In 1946 the Rams moved from Cleveland, Ohio to Los Angeles, making the franchise the first professional sports team in the Southland.

• Thousand Oaks native is lifelong fan of team
• Owns extensive collection of jerseys and signed memorabilia
• Win or lose, he's ready to support his team

Thousand Oaks native David Khorsandi was just a young boy 40 years ago when his love for the Rams began. Now living in Oak Park among his collection of jerseys and memorabilia, for his team to be headed to the big game, is the realization of a lifelong dream.

It’s a Tuesday afternoon and Khorsandi is glued to the TV watching a replay of the NFC Championship game. He fast forwarded the DVR to the moment right before the Rams put the game away. 

On the screen, players paced on the sidelines and 300-pound lineman, Ndamukong Suh was down on his knees praying.

As the ball sailed through the uprights, Khorsandi threw his hands in the air and let it out a yell.

“The Rams are in the Super Bowl! Oh my god!” 

His love for the team started when he was just a young kid growing up in Thousand Oaks, which just so happens to be the current home of the Rams' practice facility.

Over the years he's also been able to collect a wide range of memorabilia like autographed helmets from current players such as Aaron Donald and Jared Goff.  

He also has a couple of autographed footballs from former greats Kurt Warner and Eric Dickerson.

The most recent highlight of his fandom was an opportunity he got this season to be an official photographer at a Rams practice.

“It was like on a Monday, an agency I work with [called] and they said 'Can you shoot the Rams practice on Wednesday?'” he said.

“I'm like, 'Oh my god!' I don't believe what's happening to me right now I'm sitting here and I'm just relishing.”

He's proud to display his jersey collection, which include some of the Rams all-time greats that he's been collecting. Including the one he’s wearing, it’s 12 in total.  

He's thinking about which one to wear come Super Bowl Sunday and he's also getting excited about what's to come.

“All those years that I cried when they lost and I was bummed when everybody laughed at us," he said. 

"That will all turn around coming Super Bowl Sunday. Win or lose, I'm still proud of the fact that my team is in the finals.”