That's what I though when the Chargers/Falcons reached the super bowl,
and then when the Pat's won I thought that surely the end was near.
Pffft! A football game? Ridiculous.
Unseen forces exist in the game of baseball, magic and demigods and ghosts and poltergeists; but there are none in football, and hence no curses.
Read Chabon's Summerland to learn more.
-ccm
A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day.