Alabama Face Guy Jack Blankenship Stops By 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' To Talk Basketball (VIDEO)

Jack Blankenship, a freshman at the University of Alabama, was a guest on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Tuesday, but it wasn't to talk school or TV. Blankenship has made a name for himself in less than a month just for being a superfan of his college basketball team. His M.O.? Making a goofy face that he perfected with his friends while holding up a huge poster of said goofy face at home games.

We're not sure if the tactic actually distracts players from making their shots, but it certainly caught the attention of Birmingham News cameras as well as ESPN-2 during a Feb. 4 game against Ole Miss, and once photos of him at a Valentine's Day game against Florida hit the Internet he was a viral sensation.

The excitement only built when Blankenship was spotted at Monday's Knicks game in a Jeremy Lin jersey, and it turns out he was in town to appear on "Late Night."

Watch him talk about the origins of the face in the video above, and keep your eyes peeled for him at a sports event near you. You never know when a photobomber is in your midst.

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Comments

[Aldo Rodriguez]

11:37 PM on 02/24/2012

Epic Photobomb!

[yesythegreat]

01:27 PM on 02/24/2012

I love it! Very funny and original.

[jezseeca]

01:05 PM on 02/24/2012

My mother-in-law saw this guy appear on the Today Show last week. He even brought his giant face sign and everything. My mother-in-law points to him excitedly and exclaims, "Oh!!! I know him! He's the boy who created Facebook!"

[steelygumby]

04:39 PM on 02/26/2012

Like most of us - frequently wrong, but never in doubt! Your mother-in-law sounds like fun. At least she is somewhat aware, enthusiastic, and trying to understand it all! Life moves quickly now.

[chris784100]

10:24 PM on 02/26/2012

Umm your mother-in-law is kind of a dummy.

[jezseeca]

11:10 PM on 03/12/2012

Umm... that was kind of implied.

[trweste144]

12:55 PM on 02/24/2012

Hillarious, although I'd hate to be one of the people behind him whose view he obstructs.

[Targetdog]

10:04 AM on 02/23/2012

Harmless fun!

[xxxskier]

04:08 AM on 02/23/2012

Bring back Robin Ficker !!!

[SuiginTou7]

10:38 PM on 02/22/2012

Funny Idea. Kudos!!!

[Justin the believer]

07:54 PM on 02/22/2012

Kinda looks like Beeker

[epotruchyeahright]

11:46 PM on 02/22/2012

Any Muppet reference gets faved!

[KeepNIt2Real]

05:13 PM on 02/22/2012

I think it's hilarious! Me and my brother used to do stuff like this as kids and would ball out laughing at each other....less the blown up face...heh heh. I say more power to the kid. He's just having fun...and he looks very funny when he does it.

[Lulo]

04:21 PM on 02/22/2012

So....Alabama?

[cmstover73]

03:12 PM on 02/22/2012

Superfan? It was the first game he had attended...I wouldn't call that a superfan. Just a kid with a gimmick he's stolen from countless other college games and happens to have a goofy looking face. I'm not sure why he's even gotten 3 minutes of fame...much less 15.

[Greg285]

03:39 PM on 02/22/2012

Stop hating on this young man! At least he was on Jimmy Fallon and you were not....

[1234j]

12:03 AM on 02/23/2012

lighten up, it's funny, dude!

[american-dolt]

12:48 PM on 02/22/2012

Why does Jimmy have a laptop on his desk? (I don't watch the Show)

The face is a funny idea.

[ute]

04:23 PM on 02/22/2012

product placement. some kind of monetary or product for exposure deal with Apple, would be my guess. happens in every movie and tv show.

[ballerinabrainsystem]

06:38 PM on 02/22/2012

Actually, he uses it during commercial breaks while taping the show for research. One of his producers did a running commentary on Twitter a couple of weeks ago and mentioned it.

[sngfx]

10:52 AM on 02/22/2012

Does he explain that the origin of the idea was stealing it from IU fans?

[Duffy Sinclair]

04:29 PM on 02/23/2012

I live in Bloomington and am a huge IU fan and I can tell you that the tradition actually started at San Diego St. and I think Tom Crean brought it to Marquette and then IU. We were one of the first, but didn't start it.

[Ex-Fed]

10:47 AM on 02/22/2012

Get ready, here comes your 15 minutes!