Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Posted by Reverend Ref + at 9:48 AM

SUPERSTITIONS

Are you superstitious? Do you wear the same tie for job interviews? Do you cross the street when you see a black cat? When you shop at the mall, do you insist on starting at the same store and following the same path? Do you wear the same, unwashed socks during your entire softball season?

Sports people are some of the most superstitious people in the world. Remember Wade Boggs and his pre-game meal of chicken? And I'm sure Brooke could tell you about some superstitions. As a ref, I have one superstition that I adhere to like . . . well . . . gospel, and that is that I get dressed the same way, every time, every game.

I also have a couple of other sports superstitions. One is the "Announcer's Curse." You know the one .... "He hasn't missed a winning field goal in 89 attempts. Put this one in the books ... OH NO!!! WIDE LEFT!!!" Yeah, that sort of thing.

The other one is, "Don't mess with the uniform." This one states that if the team gets to a bowl game, you don't change the uniform. The WSU Cougars did this before their first Rose Bowl appearance in like forever, and they got beat by Michigan.

Which brings me to last night. I sat down to watch the Gonzaga-Memphis game on ESPN2. Nationally televised thing, good exposure for the 'Zags, I had high hopes for this one to show the nation how good the 'Zags really were. And then I saw their uniforms. For some unknown reason, they changed from their traditional blue jerseys, which have served them quite well, to a red jersey. It was horrid. As soon as I saw it, I told Mrs. Ref, "Well, this game is over. The 'Zags are going to lose. I might was well watch the football game." Sure enough, they lost.

You don't mess with a successful uniform! When will people learn?

3 comments:

Dawgdays | 2:29 PM, December 28, 2005  

I have an official's corrolary to the announcer's curse - when you think, "Hey, this game is going pretty well," sure as shootin', things go haywire. I had that thought right before I got hit in the neck with an inside fastball.

I suspect they the blue unis will be back next game, and they burn the red ones. Bummer. I was looking forward to them knocking of #4.

Emily | 3:15 PM, December 28, 2005  

Clearly they had also never seen the crucial scene in Bull Durham where Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon's characters fight over why Nuke LaLoosh isn't sleeping with her to preserve a win streak.

Brooke | 12:35 AM, January 01, 2006  

So funny! I'm sure it happens to other teams, but I notice that my Boston Bruins are very good at giving players the first goal of their careers, or some other major milestone.

As Wes said, when it's in your team's favor, you shouldn't talk about a pending shutout, no-hitter, etc., 'cause that usually means someone's gonna blow it!

And I did in fact know some guys in college who would not fool around or even hang out with their girlfriends the night before a game, because they said they needed to save up all their energy for the match!

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