From Southern Living Magazine September 2011 Issue
1. Thou shalt wear team colors. But think twice before adorning yourself with body paint—you don’t want to be the Internet photo that goes viral.
2. Thou shalt know—and sing—your team’s fight song from beginning to end. Sure, you can “watermelon watermelon” your way through the alma mater, but not memorizing the fight song is a fan failure.
3. Thou shalt keep your language clean (unless, of course, the quarterback fumbles on fourth and goal).
4. Thou shalt support the coach. Even when his calls are questionable.
5. Thou shalt be respectful to visiting teams. Remember: Southern ladies and gentlemen never boo.
6. Thou shalt set up a tailgate no fewer than three hours before kickoff (six if it’s a night game). Table linens and matching huggers encouraged, but not required.
7. Thou shalt theme your tailgate food around the visiting rival. Gator bites, anyone?
8. Thou shalt stay through the fourth quarter—rain or shine. That’s what ponchos are for, y’all.
9. Thou shalt respect the solemnity of Game Day by planning weddings, births, and other life events around the football schedule.
10. Thou shalt not covet other teams’ bowl games, national championships, or Heisman Trophy wins. There’s always next year.
Tomorrow, we discuss the paranoid mindset of the college football fan, in which they are responsible for the absolute victory or failure of their team.
This post is done in TTU Red Raiders colors, even though it is admittedly hard to read....(see above note on tomorrow's forthcoming post)
3 comments:
I disagree with #2. Not knowing the school song is a sin in my book! :)
I think that's sort of what they said, too, Marina. :)
"...not memorizing the fight song is a fan failure."
I got all hung up on the watermelon, watermelon part; I didn't know people did that! Now I have to watch closer, when they zoom in with the camera!
Oh, I thought it meant that you had to know the fight song but it was ok to pretend like you know the school song. :)
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