by Lauren Brown | photos by John T. Consoli

A decade ago, Dennis Cyr drove the youngest of his five daughters to a last soccer game, and his wife asked what he’d do with his suddenly free weekends. What he told her was: Get season tickets to Maryland football games. What Cyr didn’t say, or perhaps know then, was that he would also become a Terp superfan. Cyr, who attended UMD in 1990–91 and owns a business called Grout Medic, has created a shrine to Maryland in his Beltsville, Md., den.
A few highlights:

“Pride” hat worn once by football coaching staff and signed by Coach Randy Edsall—whose radio show Cyr attends every week.

Game glove worn by former Terp Darrius Heyward-Bey. Daughters convince players to donate the gloves—“It doesn’t look good when a 45-year-old man asks.”

Game tickets stored in portion of his beer-glass collection. Current favorite: 2014 game against Penn State. “It was a glorious ride home.”

UMD’s #52 Pride jersey, worn during 2012 season and bought at auction.

4×6-foot flag that Cyr had custom-made to match Maryland athletics’ latest version. He flies it on a 30-foot pole at his tailgates.

The tailgating family in the fall: Olivia, Savannah, Dennis, Kayla, wife Kathleen, Amanda and Erica, plus his dog, Mr. Ramsey. †