I am not a Rutgers alum but I am a New Jersey boy through and through. I always rooted for Rutgers and my college didn't have a football team.
Am I not allowed to be a fan? Am I a lesser fan in your eyes? My opinions do not count as much? I and many other "fans" try to support the program. Do other alums feel this way about non-alums?
Wow. Just wow.
Nope! In fact I would say you are the type of fan that Rutgers should be striving to reach out to if we want to build our fanbase to the level of other big state schools....not everyone attended those schools but are fans in part due to state pride among other reasons. As an alum very happy to have you supporting Rutgers!