But I've learned that most fans identify with their fathers, who first told them about pro football.
How can a fan identify with a team that has no identity?
Even fans of my basketball announcing would more closely identify me with baseball and the Olympics.
A channel-hopping fan can identify San Francisco's ballpark by the water gleaming in the distance.
After about a minute, other fans finally identified the culprit, and the match continued, though Love was distracted.
It remains to be seen whether fans (other than the deranged) will identify as closely with "Lost Season."
The sponsors love it - score a win, and your name is all over the news - and the fans identify with it.
He has never been anything other than a raggamuffin, and that's why his fans identify with him totally.
His fans no doubt identify with him as the "little guy" battling against the system.
All the above-mentioned, of course, were heavyweight champions, the fighters with whom fans have long identified.