This week’s viral football sensation — the cunning LSU bride who slipped purple and gold cake layers into her Alabama fan husband’s groom cake — has us single LSU fans asking ourselves the really important question: Would you marry an Alabama fan? Someone from Ole Miss or Auburn? Anyone from another SEC fan base?
Is outside the SEC West allowed? Do Vandy or Tennessee or Kentucky even count? Would the union of two feuding fanbases Just Mean More?
Once you get beyond the obvious drawbacks of dating outside your fandom, like someone possibly yelling Roll Tide at your wedding or a confusing discussion about how a landshark isn’t actually A Thing with your future children (to say nothing of assorted Auburn animals), there are some inherent advantages.