School Spirit, Motherfuckaaaaaa...

"...Alpha step. Omega step. Kappa step. Sigma step. -------Gangstas walk. Pimps gone talk. Oooh, hecky naw, that boy is raw." -Kanye West I love that song. Anyway, I've never been one for school spirit. I never really saw the point. I could see maybe if I was on one of the sports teams or something. Or maybe if I held some kind of stock options or there was a little profit sharing going on. I really don't see any other valid reason. I'm befuddled (word of the day) at the thought. Me and my boys recently took a weekend vacation to a local university to see some friends. They're crazy about their football so we took in a game in between drinking binges. I've never experienced a college football game before. Didn't really know what to make of it. First of all, the students were insane, but in a good way. You couldn't help but to feel the energy these kids were giving off. This was probably the only fun thing they could do that didn't involve shots of bottom-shelf vodka. They were loud and rowdy and just having a hell of a time cheering on their friends and/or classmates. That spirit I can understand. You gotta support your friends. It looked like a lot of fun. Then you got the alumni. These fans graduated YEARS ago and still make the drive out to their alma mater about 8 times a year to see a bunch of kids play a game. They drive their overpriced RVs filled with their hundreds of dollars of team merchandise and/or apparel to sit in the bleachers for two hours just to drive all the way back home afterward. They're hardcore. Just under them are the townies. Most of the townies either never went to college or decided not to put their $120,000 degree to any use. Their economy thrives on the success/failure of the college teams, so I guess they almost have a duty to support and cheer for their team. Although naming all their businesses and dinner specials after the mascot is a bit much. Finally there are the visiting team's fans. Not the ones that live in state, but the ones from two or three states over. With their intricate outfits and creative hats and even tattoos. Ok, to be specific, namely this guy. You can't see it in this picture, but he has a tattoo on his right arm of a duck and a football in some tribal shit with the words "duck nut" underneath. Nut indeed. I saw him in person that weekend. I hope to God he actually went to that school. That would make it a little less stupid. I'm not calling him stupid. Everyone needs a hobby. Just the idea in general is stupid.