I quote him asking - essentially that is saying why bother supporting your team if your not optimistic they’ll win! As though don’t go if you don’t believe, rationally or jot, they will win every game. I e your not welcome if you don’t drink koolaid. How else can you interpret such ?
As TO famously wrote, It’s More Than Winning.
I went to the Rose Bowl, traveling half way cross the country, expending significant $$, five days of my life, to cheer for my one and only team, knowing full well we were very unlikely to win. I hoped we wouldn’t get embarrassed. At half, it was not good. I felt very confident (pessimistic) that DONU would be many years, if ever, before another big bowl.
I am traveling back to Neb from upstate NY for this year’s OU game. Am I excited? Yes. Will I yell and cheer until I’m horse? Yes. I do every time after 50 years of it. Am I optimistic of a win? No.
I’ll be a diehard fan until I die. As much so as almost anybody I dare say.