Redskins vs Greenbay will determin who will be president
Sunday, October 31st, 2004 - 12:43pm
When the Washington Redskins in 1933 became the Redskins from the Boston Braves they have accurately predicted the winner of the election.
The last home game prior to the election if the Skins win the incumbent wins if the skins lose the challenger wins.
http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp
I would be very affraid if I was Bush considering how bad they are doing this year.
It is pretty amazing how things like that fall in line.
Kind of like that Superbowl Madden game up to last year...
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I hope this isnt true. I want Bush to win, but I''m also a Green Bay fan and they need this win.
It''s a good day to wear my hat.
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Go Redskins... I hear favre is questionable as well....
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Green Bay 17, Redskins 7 at the half.
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If it''s a tie, do we get a Nader Administration?
Teehee!
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No, then you get a lawsuit.
That''s outstanding!
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How ironic. An illegal procedure penalty and an interception may have just killed Washington''s chances.
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Oh please, let it be true! Please!
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Green Bay wins, but Bush will win as well. God help us if Kerry wins...
Yankees rock, you know it's true...
OK we were robbed. There was no way that penalty should have been called nobody was moving!
Actually, the myth is over. The skins lost in 1996 and Clinton won.
The skins were screwed!! No one moved!
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I agree with you that the Skins were screwed but they did win in 1996 in the last home game in 1996.
On 27 October 1996 the Washington Redskins defeated the Indianapolis Colts at home, 31-16, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. Sure enough, in the 5 November 1996 general election, Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election over his Republican challenger, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas.
Actually he was not flagged because he moved but because he did not STOP moving and get set. (So the officials and commutators said anyway)
I don't think I've ever said this sentence before, but man would I love to hump that butterfly.-- KrazyTaco
One phone call and you're melting like butter over my kettle pop. -- Edwin to Mex
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Well, it turns out this particular streak already ended, eight years ago. According to blogger Justin Taylor, on whose posting we relied, the Redskins beat the Indianapolis Colts in 1996''s last pre-election game, and the incumbent, Bill Clinton, was re-elected.
It''s true of course that Clinton won, and the Redskins did beat the Colts, 31-16 "” but that game took place Oct. 27, eight years ago yesterday. On Nov. 3, the 7-1 Skins lost to the 5-3 Buffalo Bills, 38-13 "” and the incumbent president won two days later.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110005819
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Yes, but that game was played in Buffalo. The myth regards the last Washington home game.
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
That''s what they''ve been saying all week. Someone tell this Taylor guy to turnoff FOX News once and awhile and kick it over to ESPN.
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Correct they will call that all the time...this isnt the Arena League.
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Come on guys give me my moment here to find some reason we lost other than our sucky QB.
Your sucky o-line?
Putting all your hope on Joe Gibbs to win the Super Bowl the first year.
I don't think I've ever said this sentence before, but man would I love to hump that butterfly.-- KrazyTaco
One phone call and you're melting like butter over my kettle pop. -- Edwin to Mex
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No not at all I never even thought the Skins would be a play off team this year. Still doesn''t mean you like it when your team stinks it up. If anything I thought they might go 8 - 8 at the begining of the season.
When your defense is good enough to keep your team in the game every week it makes it that much more heart rending. If we had an average offense the Skins would be doing well. Instead the offense just stinks and generally cost the game.
The basic problem is that teams know Brunell can not get the ball down field so they key on the running game and dare Brunell to beat them down field which he can not it seems.
Now there may be a lot of reasons this is the case, bad receiver routes, poor blocking, and so on but when your QB is has lowest completion percentage and third down conversion of any starting QB in the league he is going to take some heat especially when you are losing.
As for the call it was ver questionable. The penalty was called on the running back which was not even in motion. Assuming they made a mistake and it was on James Thrash instead he did not move forward. He did set himself at least it appeared to me watching the game and seeing about 12 replays of the game. Now I admit I am partial but Michael Wilbon, who I respect and is not a Redskins fan, even called the call dubious and never satisfactorily explained.
Yes the team never should have been in that position in the first place to have to battle back where one call makes or breaks you and Brunell still had a chance untill he turned it over the next play but it is still hard not to feel a bit robbed.
OK I am going now to lament with my fellow fans arround the water cooler.
Well in all fairness the ref who made the call was none other than Tom White who made the phantom roughing the passer call in last weeks Eagles Browns game on a 4th down incompletion that extended the game and then allowed the Browns to tie and send the game into OT.
This ref is like a million years old and has a history of blowing crucial plays and throwing phantom flags.
He was docked 1 weeks pay last year for failing to wind the clock in that Seatle game fiasco last year.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
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A Packer victory is always an omen of good things to come. Packer karma is stronger than Redskin karma. Bush will win the election.
This is one of those things that is true until it isn''t. Kind of like the winner of the ''game before the game'' predicting the Superbowl. Or the ''Madden Curse'' (Ray looks terrible, doesn''t he?). Or ''no team has ever come back from being 3 games down''.
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Isn''t everything true until it isn''t?
No, some things aren''t true until they are
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