Friday, November 7, 2008
Hannan / Sports Sports Illustrated Gives Tennessee Titans Conveninent Excuse in Case of First Loss
Posted by Caleb Hannan on Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Does the jinx still count if the team isn't mentioned?
The Sports Illustrated cover is the grandfather of all sports jinxes. Sure, Madden and Chunky's soup have claimed their fair share of victims in recent years. But the SI cover has been inducing night terrors for decades. And despite what they might tell you about not believing the hype, any fan worth his or her salt would just prefer their favorite team never grace SI's front pages. Ya know, just in case.
That's where this week's SI comes in. For the first time all season, the Titans are on the cover.
Well, technically, Albert Haynesworth is on the cover. And the article isn't really about the team or their undefeated record; it's about Haynesworth's transformation from face-stomper to potential MVP candidate. But he's wearing a Titans jersey! And, if you buy in to this kind of hokum, that's probably enough reason to believe that not only will the Titans lose to the Bears on Sunday, but Haynesworth will be lost for the season as well.
On account of his spontaneous combustion. Go Titans!
For further reading: Sports Illustrated did their own investigation into the curse back in 2002.
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So has The Curse been defeated? (Note to Fate: I'm just askin'. That wasn't a dare.)
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Posted by
mr. pink
on November 10, 2008 at 8:15 AM
I'm not worried about it because the Titans have beaten 2 Madden Cover curses, with Eddie George being first and still rushing for 1,000 yards the next season and Vince Young was the starting QB for a playoff team (not a great year but he played and went to the playoffs). So believe the Titans wont be affected by Covers, but just them beating them self in a game that they could lose, which I hope they never lose.
Posted by
Chris
on November 10, 2008 at 3:45 PM
