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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to the University of Florida in the 1980s.

Massive school spirit and this is way before our football team was good.

80 percent of the student body wore some sort of Gator apparel constantly. The intensity was incredible and it felt great to be a part of it.  Everyone identified as a Gator and it just felt so inclusive.

The classes were hard work, but the atmosphere made it one of the best periods of my life.[/quote]

Same and I went there in the 2000s. School pride was off the charts. We won a lot of basketball and football championships while I was there. Best 4 years!

Even in DC I have someone say “go gators” anytime I wear something that has a gator on it. [/quote]

I went to UW-Madison and took my DD there for a tour in March.  A large majority of the students were wearing WI apparel. I wear mine often as a 50+ yo woman and get lots of Go Badger comments as well. No one can deny WI has school spirit.  I loved my time there and am proud to say I was a Badger.  School spirit is being proud and happy to be part of a community.  It's most obvious with big state schools with national sports programs because those are the largest school community events.  I don't know what it looks like at smaller schools, but a school community is not exclusive to big state schools. [/quote]

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