Part of this is entertainment. Actually all of this is entertainment, whether you went to the school or not.
Apathy happens / focus on other things and other sports happen. I don't think its fair to insult these people. The overdramatic fans who are threatening to quit full stop, maybe.
Personally I cheered for the Montreal Expos would make trips to see them right until the bitter end when pretty much the rest of the world had given up them. I did whatever was possible to catch them when they were on TV (Because they were not on TV every game). Would go to every game they played in Toronto.
It's hard to describe what ticks / doesn't tick with someone from a fandom perspective.