What's this about the Packers needing to win against the redskins???

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

And it being somehow a predictor for the election?

Buncha bunk?

If not, when is the game?

[batchdem04]

1. Check here

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. Thanks

(sheepish grin) Sorry, I should have looked there first!

[jlcfan]

2. It is a Bunch of Bunk

I am going to Root for the Skins, watch in Glee as the Skins beat the Packers, and on Tuesday, vote for Kerry and watch in Glee as Kerry beats Bush!

[democrat_patriot]

4. It's true according to snopes

Go Packers!!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

5. Well

I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to become a cheesehead for the day. I'm not even into sports at all, but happened to hear about this.

Where do I get those cheese hat thingies?

go Packers!

(It felt weird to type that!)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

3. GO PACK!!!

I am from WI, so I am biased.

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

8. What time is the game?

I'm probably not going to watch it, but I might have it on in the background, just to keep track of it.

I do think it is just a weird coincidence, but at this point, I will do or watch almost anything that points to a Kerry win.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

13. Noon on Sunday (Central)

[MsUSA]

10. I'm a Packer fan too.

Packers win, Kerry landslide! :-)

[MallRat]

7. The Redskins game has correctly predicted 18 straight elections.

This is freaky.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_15812788.shtml
History predicts that with a Packers win, Kerry’s in
18 straight pre-election Redskins games have predicted presidency
By Nate Bloomquist

John Kerry’s strongest ally in the battle for the White House could be the Green Bay Packers.

A 72-year-old connection between how the Washington Redskins and their predecessor fare in the game before a presidential election and the election’s outcome puts the Packers in Kerry’s corner. The Packers play the Redskins at FedEx Field on Oct. 31; the election is Nov. 2.

If the Redskins lose or tie the game before the presidential election, the party in the White House gets ousted. A Redskins win is a win for the incumbent party, too. At least, that’s how it has played out in the past 18 presidential elections.

The Redskins, who were the Boston Braves in 1932 and the Boston Redskins in 1936, have predicted the election with better accuracy than Punxsutawney Phil forecasts the weather ever since a 1932 pre-election game with the Chicago Bears ended in a 7-7 tie. The Republicans and President Herbert Hoover were sent packing when Franklin Roosevelt won a landslide election the following Tuesday.

GO PACKERS!!!

[Robbie67]

19. Looks like I might actually have to follow football

this weekend

[fugop]

9. Go Packers!

Of course it's bunk. Or rather, it's coincidence. Who cares? I'm not taking any chances. GO PACKERS!

[rinsd]

11. More like a bizarre coincedence....

Basically at home or away how the Redskins do in their last game before a presidential election has been a predictor the last 18 elections. If the Redskins win, the incumbent is re-elected. If the Skins lose, the challenger is elected.

[mellowinman]

12. Redskins are playing like shit this year.

Packers aren't on their best game either, but they've already lost too many, and they do have Favre. I think the Packers should win this one, but remember, if they lose, there's always the year that such a pattern is disrupted.

Go Packers!

(as a Vikings fan, that's kind of hard to type)

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

14. Oh, well if it's true, even I can become a "cheesehead" for a day.

[leftistagitator]

15. Damn, now I gotta root for the Pack?

After what they did to my beloved Cowboys last week that's quite a lot to ask.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

16. Eh

I'm here in Dallas, have been all my life and I have no problem with rooting for some cheeseheads.

On second thought, I think I WILL watch the game. Sounds like it will be decent and hell, there's a lot riding on it if this is true.

I'll be screaming my ass off for Green Bay, baby.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

21. Vegas odds have Washington as a 2 1/2 point favorite...

http://www.vegas.com/gaming/

But Favre will win this for his beloved wife who's just undergone surgery for breast cancer.

[Jersey Devil]

17. Is that with or without the point spread?

Just wondering

[LiberalFighter]

18. OK everyone... you all need to be Packer fans this Sunday

The chance that the games and elections results matching up in the last 18 elections is 1 in 263.5 million, more than 2,600 times higher than the chance of being killed by a lightning strike in a lifetime, said Dave Dolan, an assistant professor of statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

That sets it apart from other half-baked theories tying presidential elections and sports together.

History predicts that with a Packers win, Kerry’s in 18 straight pre-election Redskins games have predicted presidency

[DaveinMD]

20. Go Packers

The election is in the hands of the very capable Brett Favre.

[RummyTheDummy]

22. Oh great. Now we get to rely on Brett Favre

He might throw 4 tds. He might throw 4 interceptions. I remember the last time I needed to count on the Packers. They were on a roll and needed to beat the Jets on the road for the Pats to make it in the playoffs.

They got their collective asses handed to them. Incidentally, Brett Favre's wife was diagnosed with breast cancer this week. He will understandably be pre-occupied.

[webjamn]

23. Favre plays best

under adverse circumstances. The day after his dad died last year Favre destroyed the Raiders on Monday Night Football. I think he threw for four touchdowns. He won't let us down.

[RummyTheDummy]

24. Im well aware of that

But when his brother in law was killed, three or four days later, he played horribly.

I'd feel a helluva lot more comofortable about it if it were Tom Brady who "needed" to beat the Skins. Best clutch player in football.