[Bruce Wang]

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/style-po...erstitious

See we're not the only superstitious Stanford people.

BTW I've retired the "lucky" Stanford hoodie.  It clearly ran out of mojo against $outhernCal.  I'm happy to report that I have a lucky Rose Bowl t-shirt now.  3-0 in it, baby!  If I could only figure out when these things run out of luck before the game.

[Bruce Wang]

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/style-po...erstitious

See we're not the only superstitious Stanford people.

BTW I've retired the "lucky" Stanford hoodie.  It clearly ran out of mojo against $outhernCal.  I'm happy to report that I have a lucky Rose Bowl t-shirt now.  3-0 in it, baby!  If I could only figure out when these things run out of luck before the game.

[stupac2]

This seems as good a place as any to ask, is anyone here actually superstitious, or just being silly about it? Most of the time it's clearly the latter but sometimes it's hard to tell.

(I would expect the Stanford fanbase to pretty superstition-free, but hey, everyone's got their things.)

[stupac2]

This seems as good a place as any to ask, is anyone here actually superstitious, or just being silly about it? Most of the time it's clearly the latter but sometimes it's hard to tell.

(I would expect the Stanford fanbase to pretty superstition-free, but hey, everyone's got their things.)

[TreeFitty]

I don't ever really say, "We've got this game in the bag" or anything like that until the game is really over. I don't know if that's superstition or just trying to avoid setting myself up for hideous disappointment, but it's there. The strength quintuples for Big Game.

I used to strongly sign on to the baseball superstition about never mentioning that a no-hitter is underway. In high school, when I was the statistician for the baseball team, I was a ruthless enforcer on that one. (Much to the gratitude of our pitcher Stan Sord, who, with my help, threw a no-hitter in 1970.) I gave up on the majors years ago and Stanford games have rarely been televised in recent times, so that superstition is on hold.

Whenever Stanford is up big in a game, I always expect the impossible to happen, that they'll lose. Because the impossible eventually happens.

Weird, I know.

[TreeFitty]

I don't ever really say, "We've got this game in the bag" or anything like that until the game is really over. I don't know if that's superstition or just trying to avoid setting myself up for hideous disappointment, but it's there. The strength quintuples for Big Game.

I used to strongly sign on to the baseball superstition about never mentioning that a no-hitter is underway. In high school, when I was the statistician for the baseball team, I was a ruthless enforcer on that one. (Much to the gratitude of our pitcher Stan Sord, who, with my help, threw a no-hitter in 1970.) I gave up on the majors years ago and Stanford games have rarely been televised in recent times, so that superstition is on hold.

Whenever Stanford is up big in a game, I always expect the impossible to happen, that they'll lose. Because the impossible eventually happens.

Weird, I know.

[Farm93]

My list is too long to mention them all.

The biggies - Stanford Hat & Stadium Seat
I got a Stanford hat right before the start of the 2010 season, but lost that hat on a business trip (left in the hotel) after the season.
I got a second version of that hat before the start of the 2011 season, and have worn that to every game since.
So I more or less assumed Stanford would finish the year with two losses and would go to a BCS game.  (12-1, 11-2, 12,2, 11-2)

Though not Chinese I have happily embraced the #8.  For the last few years I have used my #8 seat for myself no matter who sits in my #9 seat at Stanford Stadium.  And I was very delighted when I realized that for the Pac-12CG at ASU I was placed in row #8 of the upper deck.  FWIW - I am hoping for a seat #8 in Pasadena and not a seat in Row #8.  :(

My kids literally had never seen Stanford lose in anything (football, basketball, men's volleyball, water polo, etc.) and to some extent viewed Stanford like the Harlem Globetrotters.  My guess is they were collectively 20-0, maybe 25-0.  So logically I took them to the USC game.  There goes that set of lucky charms!  I think they were happy because they hated the SC campus and the area around the stadium and feared multiple visits to the area for all things Stanford.

[Farm93]

My list is too long to mention them all.

