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Anybody have a superstitious routine leading up to the season?

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Do any of you have any superstitious routines leading up to the opening game? Any pre-game superstitions? Are you changing anything up based on last years season?
Last year, leading up to the season, for about 4 months, I always put my belongings in locker #44 at the gym. Never once was it unavailable. I took that as a good sign. How wrong I was. This year I will be using locker #5. Only problem is that it's an area that the old dudes like to congregate...naked. That's a small price to pay for the glory of a winning season.
Also, when I watched away games, I would sit on the left side of my couch. I switched to the right about halfway through the season. I'm sitting dead center this year.
 
Do any of you have any superstitious routines leading up to the opening game? Any pre-game superstitions? Are you changing anything up based on last years season?
Last year, leading up to the season, for about 4 months, I always put my belongings in locker #44 at the gym. Never once was it unavailable. I took that as a good sign. How wrong I was. This year I will be using locker #5. Only problem is that it's an area that the old dudes like to congregate...naked. That's a small price to pay for the glory of a winning season.
Also, when I watched away games, I would sit on the left side of my couch. I switched to the right about halfway through the season. I'm sitting dead center this year.

You brave soul.


I crush curls for the girls Orange and Lay on the couch the rest of the day because I'm lazy and worthless in the Oranges honor.
 
The burning of the avatars thread got me thinking... I've got an orange block S adidas t shirt that I bought during the GROB error. I like the shirt but we've never won when I've worn it on a game day whether in attendance or not. After figuring this out, of course, I stopped wearing it on game day BUT now I'm thinking that shirt needs to burn before the season opener.
 
I always start off with one orange shirt but have a different one ready in case I need it at halftime. I also start off sitting in my wheelchair or on the couch and don't change it unless things are going badly.
 
Mine is really simple and stupid. When the house music comes in to kick off or tip off, I turn my hat backwards. I'm 45, but I've been doing it since I was an early teen.

Btw it doesn't do a damn thing. Win or lose it just is a habit at this point. But if I forget for some reason my buddy yells at me to turn it around as to not tempt fate.
 
If things start going bad I start cleaning. I'll clean until there is a momentum swing in our favor. My mom looks forward to game days because the house usually looks better than before the game.
Want to come over to my house for the ri game :)
 
Do any of you have any superstitious routines leading up to the opening game? Any pre-game superstitions? Are you changing anything up based on last years season?
Last year, leading up to the season, for about 4 months, I always put my belongings in locker #44 at the gym. Never once was it unavailable. I took that as a good sign. How wrong I was. This year I will be using locker #5. Only problem is that it's an area that the old dudes like to congregate...naked. That's a small price to pay for the glory of a winning season.
Also, when I watched away games, I would sit on the left side of my couch. I switched to the right about halfway through the season. I'm sitting dead center this year.

Make sure you wash your hands after visiting the pee trough. And no texting while doing your thing there! Very bad karma!!! And the worst is holding a beer while taking a whiz--that's worse than breaking a mirror.
 
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On game days I have to go for a walk at halftime lol nothing serious.
 
CanadianSU said:
Want to come over to my house for the ri game :)
if we are doing good I don't have to clean and I can just relax and watch the game.
 
I try to avoid breaking mirrors on the black cats I always find walking under my ladders. Other than that, not really.
 
If things start going bad I start cleaning. I'll clean until there is a momentum swing in our favor. My mom looks forward to game days because the house usually looks better than before the game.
Your house must have been absolutely spotless from Sept. 2014-Nov 2014.
 
Yes, I make my wife go to the concourse with me to buy four beers prior to kickoff. Then I make her go back after the first offensive possession with me. Then... Wait... This isn't superstition, it's alcoholism. Thanks Gerg.
pork chop in every pint...how's the cholesterol?
 
i usually go on this fan-based sports website and toy with the simple minded folk who root for a particular school and its teams.
 

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