Giles Pellerin, USC's "Superfan," had a message Tuesday for his friends from a Harrisburg, Pa., hospital: "Don't count me out."
In other words, the 86-year-old Pellerin's streak of having attended 729 consecutive USC football games--that's every game since the 1926 opener--isn't necessarily over.
Pellerin collapsed after suffering a ruptured abdominal aneurysm Sunday, as he was preparing to check out of a Harrisburg hotel.
"When the ambulance arrived, the paramedics told me he had no pulse," said Oliver Pellerin, Giles' brother.
"After surgery, the doctors told me he'd lost two liters of blood. We almost lost him."
Pellerin, listed in critical condition Monday, was upgraded to satisfactory Tuesday.
Pellerin is intent on keeping his streak alive by making the Washington State game Sept. 25 at the Coliseum, his brother said Wednesday.
If Pellerin's streak ends at 729, Oliver, 84, will carry on. He has been to 532 in a row, or every game since 1945.
