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Date: | Wed, 25 Mar 1992 09:19:33 CST |
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Ross Bracco writes:
>Everyone-hater Martin says "DAMN STRAIGHT I'm gonna root for the WCHA - NO
>MATTER WHAT."
>uh, is this hypocritical or just stupid? ;-) I mean, as an RPI fan, why am i
>supposed to suddenly start cheering for ECAC bums like Clarkson and SLU, whom
>i've been vehemently booing all year? Are people really this fickle?
>Territorial? Rooting for a conference is like rooting for an entire continent
>in the olympics. As Tony Hejna said, *teams* win championships, not
>conferences. If I didn't like a team before, it's silly to like them now.
No, it's neither hypocritical nor stupid nor fickle. I view the other WCHA
teams as rivals rather than enemies, at least after the season is done and
the NC$$ playoffs have begun. :-) It's like having a brother or sister
that you don't always get along with, but whom you will support in a dispute
outside the family. That's why I was cheering for Northern Michigan in the
NC$$ championship game in the St. Paul Civic Center last year. I would have
preferred to see Minnesota there, but in the absence of Gophers I favored
the WCHA representative. I must confess that I would have a hard time
cheering for Wisconsin under the same circumstances, but there is a rivalry
within my own family involved. :-) Other factors can, of course, affect
my support. I was cheering for Clarkson in the Civic Center last spring
because of the HOCKEY-L members in the Clarkson band.
-- Erik
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