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Sports fanatics showed their obsessions through rituals and games.

CAME For so me, it was the pump- lu cky leprec haun 's head was bowl of chips and salsa . Seni or
up music and th e face paint. always bobbing for th e start of Paul Franco was not able to
DAY For oth ers, it was th e lu cky the ga me." make the Huske r vs. Missouri

CELEBRATIONS mementos and say in g prayers Oth er fa natics' rituals lasted football ga me last season,
verbatim. But for a se lect few, th ro ughout the entire ga me. but th at didn't stop him from
it was the weird rituals and Seni or jade Bertsc h had a watching the bi g ga me.
ce lebrations th at onl y they practice th at she had to foll ow "I ended up go in g to my
TAIL-GATING
th ought would work. Th ose at eve ry Lance r Hockey ga me. fri end's footba ll pa rty and
people were, what so me con- "At the beginning of every watching it with all my bud-
sidered, true sports fa natics. ga me, I got a pi ece of gum and dies. Husker football , all the
TEAM APPAREL "I'm Irish, so I was born and chewed it th e whole ga me," way !" Franco sa id .
raised on Notre Dame foot- Bertsch sa id, "Th en, when th e Whether it was sitting at
ball ," social studies teac her ga me was over, I had to leave home eating chips and scream-
Katie O'Doherty sa id, "My th e pi ece of gum under my in g at the TV, or getting up
PUMP UP MUSIC dad had all six of us [kids] wea r chair. " cl ose and perso nal with the
'th e shirt' and watch the ESPN When attendance was n't ga me, true sports fa natics
announce rs pick our te am to an option, many reso rted to showed intense sp irit and

HANGING TEAM lose . Th en, he made sure the a fri end 's big sc ree n and their rooted th eir tea ms to victory.
FLAGS

FAC E AND BODY
PAINT

L UCKY MEMENTOS

PRE-GAME GAMES

PRAYERS

A. juniors Tyler johnso n, Tra vis jackso n,
and M att Naven sacrifice their Iowa State
pride after losing a bet to their friends.
Th ey had to deck out in Nebras ka wear
w hen the Cycl ones lost to the Huskers in
the football ga me the previous weekend.
photo by Rachel Cordon B. Sophomore
jess ica W atts chats w ith so me fri ends
as she sports her fa vorite tea m, North
Caroli na Tar Heels. "I wea r Tar Hee l gear
at least once a week, if not more," W atts
sa id. photo by Laura Hobbs C. junior
Tyler Hoffman li fts weights after school junior Alex Forehea d circl es the track during gym cl ass
to bulk up for th e spring base ball seas on. in his College W orld Se ri es t-shirt from the previous
Most athletes devoted a couple of hours summer. Li ving in the hometown of the CW S every yea r
a day to the weight room in order to was a great adva ntage for people in O maha and the sur·
improve their strength. photo by Laura rounding communities . photo by Laura Hobbs
Hobbs

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