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It's one thing to want a conference to do well versus actively rooting for rival teams in the name of conference pride.
And it's plain silly to think Big 12 teams should all be rooting for each other in the name of the Big 12 not disbanding, since over a decade later it still hasn't happened.
As far as college vs pro, I think a case could be made that there's actually less reason to care about NFL divisional rivalries these days (as opposed to say the old school Chiefs/Raiders games where you could physically assault players from the other team).
You go to high school and hate the cross town high school... then you go to college and hate the college that's miles apart or in the next state over. And you know people who go to those schools and find reasons to hate them, too.
I personally have very little reason to hate the Broncos or people in Denver, especially in the past 20+ years... and even less so for people in LA or Oakland or Vegas or wherever the Raiders will be playing in 10 years.
College sports transcend the up and down years... Auburn can suck and still ruin Alabama's entire season. Broncos suck for a decade or more and..... meh? Maybe they win in October one year?
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