MJS Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I've never really understood sports superstitions. Is there some mystical force that is tallying up what fans do? Or is it a fickle god that blesses and curses according to its whims? I just watch the games. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukestreetking Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 @Miyagi-Do Karate: (dude/not a dude): you are me, and I am you. I've been so superstitious--combined w chronic bbfs--that I literally won't take a p**s until halftime. This year: I've decided to let that dog bark whenever the need arises. It's like a 12-step program. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bangarang said: Try reading the game day threads if you’re looking for a good time. 🤮 I feel like that’s a terrible punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, Southern_Bills said: I can drink less now that they are a better team. During the drought I knew if I drank over 18 beers I could convince myself it was definitely the Refs fault we lost, not the lack of talent. 🤣 You know there’s meetings for that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 During the drought I would record the games and work in the yard. At 4 p.m., I'd check the score. If they won, I'd sit down and watch the recording. If they lost, I'd simply delete the recording and move on the late afternoon game. In 2019 I started watching more of the games live. Last year, I watched all of them live. I plan to watch 'em all live this year, too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Can you please wait until we play the Texans? 13 minutes ago, MJS said: I've never really understood sports superstitions. Is there some mystical force that is tallying up what fans do? Or is it a fickle god that blesses and curses according to its whims? I just watch the games. Yes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Scott7975 said: Im disappointed. When did Mr. Miyagi ever look nervous to you? When @Miyagi-Do Karate accepted Satos challenge to fight to the death or have his village destroyed. Edited September 4, 2021 by The Wiz 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said: Yes Both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 minute ago, The Wiz said: When @Miyagi-Do Karate accepted Satos challenge to fight to the death or have his village destroyed. Ok you got me smart ass 😃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 For what it's worth, I'll continue to begin my Sunday football mornings the way I have for years: taking a massive dump at about 10:30 while reading the Sunday Buffalo News football section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, MJS said: Both? Both. Absolutely. Think of a mystical force with a roulette wheel of doom. He is both punishing for all fan related behavior and randomly spinning the wheel of doom. The ONLY way to stave off the wheel aping are with carefully crafted rituals and proper jersey rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Try edibles. But indica NOT sativa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I used to have a variety of superstitions... the whole family must wear Bills gear... we must eat Buffalo wings during the game... and so on. But none of these have proven fool-proof. For a while, my wife and I noticed that if we got... um, "friendly" the night before a Bills game, the Bills would win. In fact, friendliness preceded Bills victories seven consecutive times. Then, I don't know, maybe we weren't friendly in the right kind of way because one Saturday night of friendliness was followed by a tough Bills defeat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 29 minutes ago, Scott7975 said: Ok you got me smart ass 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 58 minutes ago, Scott7975 said: Im disappointed. When did Mr. Miyagi ever look nervous to you? Man who catch fly with chopstick should never poop himself for Bills game 33 minutes ago, The Wiz said: When @Miyagi-Do Karate accepted Satos challenge to fight to the death or have his village destroyed. You couldn't really blame him though. Sato had one hell of a gravelly voice. He was like the Okinawan version of Patrick Mahomes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: When I watch the Bills games, I am all nerves and superstition. I basically have to watch them alone, with possibly a meager glass of water by my side. I have agreements with friends that they can’t text or call me during games because they did that once before and the Bills lost. Plus, I need 100% focus. This year, I am going to try to turn over a new leaf. Since the team is pretty good now, I think I can relax a little. So I’m going to have a watching party for the opener and live a little. Just hope this doesn’t cause some major jinx to occur. 😬 I'm the same way. I usually sit alone and watch the game. My neighbors are a steelers and WFT fans and invited me over for the games. I'll be at the WFT game but told them I'm in for the opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, mattynh said: I am not a superstitious person and don't totally understand it. I mean if you want to have ritual or routine fine, I get it but when people actually think they affect the game with this is bizarre to me. For every fan of the Bills who thinks they are doing something to make them lose, there is a fan on the other team doing the same. How do you reconcile that? I understand having the thought but if you then ask yourself, is this rational, and then think about it for half a second. I think it can be fun to have these thoughts but when it actually affects your real life relationships and you are deciding to interact with people in your life or not based on magic is going a bit far. So you really believe it's only the players on the field that determine the outcome of a game. Ha! How very faux-rational, non-holistic and narrow-minded! On September 12th, put on your best Bills underwear, pop open a Genesee, eat some wings with blue cheese, stick pins into a Roethlisberger-shaped donut that you've stuffed with garlic, and enjoy a Buffalo victory. It's simple cause-and-effect. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said: Man who catch fly with chopstick should never poop himself for Bills game You couldn't really blame him though. Sato had one hell of a gravelly voice. He was like the Okinawan version of Patrick Mahomes Gravelly is the last adjective I would use to define Mahomes voice. Helium-y Kermit the froggy Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 minute ago, The Wiz said: Gravelly is the last adjective I would use to define Mahomes voice. Helium-y Kermit the froggy Sure. Helium-y? Really? It's so rough he could cough on a tree and it'd be as smooth as a bowling lane. We may need a poll on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) Ive been known to get anxious about the games and have watched alone on occasion as lame as that is. Getting past that playoff win (colts game) was huge for me. All that's left is to win the whole damn thing, and for whatever reason that's been super liberating. 19 hours ago, RobbRiddick said: Helium-y? Really? It's so rough he could cough on a tree and it'd be as smooth as a bowling lane. We may need a poll on this one It's kermitish to me, but I don't hear the gravel lol. Edited September 5, 2021 by NickelCity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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