Yep. Being a fan isn't a yes/no thing. It's a spectrum, and the only way to move up on that spectrum is to be tested, like rolltidefan said.
I fell into college football in general and the Texas Longhorns in particular in 1990 as a freshman. Before that, I had other things to do. Of course, I didn't know it at the time, but the 1990 season was a bright point in an otherwise long stretch of relative mediocrity. However, I identified with my tribe, and felt a loyalty. I raged at the bad and reveled in the good. I was working when Dawson made his 98 yard FG into a fresh gale to beat UVa, but I ran outta my hole yelling. I stood there through every second of Route-66. I met the team after James Brown rolled left. I tried not to break the TV when the Sooners tossed TD passes at will for, like, 5 years in a row.
Even so, I'm a relative late comer and I know it. There's many Longhorn fans that have seen better and worse. That's just the way that is.
Jerry Jones ruined the NFL for me by pulling back the covers and showing me that no one really cares about records as long as the bank account is bigger at the end.