Superstitious Much? - Don't Care; Not Taking Any Chances

[CurtisCandy]

On the morning of the ND-Utah game, my wife threw on one of my T-shirts when she got up in the morning. Pretty much every t-shirt I own has the ND logo is some manner, so she wore a Fightin' Irish shirt all day; something she hadn't done before.

Of course, our boys stomped the Utes.

Jokingly, the following week I told her that she better wear another one of my Irish T-shirts... just in case. Our boys, of course, completely shut Army down.

I'll bet all of you can fill in the blanks for what happened on the next Saturday against U$C.

I'm generally not a superstitious person, but I ain't taking any chances for the Sun Bowl. My wife complained that my T-shirts are very masculine looking, so I just coughed up 45 bucks to order her the Fightin' Irish T-shirt of her choice.

...Just covering all our bases...

 

[bigeasy47]

if your shirt worked then she has to wear it.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

I think, if I am correct, the way superstitions work, is that if the shirt she wore was YOURS, and they won, then the "luck" comes from you. So you should put on her shirt when it comes. Or at least sleep on it.

 

[eNDzone]

I thought we won the SC game because I accidentaly put my ND shirt on inside out in my dark bedroom. I didn't realize I had it that way till the end of the game. I guess there must be majic in the shirts these days.

I'll probably be wearing it that way for the next SC game unless I can score some tickets.

 

[Irish Insanity]

I'm gonna have to agree that she needs to wear your shirt, the same one, in the same manor as the previous victories.

 

[condoms SUCk]

I'm not a big superstitious person, but after the Tulsa loss, I took on the Four Horseman off my computer screen saver, took the Golden Dome off my facebook profile pic. took off an ND screen saver off my personal and work phones. We won all three remaining games, I was going to buy ND truck mats BUT I didn’t b/c I was afraid it I did we may lose to Miami. After all this crap that has happened it does kinda make me superstitious.

 

[irishtrain]

I'm gonna have to agree that she needs to wear your shirt, the same one, in the same manor as the previous victories.

Here, Here, run that shirt till every last ounce of good fortune is played out, this is on you guys now since the magic is upon you. Wear those shirts/wear those shirts/wear those shirts-------------.

 

[tankjeep]

c'mon....

c'mon....

folks, there's no way what we do or what we don't do has any influence on what happens on game day.

i for one don't believe it, but to each his own. good luck with that. teehee.

 

[ndcoltsfan2010]

I wear the same ND football shirt and hat on gamedays. This Christmas season I have taken it to the extreme and have made our Xmas tree a Notre Dame tree with only Blue and Gold. As a joke I put up a ND hat for the tree-top but our son loved it so much that he pleaded to keep it up there. lol. The only thing I want for christmas is a notre dame bowl win and a couple more good recruits fall our way. Hopefully Santa will get the hint once he sees the ND tree. (Wishful thinking anyways)

 

[CurtisCandy]

Hmm, some good points about the idea that maybe she needs to wear the same shirt. I'll pass this detail along to her. She can save the new shirt for that start of next season.

What a PHENOMENAL holiday season this will be of our boys beat this current crop of convicts!

 

[TDHeysus]

This Christmas season I have taken it to the extreme and have made our Xmas tree a Notre Dame tree with only Blue and Gold.

a ND xmas tree? that is taking it to the next level, I'm impressed.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I used to wear my #3 ND jersey every game day, until the Tulsa loss. I stopped wearing it and we started winning. I'm never putting that jersey or any ND jersey on again until they lose a game.

 

[bigeasy47]

its not a shirt for me, and i get laughed at for what i do, i put it forward on offense because we mean business, but while on defense i turn it backwards because we need to pin them back and get after them. so people can always tell who has the ball when im watching the game but ive been doing it for so long i dont even realize it. but its the hat i wear when they play thats my ritual superstition.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

We've had a ND christmas tree for years. We have blue and gold Christmas balls, a "Play like a champion today" tree skirt, and a leprechaun on top instead of an angel. This year we have a mini one with both ND and scUM on it because College football tailgating is the theme for our family christmas party. We are all eating tailgate food, and wearing our gear. It's a good time. We don't live far from ND, so we've got all kinds of stuff. I'm going to open a photobucket so you can all see the 100ft leprechaun we spray painted in our yard.

Safe to say, we're die hards.

