Some miss out on what it truly means to be a Bulldog fan
Bailey Singletary
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: Opinion
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Bailey Singletary is a junior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.
If smelling tailgaters' food, seeing a sea of maroon and white and hearing the clanking of cowbells in the Junction doesn't get you the least bit excited, you probably aren't a Mississippi State football fan.
In fact, if waking up on a Saturday morning to watch or go to a football game is a chore for you, do me a favor and don't call yourself a fan of college football.
Now, I know those aren't the only things that make up a good football fan, but I think it makes up a part of one.
For about seven months out of the year, I look forward to the days I will be in the Junction cheering for the Bulldogs with thousands of other fans.
I don't think there is a sport that has better fans than college football.
There are millions of people who live and breathe college football for almost half a year. If there weren't something special about it, it wouldn't be the most popular U.S. sport.
There aren't many, if any, other sports in which fans eat pulled pork and drink hard liquor at 10 a.m. because there is a game at noon and they are going to tailgate no matter what.
And I think we can agree that there aren't any fans rowdier than those of college football.
I feel that NFL fans can't even compare to college football fans.
There is something different about fighting with your college's rival rather than your favorite NFL team's rival.
It doesn't matter how bad our team plays, I will defend them to an Ole Miss fan any day of the week.
I think it's something about seeing the colors and the mascot of the school from which you are getting an education.
For me, it's cheering for the school whose cheerleading uniform I wore when I was three years old, thanks to my dad.
And for the alumni, I'm sure there isn't a better feeling than the one you get when you see your alma mater's colors and hear the fight song blared through speakers.
If smelling tailgaters' food, seeing a sea of maroon and white and hearing the clanking of cowbells in the Junction doesn't get you the least bit excited, you probably aren't a Mississippi State football fan.
In fact, if waking up on a Saturday morning to watch or go to a football game is a chore for you, do me a favor and don't call yourself a fan of college football.
Now, I know those aren't the only things that make up a good football fan, but I think it makes up a part of one.
For about seven months out of the year, I look forward to the days I will be in the Junction cheering for the Bulldogs with thousands of other fans.
I don't think there is a sport that has better fans than college football.
There are millions of people who live and breathe college football for almost half a year. If there weren't something special about it, it wouldn't be the most popular U.S. sport.
There aren't many, if any, other sports in which fans eat pulled pork and drink hard liquor at 10 a.m. because there is a game at noon and they are going to tailgate no matter what.
And I think we can agree that there aren't any fans rowdier than those of college football.
I feel that NFL fans can't even compare to college football fans.
There is something different about fighting with your college's rival rather than your favorite NFL team's rival.
It doesn't matter how bad our team plays, I will defend them to an Ole Miss fan any day of the week.
I think it's something about seeing the colors and the mascot of the school from which you are getting an education.
For me, it's cheering for the school whose cheerleading uniform I wore when I was three years old, thanks to my dad.
And for the alumni, I'm sure there isn't a better feeling than the one you get when you see your alma mater's colors and hear the fight song blared through speakers.
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C.M.
posted 9/07/07 @ 10:54 AM EST
Baily I read your article about the "meaning of being a true MSU Bulldog" and I agree with you to a certain extent. I was one of the fans that stayed the entire game, but it did not surprise me to see half of the bulldog fans to leave at half time. (Continued…)
Croom's Opthomologist
posted 9/07/07 @ 12:29 PM EST
Until you REQUIRE wins on the football field, we will lose.
WE can do better than 45-0.
Croom and Larry Templeton need to be fired on the spot. (Continued…)
hollleeeee shat
posted 9/07/07 @ 2:14 PM EST
Wow. It's prose like this that makes the Reflector what it is.
Rob
posted 9/07/07 @ 2:33 PM EST
I haven't missed a MSU football game in seven years home or away, so I'd have to say being a true Bulldog fan sounds something like 23-57. And six of those wins came before the wheels fell off. (Continued…)
Ashley Brown
posted 9/07/07 @ 5:52 PM EST
I really enjoyed your article in Thursday's Reflector about missing out
on being a real bulldog fan. I can tell that you love both MSU and the
team especially. (Continued…)
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