MGoSuperstitions

Submitted by Paps on

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With many close, nailbiting games this season, I couldn't help but notice that I kept doing things to bring Michigan luck... If sitting in a specific spot had gotten a first down earlier, I'd sit there.  If madly clutching a Michigan Helmet once willed Devin Gardner's body over the goal line, I'd hope it did again, and so on and so forth.  I start a gameday t-shirt rotation during the season, only changing after a loss.  It hasn't worked well this year BUT YOU NEVER KNOW!

So I ask you this, MGoBoard, what are your pre-game, in-game, and post-game superstitions and traditions, whether it be in the stadium, or watching the game on TV? What do you lean on to give the team that extra bit of good luck they need? I know there have got to be some pretty crazy things out there... Let's hear them! 

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mGrowOld

December 22nd, 2013 at 10:18 AM ^

My biggest one is TV watching seating arrangements.  If we are winning nobody is allowed to switch seats or fuck with the volume or anything.  For the 2002 OSU game my ex-wife came back from shopping with her sister and promptly took my seat and shut off my surround sound and from that point onward we played like shit.  To this day I blame that demon from Hell for that loss.

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Chuck Norris

December 22nd, 2013 at 11:43 AM ^

For basketball, I've found that Michigan always loses early when I pick them to go far in the tourney. Last year, I had them losing to VCU, and look what happened. This year, I'll probably pick them to lose in the first round.

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Bluemama

December 22nd, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^

Nobody enters my family room on game day without wearing Michigan clothing everybody in the house is on board with that rule. My family outside of my house knows not to call me unless someone is dying.

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Owl

December 22nd, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^

See, this thread raises an important question for me. Every time I've worn my 2011 student football shirt, we've won. Realizing this, I've decided to use it sparingly so as not to dilute its magic. I wore it for this year's OSU game, though. Does our unexpectedly good performance mean the magic's still there, or is the fact that we lost enough to mean it's gone? 

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Canadian

December 22nd, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^

No matter where I am I take hat off and sing along to the star spangled banner (even if its over my headphones at work). I will also sing the victors after scores and between periods (hockey)/halftime (basketball)

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