End of Gameday curse

[bamaeleven]

I just realized that this is the first time we have ever won when college gameday was around. Things are looking up. :biggrin:

 

[MacadamianNut]

Corso put his curse on Clemson

 

[M2J]

We're actually now 4-7. We have never won when they come to Ttown though. But hey, its been so long since we've won with them around that it is still an accomplishment.

 

[BamaLaw]

We're actually now 4-7. We have never won when they come to Ttown though. But hey, its been so long since we've won with them around that it is still an accomplishment.

You're exactly right...and...I certainly hope that most of us don't really believe that there is a curse or jinx. Let's face it, GameDay only comes to campus for really big games--games which are expected to be close, competitive contests. During the seasons when they have actually come to games in Tuscaloosa, we have been saddled with fewer scholarship players, lesser talent, revolving door on the coach's office, etc. This is why we haven't won when they are on campus. It's not a curse of jinx.

Now, a team is never as good as they look in their first game. Neither is a team ever as bad as they look in their first game. (Clemson and VaTech can hold to that fact.) We also all know that a team always improves the most between games 1 and 2, and after their first loss. With all that being said, if the season plays out as last night's performance leads us to hope, then au-UA could be for a whole lot more than bragging rights. It could be huge. Assuming that to be the case, that is likely our only chance of seeing the GameDay crew on campus in 2008.

Because of the fact that I (1) don't believe in the jinx and (2) know that they generally choose a big game of significant importance, I'd love to see them in Tuscaloosa on Thanksgiving weekend when we shut the barn up and start a lengthy streak of our own.

 

[RAM]

I was very happy when Lee put the Tiger head on, just thought we might get the W.

 

[TideFan in AU]

Now, a team is never as good as they look in their first game. Neither is a team ever as bad as they look in their first game. (Clemson and VaTech can hold to that fact.) We also all know that a team always improves the most between games 1 and 2, and after their first loss.

I've always thought that these generalizations were gross displays of flawed logic as well as way overused cliches. Teams start out great and regress. Teams start out great and improve further. Teams start out terrible and improve. Teams start out terrible and regress even further.

Hypotheticals:

We lose to Tulane. - We aren't as good as we looked in the 1st game and we did not improve between game 1 and 2.
We destroy UGA. - We are even better than we looked in the 1st game.
Clemson wins the ACC. - They are better than they looked in the first game.
Clemson loses to The Citadel - They are even worse than they looked in the 1st game and they did not improve between game 1 and 2.

All of these scenarios are possible and similar things have happened in the past.

I'm not going off on you or anything, its just that I've heard these cliches all weekend long, and I feel there is no real logic behind them.

 

[saraelizabethua]

"Its not the power of the curse, its the power you give the curse."

:BigA:RTR:BigA:

 

[rhYno]

There never was a curse...

 

[formersoldier71]

The curse was probation + Dubose + Fran + probation + Price + Shula..........