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