... Wisconsin Badgers, and I was watching the first game of Iowa's 2010 season.

In this game Iowa barely edged out FCS foe, Northern Iowa, 17-16, needing two blocked field goals in the closing seconds to win.

Needless to say, I, an Iowa fan, was on pins and needles.

Meanwhile, most of the Badger fans in the place were happily rooting for UNI, cheering for the upset, and an embarrassing demise for the Hawkeyes.

I found this disheartening.

What sense did it make rooting against Iowa in that situation? Where was their Big Ten pride? Where was their conferencism?

This brings up the obvious question: What is conferencism?

To the best of my knowledge, it is a term that was coined by Bleacher Report - College Football