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NFL trends point to Romney win, but Redskins Rule still to be decided
Yahoo ^ | 11/02/12 | Chris Wilson

Posted on 11/02/2012 7:25:58 PM PDT by DFG

When the Redskins meet the Panthers at FedExField this Sunday, more will be on the line than a mitigation of Washington's 3-5 record. As commentators are certain to remind viewers, the result of Washington's last home game before a presidential election has the eerie ability to predict the outcome of said election. If the Redskins win, the incumbent wins; if the Redskins lose, the incumbent loses.

This is true in 17 of the past 18 elections. But as I pointed out in September, there is no reason this predictive wizardry should be the exclusive privilege of Washington's team. In fact, one can gin up such a rule for any team.

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KEYWORDS: election; nfl; redskins; romney
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Redskins are playing the Panthers at home Sunday.

GO PANTHERS!

1 posted on 11/02/2012 7:25:58 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

As a Giant fan, I always root for the Redskins to lose, this time even more so.


2 posted on 11/02/2012 7:29:09 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: DFG
I'm a long-suffering Redskins fan - I started rooting for them when I moved to Maryland in 1956 at the age of nine. That said,

Obama is doomed!!!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

3 posted on 11/02/2012 7:30:21 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: DFG

I too am a suffering redskins fan, lol. If it means Romney wins, I can take another redskins loss, kind of used to it by now.


4 posted on 11/02/2012 7:38:19 PM PDT by The Conservative Goddess
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To: DFG

The Redskin rule no longer applies.


5 posted on 11/02/2012 7:43:02 PM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: DFG

this rule was broken in 2004 when the Skins lost but GWB won....


6 posted on 11/02/2012 7:53:17 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: DFG

The Panthers aren’t very good this year, so I don’t think they’re going to win, but there are always upsets. The Panthers are in the same division as my New Orleans Saints, but the Saints really aren’t contenders this year, but even if they were, and they had a chance of the Super Bowl, I would rather have the Saints miss out than have Obama for 4 more years. Besides, didn’t this streak break in 2004 when the Redskins lost and George W. won anyway? And where are they playing? Doesn’t it have something to do with whenter or not the Redskins are playing at home or not?


7 posted on 11/02/2012 8:02:30 PM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: DFG

Forget the last sentence. I see that they are playing at home.


8 posted on 11/02/2012 8:03:22 PM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: DFG

Robert Griffin is from my hometown, so I am pulling for the Redskins. I am counting on Obarky’s losing, either way.


9 posted on 11/02/2012 8:10:06 PM PDT by TXBlair (You voted for Obama to prove you're not racist; now vote for Romney to prove you're not stupid.)
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To: Perdogg

“The Redskin rule no longer applies.”

Why is that?


10 posted on 11/02/2012 8:25:34 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

2004 they lost to Green Bay and Bush won.


11 posted on 11/02/2012 8:34:22 PM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: DFG

I would love to see some of these superstitions broken. Redskins winning. Pheh. Number of halloween masks sold. Pheh. Grade school children voting. Pheh. It’s just more media manipulation to formulate their predetermined outcome.


12 posted on 11/02/2012 8:35:21 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: The Conservative Goddess

Romney is a shoe in since Pittsburgh beat Philly.


13 posted on 11/02/2012 8:35:46 PM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: TXBlair
It's gonna be a Chiken Fillet landslide. Obama is the chicken. If he has a chance of winning our great country is DOA within 10 years.

I feel a historic landslide unlike any this country has seen. And a media that goes with him. F.R needs to go mainstream as it is the leader in the new media movement.

14 posted on 11/02/2012 8:43:36 PM PDT by liberty or death
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To: liberty or death

Your entire post: from your lips to God’s ears!


15 posted on 11/02/2012 8:47:18 PM PDT by TXBlair (You voted for Obama to prove you're not racist; now vote for Romney to prove you're not stupid.)
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To: DFG

If the historic Red Sox WS triumph wasn’t an omen for a Kerry win in 2004, then nothing that happens in the NFL, or any other sport, has any political meaning. JMHO.


16 posted on 11/02/2012 9:21:24 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: DFG

Fwiw the Redskins lost to the Packers in 2004, but we all know how that turned out. Funny thing though, I was at the game at Soldier Field last week and the Panthers almost kicked the Bear’s asses I wouldn’t be shocked to see them get some range on the Skins this week.


17 posted on 11/02/2012 9:45:29 PM PDT by erod (I'm a Chicagoan till Chicago ends...)
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To: The Conservative Goddess

Diehard, long-time Skins fan living in CA now.

Snyder is a disaster, Jack made him look like chopped liver.


18 posted on 11/02/2012 10:55:20 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: DFG

I want obummer to lose BIG but I’m a 40 year + fan of the Redskins and I don’t want to see them lose. Oh, what a dilemma!


19 posted on 11/03/2012 4:47:05 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: murron
"The Panthers aren’t very good this year, so I don’t think they’re going to win, but there are always upsets."

As a longtime Panthers fan, saying they aren't very good is like saying Chris Christie's a bit plump, LOL. I've waited YEARS for my team to play better football than high-school level, and I'm still waiting.

20 posted on 11/03/2012 8:07:54 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Don't be afraid to see what you see. (Ronald Reagan))
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