superstitions...

by steely mcballs on Sep 9, 2009 7:43 PM EDT

right, so i know there are some crazy ones, but i'm on a roll (4-0) with my current regime... anyone else got a good thing going?

starting with the dallas game last year, i went to a local bar to watch the games if i had the chance. i also have a routine of NOT wearing any steelers clothing after tuesday any week there's a game. so here's the results so far:

dallas (12-7-2008): i get rewarded for staying to the bitter end to watch the steelers come back on dallas. because calling the cowboys "america's team" is right up there with calling budweiser "king of beers" -- just 'cause you say it, doesn't make it so.

the next week i watched online, not sure why.

the next week i actually went to the game in nashville, and the steelers lost. so going to the game is not trending positively. shux.

the final week of the season i watched online again. no tv up here in the mountains...

first playoff game vs. chargers (1-11-2009): at the bar again. only me and one lonely chargers fan. his rabid enthusiasm gradually slips away as the steelers assert their dominance. he eventually skulks out of the bar with the score 35-17.

second playoff game vs. ravens (1-18-2009): many more people this time, including some ravens fans and a few steeler-hater accessories. not much for them to cheer about as their qb is pressured relentlessly and throws 3 picks, including the game sealer to polamalu.

super bowl vs. cardinals (2-1-2009): a full bar comprised of 1/2 steelers fans, 1/3 cardinals fans, and the rest steeler-haters, so it's about even on each side. again, sticking it out to the bitter end (as if i wasn't going to...) provides the reward, sixburgh!

the only other consistency in this routine is that i drink plenty o beer! nothing complicated, and you know where i'll be thursday night!

GO STEELERS!!! MCBALLS OUT!!

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I have no superstitions with football

Many people do though. My childhood friend believes in that stuff 100%

He thinks that because he took a walk during a Mets game is the reason they won.

Another time his mother walked in and the other team scored. He told her to stay in the closet until the Mets scored again. Unbelievable ! lol

by lightningrod on Sep 10, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions

I think it’s bad luck to be superstitious.

by worldtrip on Sep 10, 2009 5:30 AM EDT reply actions

just something to that happens sometimes

in 2005 i lived in australia, had to watch all the games online (nfl gamecenter style). normal sunday games can be on as early as 4am there b/c of the time difference. every game i watched in a certain chair w/ my laptop they won. but if i was anywhere else they’d lose.

just a weird thing that happened.

by steely mcballs on Sep 10, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Steely McBalls LOL

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

by PixburghArn on Sep 10, 2009 8:45 AM EDT reply actions

Superstitious about others' superstitions

Although I’m fully aware that nothing I do influences a game being played hundreds of miles away, my mind sometimes takes me to strange places by imagining that other people too. It made me hesitate to contact my favorite Steelers bar about the idea of updating to a version of the “Here We Go!” song that wasn’t recorded when Plaxico Burress was still a Steeler. I was wondering if the Steelers then went through a slump whether people would blame the song, and by extension, me. I got over it; if anyone’s mind works that way, it’s their own problem.

by TheSpatulaMessiah on Sep 10, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions

I have one

I buy a new jersey at the beginning of the year. 2005 it was a Troy jersey. I did not buy a Jersey the following two seasons. This is when the superstition begins last year i bought a throwback Franco jersey and we won again. So half way through the Pens season as we were out of the playoffs i thought I better turn this around. I got a Lemeiux jersey and the rest is history. This year couldnt break the streak and I am sticking to the throwbacks from China. We will see if Mean Joe Greene can bring another one home.

by black&goldtilldead&cold on Sep 10, 2009 9:50 AM EDT reply actions

hope you can afford a jersey or two a year

by steely mcballs on Sep 10, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Only when I was playing High School Baseball

by WVPiratesfan on Sep 10, 2009 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

My routine.

I start exactly 2 hours before every game and do the following:
1) Take a dump
2) Shower
3) Shotgun and Arn
4) Insert Mudvayne CD and crank volume
5) Shotgun Arn
6) Slip into Holmes jersey
7) Open front door and chant “here we go Steelers, here we go” while waving Terrible Towel and laughing at all Redskins ans Ravens fans around me.
8) Shotgun Arn
9) Shotgun Arn
10) Get in car and drive exactly 74 mph to Champions for game arriving 20 minutes prior to kickoff
11) Irish car bomb
12) Order old bay wings
13) Bite into 1st wing while waving Terrible Towel as kick-off ensues

I followed this routin all but 4 times last year. Coincidence?? I think not!!!!!

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."
-George Carlin

by Cdsumm on Sep 10, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs