Wearing Your Lucky Underwear for the Skins
I’m not a superstitious person by nature. I don’t have a problem walking under ladders. If I spill salt, I generally just figure my blood pressure is better off without it. If I knock on wood, it is usually my own forehead.
But the one place where I suddenly get goofy about this stuff is with the Redskins. This year, the Redskins are 4-0 when I wear my Redskins jersey on Sunday. On the two sundays where I either forgot to put it on or they were in the wash, we lost. I actually blamed myself. In previous seasons, I have forgotten to put one on, remembered in the middle of the game, rushed to get one out of the dirty laundry or the closet, and we have come back to win.
It doesn’t even matter which jersey I put on. Old players, new players. I own a Lavar Arrington jersey that I still wear. I own three different #21 jerseys (starting with that ill-fated Deion Sanders jersey). My latest acquisition was Jason Campbell after the Lions game. They all work. I had the Campbell jersey own when Neil Racker’s FG was just flicked by a higher power to dive left right at the end.
That higher power was me. My jersey. My faith. My weird superstition.
And yours apparently as well if this article from ESPN can be believed. The AP conducted a poll recently that showed 1 in 5 fans try to avoid certain behavior that will jinx their team. My first thought upon reading this is that 3 in 5 fans are totally kidding themselves if they think they don’t do this stuff. Sure, there is always one heartless bastard in every group of five people, but no freaking way it is only 1 in 5. I’ve heard otherwise sane people say things like, “I won’t even talk like we might lose this week. You have to keep your spirits up.”
Really? Why? Are the Skins going to somehow feel the mojo of their fans talking at work on a TUESDAY before a game? I mean I get it at the stadium. But at home? In the office?
Actually, I totally believe it. But any sane person wouldn’t right? Call me insane. Call me ignorant, naive, stupid, undereducated, superstitious. I believe. I have to, despite my logical side or else I should stop wearing those scratchy, uncomfortable jerseys while lying on the coach and watching the game on Sunday.
I know there are people out there reading this who think we’re all nuts, and I know there are people out there nodding their heads and making sure they never buy anything the shades of blue that the Giants and Cowboys use. Either way, this seems like a great thing to get your feedback on.
Comment below. What goofy things do you do for the Redskins? What do your weird friends do? Or if you think we’re nuts, tell us.
-DW
Where to get Mets Jerseys? please help me. thx.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:02 pm