Related question. I have no allegiance to the ACC. I dislike nearly every ACC team ... generally... as a fan. For those of you who root for a team "because they are in the ACC" ...what is your rationale? I don't understand how one day you can't stand UNC (for example) & the next actively rooting for them.
I don't tie any "collective" ACC success (if there's such a thing) to Ga Tech... MY TEAM.
There's teams I hate: Dook (slimy), da U (thugs). It's hard to root for them in most cases.
Then there's teams that I really don't care for: Va (snobby, elitist), Clem (they're ok just got too big for their britches), Pitt (annoying), FSU (minor version of da U), VT (high opinion of themselves despite ****ty school & empty trophy case), UNC (control ACC at everyone else's expense), NC st & Looie, (minor version of FSU), ND (less anoying version of Dook).
Then we got Wake, BC, Cuse. I actually like Wake and Cuse does not bother me. BC is a good rivalry for GT and they run clean programs.
My only argument for rooting for other ACC teams is to some extent the reputation of the conference affects GT. A rising tide lifts all boats so to speak. Good players want to play against good competition. They want full stands which only hapens if the games are interesting and mean something. Good players want to play on the team where the team wins & other players can make their plays. Other than getting the newer players some game time, is there really any interest in beating some nobody by 20? Guess it's a stat booster, but that's about it.
Let's take the SEC for example- do you root for UT against ND and have to listen to the assbags on ESPN continue to plug UT, or root for ND and have to wash your mouth out after the game to get rid of the bad taste having pulled for ND? VT vs OU, not sure I care that much. UNC vs Ark, again you got the cheating SEC getting more press if Ark wins. Tough one was A&M vs Looie. A&M is not one of the old guard SEC and Looie's not been in ACC very long. I didn't really care who won but it did bug me I had to listen to comments about the SEC.