I admire a fan who can keep a grievance alive for decades!
I was present in the Orange Bowl to witness the infamous Gator Flop and hated UF for decades myself. I had to let it go when two of my sons went to Gainesville, which worked out well as they went on to national championship during the boys’ studies there.
You make your own luck, and my hat is off to organizations such as the New England Patriots, LA Lakers, Boston Celtics, who can decade after decade be competitive.
The outlier here is the Yankees, who seem to have had trouble since the mid 20-teens.
But it is a puzzle: Miami makes a trade for LeBrewski and Bosh and wins a champtionship. Phoenix gets Maurice Lucas (nothing), Charles Barkley (two games short), and now Durant (dud).