The biggies - Stanford Hat & Stadium Seat
I got a Stanford hat right before the start of the 2010 season, but lost that hat on a business trip (left in the hotel) after the season.
I got a second version of that hat before the start of the 2011 season, and have worn that to every game since.
So I more or less assumed Stanford would finish the year with two losses and would go to a BCS game.  (12-1, 11-2, 12,2, 11-2)

Though not Chinese I have happily embraced the #8.  For the last few years I have used my #8 seat for myself no matter who sits in my #9 seat at Stanford Stadium.  And I was very delighted when I realized that for the Pac-12CG at ASU I was placed in row #8 of the upper deck.  FWIW - I am hoping for a seat #8 in Pasadena and not a seat in Row #8.  :(

My kids literally had never seen Stanford lose in anything (football, basketball, men's volleyball, water polo, etc.) and to some extent viewed Stanford like the Harlem Globetrotters.  My guess is they were collectively 20-0, maybe 25-0.  So logically I took them to the USC game.  There goes that set of lucky charms!  I think they were happy because they hated the SC campus and the area around the stadium and feared multiple visits to the area for all things Stanford.

[stupac2]

There is one thing that I believe in and that's the Woofing Gods.  Since that's a religious order, I will not tempt their anger and categorize it as a superstition.  Here's why I think there's something to this.  We're all connected at the quantum level.  Usually this karmic energy of opposing fan bases cancels each other out, leaving minimal if any impact on the outcome.  However, any of this karmic energy you channel in favor of your team gets cancelled out by the Elder Gods if you woof.  If enough of your fellow fans woof, then the karmic energy of the other side tips the scales against you.

What's funny about this to me (aside from the whole "I've used the Schrodinger equation and there aren't any footballs in it" thing) is that I'm current reading a popular-level physics book that had a (short) chapter dedicated entirely to complaining about this type of portrayal of quantum physics. (It cited The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters as examples.)

[stupac2]

There is one thing that I believe in and that's the Woofing Gods.  Since that's a religious order, I will not tempt their anger and categorize it as a superstition.  Here's why I think there's something to this.  We're all connected at the quantum level.  Usually this karmic energy of opposing fan bases cancels each other out, leaving minimal if any impact on the outcome.  However, any of this karmic energy you channel in favor of your team gets cancelled out by the Elder Gods if you woof.  If enough of your fellow fans woof, then the karmic energy of the other side tips the scales against you.

What's funny about this to me (aside from the whole "I've used the Schrodinger equation and there aren't any footballs in it" thing) is that I'm current reading a popular-level physics book that had a (short) chapter dedicated entirely to complaining about this type of portrayal of quantum physics. (It cited The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters as examples.)

[fullmetal]

I can't believe I know people who subscribe to the theories espoused in that pseudo-mockumentary "What the bleep do we know?"

[fullmetal]

I can't believe I know people who subscribe to the theories espoused in that pseudo-mockumentary "What the bleep do we know?"

[Ratmandoo]

It's pretty simple, I sit on the left side of the couch, George sits on the right. I always wear my Stanford shirt and hat. For 2013, this worked every time we watched the game at George's house. Unfortunately, we tried my new TV at my new apartment for Utah and we went to the USC game. (I went to the UCLA game too for my 15 year reunion but I believe George watched it on his TV).

Oh, and the Stanford shirt doesn't get washed all season unless a loss is suffered.

This doesn't make me weird right? Even if all my friends make fun of me when the Bud Light commercial comes on.

For all other things in life, I don't believe in Karma.

Ok, I'm a little weird.

[Ratmandoo]

It's pretty simple, I sit on the left side of the couch, George sits on the right. I always wear my Stanford shirt and hat. For 2013, this worked every time we watched the game at George's house. Unfortunately, we tried my new TV at my new apartment for Utah and we went to the USC game. (I went to the UCLA game too for my 15 year reunion but I believe George watched it on his TV).

Oh, and the Stanford shirt doesn't get washed all season unless a loss is suffered.

This doesn't make me weird right? Even if all my friends make fun of me when the Bud Light commercial comes on.

For all other things in life, I don't believe in Karma.

Ok, I'm a little weird.

[george]

It's pretty simple, I sit on the left side of the couch, George sits on the right. I always wear my Stanford shirt and hat. For 2013, this worked every time we watched the game at George's house. Unfortunately, we tried my new TV at my new apartment for Utah and we went to the University of Spoiled Children  game. (I went to the UCLA game too for my 15 year reunion but I believe George watched it on his TV).

Three additional notes:

1) I moved into this house in 2012, new TV, new couch, new quaterback post-Luck.  We clearly hadn't ironed out the kinks yet as the first game we watched was the UW fiasco last year.  At the time I was sitting on the left and Ratmandoo on the right and it was probably the closest we've ever come to having a fight.  I spent most of the game screaming "WHERE IS NOTTINGHAM?"  "WHY WON'T SHAW PUT HIM IN?".  Because, you know, I knew better than the coaching staff.  Ratmandoo on the other hand was maddeningly optimistic that the offense and playcalling was going to improve.  We all know how that one turned out, and we never sat that way again.  Spanning two seasons we've won every game with our current configuration.

