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(ACTUAL PHOTO OF ME DOING MY GIRL BYE HAIR FLIP TO ALL THE BANDWANGONERS)
Okay y’all, as I am writing this post I am a little frustrated. No, scratch that, a LOT frustrated. All my life I have grown up a horned frog. My dad played football at TCU, so it just came naturally to cheer for the frogs. Heck y’all, we even have a TCU Christmas tree at my house. Going to TCU was a dream come true. TCU is MY school and I love it. Whenever any TCU sport is being played, I am cheering/hollering/jumping out of my seat. Even during losing seasons I am always cheering for the purple and white.
Don’t get me wrong though, I cheer for other teams too. For example, my DaDi (my mom’s dad) went to UNC for his PhD. When I was younger, my mom couldn’t get me out of cheerleading uniforms, so I would rotate between my Horned Frogs and Tar Heels cheer uniforms. Needless to say, when basketball season rolls around, you will always find UNC winning my March Madness bracket. The Speer fam are die-hard sports fans. We always cheers for the underdogs, and we are ecstatic when TCU or UNC wins a big game, or any game for that matter.
With all of that being said, there is one thing that really gets under my skin and rubs me the wrong way: bandwagoners. They are the WORST kind of fans!!! This year, college football has been CRAZY. Last week, the number one and three teams fell, and an undefeated Miami team was ranked below one-loss Clemson teams. Some people are happy, some are unhappy, and some people just decided they are lifelong fans of whatever team is on top… Yes, these are the bandwagoners. As the rankings rolled out last night, I saw all sorts of people tweeting about “their” school and how they were SO happy with where they were ranked, even though they have no affiliation to that school what so ever.
As football season continues to heat up, here at three quick tips to identify and Bandwagon fan:
1. See if the person knows more than 3 players on the team and the head coach
2. See if the person knows any history of the team
3. See if the person knows any players in the pros from that team
Beware of bandwagoners, because by the end of bowl season, I am sure you’ll see several jumping off!
