sidewalk alumni n.pl. fans of a sports team from a school or college they never attended or have no direct ties to. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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There’s another variation, which I have heard most commonly applied to Notre Dame fans—subway alumni.
My guess is that fans in the stands are composed of more sidewalk/subway alumni than any other.
Alabama @ Tuscaloosa has the larget sidewalk alimni fanbase in the nation…as well as the most mullets per capita