So Carolina Grads that are Clemson fans - any here? - Tiger Boards Archive Forum

I fall into this category - sort of. I went to scar for 1 year taking classes as a day student in order to change major's and transfer to another school. I ultimately graduated from another school in the state.

When I saw this topic I had to comment because I have thought of this issue before. I have a theory regarding this situation and it is:

The Usuc campus is located in the middle of a larger metropolitan area and hence there are a lot of local kids that go there as day students (myself included). There are a number of these kids that don't really have any alliegence to the school and are simply there to take classes in order to achieve a larger purpose (complete degree, transfer, etc). I was open about the fact that I was a Clemson fan and I personally knew several other Tiger fans that I was in classes with.

On the other hand, I believe the situation is different at Clemson. CU's location makes it less likely to have a significant number of day students.

I think it would be a very interesting study to research this and find out the facts but I'd wager that there would be a much higher % of students in Columbia that are CU fans than vice-versa.

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Apr 21, 2013, 12:22 PM

My father attended Clemson when Banks McFadden was there, when it was a military college. I started attending Clemson football games with my parents when I was a tot in the early 60's. I became an IPTAY member in 1968 when I was 8 or 9 years old, and had season tickets from then until about 6 years ago. I have been to hundreds of Clemson basketball games. I have always been a Clemson fan through-and-through, and nothing but a Clemson fan.

When it came time for college, like a dumba$$, instead of Clemson, I went to a junior college to be close to a girlfriend who proceeded to break up with me soon after. I then dropped out and went to work. I did have friends who went to Clemson and I spent quite a bit of time with them over there during those years. 15 years later I decided to go back to school and get my degree; for various reasons, USC-Spartanburg (now USC-Upstate) was the best choice. They weren't the Gamecocks, they were "The Rifles" at the time, and I never felt like I was part of that school in Cootlumbia. It never really hit me until I got my diploma, and it simply says "University Of South Carolina". As proud as I am of my accomplishment, that diploma has remained in a box hidden away.

So yeah, I guess I have a coot diploma, even though I've never set foot on the coot campus, and can assure you no part of my being is or ever has been even remotely coot. I have many, many great memories of Clemson, and will be a Tiger until the day I die.