Cam Reaches Superstar Status

I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa-paparazzi

Promise I'll be kind
But I won't stop
Until that boy is mine

Baby, you'll be famous
Chase you down until you love me
Papa-paparazzi

So I guess this is when all my blog readers find out (if you didn't know already) I'm a secret Lady GaGa fan.

When the Arkansas game was over, long after the midfield hugs and hand shakes, after the rest of the team had already been celebrating by the student section for multiple cheers, fight songs and sing-a-longs, and after Cam Newton had wrapped up his post game interviews, everyone in the stadium (still at least 60,000 remained 20 minutes after the final whistle) noticed the now legendary number two trotting towards the students. Keep in mind this is after one of the most exhilarating football games, setting a record for points scored, Cam Newton was now clearly the best player in college football, and for many of the fans who were still left cheering they are now realizing they are witnessing a once in a generation type football player. The screams of jubilation as Newton approached rivaled any of the eight touchdowns Auburn scored that night.

For those who have been fortunate enough to attend a great win in Jordan-Hare you know how loud the students get when the team runs over to celebrate the win with them. Multiply that times 10.

As soon as any photographer on the field realized that Newton had completed his interviews (and those who had never left his side) he was completely swarmed. He skipped towards the south end zone with his smile you could have seen from the upper deck while waving his white towel in the air. When he entered the gate and crossed through the hedges there were light bulb flashes from every direction going off multiple times per second as if the media members were afraid to miss even a single movement from this now epic figure.

Standing 42 rows up in section 16, one section adjacent to the student section, I started humming GaGa's "Paparazzi" song.

Cameron Jerrell Newton, quarterback for these undefeated Auburn Tigers, is on top of the college football world.

On Sunday night's BCS Selection show on ESPN they brought on Newton to do an interview.

On Monday afternoon he was interviewed on the Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio.

Monday night he made an appearance on TMZ when the director of "Friday Night Lights" was filmed highly intoxicated telling the cameras that Cam was his favorite, despite not being able to recall his name at the time, referring to him as "that Auburn quarterback, Cal something."

Word is that Newton will grace the cover of one of Sports Illustrated's up coming issues.

On Tuesday he officially took the lead in ESPN's Heisman poll.

Not only is he mentioned in the same sentence as Bo Jackson, many have dared to even say he may be better.

It is really hard to comprehend how he has gone from a junior college transfer with a checkered past and some serious questions about his ability to lead an offense to now being the biggest star in college football.

By the time LSU rolls into town on Saturday it will have been a full week since Newton's paparazzi moment. More eyes will be on him and this Auburn team than ever before. The biggest remaining test for him is to live up to the hype as the greatest player in college football and remain the humble leader that has gotten him this far.