It might tie in with why the NFL almost never interests me unless Huskers are involved...Teams too often play each other more than once. It used to be in college ball at least, you had to leave everything on the field during your one and only chance at that team..Regular season games were ''win or die''...Until we finally beat Oklahoma in '79 and had to play them again in the Orange Bowl. My Cousin was redshirting that year but made the trip...He was so frustrated because we lost the OB even after outplaying them..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Orange_Bowl
Winning it on the field is a great catch phrase, but so much depends on who you draw...Rock University vs. Paper State vs. Scissors A&M.
Arguing is fun...Especially around here...