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This is a funny subject for me, so I thought I'd write about it.

I grew up watching college football with 3 goals in mind: 

Ohio State wins.

Ohio State beats Michigan

The Big Ten wins.

 When Ohio State played Miami in the 2002 National Championship, prior to the game Chris Fowler asked Desmond Howard who he wanted to win and he said, "I'm a Michigan man and will always root against the Buckeyes.  I pick Miami."

Let's not focus on what my dad said here, but what my mom said - My mom, who is usually very level headed and soft-spoken when it comes to Ohio State (to balance out my father) yelled at the TV, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  WHERE'S YOUR BIG TEN LOYALTY????"

Woah.

Here's what I've witnessed recently about this:

     Let's call a spade a spade, most people hate the SEC.  I am one of those people, however, I will say, SEC fans are conference loyal.  If their team sucks, they'll root for whichever team is winning.  They just want an SEC team in the National Championship, pulling out a W.  I'm in awe over this because this is the way it should be.

     I always root for the ACC.  I'd love to have an ACC team in the National Championship.  Of course, I'd prefer that team NOT be UVA, but still I'd root for the Cavaliers to take home that sparkly football trophy if it meant recognition for my conference.  

UVA fans root against Va. Tech.  They don't care about the ACC, just that Tech loses.

Texas fans root against Oklahoma.  They don't care about the Big 12, just that Oklahoma loses.

Desmond Howard roots against Ohio State.  He doesn't care about the Big 10, just that OSU loses.

I encourage the 2 people reading this (probably only my mom and dad) to start cheering on your conferences.  It's okay to be happy when your rival ends up losing that game, but let's start showing some loyalty!