"God" to Redskins: You're Not A Team Of Destiny
Just a quick sports observation:
Last week, when the Redskins beat the Cowboys to get into the playoffs, everyone got all emotional and mystical and "spiritual" (i.e. superstitious) about the fact that the Redskins' margin of victory was 21 points -- which nicely dovetailed with Sean Taylor's #21. The mystics and woo-woos and Jesus freaks just couldn't get enough of playing on this to make it sound like Washington was a team of destiny, or that Sean Taylor's spirit was watching over them, or some other sort of nonsense.
Well, fast forward to this week. Seattle beats the Redskins 35 - 14. Margin of victory?? 21 !!!!
Does this mean that Sean Taylor has become a Seahawks fan all of a sudden? Maybe he sent a message from the grave to the Redskins to remind them that Seattle is the team of destiny this season. Maybe his appeal to "god" for Redskins victory was turned down, and this was his way of telling his former teammates that he gave it his best, but couldn't swing a miracle.
Or maybe this is just another case of coincidence being turned into something "deep" by undereducated, superstitious people who live in a world of magic and make-believe.
Last week, when the Redskins beat the Cowboys to get into the playoffs, everyone got all emotional and mystical and "spiritual" (i.e. superstitious) about the fact that the Redskins' margin of victory was 21 points -- which nicely dovetailed with Sean Taylor's #21. The mystics and woo-woos and Jesus freaks just couldn't get enough of playing on this to make it sound like Washington was a team of destiny, or that Sean Taylor's spirit was watching over them, or some other sort of nonsense.
Well, fast forward to this week. Seattle beats the Redskins 35 - 14. Margin of victory?? 21 !!!!
Does this mean that Sean Taylor has become a Seahawks fan all of a sudden? Maybe he sent a message from the grave to the Redskins to remind them that Seattle is the team of destiny this season. Maybe his appeal to "god" for Redskins victory was turned down, and this was his way of telling his former teammates that he gave it his best, but couldn't swing a miracle.
Or maybe this is just another case of coincidence being turned into something "deep" by undereducated, superstitious people who live in a world of magic and make-believe.
posted by DrJDG @ 20:53
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