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mrmpa

(4,033 posts) Thu Mar 15, 2012, 05:44 PM Mar 2012

Does anyone else root or not for an NCAA team because of the politics of where the team is from or.. [View all]

it's history. Right now I'm rooting for Harvard over Vanderbilt. The Florida Virginia game I will be booing both teams. Let me know if I'm alone or not.

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Does anyone else root or not for an NCAA team because of the politics of where the team is from or.. [View all] mrmpa Mar 2012 OP

What do you do with UNC? taterguy Mar 2012 #1

I've got 2 brothers born in NC, I lived there when I was a kid for 3 years..so NC mrmpa Mar 2012 #3

Duke has much to answer for gratuitous Mar 2012 #2

And most people don't even know they're named for a tobacco company taterguy Mar 2012 #4

Many people don't know that it was 'The American Tobacco Company'. Ptah Mar 2012 #6

Coach K is one of the best coaches hifiguy Mar 2012 #7

I won't root for Penn State because of the whole Sandusky thing. Initech Mar 2012 #5