College football fans as a whole are a pretty passionate bunch. After all, the word “fan” is a shortened version of “fanatic”. So it stands to reason that fans, regardless of the team they support, are somewhat extreme in supporting their favorite team. And there is certainly nothing wrong with this. In fact, it’s probably the main reason college football is so great.
Yet there are fans of certain teams that take their fandom beyond what most would consider healthy. For these fans, the obsession not only with their team, but with their coaches too, actually borders on the behavior normally associated with a cult.