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'Skins and the Election
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 12:10 pm
by TDDance234
I heard a stat the other day that when the 'Skins win in their last home game before an election, the incumbent party stays in office. If they lose, the challenging party takes office. This has happened in the past 17/17 elections.
What does that tell you?
Root for the 'Skins.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 12:17 pm
by Kolzilla41
Hail to the Redskins. I def will be pulling for my boy's tonight.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 12:20 pm
by adam42381
I'm a Skins fan but this so-called predictor has a major flaw: The Skins didn't even win their last home game before the last election. They lost to the Packers at home on Oct. 31, 2004. So much for that theory.
http://www.nfl.com/teams/schedule?team= ... onType=REG
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 12:22 pm
by Kolzilla41
adam42381 wrote:I'm a Skins fan but this so-called predictor has a major flaw: The Skins didn't even win their last home game before the last election. They lost to the Packers at home on Oct. 31, 2004. So much for that theory.
http://www.nfl.com/teams/schedule?team= ... onType=REG
Ahh but was it a full moon? Its amazing what statistics they can come up with.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 12:49 pm
by TDDance234
Stupid statistics.
Root for the 'Skins anyway.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 3:15 pm
by vastrightwinger
They also lost in '88 but G. H. W. Bush won keeping the Whitehouse after Reagan.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 4:36 pm
by adam42381
vastrightwinger wrote:They also lost in '88 but G. H. W. Bush won keeping the Whitehouse after Reagan.
They beat New Orleans on November 6 at home in 1988.
http://www.nfl.com/teams/schedule?team= ... onType=REG
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 4:42 pm
by vastrightwinger
My bad. I was watching ESPN and they said that '88 and '04 were the only times that this didn't come true.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 8:40 pm
by Ed Dantes
It should have come true in '04, but those darn republicans rigged the ballot boxes in Ohio to steal the election and allowed their Halliburton cronies another four years at advancing their neo-con agenda. So in essence, the Redskins Rule is still in effect.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 9:11 pm
by sweetnahmah1
I heard 16 of the last 17 this was true. Whatever. Almost every time. Hate the Redskins, might be rooting for them a little bit tonight.
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 12:50 am
by adam42381
Well, the Skins looked pretty bad tonight.
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:36 am
by TDDance234
Campbell's no INT streak snapped...maybe we'll go 2-2...
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:38 am
by Kolzilla41
Jason also looked like he took advice from Brock by taking a couple of those sacks
Posted: November 5th, 2008, 11:19 am
by TylerBakersGonnaBGreat
I was at the game.... No Bueno.