"To provide an inside look [at the intensity of SEC fans], or at least attempt to, I decided to journey to Tuscaloosa and Baton Rouge, La., to attend each university’s Fan Day — an increasingly popular annual event on campuses across the country where fans can meet, greet and obtain autographs from their beloved team’s coaches and players." - "Passion Plays: College Football Rules the Land in the South," NYT, Brett Michael Dykes, August 25, 2012 Must read, if only for the part where he describes the AL fan pouring her husband's ashes on the Bryant-Denny field. Dykes is an LSU Fan.