re: I wish I were a real fan.

You must arrive two hours before kick off. Be a dork. Wear a pair of head sets. Yell to your whole section the whole time about what is going on in the game to make sure they know that not only are you a "real" fan, you are smart too.

When your first kid is born, be sure you take him and momma out to the game in late August when he is only 6 monhts old. The kid and momma can sit in the son and dehydrate and be miserable, but you can tell your bubba friends that not only are you a real fan, now your kid is too.