Popcorn-Obsessed Football Fan Becomes an Internet Hero

How many *bleeps* does this college football fan give? Zero — actually, he's probably into the negative integers

The star here is a Washington State football supporter sitting through the end of his Cougars' 55-17 blowout loss to Stanford in Seattle on Saturday. Once the game got out of hand, most fans left early — but one fella stuck around. We're thankful that he did, too; it allowed an ESPN audience to get a look at his special relationship with popcorn. It's a hilarious clip, as you can see above

One ESPN broadcaster calls the unnamed fan his "hero" in the clip — and the sloppy eater has indeed become something of an Internet legend since. He made SportsCenter's "Not Top 10" and was featured on most sports blogs, and the YouTube clip was still careening around the social web on Thursday Read more...