Mississippi State Athletics Stockholm Syndrome (MSASS)
Mississippi State Athletics Stockholm Syndrome, or capture–bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which dubmass hostages in Starkville express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their athletic teams, sometimes to the point of defending them. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of direct abuse from their captors for an act of kindness. The FBI's Hostage Barricade Database System shows that roughly 19.87% of MSU victims show evidence of MSASS and express their feelings on internet message boards as a coping mechanism.
Unfortunately it is very difficult for those with MSASS to ever return to normal social life and instead chaos ensues online as their team continues to lose games in the most predictable ways.