I didn't realize I was addressed here, since I wasn't tagged, but the answer to your questions are:
1. I wasn't rooting more for Penn State to fail then my team to do better. The two are not mutuall ly exclusive.
2. I think it's fairly obvious that most of my posts were in good fun (with a bit.of truth buried in there.)
3. But also, I wanted to avoid things like this: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/im-sorry-we-stole-your-binky.440225/