You spend a dozen fall Saturdays cheering for the same two colors.
College football outfits are vehicles for school history and tradition. They have deep, important ties to civic and regional pride. For decades Ole Miss marched out onto the field in what amounted to Confederate battle regalia. Its mascot, Colonel Reb, wore a costume that wasn't nearly as nuanced.
They're still called the Rebels today, 150 years after their ancestors surrendered to the Union and formally abandoned the rebellion. Until very recently their fans still waved giant Confederate battle flags and sang From Dixie with Love, shouting The South Will Rise Again at the end of it.