Sunday, September 23, 2018

Wisconsin football Badgers appear to be the latest victim of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx


As described by Wikipedia, the Sports Illustrated so-called cover jinx is an urban legend that states that individuals or teams who appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated magazine will subsequently be jinxed (experience bad luck).


Curse them: A look at victims of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx. (New York Daily News, 3/23/2016)

Related reading:
Badgers, unfazed by challenges, believe '18 can be a championship journey.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/23/2018)

Lee Corso picks Wisconsin Football to win National Championship.  (Fansided, 8/25/2018)
Which begs the question:  Is there a Lee Corso hot-air jinx?)

The best team without a national title, Wisconsin football is determined to win its first crown.  (CBS Sports, 8/29/2018)

Two other notables

When I was in 2nd grade
Text above and below from Wikipedia article

And I suspected that Clint Hurdle would become a member of the club as soon as I saw this SI cover at a newsstand at the "X" in Springfield, Mass.

A few months before I moved to Wisconsin

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