Sweet anxiety
The New York Times has a nice piece on how Ohio State’s football team seems to choke every time they have a national title in their sight, and the anxiety this tends to produce in their fans. I particularly liked this quote from the end of the article:
Janein Slater, 22, a senior majoring in zoology, looked over the current schedule in a convenience store and said she was worried. This is what it means to be a Buckeyes fan. As the season progresses, so does the anxiety.
"When it’s Penn State or Michigan, we freeze up," she said. "People start thinking, ’Oh, no, we can’t do it.’ "
It seems to me that’s a sweet kind of anxiety that’s just intrinsic to rooting for any team.
Posted at 4:03 AM