Game superstition thread

#26
#26
Why not just frame that '98 quarter and hang it on the wall above your big-screen TV?
 
#27
#27
I have a Vols helmet that during the game I always turn to face the direction the Vols are driving!

Back in the 90's I used to have a lot of game day parties. I would only have orange food! Doritos, cheese puffs, cheese and crackers, shrimp, shrimp dip, etc. I slowly stopped having them as times got worse.
Things are looking up though! I just got a new house with an indoor tiki bar! Orange food Vol party soon !!!!!!!
 
#29
#29
"Anyone else have any superstitions?"

Yeah, I got one. Don't step on the cracks cuz Spurrier loves to break the Vols backs.
 
#30
#30
Hoagie. Orange crush and BBQ chips. Use to be a Heath shuler jersey but it went missing week of conference championship game in 07. Strange
 
#31
#31
This one is a new one for me. This week I pulled two quarters out of my pocket. Sure enough, one is a Tennessee quarter and the other a South Carolina quarter. So I have them both on my desk now with Tennessee on top of South Carolina.

Hope it works!
 
#35
#35
UTvolz9808 said:
if i see or talk to my mother before or during a game we will lose,if i get on volnation during a game it goes south quick
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If you want to give us your Mom's address, I know a guy who can prevent that from happening! Just kidding.....kind of. Stay off VN Dude!
 
#36
#36
2for2VOL said:
I always look in my change during football season so see if got any '98 coins. While the vols have won many games during weeks I didn't get any '98 coins, they've never lost when I have.

Just got a '98 quarter tonight. Hopefully the streak stays alive.

Anyone else have any superstitions?
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It's interesting that change seems to be a big one to folks. My wife's teams never lose when she finds a penny on heads that week. She's a Vol fan but a SC grad so I don't know if we should look for one this week. I found a penny on heads literally seconds before the Stoerner fumble in '98. I framed that penny with a print of the game after we won the National title and haven't touched it since. Don't want to piss off the football Gods by being greedy!
 
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#37
dmac17 said:
Sports are the only thing I'm superstitious about. The shirt I'm wearing next Saturday is 3-0 against teams from Alabama. Wore it to Troy game last year, UT/Bama basketball game last year, and South Alabama this year. Worth a shot.
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Well we played like crap in both of the football games that you mentioned and were lucky to escape with a win...
 
#43
#43
I used to have certain shirts I would wear for certain games but then we just started losing all the those games on the reg so I quit coordinating.
 
#44
#44
Neyland Law Vol said:
OP once we win Saturday you should bump this thread so we are reminded the streak is still alive!

Hoping it works.
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I'm nervous. First time since fulmer I've gotten a '98 coin the week of a game against a ranked team. Here's to hoping it rings true.
 
#45
#45
dbrock9 said:
I put a dip in at the beginning of the game and leave it in as long as we are winning.
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Damn! Same here! I dipped Skoal in 98 but switched to Grizzly some time in the next century. Maybe I oughta go back to Skoal at least on game days. I also wear my hat bill forward on O and turn it backwards on defense. Of course that seemed to curse the D last year so I stopped.
 
#47
#47
In 2009, I had the superstition that every game I watched completely through on TV (UCLA, UF, Auburn, Ole Miss, Va Tech) we would lose. Every game that I listened to (even just a little bit) on the radio (WKU, Ohio, UGA, USCe, Memphis, Vandy, UK), we would win. Then there was the strange case of the Bama game. I was listening to it over the radio on my MP3 player. However, that day mom decided that she wanted to buy a couch. We went to Zak's furniture store and they had a huge TV playing the CBS broadcast of the 3rd (4th) Saturday in a side room. I made a huge effort to avoid the door to that room. My mom even referenced it to the salesman -"he thinks they'll lose if he watches it on TV" -"Then tell him to keep listening to it." I held strong for the hour (at least it seemed like that long) we were there, but while mom was checking out, my curiosity got the best of me and I watched a UT DB break up a 3rd down slant route and the subsequent punt. 2 PLAYS!!! When we began to position ourselves at the end, I believed. Mom went into Blockbuster to return movies as Lincoln lined up for the final FG. As soon as Kesling's deflated voice said "..it's blocked..." I blamed myself for watching the two plays on TV. Mom came out of the store and mouthed "well?" to me. I just had to forlornly shake my head. I couldn't believe it. I still blame myself for he two plays but F Lane Kiffin, I'm glad he didn't beat bammer last.
 
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#48
#48
I use to have a Harley Davidson , when I rode it to the games we never lost.
Then I got married and sold it when my wife quit her job one time.
Since then We have been on a losing streak.

So if anyone would like to replace it for me to restart the tradition......?
 
#49
#49
LotteryPick said:
Two hours before the game, every Saturday, I make a friend dress up in the opposing teams' apparel. Then, I sprint at him from about 50 feet away, yelling all the opposing teams' best players right before I tackle the ever loving sh!t out of him.

It doesn't seem to work, but I still do it.
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Lottery you are too funny! :rofl:
 
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