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 Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:06 Post subject: Speaking of Sports illustrated.....
......Do you believe in the Sports Illustraded cover curse??
"... a devout superstition that being on the cover of Sports Illustrated is the kiss of death for your favorite team or athlete."
According to SI’s own researchers, 37 percent of the time bad luck of some sort strikes a person or a team within two weeks of a cover appearance. Almost 12 percent suffered injury or death.
I don't believe in a curse - I think the idea of a curse illustrates a "regression to the mean" - or - athletes/teams that get hot eventually get cold.
Regardless, I'm dismayed at the 2/16 SI cover
Tonight the Hawks play Dayton - Even though the line is 14.5, this will be their last 'test' before the tournament.
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:09 Post subject:
We, think we will win tonight, be damned the curse
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:10 Post subject:
The SI cover curse is interesting...
I remember hearing about this as far back as 15 years ago.
There are some pretty good stories there.
(someone help me with a link! I'm lazy, cause I'm going home in 1.5 hours)
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:11 Post subject:
Weren't the Philly Eagles on the cover before Carolina beat them? I think one of the Panthers was on the cover right before the Super Bowl.
As a fan, I do believe in the curse. But then again, it's a weekly mag, no? With 52 coming out a year, you can't help but have that stuff going on. So it's just coincidence.
But I'm not one to let rationality or common sense do my thinking for me. 
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:12 Post subject:
I choose to believe in the curse because it makes a better story.
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prohemp
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:14 Post subject:
| coachmarkos wrote: | The SI cover curse is interesting...
I remember hearing about this as far back as 15 years ago.
There are some pretty good stories there.
(someone help me with a link! I'm lazy, cause I'm going home in 1.5 hours) |
It goes back to the beginning of SI
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/main/
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:19 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | We, think we will win tonight, be damned the curse |
whadya mean we 
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:28 Post subject:
I'm not sure about the Sports Illustrated curse, but there is the dreaded
Pokychick curse which means the team I cheer for will lose.
with apologies to the Buffalo Bills, TN Titans, and countless other teams I have cheered for that almost, but not quite won the big one.
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:29 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | I'm not sure about the Sports Illustrated curse, but there is the dreaded
Pokychick curse which means the team I cheer for will lose.
with apologies to the Buffalo Bills, TN Titans, and countless other teams I have cheered for that almost, but not quite won the big one. |
Poky,
remind me to have you cheer for our rivals when districts start, mmmkay?
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:33 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | I'm not sure about the Sports Illustrated curse, but there is the dreaded
Pokychick curse which means the team I cheer for will lose.
with apologies to the Buffalo Bills, TN Titans, and countless other teams I have cheered for that almost, but not quite won the big one. |
Please tell me that you're a Boston Red Sox fan?
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:36 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | | pokychick wrote: | I'm not sure about the Sports Illustrated curse, but there is the dreaded
Pokychick curse which means the team I cheer for will lose.
with apologies to the Buffalo Bills, TN Titans, and countless other teams I have cheered for that almost, but not quite won the big one. |
Please tell me that you're a Boston Red Sox fan? |
actually I'm a Cubs "fan"
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:36 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | | prohemp wrote: | | pokychick wrote: | I'm not sure about the Sports Illustrated curse, but there is the dreaded
Pokychick curse which means the team I cheer for will lose.
with apologies to the Buffalo Bills, TN Titans, and countless other teams I have cheered for that almost, but not quite won the big one. |
Please tell me that you're a Boston Red Sox fan? |
actually I'm a Cubs "fan" |
Close enough
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Posted: 02/11/04 - 14:52 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | I'm not sure about the Sports Illustrated curse, but there is the dreaded
Pokychick curse which means the team I cheer for will lose. |
This may apply to individuals too. I vaguely recall Pffff talking about this before the Chicago Marathon. 
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 05:35 Post subject:
Looks like Phil and the boys proved the jinx wrong
St Joe's-81, Dayton-67
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 08:57 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | Looks like Phil and the boys proved the jinx wrong
St Joe's-81, Dayton-67 |
The Hawk will never die!!
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