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Super fans in all shapes and sizes
Updated: August 16, 2010, 1:15 PM ET
By Jim Weber | Special to ESPN.com
If the NFL is considered America's new religion, the college game is our nation's biggest cult. The most rabid U.S. sports fans, millions of them, fill stadiums across the country each fall Saturday and literally live and die college football.
In what other American sport can you find a fan like Giles Pellerin? The greatest college football super fan ever, he viewed 797 consecutive USC football games -- home and away -- before passing away at the age 91 in the parking lot of a Trojans game.
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2010 SEASON PREVIEW

Stories
- Forde: The standard of excellence »
- Schlabach: Expectations lead to letdown »
- Maisel: Season at the crossroads »
- Forde: Reversal of rivalry fortunes »
- Schlabach: Offseason to remember »
- Schlabach: The rise of the 3-4 defense »
- Schlabach: Players adjust to 3-4 switch »
- Forde: The great quarterback debate »
- Forde: 10 QBs who get it done »
- Maisel: Bama's McElroy in it to win it »
- Maisel: No exact science for college QB »
- Low: Dooley faces daunting task with Vols »
- Forde: Georgia's Green excels »
- Schlabach: UF's Brantley's impossible task »
Roaring Twenties: Lists of 20 for '10
- Schlabach: What's hot (and not) for 2010 »
- Maisel: Who are 2010's Heisman hopefuls? »
- Adelson: Must-see games for 2010 »
- Adelson: Who has the best title shot? »
- Schlabach: Be wary of these teams »
- Forde: Diminutive RBs charge forward »
- Schlabach: It's all in the family »
- McShay: Top 20 NFL prospects

- Top super fans from around the country »
Bloggers
- Low: Does the streak end for the SEC? »
- Conference call: Hot teams for 2010 »
- Conference call: Crossroads season »
- Conference call: Premier hybrid players »
- Conference call: Ranking conference QBs »
- Conference call: Varying QB types »
Insider
- Football Outsiders: Streaks in danger

- Projecting college football dark horses

- McShay: Locker leads top QB prospects

- Football Outsiders: Rankings QBs

- Joyner: Spurrier looks for elite QB

- McShay: Top SEC East draft prospects

Video
- Will the SEC's BCS dominance continue?

- Forde/Maisel: Critical crossroads

- Forde/Maisel: Rivalry remix

- Schlabach/Feldman: Rise of the 3-4

- Forde/Maisel: The great QB debate

- CFB Live: Nation's top QBs

- Forde/Maisel: 20 things to watch in 2010

- Adelson: Tide vs. Gators reign supreme

- Adelson: Title hopes for Boise State/TCU


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