Ultimately, the data I found proves my hypothesis. The data shows spikes in search queries supporting teams at times over the decade in which teams are successful. I was not surprised at all by the results. As an avid sports fan myself, I have seen trends in bandwagoning throughout my entire life.
I was quite interested by the correlation between in the importance of the success and the level of query spikes. For example, the spike seen when the Chicago Cubs won their historic World Series in 2016, the spike in searches for “Chicago Cubs Hat” soared higher than any other spikes chronicled in this project have.
I was also taken aback by the google trends graph comparing the search term "San Francisco 49ers Shop" and the term "Oakland Raiders Shop." While the data is open to interpretation, the idea that 49er fans converted over to being Raider fans for a short period of time absolutely baffles me. 49er and Raider fans generally don't get along very well due to the whole "who owns the bay" mentality. Jumping on the Raider bandwagon would be easy, however, since sports media in our area does generally give massive amounts of coverage to both teams, allowing a potential bandwagon to be an informed bandwagon.
Clearly, the data shows that bandwagon fans are here to stay. While people see bandwagon fans as irritable nuisances, folks like myself like them, due their ability to bring everyone together, regardless of team affiliation, to communily hate them. Bandwagon fans are here to stay, and that may not be such a bad thing after all.