We’re Not All Like This

The Baylor Bears

Baylor fans have seen a rivalry with Texas A&M disappear, might be losing another one for good with Texas leaving for the SEC, have dealt with two of the most shocking scandals in modern college sports history, watched their program-defining women's basketball coach leave for LSU, and had to cope with TCU making a run to the national championship game in football. We talk to Amy Graham Pagitt, Neil Shanks, and Shehan Jeyarajah about their experiences rooting for the Bears, what drew them to Baylor in the first place, and whether or not they've participated in one of the most unusual freshman traditions in CFB.Be sure to check out the special We're Not All Like This selections on Homefield Apparel and use code LIKETHIS to get 20% off any item in that group.

The Cal Bears

At the crossroads of beloved tradition and radical change, you will find the Cal Bears, who are trying to navigate a shifting college sports landscape that is thrusting them (along with their hated rivals, Stanford) into the ACC of all places. I talked to Nam Le, Trace Travers, and Nico Savidge about the experience of being a Cal fan, what they're losing with the end of playing USC and UCLA, and whether Cal sees itself as victim or villain in the collapse of the Pac-12. 
 
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The Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee fans have seen a lot of ups and downs and dramatic twists over the past 15 or so years, and I sat down with Holly Anderson, Charlie Burris, and Jake Thompson to dig into that emotional journey. We cover the difference between rooting for Lady Vols basketball and other Tennessee sports, the most hated people inside and outside of Knoxville, and whether the Vol Navy is essential or just a cool sideshow. Be sure to check out the special We're Not All Like This selections on Homefield Apparel and use code LIKETHIS to get 20% off any item in that group.

The Maryland Terrapins

Maryland's gone from an ACC school that won a title in men's and women's basketball within four years of each other to a Big Ten school that doesn't have a lot of natural rivals and has seen football and men's hoops fall off somewhat. How do Terp fans feel about all that change, Maryland's future in college sports, and the importance of lacrosse? Thanks to Alex Kirshner, Kofie Yeboah, and Matt Ellentuck for joining me on this episode.Be sure to check out the special We're Not All Like This selections on Homefield Apparel and use code LIKETHIS to get 20% off any item in that group.

The Buffalo Bills (Bonus Episode)

While we work on preparing Season 2, we put together a special bonus episode talking to three fans of the Buffalo Bills - Prescott Rossi, Victoria Zeller, and Taylor Fulton - to learn more about the nuances of Bills Mafia, which team in the AFC East Bills fans hate the most, and how the Bills maybe serve as the college football team of Buffalo.
 
Keep an eye out for Season 2 in early March 2024!

The West Virginia Mountaineers

Season 1 of We're Not All Like This wraps up with a look at the fans of West Virginia. Does the Big 12 feel like home for a school nowhere near Texas? Who, of all the amazing talents that came through Morgantown, was the most exciting and electrifying Mountaineer to watch? And what's with the whole lighting furniture on fire thing? Beth Carpenter, Chris Sedenka, and Matt Kirchner help us answer those questions (and yes, a few about Pitt). Special thanks to our sponsor, Homefield Apparel, for supporting the first season of our show. We'll be back in January with new episodes! 

The Connecticut Huskies

UConn's men's basketball team has won five national titles; the women's team has won eleven. So, naturally, we're here to talk about UConn football, a program that voluntarily left the American Athletic Conference to go independent. We asked Whitney McIntosh, Bryan Jackson, and the mysterious @NoEscalators to walk us through the peak years of Husky football were like, the expectations fans have now, and whether seeing other teams chase power conference status in football serves as a warning to UConn. Oh, and there's some Dan Orlovsky talk, too.Special thanks to our sponsor, Homefield Apparel.

The Washington State Cougars

Washington State exists in opposition to a lot of things: the Washington Huskies, the Idaho Vandals, the richer and shinier members of the Pac-12, the football TV media industry, and anyone who thinks it's weird to put a college in the middle of rolling fields of wheat and lentils. What is it like to be in the first group of Cougs vs. Everybody? Does that history make Washington State more ready to face an unpleasant college football future? And what on earth is Cougar Gold?
These questions, and others, are put to Kerith Burke, Craig Powers, and Brian Floyd in this episode. Special thanks to our sponsor, Homefield Apparel.

The Louisville Cardinals

What drives the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry? Do Cardinals fans want the Keg of Nails game to come back? How do they feel about the school serving as a stepping stone for so many college football coaches? And how the heck did Papa John occupy a place of such prominence within Louisville athletics? We asked these questions and others of Keith Wynne, Haley O'Shaughnessy, and Mark Ennis to better understand the outnumbered-in-Kentucky existence of Louisville fans.
 
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The Ole Miss Rebels

Ole Miss has the most famous college tailgate, a football history peppered with painful and baffling losses, a coaching lineage that includes Houston Nutt and Ed Orgeron, and a whole lot of confederate imagery in its past. We asked Alex McDaniel, Zach Berry, and Bunkie Perkins to walk us through what it's like to root for a college football team that might be cursed, whether the Egg Bowl has always been this bananas, and whether The Grove is what national media presents it to be.
 
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