02-10-2016, 10:57 AM
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#bottlestorage
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cary, North Carolina
Posts: 7,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlashUNC
For years across the South, there were no pro sports team. At least not in football or basketball. College teams were all that were.
A lot of the deep allegiances you see to, say, SEC football teams or ACC basketball teams are driven by this. Much like generations of folks in the Northeast have rooted for the Yankees, Red Sox or Knicks and Celtics, families down in Mobile rooted for the Crimson Tide.
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Agreed.
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