‘The SEC is undefeated in hypothetical matchups’: Why bitter college football fans prefer the results of imaginary games to facing the reality that their team is no longer on top

If you’re a sports fan, you’ve dabbled in pondering hypotheticals surrounding the possible outcome of games. Countless games in the history of sport could’ve ended completely differently if only one referee call went in the other direction—or if the wide receiver had managed to hang onto that 4th down pass during the final drive of the game. The fate of the outcome of any given game balances on a razorblade at any given moment, which is a huge reason we find sport so compelling in the first place. Fantasy football is itself a way to contemplate—a playground for the hypothetical, «What if this blended group of teammates worked together in a mismatched hypothetical game? Who would win?»

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