The conclusions of this article are a bit hasty. Firstly there are other reasons politicians could want to save face other than that they think they are the be

The conclusions of this article are a bit hasty. Firstly there are other reasons politicians could want to save face other than that they think they are the best candidate, and secondly the outcome of a football game is much much less determined by the support of its fans than the success of RoR. The analogies aren't particularly useful.