Dave,
You have to understand that everyone here knows you are misrepresenting yourself on this site, and there are many tells. The main one is this: If I were a passionate Hawks fan and had been for years, would I spend my time over on GPL posting about how good the Hawks are? Of course not. I would have no reason to. If I did, they would conclude very quickly that I was just there to draw attention to myself by irritating gopher fans. EVERYBODY remembers that kid from middle school--acting up just to get attention. We've all had to deal with him or her.
Would I go over to GPL from time to time for some good-natured ribbing or sincere hockey talk that was not just constant expressions of how good the Hawks are or how weak the Gophers are? Sure, and they would give me a little shat back but be OK with it. Pull yourself away from the mirror a second and watch some other non-UND fans who come here and participate in honest-to-goodness hockey talk. There are a LOT of gopher fans in eastern NoDak and where I live in the heart of Badger country. And those gopher fans are committed and passionate, even though they live in Sioux or Badger country. They do not back down, and they do not waiver in their support. But they are mature about it, and they do not constantly use their fandom simply as a means to get attention. They are FANS, not children.
I live 50 minutes from Madison. Most of the people I live around, work with, and am friends with are Badger fans. A friend of mine played for the Badger hockey team. Many of them know I am a Sioux/Hawks fan, but not all. I talk smack with them from time to time, but it is friendly. Most of our exchanges are about hockey, not how good UND is or how bad UW is. It's about hockey, not about me.
I'm no model, but you need to grow the fark up. Have some fun smacking UND fans now and then, but if all you can do is go on about how good the gophers or the B1G is, do that where people care. But you won't, you see, and that is why people here know you are a fraud. You are here for attention. I shouldn't be giving it to you, but I suppose there is a slight chance you really are a gopher fan and just don't get it. You can be a passionate gopher fan and have some good conversations here. But not if your goal is only to draw attention to DaveK.
