involved with Notre Dane as well. I’m sure many viewers watch their games and pray that they lose!

I'm not anti-Catholic, but I usually pull for an ND loss because they get more TV time than their quality would usually seem to justify and they tend to get rankings that are overly favorable.

…..because they have a huge Catholic following. It’s ok. You can admit it, even in this PC culture we now live in.

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Lol. Yes