SEC fans, why?

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Originally Posted by Clampdown

Part of that might be a lack of an NFL team in Kentucky

But there are plenty of NFL teams that are withing driving distance from most parts of KY. Indy, Cincy, and Nashville.

But I see the point in having pride for one's home state.

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Originally Posted by andysutherland

But there are plenty of NFL teams that are withing driving distance from most parts of KY. Indy, Cincy, and Nashville.

But I see the point in having pride for one's home state.

Because I was a carpetbagger living in Lexington I can't speak for Louisville residents and their potential love for Indy. It very well could exist, but the Cardinals were a good football team several years ago and that might have taken some attention away from the Colts. So Louisville residents could be fans, I don't know. Also, there are fans living in Lexington that are Bengal fans but they are so in love with UK nothing compares. In terms of Northern Kentucky, they might love Cincy, but I would think their first love is college (maybe). As for Nashville, the city is over 3 hours away so their might be some disconnect there. I graduated in 2000, only two yeas into their existence in Tennessee. Perhaps a fan base has grown in the region of Kentucky closest to Tennessee. I don't know

Now that we are entering into conference games in the SEC, the excitement for the season is just now building. Good luck to all the SEC teams, except UT of course.

Originally Posted by Clampdown

Because I was a carpetbagger living in Lexington I can't speak for Louisville residents and their potential love for Indy. It very well could exist, but the Cardinals were a good football team several years ago and that might have taken some attention away from the Colts. So Louisville residents could be fans, I don't know. only two yeas into their existence in Tennessee. Perhaps a fan base has grown in the region of Kentucky closest to Tennessee. I don't know.

Just like most cities without a NFL team there are many Steelers fans in Louisville. I have family that live there and its known as Penntucky when it comes to the NFL. You have to figure the bengals have sucked the majority of their franchise and up until Peyton came so have the colts. The titans are still a relatively new franchise in the area. Steelers fans are everywhere which if watch the bengals games when their not winning you will see alot of black and gold in their stadium.

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Originally Posted by Clampdown

As for Nashville, the city is over 3 hours away so their might be some disconnect there. I graduated in 2000, only two yeas into their existence in Tennessee. Perhaps a fan base has grown in the region of Kentucky closest to Tennessee. I don't know

Big fanbase in Southern KY. WKU is only an hour away from Nashville, and the KY/TN state line is only 20 minutes from the city limits. But WKU fans hate UK.

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Conferences cheer for their conference. Atleast the smaller ones do. As a former MAC athlete I will always cheer for MAC teams when they play any school from any other conference (except maybe WMU ). It always reflects well on your conference when they beat a team from a different conference. When a Big T11n school gets beat by a MAC school it looks great for everyone not just the team who won.

Ask Boise or TCU fans the same thing about WAC or Mountain West teams beating BCS opponents and whether not it reflects well on the conference.