LSU football fans now have the chance to embarrass rivals in a completely new way  — a reality television show focusing on the biggest, loudest and most passionate college football fans in the South.
Crazy Legs Productions, an Atlanta-based company, is looking to cast a group of students from a Southern university for its new TV show, “Saturday Night Lights,” according to Tom Cappello, executive producer.
“Plain and simple, we love Southern football,” Cappello said in an e-mail. “The world needs to see inside the passion of Southern college football fans.”
Cappello acknowledged sports networks have featured Southern football in the past, but “no one has seen the season through the eyes of the fans.”
“This is its own subculture and institution,” Cappello said. “As lovers of the game and a Southern-based production company, we want to bring this world to life.”
Students are encouraged to send videos and pictures of themselves and friends showing team spirit.
Cappello doesn’t want students to hold back.
“We want to see your passion,” Cappello said. “There is a lot of competition out there. Any SEC or ACC school would say they have the best fans; this is your chance to prove it.”
Cappello described the show as “‘Real World’ meets ‘Friday Night Lights’ with a little ‘Jersey Shore’ humor thrown in.”
The show plans to follow fans throughout the season.
“From the start of practice to the culmination of bowl season, we want to follow a group of die-hard student fans to every event,” Cappello said. “Capture the emotion of every win and loss.”
Cappello also wants to know what the students’ lives are like outside of football.
The show is scheduled to begin filming at the start of the 2011 football season and air at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012, Cappello said.
“We are in discussions with a major cable network,” Cappello said. “They want to see video of our cast, so we are compiling the craziest, most passionate fans we can find until we find the right mix.”
Some students are fired up about the possibility of a show focused on LSU football.
Adrian Wintz, mass communication freshman, loves the idea of a show about Southern football fans.
“That sounds like a blast,” Wintz said. “It seems like a cool idea for a show.”
Cappello urged students to submit their work to the “Saturday Night Lights” Facebook page or visit the Crazy Legs Productions website.
“This is your chance to settle the argument once and for all,” Cappello said. “Don’t let Alabama, Florida or Georgia beat you.”
 
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