That's Superbowl 39 for Donna (can't remember if she knows how to read Roman Numerals). Well, today is the big dance. The final game of what I feel is the greatest season by any team in the NFL. With the salary cap and equality of todays teams, the Patriots continue to find ways to win ... in very exciting fashion. This is the game I wanted to see last year, but the Carolina Kittys had other plans. Now, a year later, Philly will once again come up short. And, unfortunately for Indy, Peyton gets to watch the game from the comfort of his own home :)
SO, in honor of the SUPERBOWL, all of today's posts should be PATRIOTS related! What are you plans for the game? Do you have any weird traditions?
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Superbowl XXXIX
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Well, the one year that I didn't do this tradition the patriots didn't even make it to the superbowl.
I have to put all my clothes on backwards at very start of the day. I hop on one foot, must be my left foot, for the pats to pull ahead in the first half. I then, just before gametime strip down to my underwear and paint my body red and blue stripes horizontally. Do NOT do the stripes vertically. This is an absolute NO-NO. As I sit back and watch my voodoo work, I must, absolutely must, (and you might think I'm crazy, but it works), for every field goal that the pats make, I run around the outside of my house as many times as the points scored by the field goal. For every touchdown made before the end of the first half, I have to run out into the road at half time and stop that many cars and tell them the score of the big game. I've had some people just drive off quickly, while others have actually called the police. But anyway, it seems to work. If they win, which they do everytime I try this ritual, then I strip down completely naked and roll in the snow to wash all the paint off, singing "we are the champions...." at the top of my lungs. Not Really.
That's exactly what I do Ben! Except instead of the Police coming, people usually crash their cars because they are laughing so hard, and then the guys come back again with the long-sleeved jacket for me, and I don't make it to the rolling in the snow part. But, they usually sprinkle flour on the floor for me at the asylum, and let me roll around in that, so hopefully it doesn't break the good luck. Don't worry, I'm a regular there, so they usually let me out the next day, and they let me finish watching the game on a 13 inch black and white. It's all good.
you must have seen it on the same website that i did, graybeard. "Superbowls Gone Wild the rituals that win"
No Super Bowl traditions here. In fact, usually, I skip the Super Bowl completely. I usually invest all my allocated "sports time" to watching College Football on Saturday. I have to watch my beloved Aggies. So when Sunday rolls around, I'm all footballed out. This year, I'm going over to watch the game at the future In-laws. They just got a new HDTV, and her mom is a mean cook, so it'll be fun.
As for whom I'll be rooting for, I do have a tradition there, and it goes back to my old SENHCA days, and that is to rebel against all New England teams. That was my youthful way of showing my "southern heritage" I remember the 3+ ('84-'88) years I lived in NH, all the major sports teams lost their respective championships:
Celtics ('85 & '87, though they won in '86)
Bruins('88)
Red Sox('86)
Patriots('86)
I like to think I had something to do with that. So, this year, keeping with tradition, Go Eagles!
Alan, your membership is in danger. I'm taking a vote. It was only a matter of time before someone got voted off the island. I just assumed it would be Donna.
That which you speak of is BLASPHEMY - PATRIOTS RULE!!!!
now, now, shaun. I know how you feel, but everyone has a right to their own opinions, even if they are all screwed up! If no one routed for the Eagles, victory would not be as sweetwhen the pats kick their tails.
I'd side with you Shaun with voting him off, especially with that type of "South will rise again" mentality that seems to infect those southerners (And Texans seem to have an even more concentrated dose of it), but Ben makes a very good point and I think he's right. They lost the Civil War and haven't gotten over it - it'll be the same today. Notice the posting of those stats to try to intimidate us. Typical grudge-holding confederate style. But don't worry, Alan, I've decided not to vote you off. Yet. :)
(In defense of the south, they are some of the friendliest people I've ever met, you just picked the wrong day and time, Alan! Sorry!)
Well, in my defense, I did state that cheering against New England teams was my "youthful" way of rebelling.
Besides, I'm sure that the Patties will do better today than they did back in '86 when they lost by 36 points to the Bears, which at the time was the most points scored and the biggest beating in the history of the Super Bowl. I remember taking great delight in that hammering. But yes, I'm sure that wouldn't happen again to them.
I'm glad I'm having this conversation with ya'll! It's making me a little more interested in the outcome than I was before. Thanks!
Donna, that was me with the comment, and so I guess I should rephrase that one. The southerners that I met in Texas were very friendly, and I was sticking up for the ones that had crossed my path. Alan is a different subject, given his outright belidgerance, and do with him as you will. I wash my hands of this one. (The stones are right outside the door, feel free to use them.) ;)
As for Florida, is it safe to call them southerners? With the mix of people moving down there, perhaps they are of their own breed, and from what you say, not a good one. But I don't know, and I'll take your word for it and stand corrected.
On a side note, in reference to the game of '86 since Alan brought it up, I was rooting for the Bears in that game, only to go against the grain with my dad, and since we were living in Indiana at the time, an hour from Chicago, and everyone in my school was for the Bears, so in fear of getting the crap kicked out of me and being a teenager in 8th grade not wanting to side with my parents, I cheered for the Bears. I have since grown and learned the error of my ways, and after saying all of that, GO PATRIOTS!!!!
Oh, and if the Patriots do win, I heard that Alan is going to have to eat his jockey shorts. The ones from last week. I heard it from a reliable source, so we're all going to have to make sure he does just that. Don't worry, Alan. I hear that they are a good source of protein! :)
OK GUYS!!!! It's half time, score of 7 - 7, bad first quarter for the Pats, but they are coming back!! They're just a cat toying with a mouse before the kill! And with Michael Chiklis introducing the Pats, they can't lose! MICHAEL CHIKLIS!!! The only that sucks are the too many commercials....I swear, some of the commercials are good, but when they get back to the game, you've already missed something. C'mon....more game less commercials!
And by the way, Alan, if anything goes wrong with the game, we're holding you personally responsible!! Don't make us start calling you Judas!! ;)
14 - 7!!!!!! 11:04 left in the 3rd....awesome plays by Brady and Branch! Better be getting those jockey shorts ready, Alan!! hahahahahahaha!!!!!!
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14 - 14, 1:08 left in the 3rd! C'mon guys! Time for overdrive!!! This thing is moving along alot closer than I thought it would be.....
21 - 14!! See, this is working!! 13:44 in the 4th, shiftin' into overdrive, it's the time of reckoning everyone! Here it comes! Pull out all the lucky charms and do the dance!
24 - 14!!! 8:40 left in the 4th. First field goal, adding a little insurance to the game. I knew Chiklis was good for the team!
24 - 21, 1:48 left in the 4th. OUCH!! Less than two minutes and a touchdown by Philly. But I'm sure the Pats have one more touchdown up thier sleeves. If not, send a dead rodent in the mail to Alan.
PATRIOTS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahah! Eat the shorts, Alan! Down with the ship, ol' boy! Would you like some salt or pepper with that? Bah hahahahahaha!
man, that snow was colder than usual tonight. rotten paint wouldn't come off either.
Oh, I don't have to worry about the paint this time. The whitecoat guys came sooner than usual, since they knew what was going to happen. Good thing I can type with my toes!
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