I am a Penn State basketball fan. Most seasons, hope is all I have. One silver lining of being a fan of a team that is, uh, lacking most seasons is the sick satisfaction I get when they do beat a team they shouldn’t. I get to sit back and watch the meltdown from opposing fanbases as they try to explain to themselves why and how their team managed to lose to the Nittany Lions. This has, in fact, happened several times against Illinois.
Never in a million years would have I have expected that the football team would give me that same satisfaction.