I'm outnumbered by my in-laws. Two nephews, one niece-in-law, sister in law.
The only support I have is my wife's aunt and we're basically on Christmas/birthday card and the rare family event schedule. But that's really not a big deal after a day or two and all the texting stops. Fortunately, my wife is a Panther.
I want to win, because I don't want to lose. Ever. But, I can tolerate it when it happens with another Big10 opponent. Because, it's the Big 10. I like the Big 10. Except for OSU. But not much we generally can do about that, in terms of winning. It's great when we do. But it's few and far between.
I suppose the only comparison I can make is with Nebraska. And losing to them would suck only because we didn't beat them. Which is just soooo fun to do. Satisfying. But, if we lost...it's because we know they were better.
Unless we get curb stomped, you just never really can tell if ISU is actually better. Or were just playing for the proverbial Lombardi.