In addition to being an expert on the behavior of sports fans, Daniel Wann is in fact a sports fan, just like us.
And depending on how the Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs or Murray State Racers are playing at the moment, he might even consider himself a tortured one.
Yes, it is true that one of Wann's colleagues in the psychology department at Murray State once overheard him describing a Racers basketball game and suggested he start studying himself.
“I go to a sporting event, and after it I think, OK, what did I do tonight to embarrass myself?