2) I have one "vintage" stanford shirt that I happened to wear while watching the Utah game at Ratmandoo's.  Normally after a loss I will not wear the shirt again that season (or maybe ever).  But this shirt has the distinction of being clearly different than a USC shirt so I often elect to wear it when I go to games at the coliseum.  I figured that the way we were playing the curse of this shirt could not overpower our fundamental football.  So I wore it.  I will not make that mistake again. 

3) I also believe that we have the power to affect the game by watching on TV.  On third downs if you stand and shout you have a good chance of causing the opposing offense to false start or give our guys enough energy to get to the QB.  If you ask for things like turnovers, or play action passes, or sacks and you are earnest enough it will happen.  And finally, don't forget that the announcers have power as well.  In the p12 championship game, when the announcers started fawning over the ASU kicker and how he was automatic and never missed and had made 18 in a row and was God's gift to kicking we all knew he was going to miss.

[george]

It's pretty simple, I sit on the left side of the couch, George sits on the right. I always wear my Stanford shirt and hat. For 2013, this worked every time we watched the game at George's house. Unfortunately, we tried my new TV at my new apartment for Utah and we went to the University of Spoiled Children  game. (I went to the UCLA game too for my 15 year reunion but I believe George watched it on his TV).

Three additional notes:

1) I moved into this house in 2012, new TV, new couch, new quaterback post-Luck.  We clearly hadn't ironed out the kinks yet as the first game we watched was the UW fiasco last year.  At the time I was sitting on the left and Ratmandoo on the right and it was probably the closest we've ever come to having a fight.  I spent most of the game screaming "WHERE IS NOTTINGHAM?"  "WHY WON'T SHAW PUT HIM IN?".  Because, you know, I knew better than the coaching staff.  Ratmandoo on the other hand was maddeningly optimistic that the offense and playcalling was going to improve.  We all know how that one turned out, and we never sat that way again.  Spanning two seasons we've won every game with our current configuration.

2) I have one "vintage" stanford shirt that I happened to wear while watching the Utah game at Ratmandoo's.  Normally after a loss I will not wear the shirt again that season (or maybe ever).  But this shirt has the distinction of being clearly different than a USC shirt so I often elect to wear it when I go to games at the coliseum.  I figured that the way we were playing the curse of this shirt could not overpower our fundamental football.  So I wore it.  I will not make that mistake again. 

3) I also believe that we have the power to affect the game by watching on TV.  On third downs if you stand and shout you have a good chance of causing the opposing offense to false start or give our guys enough energy to get to the QB.  If you ask for things like turnovers, or play action passes, or sacks and you are earnest enough it will happen.  And finally, don't forget that the announcers have power as well.  In the p12 championship game, when the announcers started fawning over the ASU kicker and how he was automatic and never missed and had made 18 in a row and was God's gift to kicking we all knew he was going to miss.

[yvonne]

I'm superstitious, but when I examine my behavior closely, it's for things I choose to make a superstition. For example, I was on a vacation out of town and didn't watch the Utah game. My friend noted this, and said that Stanford loses games that I don't watch. However, I didn't miss my track reunion to watch the Pac-12  Championship. OTOH, I promptly discarded a tree hat I purchased at the street fair before the Fiesta Bowl, and as everyone here knows, I live in fear of the woof gods.

There's only a .000001 chance that they could affect anything, but what if this is that one in 100,000?

  :)

[yvonne]

I'm superstitious, but when I examine my behavior closely, it's for things I choose to make a superstition. For example, I was on a vacation out of town and didn't watch the Utah game. My friend noted this, and said that Stanford loses games that I don't watch. However, I didn't miss my track reunion to watch the Pac-12  Championship. OTOH, I promptly discarded a tree hat I purchased at the street fair before the Fiesta Bowl, and as everyone here knows, I live in fear of the woof gods.

There's only a .000001 chance that they could affect anything, but what if this is that one in 100,000?

  :)

[Kathy]

And finally, don't forget that the announcers have power as well.  In the p12 championship game, when the announcers started fawning over the ASU kicker and how he was automatic and never missed and had made 18 in a row and was God's gift to kicking we all knew he was going to miss.

As soon as they said that, I knew he was going to miss. Seems like it happens to kickers more than any other player, too.

