Who Ya’  Rootin’ For?

That’s always the pre-game question.  But it’s moot for me.  No matter the event, the team, the individual, I always root for the underdog.  It’s an automatic kind of thing. You name it, I’m all about the underdog.

This attitude is born of my forever being the last to be chosen for anything athletic.  The team I was on was, de facto, the most likely to lose.  Aka, the underdog. The scars are still there and rooting fiercely for the underdog is my only remaining line of defense.

I’ll enthusiastically root for the Cincinnati Bengals in this year’s Super Bowl.  Not because I care but because, according to the news, they’ve not exactly been at the top of their game recently. They’re classic underdogs.  You go, Bengals! 

Actually, I don’t think I’m alone in all of this.  Who among us didn’t root for Rocky? Aren’t we glad that David beat Goliath?   And how ‘bout that tortoise?   To say nothing of the United States Hockey team in the 1980 Olympic Games. And now the Jamaican Bobsled team is making a comeback in the Olympics this year. We’ll surely root for them. How could we not?

Just recently, a boatload of Irish Fishermen went up against the Russian Navy.  Guess who made who make a u-turn and sail off in the other direction?  Their tails tucked between their legs and flags flying not so high.  No war games for Russia that day. You go, Irish, and just like all the other underdogs, you’ve earned a special place in our hearts.

David & Goliath depiction courtesy of crossparkchurch.com