first let me lol @ "the real UM fans" comment.... i guess you have to also root for UM in soccer to be a real UM fan huh?
Really I dont even care for college basketball or baseball and definitely dont care about rooting for UNC or Duke.... those 2 schools are the complete opposite when it comes to what made non-alumni fans of UM football. so why would I be a fan of UM football then root for Duke in basketball???
I tend to believe this notion is more of "Alumni" making up stuck up reasons so they can convince themselves they are a better fan of UM then a Non-Alumni. smh
Non-Alumni relate more to the UM football players on the field... u can take that to mean a number of things.
Alumni mostly relate to the private school "harvard of the south" make-up that mostly represents the student body at UM.