One strange coincidence I've always noticed is that one should always
pay close attention to one's classes the day before a tournament. I
remember a couple of years ago at NAQT Sectionals at Oklahoma, I got
a question on Thomas Hart Benton (the longtime Missouri Senator, not
the artist) just because we had discussed him in my History of
Missouri class the previous day. I was amazed at this concept and I
have followed it since, and it has paid off.
Paul Nelson
Former player, Missouri-Rolla
--- In quizbowl_at_y..., "Jason Mueller" <jcmpn7_at_m...> wrote:
> Are there any superstitions that players and/or teams have? For
> example, I've noticed that in the tournaments we attended in the
last
> semester, when we stayed at at hotel, we won (Route 66, TRASH
> Regional), and when we just drove up and back without the hotel, we
> lost (Rollapalooza, FOGHAT, GIT). Is this a coincidence or am I
onto
> something? Has anything like this happened to any other teams?
I'm
> just curious.
>
> Jason Mueller
> Speaking only as an interested citizen of the quiz bowl community.