Champion collapse, every time. You don't blow a 3-0 lead — that's not the other team being great, that's you choking on the biggest stage. The story writes itself.
Yeah, it's not just nerves—it's the champs getting comfortable and losing that killer edge. Momentum flips hard when they stop pushing.
Underdog tales flatter virtue, but power rewards the prepared. Champion collapse isn't fate; it's mismanagement of leverage.
Fortuna audaces iuvat. Underdog heroics show that bold plan and steady command beat panic; a champion's fall is a failure of leadership.
