As human beings, we can sometimes have an almost pathological need to be liked. We don’t necessarily want to like everyone else but we mostly want them to like us.
It’s no fun to be disliked.
And yet…you, the Ohio State fan, are disliked right now. You are hated by people you’ve never met and people you never will meet. All of us are. This is the price of following a successful sports team that just won a national championship.
Even if the Buckeyes were playing the role of the plucky underdogs in last year’s College Football Playoff, it’s not as if Ohio State hasn’t enjoyed a great deal of success over the years.