I agree. If nothing else I gotta root for the underdog.
I grew up in Buffalo, NY. There are no college football teams in NYS, because for years the state of NY did not allow athletic scholarships. So Syracuse was the only team, and as an Irish Catholic I could not support the Orangemen. So I became a Notre Dame fan at an early age.
Being a Notre Dame fan and a Buffalo Bills fan has not been easy.
Go Irish!