As a group, football fans offer an interesting psychological case study.
For instance, when our teams struggle, we seethe with what feels like righteous anger and then demand a new quarterback. But when we watch fans of other teams seething and demanding quarterback changes of their own, we often find it irrational and even a little humorous.
On Monday night in Tallahassee, Florida, fans of the 10th-ranked Florida State Seminoles turned on quarterback DJ Uiagalelei in the third quarter of what Yahoo called a “stunningly disastrous” 28–13 loss to the unranked Boston College Eagles.

Chants of “We Want Brock!” — …