Ur so funny I have no idea what your issue with my fandom is so to understand, I’ll bullet point then you can tell me where I’m outside the gatekeeping rules
-I’m all in, met moms at State, Dad has an engineering masters from State, sons 1 n 2 are graduates (schreyer then masters at usc company paid, 2 is on his way to wharton studying $ company paid MAYBE if not we’re on it, both hired 4 months before graduation)
-I paid 400k out of state cash for their State education
-I saw 2 nattys while on campus
-I travel with the team (usc last year, huskies next year and O fall ‘28
-do not care (IDC) about beating Villanova, Nevada and blue hens by 150 points and question dropping $2k to attend such nonsense and question fan boys that say “ we’re #4 in the nation in D“ after playing these puppies
-yes, there are 1-3 games every year that matter and it ain’t blue hens and I’m guessing that’s where we disagree. If there was a better room situation in SC I’m sure my crew would be up there every warm Saturday enjoying the scene just for the party.
-I’m at a complete loss how crushing northwestern gives you such pride and school spirit (this does not apply to embarrassing Iowa)
so yes, the only games that matter for those of us who truly love State football are O, OSU and elite 8 + playoff games.
(moms brought out vodka slushies so please account for that)