Clemson v. South Carolina.
This is the best part of being a fan. The day of ultimate rilvary. I can not tell you the amount of smacktalk I have read from Facebook and Twitter. All the apparel and decorations that mark an ultimate fan are out. Flags, magnets, stickers, sweat shirts, tshirts, pants, hats, scarves, etc., and I could go on. Today is the day to be in on the look out. If you live in the state of South Carolina or are just passing through, don't be frightened, this is normal.
What about a rivalry brings out the ultimate fandom??
One thing that really pops out is the opportunity to smacktalk/bragging rights. With an in-state rivalry, your best friend, your neighbor, your coworker, you name it, they could be apart of your "enemy" aka your rival. With this proximity of your opponent and like, Clemson v. South Carolina, there is also history there is no way you will not smacktalk. Well we have this...and our running back has done this. From the beginning of time your grandpa's grandpa's whatever has been a fan of this certain team and then your neighbor has been the same for the other so from the beginning of the season you are saying, "Just wait till we play, your team won't know what hit ya." Then you have the bragging rights. Each season that game sets up the bragging rights. I know for a fact that if we win tonight...we will brag we beat the SEC East Champs for the rest of the yr and if USC wins then they will brag that they beat us, the...um...just Clemson haha, but there will be bragging. There is no doubt about that. That is just what the ultimate fan is going to do. Smack talk until they win bragging rights or their team does something stupid to lose the game.
So when I think about ultimate fans, I definitely think about rivalries. They bring out every bit of ultimate fandom that anyone can think of.
Clemson Tigers vs. South Carolina Rivalry Holiday Ornament
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