SteveMM
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Personally, I don’t see any reason why feeling connected to a school that you attended post-grad would be weird. I do find it odd that a person would completely abandon his own school for one his daughter attends. This guy wears Gators gear nearly as much as I wear VCU gear … and that’s a lot. This guy is an odd one, though. He used to have some pride in attending UR but the story changed in recent years and he says he never felt like he fit in. More likely it’s that there’s very little to be proud of in terms of sports at UR anymore, and he likes the idea of rooting for a power conference school.I think it really comes down to how much connection you felt. VCU being a big part of my life (Undergrad, Rowdies, friends, etc) for many years pretty much solidified it. The Bama RVA chapter reached out to me during going through their grad stuff and welcomed me in to gatherings, football stuff, etc which is a big reason I started to embrace them. We just went fishing together the other day and they’ve been following/checking on my wrist injury constantly from my golf championship (I’ve had a wrist tear that may require surgery). Very great group of people.
Side note that our son is a junior at CNU right now, so a lot of our money goes down to Newport News. I’ll wear my CNU pullover or t-shirt happily because I think it’s a great school, but not to the exclusion of being a VCU fan through-and-through.