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[QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 1742842, member: 5195"]
The notion that an alum is somehow more of a fan - by default - is absolutely ludicrous - and anyone that continues that refrain should be hung by their testicles.   In fact one has no bearing on the other.   Town folk, at least in CNY, may not have attended SU, but they often see the school as the face of their hometown and the region.  And that I think can instill a far deeper sense of pride and attachment than some Joe Schmoe from Long Island who gets his degree on The Hill and bolts for "greener" pastures.  Maybe it's because we're a one-horse sort of town, maybe it's our winters, I don't know.   But it doesn't matter.

I was groomed to be an SU fan because my family and extended family were all SU fans... which brings me to the final advantage of being born and raised into a townie family -- there's nothing more communal or bonding for boys and men than sharing a mutual passion for their favorite sports team.    Its influence predates the college years, it starts when we're old enough to hold a pee-wee basketball, it continues long after we leave college, and it only ripens as the years pass by.   For those who became SU fans because they attended the school, that's great, but the cumulative life experiences cannot compare.
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