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Originally Posted by wong21fr
See, I never even knew that CC had that much of a following in the Springs. It seems like CC was the snobby liberal arts school that was tolerated and everyone flocked to AF for sporting events because the Springs is 'merica.
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Two different Springs. CC's support is old Colorado Springs - old money, business interests, both liberal and conservative - the downtown, west side, Cheyenne Mountain/Broadmoor crowds. Real Colorado Springs. Plus the south/southeast, Fountain and Widefield crowds, which are also good CC hockey country. (To the limited extent the Army/Fort Carson crowd has any interest in hockey or the affairs of Colorado Springs, they actually align with this group.)
Air Force is the newer, more evangelical religious, more conservative crowd. A lot of middle class, some upper middle class, but the city's elite are generally not in this group (they use this group to get elected). Northern springs, as well as northeast and eastern parts of town.
Interestingly, a lot of Monument falls into the first group, because a lot of those people moved up there a decade-plus ago - moving far out, not Briargate-suburbia newcomers. It's why Lewis-Palmer got seeded with such a strong hockey program.
That's my perception, at least.