Emma McHugh stood in front of r class yesterday while her classmates and professor let out a loud "boo."

McHugh (freshman-hotel, restaurant and institutional management), a Seattle native and die-hard Seahawks fan, said she has been picked on by students and friends for weeks leading up to the Super Bowl.

"It's hasn't been too brutal, but my friends and other Steelers fans won't shut up about it," she said.

With the Penn State campus covered in black and gold and echoes of Pittsburgh chants heard from all sides of town, true Seahawks fans are few and far between.

"I've been bleeding blue these past several years," Greg Weiss (junior-biochemistry and molecular biology) said. "But there's more people getting on anti-Pittsburgh bandwagon."

Weiss said he is also a Philadelphia Eagles fan, but the Seahawks are his favorite non-hometown team.

"People have been rubbing it in that I'm rooting for the underdogs [in State College]," he said. "I'm nervous, but it will be exciting to see everyone's reaction if things go my way."

McHugh said Steelers fans will probably have a fun time watching the game in State College, but she is happy she will be in a more Seahawk-friendly place, Detroit.

"I'm going to the Super Bowl with my family," she said. "It's been my lifelong dream."

McHugh said she and her family have always been a "huge sports family," and they rarely miss watching a Seahawks game.

Geoff Dworakowski (senior-mathematics) said that although he has been a Seahawks fan since elementary school, he doesn't let many people at Penn State know.

"If they win, the people here will know I am a fan, though," he said. "If people find out I like them, they always tell me the Seahawks are going to get killed."

Dworakowski said he mainly doesn't like the Steelers because of their "cocky" fans.

"I might just have to watch the game in my room so I can cheer my loudest and make sure everyone else hears," he said.

Josh Boose (junior-nutrition) said he has endured a lot of "verbal abuse" in the last several days, but that won't stop him from showing his Seahawk pride on Sunday.

"I'll be the one wearing the lone Seahawks jersey in a sea of Steelers fans," he said.

Kevin Madden (junior-hotel, restaurant and institutional management), a devoted Steelers fan, said he thinks State College is going to be an amazing atmosphere for Sunday's game.

"If you're not going to be in Pittsburgh or Detroit, State College is definitely the place to be," he said. "This is the best place for Steelers fans: The Eagles fans are hiding, and there are virtually no Seahawks fans here."

Collegian staff writer Jessica Annas contributed to this report