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Football fans fall close to home

ESPN.com

Monday, August 31, 2009

Some college fans are born. Others are recruited. We asked SportsNation to tell us why they follow their favorite college football team. Hundreds of people representing 54 schools responded. The most common source: family and friends who watched and listened to games on Saturdays, took them to games when they were young, wore college gear, and as one fan described it, brainwashed the next generation of football fans. "Anthony 'AC' Carter was my first true sports idol; I had to wear jersey No ...

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