“School Pride” is different than in the midwest. 1) there are tons of colleges jam packed together on the E coast. 2) even if you’re at an Ivy, bragging about it simply makes you look like a … braggart. It’s not done. Except at school specific events (FB games, etc.).
The athletics are competitive but I don’t get a sense of huge backing of FB. Some area high schools where I live in MI do better than my Ivy alma mater (not CU) did for its football weekends. my buddies and I went b/c we had lots of friends on the team. But they aren’t events like you see at B10 schools. Other teams usually have friends and family backing them and cheering them on.
This spirit is NOTHING compared to the midwest where lots of people have a favorite Big10 team and participates in the various rivalries, whether they attended or not.
The on campus unity or rah-rah spirit is diluted by the proximity of the city. More isolated Ivies like Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale and even to some degree Princeton – have bigger on campus focus – is my opinion.