The person is saying that they want to see BYU win. They'll enjoy the game if BYU wins.

If BYU wins by using the wishbone - they'll love the wishbone and enjoy watching the game. If BYU throws if for 5 million yards a game, but still loses every game (yes, hyperbole. I know this.) then they WON'T enjoy the game and it won't be entertaining to them. Sure - 5 million yards might be exciting at first - but it gets old fast and is completely worthless if your team loses more than they win.

They aren't saying they don't want to watch the game and they only care what the final score is. They are saying they want to know that BYU will do well, and then they'll enjoy watching the game HOWEVER BYU does it - and of course they'll be interested in seeing how it happens.

Would you still enjoy watching football games if your team lost every single game? Would you still enjoy playing football games (or any other game) if you lost every single time? Yes - again I know this is hyperbole, but I'm trying to make the point that for some people they don't want to watch the game and won't enjoy it - it won't be entertaining to them - if they know their team is going to lose.

Yes - it's football. They are saying that are actually capable of enjoying more than one form of football. They can enjoy football if it's the wishbone. They can enjoy football if it's the wing T. They can enjoy football if it's the run and shoot. They can enjoy football if it's west coast offense. And they can enjoy football if it's three yards and a cloud of dust. They would enjoy all of those styles and all of those games - and they'd enjoy seeing how the game went under all of those types of offenses - IF THEIR TEAM IS WINNING. (Not necessarily every game - but they are a winning team.)

I'm not sure I can say it any other way. To them - they enjoy the game of football and will enjoy ANY style of offense - they aren't limiting it to just one like you think they need to. They'll enjoy seeing how it all works out. But they don't enjoy it if it isn't competitive and their team isn't winning their share of the games.

Many people are emotionally invested in how their team does. When their team wins, they get a high. When their team loses, they get a low. Entertainment is supposed to be enjoyable - which doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't ups and downs. People still enjoy sad movies now and then. But when the team is losing more than they are winning - and they are emotionally invested in the game/team - then it's easy for them to decide it isn't worth the investment of their entertainment time and they walk away. For them, at least, it is no longer entertaining and therefore no longer entertainment.

I would compare what you are describing is more in line with when I turn on the TV to watch a game between two top teams that I don't cheer for and have no investment in their failure or success. Then I can just enjoy watching the game for what it is. But many people can't do that with the team they are a fan of. They can't turn it into emotionless entertainment as you seem to be suggesting.