Maybe you were a die-hard fan, maybe you could take it or leave it, but chances are you came away from high school with some feeling of pride, however slight, in your school and its name.
College life is different, more fragmented.
As students grow up and prepare to make their way into the world alone, it is often easier to keep ties to a minimum. It eases the heartache of separation. Perhaps it is this necessary detachment that hinders the sense of community and school spirit that many find lacking at Drake University. To compare the two and expect the school spirit and sense of unity to be the same would be foolish. Proportionally, there are just as many people at state schools who could care less.