<p>Northwestern has tons of purple pride!!!!!</p>
<p>"Northwestern has tons of purple pride!!!!!" Southern Baptists would have a field day with that one.</p>
<p>If only we cared what Southern Baptists thought.......</p>
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<p>Berkeley? Berkeley is very divided and is no where near the top in terms of school spirit. I mean even this season when their football team was having the best season in the history of Cal football, Tedford and Rodgers had to publically call out their fans to support the team.</p>
<p>My top picks for all-around school pride (sports, academics, etc.):</p>
<p>USC, Notre Dame, UMich, Ohio State</p>
<p>UCLA nor-cal pride</p>
<p>Universities-Notre Dame, Duke, USC, Michigan. LAC's-Williams, Holy Cross, Bowdoin, Davidson, and Colgate.</p>
<p>Texas A+M by a large margin over every other school.For God's sake, people name their children after the football stadium! While it is not and will never be my cup of tea, there is no denying the alumni's ferocious zeal for all things maroon and white.</p>
<p>UCLA is Nor-Cal pride? Since when did Los Angeles become NorCal?</p>
<p>UCLA out-of-state pride!</p>
<p>ah joev. That's what makes it special, that spirit transcends the alumni and can be seen all throughout the great state of ohio. It is rare and unique in the aspect that it isn't regional-based pride.</p>
<p>Damn, I missed Notre Dame. W/e... anyways, I think school pride is very important bc you're investing a decent fraction of your life to study, party, and live at that institution. If you look back very fondly on those days and the school itself, doesn't that say something about your decision?</p>
<p>I.e. I know an older man from NYC nicknamed "Bulldog" b/c he played football and lacrosse at Georgetown (I know they are the Hoyas..but he looks sort of like a bulldog hahah) and is probably the most loyal alum I have ever seen. His college choice seems to have made him happy for a lifetime. School pride seems important, to me.</p>
<p>usc, cal, and stanford.</p>
<p>Gotta be Notre Dame, people are very proud to be alums of the school. Did you hear the outcry of ND alums and fans when Willingham was fired?</p>
<p>Also, Michigan, TOSU, Duke and UNC seem to have tons of pride. All the SEC football schools have huge followings too.</p>