calpoke25
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wyoair said:My wife and I being in Casper never miss a game. I graduated from UW as did my brother, mom and grandfather. So I'm definitely not the norm. I have the fortune to have grown up a fan all my life. Through the Josh Wallwork and Marcus Harris years, the botched safety in the '96 championship game (I was only 10)through the Jay Stoner and Marcus Brigham years, to the Josh Adams, Marcus Bailey, Ugo years and the Dimmel and f'ing Shroyer years to now. But I digress. So I guess my point is not being the norm as in being a fan since I can remember I can withstand good and ba years. Those Who don't have that strong connection to the University of Wyoming can't withstand long droughts of mediocrity or less than that. Those 20 years did a lot of damage to our Fanbase but it is slowly recovering. I remember not too long ago going through Shirley basin on my way to Laramie there was hardly any cars on our way. Now ever since the border war victory we see lines upon lines of cars traveling the same route to Laramie as we are. It's a pretty cool site to see the red lights traveling all the way back to Casper from Laramie. The championship season did wonders for the basketball enthusiasm and I think this season will too for the football team. It's just going to take a little bit more time as most a Fairweather fans or fans with loose connections to Wyoming are in a kind of wait and see or I'll see it when it happens deal. sorry that might be kind of a long winded post.
See I would argue you ARE the norm in terms of Wyoming fan. Strong personal connection to UW and family history. I think you're what makes up the majority of our or pretty much any other teams fan base, it's just we have such a limited alumni base to draw from. Sure if we had a Boise St. type run we'd pick up some bandwagon fans along the way but by and large I'd bet you're the norm, not the other way around.