Bad Luck Charm For Michigan Sporting Events?
It’s recently occurred to me that while I thoroughly enjoy attending Michigan sporting events both at home and on the road I am apparently very bad luck. Here is my proof.
In 2015 I attended the following Michigan sporting events, and as you can see the outcomes were not very great.
Women’s Softball. I went to their first two games in Fullerton, CA last March where I saw them lose to ASU and UF. The rest of the season they went 60-6.
Football. I went to both the Utah and OSU losses. Rest of the season, 10-1.
Basketball. I made it back for the Xavier loss a few months ago. So prior to the IU game this week our home record was 11-0 in games I did not attend.
So my record at these events in 2015 was 0-5 while the combined record when I didn’t attend was 81-7 (again, pre-IU game). That seems to be statistically significant without breaking out my old stats/engineering textbooks.
I decided to take this a step further and look at my road football success or lack thereof. You can see that I started off pretty good, but then things got pretty ugly, save for beating two terrible Purdue/NW teams.
1997 IU Win
1997/8 Rose Bowl Win
1998 NW Win
1999 Wisky Win
2000 UCLA Loss
2000 Purdue Loss
2000 NW Loss
2001 Washington Loss
2004 ND Loss
2006/7 Rose Bowl Loss
2009 Iowa Loss
2012 Alabama Loss
2012 Purdue Win
2012 ND Loss
2013 NW Win
2014 ND Loss
2015 Utah Loss
Anyone else also seem to bring terrible luck to our teams, or maybe the opposite?
I must admit that I did go to both of our basketball games in Atlanta in 2013 so I split that weekend.
That said, I am not in Ann Arbor for the game today so I like our chances!!
Go Blue.
February 6th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
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yeah, my UM friends have politely asked me to stop going to road football games over the years. But after my 2015 I'm not sure what the hell I'm going to do. I guess it's a good thing I live on the west coast so I can't go to as many games as I'd like.
February 6th, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^
I must admit that I did go to both of our basketball games in Atlanta in 3013
Team 1097 is gonna be in the Final Four? Interesting.
February 6th, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
man, you're like a fugging blog post auditor.
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Wait, eff.
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If we can pool some cash together can we get you to be a Buckeye fan and start attending their football games?
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I've actually yet to go to a Michigan event and see them lose. Probably been to 20-25 events. Now that being said sometimes I have to work during Michigan basketball games because of high demands at my job but anytime I have to miss some of the game they seem to kick ass when I'm not watching and then totally drop the ball when I tune in later. It's very strange. Sometimes they win those games but almost blow it.
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BROTHER?!?!?
February 6th, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
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And me betting. Last year I bet on Michigan three times. Utah + 3, MSU -3 and of course, Ohio State +2. I accept responsibility for the three losses.
February 6th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
Ok, so there's two losses for which I will no longer take credit. Only 14 more to go!
Who's next?
February 6th, 2016 at 1:48 PM ^
You should be making cash hand over fist
February 6th, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^
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February 6th, 2016 at 2:15 PM ^
My all time record at the Big House is 27-3 so I should be safe there...thank GOD.
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February 6th, 2016 at 2:23 PM ^
I was just thinking something the other day. My buddy came over to my place three times last Fall to watch the game. Utah, Sparty and OSU. He's not coming over next season.
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2006 @ ND W
2008 @ ND L
2014 vs PSU W
2015 vs NW W
On another note, I have attended 2 Iowa football games(my best friend is a huge Hawkeye fan), both in the state of Indiana, which Iowa has managed to lose in spectacular fashion.
2006 Iowa @ IU; IU wins 31-28
2015 B1G Championship Game Iowa vs MSU; MSU wins
I am planning on attending the UM game in Iowa City this coming season. Here's hoping Iowa's losing streak with my attendance continues...
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Finally broke thru this year when I made the trip to Maryland.
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