Erik Biever wrote:
 
> Edward N. Moller writes:
>
> > I'm curious.  Is this treatment of local players who have moved away
> > typical of western fans?
>
> No, it appears to be limited to the student section at UMD, and only in this
> specific case.  Except for their curious treatment of Dave Spehar, the Duluth
> fans are great.
 
I would go a bit stronger than this and say that it's not atypical for kids that
come from Duluth to the Twin Cities.  I haven't ever been to the DECC, but the
UMD fans I know here in Minneapolis are still bitter about Rob Stauber becoming a
Gopher and are willing to bend your ear about it (even saying, "Stauber sucks,"
rather loudly with little prompting).  Other than Duluth fans about Gophers,
though, I don't know of any similar occurences in the west.
 
J. Michael Neal
 
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