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Let's face it, in the Portland market, you've essentially got the Blazers, Ducks and Beavers as sports teams that are relevant nationally. So it's no surprise that football fans in the area, regardless of where they went to school, identify with one or both of the teams.
Same shit happens down in Los Angeles. They don't have a NFL team, so a bunch of the fans that watch USC games didn't go to school there. It's just their local version of a significant football team in the Los Angeles area.
You can run down the list of some of the most recognizable college football teams, and I guarantee you a large part of their attendance is based on people who are just fans of the team and not necessarily alums. LSU, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Tennessee, Penn State, etc. You think they are selling out 70,000-100,000 seat stadiums based on alumni?
But I certainly wouldn't paint these fans with a broad brush as "bandwagon."
Hate to agree with a slime ball Duck fan... but I do.

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it certainly wasnt cool to be a Duck fan in the early 90s
