Hammerhead Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 How does the SI jinx apply here? Or does that have to be a national cover...? (Hopefully we're not screwed.) You're thinking of the Madden Curse. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 How does the SI jinx apply here? Or does that have to be a national cover...? (Hopefully we're not screwed.) You're thinking of the Madden Curse. No. There's an SI jinx as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_cover_jinx And by looking at the list, there are a few regional cover occurances too. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Just to be clear, I'm not saying I believe in the SI jinx. Like it says in the Wikipedia article, Emmitt Smith was on the cover 49 times, once before a Super Bowl win even. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Here's a link to a breakdown of the covers (with pics): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/main/ Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 OMG what is the fascination with what we're wearing?!?!? If it's not stripes it's gloves, if it's not gloves it's pants, if it's not pants it's patches, if it's not patches it's shoes. I don't care what the players are sporting, I only care what Pelini wears to his press conferences and during games. :sarcasm Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt316 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Crick looks awesome... not even gonna mention the shoes. oh wait, dang. Whole lot of Red going on there. and I hate to be "that guy" but anyone else notice a slightly disconcerting theme to that spread? ie. White guys on the front, black guys on the back? Quote Link to comment
redblooded Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Crick looks awesome... not even gonna mention the shoes. oh wait, dang. Whole lot of Red going on there. and I hate to be "that guy" but anyone else notice a slightly disconcerting theme to that spread? ie. White guys on the front, black guys on the back? There are different covers which each of them in the front-middle. Quote Link to comment
Nebula Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Crick looks awesome... not even gonna mention the shoes. oh wait, dang. Whole lot of Red going on there. and I hate to be "that guy" but anyone else notice a slightly disconcerting theme to that spread? ie. White guys on the front, black guys on the back? I never counted what races were on the cover, or how many there were, or where they were located. The only thing I took note of was what teams were represented. I don't harbor any white guilt though. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 and I hate to be "that guy" but anyone else notice a slightly disconcerting theme to that spread? ie. White guys on the front, black guys on the back? Did you even bother to look at the other covers? Quote Link to comment
Hskr86 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Here's a link to a breakdown of the covers (with pics): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/main/ ...and 'ours' NU arent't even listed (unless I missed 'em); I know there was an 'Undefeated and Unbelievable' national cover(circa 1983) with the triplets, and I think I also remember one with our real live 'Herbie Husker', Papa Steinkuhler. I seem to remember both closely preceded our first loss... Anybody remember for sure? Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Here's a link to a breakdown of the covers (with pics): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/main/ ...and 'ours' NU arent't even listed (unless I missed 'em); I know there was an 'Undefeated and Unbelievable' national cover(circa 1983) with the triplets, and I think I also remember one with our real live 'Herbie Husker', Papa Steinkuhler. I seem to remember both closely preceded our first loss... Anybody remember for sure? This guy claims to have every SI cover that featured the Huskers http://www.chuskers.com/sicornhuskers.htm Quote Link to comment
Hskr86 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Here's a link to a breakdown of the covers (with pics): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/main/ ...and 'ours' NU arent't even listed (unless I missed 'em); I know there was an 'Undefeated and Unbelievable' national cover(circa 1983) with the triplets, and I think I also remember one with our real live 'Herbie Husker', Papa Steinkuhler. I seem to remember both closely preceded our first loss... Anybody remember for sure? This guy claims to have every SI cover that featured the Huskers http://www.chuskers.com/sicornhuskers.htm Thanks for that!!! (can we please just go back to tearaway jerseys? please!...) ya guys, i know there's a stupid rule now(!) Quote Link to comment
gbr93 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Here's a link to a breakdown of the covers (with pics): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/main/ ...and 'ours' NU arent't even listed (unless I missed 'em); I know there was an 'Undefeated and Unbelievable' national cover(circa 1983) with the triplets, and I think I also remember one with our real live 'Herbie Husker', Papa Steinkuhler. I seem to remember both closely preceded our first loss... Anybody remember for sure? This guy claims to have every SI cover that featured the Huskers http://www.chuskers.com/sicornhuskers.htm My dad has been collecting husker stuff since i was born and im pretty sure he has all of those but one. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I know none of you care, but I'm slightly drunk and want to say... Why did they make them look so shiny? I mean, I get why they do it on the girls (because they're zooming in on their bumparts or their boobparts) but this is a bunch of big football players who aren't trying to look sexy. If they were trying to look sexy, I would be fine with them zooming in on their backsides (the DBs, not linemen) and making it look like they swam in massage oil, but they aren't. They're a bunch of guys who were normal-looking and then they decided to add effects to make them look sweaty and zitty. Crick looked fine and tough enough the way he was but then they altered it to make it look like he needs to use some of that acne stuff that Jessica Simpson is always advertising. The kind that is specially formulated to fit each person's unique biological structure. I wonder if they map each person's entire genome to give them the right ingredients. That only costs $200 now. 2 Quote Link to comment
Nebula Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I know none of you care, but I'm slightly drunk and want to say... Why did they make them look so shiny? I mean, I get why they do it on the girls (because they're zooming in on their bumparts or their boobparts) but this is a bunch of big football players who aren't trying to look sexy. If they were trying to look sexy, I would be fine with them zooming in on their backsides (the DBs, not linemen) and making it look like they swam in massage oil, but they aren't. They're a bunch of guys who were normal-looking and then they decided to add effects to make them look sweaty and zitty. Crick looked fine and tough enough the way he was but then they altered it to make it look like he needs to use some of that acne stuff that Jessica Simpson is always advertising. The kind that is specially formulated to fit each person's unique biological structure. I wonder if they map each person's entire genome to give them the right ingredients. That only costs $200 now. You're weird. +1 Quote Link to comment
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