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Message: [QUOTE="ninety-nine, post: 4943803, member: 5497"] I legit root for the Seahawks and Bills in the NFL. Their close Super Bowl losses from 2015 and 1991 still hurt my heart, and if a genie popped out of a golden lamp and told me I could change one of them, I'd have trouble deciding which to pick given the circumstances, even though I do like the Seahawks better. So, yes, it is possible to actually be a fan of more than one team in the same sport. However, I've also liked both of those teams since I was 10, 12 years old, and had such a big appetite for NFL football that I actually had positive and negative emotional responses to a lot of teams. Plus, not supporting one of the local NFL teams meant that I didn't see my team every weekend on TV, and if you're a kid who loves pro football and is only seeing your favorite team play two or three times a year, there's a lot of room to adopt multiple out-of-market teams, since as a fan, you want to have something to care about. It's just more fun that way. But as someone who went to UConn for multiple degrees, I can't imagine caring much about another university (save CCSU, where members of my immediate family went) in and of itself. If I am rooting for Big East teams, it's because UConn is in the Big East again. And as an adult, I can't imagine adopting a new MLB, NFL, or NBA team, since I already have long-established rooting interests. There's just no room for being passionate about a second team. In fact, if I was becoming a fan now, given the existence of streaming access to every team's games, it's unlikely I'd have space for a second pro team either. [/QUOTE]

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