Continuing on the subject of identity, I'd much rather hear a person identified by descriptions of their family and homeplace, than by their college or sports team. It puts different people in authority than God intended, and fails to give credit to those who really invested in the lives of these young people.  I rarely hear anyone tell where the person they knew lived, at first. Instead, they immediately refer to the ball team they played on, or the college they graduated from, as though it were a substitute for the family.