Despite what the narrative structure of almost every Hollywood sports movie would tell us, it’s not always great to be the underdog.
Underdogs are fun, scrappy and come with any number of rally songs, animals and inanimate objects, but underdogs also lose more often than not. The reason they’re so named is because of the fact that they’re inherently less likely to succeed. That’s what makes it so thrilling when they do. Everyone watching grabs hold of that fleeting feeling of glory, directly applying it to their own lives or sports fandoms.
“Maybe my team will be next,” you may say.