Fans love watching an underdog cause an upset. The problem is that unbeaten teams are unbeaten for a reason<\/p>\n
A classic narrative, dating back to the classic matchup of David v Goliath, is the underdog v the favorite.<\/p>\n
The only problem is that the underdog is an underdog for the reason. Sure, everyone loves it when a David wins, but Goliath usually swats him away with predictable ease and then pounds him into the dirt. Which leads to a problem: who, other than devoted fans of the team in question, roots for the perennial champions? Isn\u2019t that a bit like watching Hoosiers and rooting for the big kids to beat Gene Hackman\u2019s scrappy underdogs? Or watching Rocky IV and rooting for Drago?<\/p>\n
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