ACamp1900

Here is what I added to that post; "ACamp is good too, even though he doesn't know maple leaf red from a red neck! I love you bro, eh! "

Thanks my man. I simply could not resist given the context of the quote.

South Carolina did not let them cross the Potomac. We were busy bombing ships in the harbor and securing the port. Plus McClellan was such a pussy he could have been overran in a heartbeat. He was indecisive and just camped out in Virginia content to sit on his arse. That war could been over in 1862 had the Army of Virginia had some balls.....

OMG! LOL..... At least its not at getting beat with a cane on the floor of the Senate yet (yes that was a South Carolinian).

just throwing some love your way. hope all is well.

"I didn't PICK the name... it IS my name... I understand my families history reasonably well... I have no issue with Irish ties or the irish in general... I hope you didn't take it as that... I was simply stating a fact... I'm not irish." Fukkin' widja, bro!

"ACamp. He just wanted to make sure he didn't forget." The Campbel moto "Ne Obliviscaris" or "Forget Not." You say you ere not Irish, but you picked the one Scottish surname that has Irish origins in it's common Gaelic ancestry! The most common Irish derivation is from the surname Mac Cathmhaoil. Descendents of a famous war-leader named Cathmhaoil took the surname, and was often pronounced as "Cammle". This coincidentally was the same pronunciation as the Scottish surname "Campbell". From this Irish surname, a number of derivations were arrived including MacCawill, McCaul, MacCall, Caulfield, and of course Campbell. Sorry for the book, but then, do you really know?

Let's Go Oakland

Yes and very much so haha.

I've found that there is a small percentage though, maybe around 10-20%, that seem to root for them as a second team. I actually had to convince some people that they should root for us against Bama. You would think it would be second nature for them, but SEC marketing is phenomenal down here.

Well, I actually was living down in Nashville for a few years before I came up to ND. I guess I moved away before ND became *the* national story, when I imagine I'd hear a lot of crap down there, but I do know a big Tennessee fan who was also a big ND fan (took the ND shirt off his back to give as a present at my going-away party). Knew some Bama and Auburn fans who, generally, just never mentioned ND. (Though most of my other friends down there were, coincidentally, from around the Elkhart-Mishawaka-Fort Wayne areas and were all Irish fans.)

As for Buckeye fans, I'm not so sure. My opinion, especially now, was to root for the northern (Big Ten) schools (save one), especially in bowl games against the SEC - enemy of my enemy is my friend, etc. I'm pretty sure there is a sizable chunk of those sorts. It was easy to transition in that way from OSU to ND, mainly because of a shared hatred of Michigan. Kept me from transferring there last year, against common sense probably....