If you have a favorite sports team that I'm not aware of, please let me know. I will NOT watch them play. Repeat: I will avoid them at all costs. There's some strange wizardry going on here. I think that I'm jinxing teams right now. The Evidence: I leave NY and my beloved (but usually inept) Mets roll off a beauty of a regular season--best record in the NL even. However, once I book a flight back to NY to hopefully watch them in the World Series... they're toast. I'm pretty sure This Land will never talk to me again. Last week, I turned on the Cal game and then Arizona started to turn the tide in that contest. Yesterday, I checked the Cal-USC score on espn.com--not even on TV!--and at that time, Cal was up 9 - 6. This morning I find out that they lost 23 - 9! Did I mention that Sara and I went to Autzen yesterday? Only to watch the Ducks routed (at home?) by Arizona. Scary. And here's the coup de grace: While I was attending Rutgers, I'm pretty sure they never even won a football game. This year--after I move across country--they proceed to not only win games, but become a nationally ranked team for the first time in the last 2 centuries. Last week, I was pumped to watch them play #3 Louiseville. Only, I totally forgot about the whole Thurday night game thing, so I missed it. Of course, Rutgers won in stunning fashion. This week, ranked #7 (Rutgers ranked #7???), they were trying to keep the dream of an undefeated season alive. All they had to do was beat Cincinatti. Of course, still being oblivious to the jinx I turned the game on. Well, as I watched the Rutgers QB throw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, it all finally started to make sense. I am so fricken JINXED! I don't know how this happened. What do I have to do to turn it off??? Please help!
(Yes, Rutgers did lose last night.)
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11 years ago
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Don't turn it off! Just let us know which games you plan to peek at, and which teams you'd be for -- then we'll know to bet on the other team (in Vegas of course. It's not legal to bet on sports in other places).
Strange how the agony of defeat is mitigated by a weekend of big wins at the sports book...
As long as you're rooting for Oregon when we come up to watch Cal play, This Land won't hold it against you. We're blaming Pete Carroll for last night - the dude outcoached us.
The dude did not outcoach us. Pete Carroll sucks. USC sucks. They ooze with that rich, white thing. It makes my skin crawl. Frankie and the whole band was there. He said the fans spit on them. Classy. And they had some great t-shirts, like, "Go Home, Hippies," and "Cal" with the C as a Communist symbol. What decade are these people living in?
Man, now you got me started. And all I wanted to say, "Have a good move-in," and "Happy house." I think it's very cool that you will have a house of your own.
I don't blame you, ED. Usually, I find a way to blame me. But not this time. I love those Bears. They'll come back.
Go Bears.
Wow. I really do sound like a fanatic. Especially if fanatic means, "Poor loser."
Ok, we got outplayed. And, it's just a game. Plus, those crazy Bears are young. Next year, baby!
And, hey, the year isn't over. Let's hope Stanford doesn't beat us! I think Cal is on target to play a bowl game in San Diego. Nothing wrong with that...
USC still sucks.
Okay, a little less caffeine for the crazy lady...
Hey! I just thought of a great money-making venture for you -- you can charge you friends 10 bucks a game or something for Dave NOT to root for their team...
Extortion, schmextortion. Just good economics, I say.
Your brilliant. I wish I would have read your post sooner. I could have made a fortune off the "Civil War" foot ball game (OU vs OSU)!!! I'm quite dumb though. All I did was watch the game. Of course, the Ducks lost...
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