 

[Wolverine1997]

It'll work in your bowl game as well. Catholics vs "Convicts". The convicts are more like juvenile delinquents these days.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

These are all some awesome superstitions. Actually, I can tell you what put us over the top. My own mother, who was a voracious Notre Dame fan, (She and my father's first "really big date" was a trip to the mistake by the lake for the 1939 ND-Navy game), pulled all the strings she could muster.

My mother, almost 93 watched 8 of the first 9 games this season. We always talked about them. On Veteran's Day, November 11, she passed after a very short illness, just as she wished. The only thing, we watched the Tulsa game together, and every time I cursed, she admonished me, and near the end as I was jumping up and down out of my chair and all over the furniture, I looked at her, after she ordered me to stop, and she just said, “Why are you getting so upset? Don’t worry!” Just as if everything was going to be okay.

All right. After we went 3-0 against as tough of opponents as we faced this year, and gave up only one touchdown, (and that was with the ball on the four-yard line). I am convinced that there is a special place in heaven, for little old ladies, with fire in their bellies, and a special place in their hearts for Notre Dame!

 

[tankjeep]

These are all some awesome superstitions. Actually, I can tell you what put us over the top. My own mother, who was a voracious Notre Dame fan, (She and my father's first "really big date" was a trip to the mistake by the lake for the 1939 ND-Navy game), pulled all the strings she could muster.

My mother, almost 93 watched 8 of the first 9 games this season. We always talked about them. On Veteran's Day, November 11, she passed after a very short illness, just as she wished. The only thing, we watched the Tulsa game together, and every time I cursed, she admonished me, and near the end as I was jumping up and down out of my chair and all over the furniture, I looked at her, after she ordered me to stop, and she just said, “Why are you getting so upset? Don’t worry!” Just as if everything was going to be okay.

All right. After we went 3-0 against as tough of opponents as we faced this year, and gave up only one touchdown, (and that was with the ball on the four-yard line). I am convinced that there is a special place in heaven, for little old ladies, with fire in their bellies, and a special place in their hearts for Notre Dame!

nice story bogtrotter. that brought a tear to my eye. God bless you and i'm sorry for your loss, but she's in a better place.

 

[CurtisCandy]

These are all some awesome superstitions. Actually, I can tell you what put us over the top. My own mother, who was a voracious Notre Dame fan, (She and my father's first "really big date" was a trip to the mistake by the lake for the 1939 ND-Navy game), pulled all the strings she could muster.

My mother, almost 93 watched 8 of the first 9 games this season. We always talked about them. On Veteran's Day, November 11, she passed after a very short illness, just as she wished. The only thing, we watched the Tulsa game together, and every time I cursed, she admonished me, and near the end as I was jumping up and down out of my chair and all over the furniture, I looked at her, after she ordered me to stop, and she just said, “Why are you getting so upset? Don’t worry!” Just as if everything was going to be okay.

All right. After we went 3-0 against as tough of opponents as we faced this year, and gave up only one touchdown, (and that was with the ball on the four-yard line). I am convinced that there is a special place in heaven, for little old ladies, with fire in their bellies, and a special place in their hearts for Notre Dame!

Wow.

I'm thinking maybe my T-shirt had nothing to do with our winning streak. Sounds like a much higher, way cooler power is involved.

Sorry for your loss, My Friend. She sounds like a GREAT lady!

 

[phgreek]

These are all some awesome superstitions. Actually, I can tell you what put us over the top. My own mother, who was a voracious Notre Dame fan, (She and my father's first "really big date" was a trip to the mistake by the lake for the 1939 ND-Navy game), pulled all the strings she could muster.

My mother, almost 93 watched 8 of the first 9 games this season. We always talked about them. On Veteran's Day, November 11, she passed after a very short illness, just as she wished. The only thing, we watched the Tulsa game together, and every time I cursed, she admonished me, and near the end as I was jumping up and down out of my chair and all over the furniture, I looked at her, after she ordered me to stop, and she just said, “Why are you getting so upset? Don’t worry!” Just as if everything was going to be okay.

All right. After we went 3-0 against as tough of opponents as we faced this year, and gave up only one touchdown, (and that was with the ball on the four-yard line). I am convinced that there is a special place in heaven, for little old ladies, with fire in their bellies, and a special place in their hearts for Notre Dame!

awesome story...I'll join you in praising tough old ladies with fire...My Grandmother died in '05 at 97. As we closed her mass, our priest stood, walked to her casket, and put a big Fighting Irish sticker on the front of it...I know he said some things...but I was too busy grinning from ear to ear to hear anything...

Thanks for writing about your mom...brought back alot of great memories of my grandmother's fandom...she is, no doubt, where I got it...