Sports fandom makes absolutely no sense.
Over and over and over again, we get our hearts stabbed, broken, and ripped out by our favorite teams. We endure years of hardship and broken promises just for the hope of even a little bit of success.
In college sports it’s even worse. Basically every season ends in disappointment. You have to change your expectations to fit a realistic scenario. So suddenly something like winning a bowl game becomes a measure of success, or perhaps just making the NCAA tournament becomes the ultimate goal.
Even sometimes realistic expectations aren’t enough.