"Y'see, Mr. President, ya want the Panthers to win, because panthers are cool cats, ya dig?"Obama: "Yeah, yeah, I get it. Go Panthers!"
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
C’mon. They beat my Saints earlier this year.
THE REDSKINS FACTOR
If the Washington Redskins win their game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, then President Obama will win the election. That is the learned opinion of one Steve Hirdt, an Elias Sports Bureau executive who developed his intriguing “Redskin Rule” upon discovering a correlation between the team’s results and presidential election results 12 years ago.“I was shocked to see it lined up exactly right, that whenever the Redskins won their last home game prior to the presidential election, the incumbent party retained the White House, and whenever the Redskins lost their last home game prior to the election, the out-of-power party won the White House,” Mr. Hirdt tells ESPN.
The rule held true for all 15 presidential elections from 1940 to 1996, following the team’s move to Washington from Boston in 1937, he says, though he had to tweak it in 2000 to accommodate the runoff between George W. Bush and Al Gore.
“Redskins Rule 2.0 established that when the popular vote winner does not win the election, the impact of the Redskins game on the subsequent presidential election gets flipped. So, with that, the Redskins‘ loss in 2004 signaled that the incumbent would remain in the White House,” reasons Mr. Hirdt, adding that the rule returned to its old standards in 2008 when Washington lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The rule is “18 for 18” predicting the presidential elections since 1940, he concludes.
“As if Robert Griffin III and Cam Newton didn’t already have enough pressure,” observes ESPN’s Bill Hofheimer, an analyst and spokesman for the sports network.
First quarter just ended. Panthers 7, Redskins 3.
I am a life-long Redskins fan and have seen them play at RFK and FedEx Field. Go, Panthers!!
The ref did not admit he blew the whistle.
At halftime:
Panthers - 14
Redskins - 3
LOL! Yeah, I heard that while listening to online radio.
No Redskins touchdown yet...
Panthers: 14
Redskins: 6
It must be Buffalo Wild Wings. “Gee, I wish the Panthers would win...”
End of 3rd quarter, still Panthers ahead 14/6
I was at that game! There were an awful lot of GB fans at the stadium :-(
Carolina: 21
Redskins: 6
5.15 left to the game, still 21/6 Panthers. Fans are starting to leave the stadium.
29 seconds left, 21/13 Panthers.
It’s all over but the voting :-)
Redskins lost 21 to 13 against the Panthers, Romney’s gonna win. I’ll have an early Jameson.
Just one more nail in that Bastards coffin!
Get the f*** out of our house you country wrecking commie f*** and take that fat ass and your illegal alien relatives with you!
FUBO
FUMO
FU for ruining our country.
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