Reply to Schools with most school spirit?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Schools with most school spirit? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.
[/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

[b]It’s called being a devout Catholic in the case of Notre Dame. [/b] 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.  [/quote]

Really?  Then why not other Catholic schools like BC, Villanova and others? And what do you mean by devout?  Lots of subway alums who are not "devout Catholics" root for ND.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics