Re: Quiz Bowl Superstitions

Two good ones.

1. At CBI Regionals at Prince George's CC in 1997, we found a piano in
the center where the tournament was held.  Mike (our resident music
whiz) sat down and played the fight song (to which we pretty much all
sang along).  We had fun, and continued to do it a few times.

The next day, we realized that every time we sang the fight song
before a match, we won - every time we didn't,we lost.

2. As a good-luck charm the next year, I requested a tourism packet
from Dallas and brought it along - unopened - to Pittsburgh.  We were
undefeated the first night - then one of our team members saw the
packet and opened it to take a look.

I firmly believe that if the packet had not been opened, we would have
won.

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "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.

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