What?
Why would I ask such a question?
I'm totally serious, but not in a fashion sense. It's not about having officially licensed gear, your own nickname name on your jersey (with your age or #1), or squeezing one's body into Under Armour® like an overstuffed sausage casing. What I mean is consciously selecting what you wear to help your team on game day.
Tomorrow my Baltimore Ravens are playing the Kansas City Chiefs. And when it's game day, I have superstitions. When it's the playoffs, they're off the charts. And they're stupid. I don't really believe what I wear or don't wear has any impact on the game, but it allows me to feel a part of the game.
So I wear purple Hanes® (anyone else hear Hendrix?) boxer briefs, pictured...yeah right.
I also don a Ravens shirt or jersey. The problem is, I only have two shirts and there's a good chance I haven't gotten to the laundry. I won't wear dirty clothes. And I don't buy jerseys every year so mine are usually of former players. Now, if it's of a retired Hall-of-Famer, big props and we're headed to the Super Bowl. But if it's a released hack, or someone who plays for another team, I think that's actually bad luck. So then I might go with something that reflects team colors. Luckily, white is always an option if my time is the visitor. --Wow, I am a lazy-ass fan. These athletes work out all week and I can't even schedule a load of laundry.
There's no way I'm alone in this, so 'fess up, people. What do you wear on game day?
8 comments:
You are NOT supposed to wash your jersey! The whole superstition is that once you wash it, you wash away any luck which it holds! I personally wear my #5 Flacco jersey, my RAVENS hat, purple football beads, along with my RAVENS purse loaded with all of my RAVENS gear! GO RAVENS!
I'm a Browns fan so obviously what I wear is doing me absolutely no good.
Double LOL! :-D
Camo snuggie!
lol...a little universal power in play here?
Awesome, Anna!
Barb - I don't go as far as praying out loud for the field goal, even if I ask for world peace, good health for all and the restoration of sanity worldwide, BUT my hands are always folded. And pointing up. Like thousands of other fans, ;-)
LOL Mike, I was bored on FB reading Steelers this and Steelers that (I'm the farthest thing from a sports fan-especially football- that you could ever find) so I thought, I'll go over to Mike's blog and get caught up. And wouldn't you know I clicked on this post.
In answer to your question, sort of... I attended a wedding shower this afternoon before "the almighty game..." There were probly about 80 women in attendance. I wore a black turtleneck sweater under a red suede blazer. Everyone else in the whole place except for two other people had black and gold Steeler jerseys on!
Hi Linda! So glad to see you! And I am not surprised, especially by fans during the play-offs.
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