You can TRY to squeeze that toothpaste back into the tube but it will still leak on out again.
Believe me, I worked at Auburn University for 20 years.
It’s mostly the fault of the alumni and their donations and big money.
Older alumni want to relive their glory days when life was simple and their school and its team was all that mattered.
Younger alumni want their kids to go to “their” school and experience those happy winning days. I can tell you that more than half of the rivalry among Alabamians between the Tide and the Tigers is all about where Mom and Dad went to school. My town is 30 miles from Auburn and decidedly pro-Auburn. It’s been a little weak these past few years but really came out this week! AU flags everywhere, LOL!
As an Alabamian that has to visit liberal areas of the country all the time, I’m just happy to see the Crystal Trophy in my state. Gives me something to brag on when the jokes about marrying my sister, having one tooth, driving a pickup and living in a single-wide while pumping a bible comes up.
Anyway, the alumni are the ones making certain their school has a winning coach and will beg, borrow, cajole, force, power-thru or bribe the school into all of it’s football traditions.
So do you park your pickup in front or behind your single wide that you and your sister (wife) with a total of two teeth between you live. LOL