Riley Green, who sings, “There Was This Girl,” is from Alabama, which is a state that takes its college football and football allegiance very seriously, which Riley admits can be tricky.  If you’ve ever seen his merchandise, he often incorporates multiple school color schemes into his products, and he even calls out multiple schools in some of his songs.  Riley says, “That’s one thing about the state of Alabama, it’s so passionate about football and both sides. You know, my granddaddy’s a Alabama fan, pretty hardcore. My whole family’s Alabama fans.”

Riley would consider himself an Auburn fan because he loves the feel of their campus, but he says, “I just respected (my granddaddy) so much that I always kind of would pull for Alabama if Auburn wasn’t playing. And a lot of them say that and don’t really, but I mean I’m an Auburn fan and that’s come from spending time down there. It’s more of a out-in-the-country kind of place and I always just enjoyed that, but I think if you’re going to be successful doing anything that’s in sales or marketing, you’re gonna have to stay somewhat neutral, but play to both of them, you know. So Georgia time I sort of say I bleed orange and blue … but you got to be careful with that in Alabama.”

Funny enough, Riley didn’t attend Auburn or Alabama.  He was a walk-on quarterback at Jacksonville State University, but most Alabama natives eventually ended up choosing or being raised as an Alabama or an Auburn fan.

Riley Green – college team allegiance  :38

“That’s one thing about the state of Alabama, it’s so passionate about football and both sides. You know, my granddaddy’s a Alabama fan, pretty hardcore. My whole family’s Alabama fans. I mean, I just respected him so much that I always kind of would pull for Alabama if Auburn wasn’t playing. And a lot of them say that and don’t really, but I mean I’m an Auburn fan and that’s come from spending time down there. It’s more of a out-in-the-country kind of place and I always just enjoyed that, but I think if you’re going to be successful doing anything that’s in sales or marketing, you’re gonna have to stay somewhat neutral, but play to both of them, you know. So Georgia time I sort of say I bleed orange and blue and, you know, I dabble in it a little bit, but you got to be careful with that in Alabama.”