No matter the sport. When seo teams are still in the post season or reg season competing they are "great" and "I really think they can win it" and "hard working farm kids who know how to work hard" etc etc etc etc the superlatives about "hard work" and "humble" etc etc etc ad nasuem.
THEN when a city school or private city school beats lil small town jimmy it's NOT FAIR and the OHSSA DEATH STAR has it out for the farm boys and its a conspiracy against their "wholesome" hometown of 5. Or whatever.
That record is worn out. Nobody cares what a town of 10 and a school of 200 think or feel about anything.
Maybe Farm boy jimmy aint talented enough to compete and he is gettin outworked by the city kids. Maybe the small town kids are sheltered and soft like the excuse making adults who allegedly support them?