In "They Saw a Game" on interpretations of intergroup competition, the results from that research indicate that Fans expectations about winning were related to the team actually wining in the form of a self-fulfilling prophecy Fans show a group serving bias such that they explained away their team's negative behaviors and took credit for their team's positive behaviors (and vice versa) Fans underestimate how their team's negative behaviors behavior are actually seen favorably by the opposing team's fans Fans overestimate how the other team's negative behaviors are shared by all team members