My August pick to win it all!
 

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I've been saving this little piece of paper for ahwile now. I just thought Id share with the group.

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I think I would have waited until after we win the SB.

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why does it matter? do you think me posting that picture will honestly have any effect on the game? please.

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I did the same thing at the Venetian in the first week of August. I put $10 down and got odds of 66-1. I'm hoping that one pans out!

My wife put $10 on the Colts and got 6.5-1. It's kind of funny to think that a Redskins-Colts super bowl is still a possibility at the divisional weekend.

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Dude, that hilarious!

My girlfriend did exactly the same thing for me back in August. $20 at 30-1.

At the time I just thought it was sweet of her to throw down $20.

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[QUOTE=Warpath]why does it matter? do you think me posting that picture will honestly have any effect on the game? please.[/QUOTE]

Why has Washington continued to wear all white uniforms? Why do some fans have the exact same ritual, every week, on game day? Why do pitchers(baseball) never step on the baseline when they go to the mound? Sports superstition. Even if they don't believe in superstition, 95% of players and fans do think about them when it comes to sports.

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southpaw, you realize he's had this thing a lot longer than yesterday right? so posting a picture of it shouldn't matter cause it still exists in physical form regardless of the date :P

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it was 150:1 at a point after we lost to san diego

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I hope you win some money man!!!!!

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[QUOTE=Southpaw]Why has Washington continued to wear all white uniforms? Why do some fans have the exact same ritual, every week, on game day? Why do pitchers(baseball) never step on the baseline when they go to the mound? Sports superstition. Even if they don't believe in superstition, 95% of players and fans do think about them when it comes to sports.[/QUOTE]

If you think anything a fan does has any effect on the players of the game you are completely mistaken.

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If we win, I'm definitely printing this sucker out and taking it to Vegas when I go right after the Super Bowl. Thanks, Warpath!
;)

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[color=black]I almost smacked my mom for taking a Skins ornament off the top of our X-mas tree before the last philly game because I put it up about an hour before the [/color][color=black]St. Louis[/color][color=black] game and we hadn't lost since. During the first half of that philly game I kept giving her dirty looks and she kept apologizing profusely like she was actually the reason that we were playing so poorly. Obviously the ornament had no impact on the game; just like the fact that I had to watch the game while wearing a tux as opposed to my normal Skins hat/fleece combo last week because I was at a wedding didn't matter.[/color]

[color=black]I used to think the clothes I wore or the chair that I was sitting in or whatever affected the game but it really doesn't. The only lucky charm that this team needs is St. Gibbs, and I'm pretty sure he'll be there on Saturday.[/color]

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[color=black]This team makes its own luck, we're just witnesses...[/color]

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[color=black]hail[/color]

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Amen, Art.......

But it can't hurt to wear exactly the same jersey/shorts combo 7 times in a row, can it?

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What does superstition hurt? Why tempt fate? You can't prove that fans and their rituals have any less affect on the game than he can prove that it does. Maybe it is silly but it is one of his way of enjoying the game and his team. Don't be so rude as to put down something like that. There are a lot of people who'll probably get peeved because they do a lot of the same things.

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[QUOTE=RedskinRat]Amen, Art.......

But it can't hurt to wear exactly the same jersey/shorts combo 7 times in a row, can it?[/QUOTE]

Absolutely. I make my son wear the same Skins sweatsuit every Friday to daycare, and then my wife has to wash it so he can wear it again for the game. Is that silly? Sure. Does anybody [b]actually[/b] believe that performing a certain ritual will guarantee a certain outcome? Um - yeah, actually. It's called religion.

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People find comfort in repeated and structured actions whether it's something as simple as donning their favorite jersey for a game or as complicated as performing mummification on a recently departed loved one. I think I'd draw the line at mummification as a pre-game ritual though....too time consuming.

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[QUOTE=Warpath]why does it matter? do you think me posting that picture will honestly have any effect on the game? please.[/QUOTE]It does not matter. It just would have made a great thread for you to post right after the SB.

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I'm not saying rituals or supersitions are a bad thing, I probably have a few hundred that I'd be afraid to break too. At half time of the philly game i felt like my t-shirt was bad luck so I changed it, is that why we won? I was just commenting on the fact that I don't think what people do/wear/say [i]really[/i] have an impact on the game.

Darrell Green used to keep Tootsie Rolls in his cleats for every game. Towards the end of his career he was slower even though the Tootsie Rolls were still in his shoe. Does that mean that the candy stopped working or that they made no [i]real [/i]difference in the first place?

I just have a problem believing that something like a shirt, or candy, or the fact that someone showed everyone the bet that he made a couple of months ago can affect the outcome of a game, that's all I was saying.

HOWEVER, if your rituals are working, for the love of God don't stop until we leave Detriot with Gibbs' fourth ring!!!!!

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that reminds me...gotta make sure my retro jersey, my long burgundy socks and my lucky boxers are washed and ready for Saturday...

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[QUOTE=BDBohnzie]that reminds me...gotta make sure my retro jersey, my long burgundy socks and my lucky boxers are washed and ready for Saturday...[/QUOTE]

You WASH your lucky clothes?!?! That's sacrilegious!!!

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by coincidence, that's part of the routine...my wife (bless her soul, damnit) washed them because she thought they were dirty, and i continue to have her do it since it seems to be working.

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[QUOTE=irish]If you think anything a fan does has any effect on the players of the game you are completely mistaken.[/QUOTE]

Really? But I was positive that, by not stepping on the cracks between the tiles on my kitchen floor on game day, I was somehow giving Washington the extra edge they needed to win...

Most logical people realize that doing something, like wearing the same shirt every week during the game has no effect on the outcome of a football game that they happen to be watching. My point is, when it comes to sports, most of this logic goes out the window, which you can see many examples of, on this thread.

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I haven't washed my Portis jersey since the preseason. And during the Bears and Seahawk games in September, those Sunday afternoons were rather warm, which means only one thing...

Lots of sweat!

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[QUOTE=firstdown]It does not matter. It just would have made a great thread for you to post right after the SB.[/QUOTE]
Amen, I do agree to that statement. We're gonna win this weekend over Seattle .

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Ticket was bought in August. Gimme a break ya'll.
Ain't no superstition in him showing his bet chit. I do believe that me wearing my Gary Clark jersey every Sunday helps as well as when I wear my brother's helmet!!! GO REDSKINS!!! GO MY BROTHER!!!

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When I got married in Vegas last year I really wanted to throw down $100 on the Skins to win it all, just for kicks. Now I'm kicking myself!

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]When I got married in Vegas last year I really wanted to throw down $100 on the Skins to win it all, just for kicks. Now I'm kicking myself![/QUOTE]

Don't kick yourself yet. If they happen to win the Superbowl, kick yourself then at the thought of how nice a quick 6K would've been. :screama:

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[QUOTE=Southpaw]Don't kick yourself yet. If they happen to win the Superbowl, kick yourself then at the thought of how nice a quick 6K would've been. :screama:[/QUOTE]

I think the natural high I would be on for months would more than make up for it! ;)

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whatever Id pay 60 dollars and expect nothing in return right now for the skins to win the superbowl!!

Good luck to those of you that placed your bets early. Just goes to show you the parody in the league.

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skinsncanes, any prospects for the skins coming out of the "U" this year?