Is it normal for people to support football teams for colleges they never went to?

Posted by AmarantCoral@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 347 comments

I'm British and when I was young my dad moved to Philadelphia. Ever since my first visit, I've loved Philly and the Eagles but the season is too damn short. So I've considered college football. The natural choice for a team to follow is Penn State but it does feel a bit weird to me to support a team of a school I've never been to and don't have any connection to beyond the state it's in. Is it normal to support teams for colleges you never went to or are most of the fans alumni/family of alumni?