I’ve been a fan of Syracuse basketball for a long time. While other teams might take a 25-point lead and never relinquish it, any double-digit lead is massive for the Orange. So whenever I watch one of their games, I can get incredibly anxious, as ‘Cuse just never quite manages to pull away from their opponent.
Northwestern football has a similar effect on me. They even have a well-established moniker that well predates my fandom — the Cardiac ‘Cats. As I watched the game against Purdue a couple of weeks ago, I noticed the same statistic flash across the screen a couple times.