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Meet one of the Broncos' biggest fans: The WAC Daddy

by Mark Johnson

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Idaho's NewsChannel 7

Posted on September 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM

Updated Wednesday, Sep 8 at 10:47 AM

BOISE -- Bronco nation has some pretty interesting and rowdy fans, but we want to know who the super fan is.

One big fan we'd like to introduce to you goes by the name "WAC Daddy."

If you've been to a bronco game, you've probably seen him, dressed in a flashy costume.  Or maybe you've seen on of his own bobblehead dolls.

I-T consultant by day -- unless that day happens to be game day.

Emilio has long been a fan of Boise State, ever since his college days there.

He remembers going to games back in the 70s when a ticket into Bronco Stadium was not required.  But it wasn't until 2006 that Emilio took on a second personality.

His inspiration came from a baseball player.

Back in 2004, Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez struggled against the Yankees in a play-off game, and later commented that the New York team was his daddy.

Yankee fans ate it up.

"After that we started thinking about, well, we own the WAC basically.  Nobody beat us so we're the daddy, and I said why don't we just pimp it out and from then it caught on," said Emilio.

And the costume began to evolve.  It started with the hat, then the bling, grills, chain, beads, and the shoes.

Scott Hale tailgates with the WAC Daddy -- and acts as his bodyguard, "Everybody wants to stop and have their picture taken.  Everyone wants to stop and give you the thumbs up the high five."

That even happened a couple times during KTVB's interview.

While walking into the stadium, a young boy stopped the duo.  While walking out, grown men wanted their picture taken too.

During home games, you'll find Emilio in the center of the excitement in what he calls the south end zone blu-natic fringe.

Emilio is also hard to miss at away games too.

He attended both Fiesta Bowls, and has a front row seat for Monday's game against Virginia Tech.

You might think that Emilio is the number one super fan, but he begs to differ, "There's a lot more others.  There's some that are even more."

But none, perhaps, as recognizable.

Emilio even has three different bobblehead dolls of himself.

One of him in an orange costume, one in blue, and the other in white.

He's even working on two more costumes for this season, one requires a zoot suit, and the other is similar to a character from the movie "Avatar."

As for his nickname, WAC Daddy, he'll need a new one when the broncos jump to the mountain west.

We asked Emilio what that will be.

He doesn't know yet, but is working on some ideas.

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