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Originally Posted by nik-
It does, not so much with direct rivals, but a lot of fans prefer when it's their conference winning the Cup.
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I have never heard of anyone cheering for a team because they are from the East or West.
And the fact is what we're talking about here is rivals, this isn't Bruins fans cheering for the Panthers, it's Flames fans cheering for the Nucks or Oilers. Bama, LSU, Florida and Georgia are rivals. The games between them are heated and have been for some time, and for good reason. I could see Vandy fans celebrating a Bama win, they don't have much of a rivalry with anyone outside of UT, and the same goes for A&M (for now). In the Big Ten I would never cheer for UM or OSU and increasingly Wisco is reaching that level due to the nature of the games between the programs.
At the end of the day there's really only one set of fans that seem to adopt this mentality, and it's SEC fans. I don't have the pleasure of associating with SEC fans very often, so it doesn't really bother me, but it sure is weird.