[Kathy]

And finally, don't forget that the announcers have power as well.  In the p12 championship game, when the announcers started fawning over the ASU kicker and how he was automatic and never missed and had made 18 in a row and was God's gift to kicking we all knew he was going to miss.

As soon as they said that, I knew he was going to miss. Seems like it happens to kickers more than any other player, too.

[Redrum]

Well, then.  We have ways.  Victory... is guaranteed.

[Redrum]

Well, then.  We have ways.  Victory... is guaranteed.

[yvonne]

Hah! There's always a British angle!

[yvonne]

Hah! There's always a British angle!

[Redrum]

That's a pic of me watching the final 37 seconds of the Utah game.  But I don't have the same watching mojo as you.

[Redrum]

That's a pic of me watching the final 37 seconds of the Utah game.  But I don't have the same watching mojo as you.

[pefloresjr]

I kind of play it by karmic feel every week.  My "Nerd" shirts are carrying the best Karmic charge right now.  Nerd Nation for Big Game and Angry Nerds (Black Helmet) for ND and Conference Championship.  Since the Rose Bowl last year, any configuration has to include a Stanford hat with my Rose Bowl pin on it. 

Went to the water polo game on Saturday before going to Rudy's Pub to watch the Championship.  Because the water polo team lost, I had to shed that sweatshirt (it apparently used all of its mojo keeping me from getting hypothermia).  I put on a new sweatshirt I had just bought at the track house and it is my new good karma sweatshirt.  I think I will be wearing it and one of the Nerd shirts for the Rose Bowl. 

And I assume it goes without saying that I wear my red undies for victory!  :D

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

I kind of play it by karmic feel every week.  My "Nerd" shirts are carrying the best Karmic charge right now.  Nerd Nation for Big Game and Angry Nerds (Black Helmet) for ND and Conference Championship.  Since the Rose Bowl last year, any configuration has to include a Stanford hat with my Rose Bowl pin on it. 

Went to the water polo game on Saturday before going to Rudy's Pub to watch the Championship.  Because the water polo team lost, I had to shed that sweatshirt (it apparently used all of its mojo keeping me from getting hypothermia).  I put on a new sweatshirt I had just bought at the track house and it is my new good karma sweatshirt.  I think I will be wearing it and one of the Nerd shirts for the Rose Bowl. 

And I assume it goes without saying that I wear my red undies for victory!  :D

Cheers,
Pete F.

[GoodGrief]

I don't break the seal.

From kick-off until time runs out, there is no peeing.

The 1992 comeback against Notre Dame when John Lynch nailed Jerome Bettis causing a fumble? You're welcome.

[GoodGrief]

I don't break the seal.

From kick-off until time runs out, there is no peeing.

The 1992 comeback against Notre Dame when John Lynch nailed Jerome Bettis causing a fumble? You're welcome.

[Extra Point]

From kick-off until time runs out, there is no peeing.

I take it you don't drink beer.

May you never have prostrate problems!

[Extra Point]

From kick-off until time runs out, there is no peeing.

I take it you don't drink beer.

May you never have prostrate problems!

[GoodGrief]

Yeah, alcohol's never done it for me (except make me feel dizzy, clog up my hearing, and make my pulse race--I don't think that's its desired effect), so I don't bother. I'm sure that makes it much easier to keep it sealed...

[GoodGrief]

Yeah, alcohol's never done it for me (except make me feel dizzy, clog up my hearing, and make my pulse race--I don't think that's its desired effect), so I don't bother. I'm sure that makes it much easier to keep it sealed...

[CompSci87]

prostrate problems

Standing up works better.

[CompSci87]

prostrate problems

Standing up works better.

[pefloresjr]

[quote author=Extra Point link=topic=9120.msg78062#msg78062 date=1386879372]
prostrate problems

Standing up works better.
[/quote]
We prostrate to no team!

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

[quote author=Extra Point link=topic=9120.msg78062#msg78062 date=1386879372]
prostrate problems

Standing up works better.
[/quote]
We prostrate to no team!

Cheers,
Pete F.

[Extra Point]

[quote author=Extra Point link=topic=9120.msg78062#msg78062 date=1386879372]
prostrate problems

Standing up works better.
[/quote]

I hope you never have prostate problems either CompSci87. But, the second you make a typo I am going to be all over you.

[Extra Point]

[quote author=Extra Point link=topic=9120.msg78062#msg78062 date=1386879372]
prostrate problems

Standing up works better.
[/quote]

I hope you never have prostate problems either CompSci87. But, the second you make a typo I am going to be all over you.