What's maddening is this typical complaint: people throw out some obvious speculative suggestion and then get riled up AS IF IT WERE TRUE. People are getting worked up by their own imaginings. That isn't just confined to sports. It's as if people imagine that putting something into words is some kind of magic that makes their words true. When A,B,and C reasons are shown to be speculative or false, the original conclusion isn't abandoned. D, E, and F are cooked up to justify the original speculation.