tatepatsfan

During the Pats/Eagles Super Bowl, I was in my dorm room watching the game with a few friends, when during the play my roomate (still one of my best friends) asks me some deep and important question about this girl he likes. I didn't actually hear what he said, I just said "Can't this wait?" He was so mad that he stormed out of the room and was so pissed at me, my other friends were dying laughing. After the Pats possession (which was the TD to Givens), I turned to my friends and asked them what was so funny.

Long story short, none of my friends ever asks me any questions during the games anymore.

CTPatsFan

I'm so used to ignoring the Mrs. when I'm transfixed on the tv it's not really an issue when the Pats are on . I've honed my selective hearing skills!

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18 year STH, although games are fewer and farther between.
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Crowpointer

I always fly the big Patriots flag in front of my house on game day. The key is that it has to be hanging before the sun comes up and has to come down before the sun comes up the next day. If not bad losses have happened the next week. This has caused some awkward situations when I get home late from night games. For the Indy opener in 2004 the traffic was the worst leaving because a guy had been killed walking along route 1 on top of the jersey barriors. I only live in Hingham but I got home at like 3 in the morning. I went to bed and was just about to fall asleep when I realized the F@#ing flag was still up. I was so tired I just walked out to the street to lower it (and it is a busy street) BUCK NAKED. I just hope my neighbors weren't up late that night.

PATSNUTme

Superstitions and game rituals are for losers who have no confidence in the team. Do you honestly think that whatever you do will effect the out come of a game?

Now, I have to have my Patriots Football Weekly with the depth charts folded on my lap. And, 15 minutes of before the game I touch each Patriots players name and bless them. I also touch each players name on the opposing team and put a curse on them.

I don't think that would be called superstitous or a ritual.

And, if for some reason it gets beyond 15mins before a the game and I haven't started, I break out in a full sweat and start having chest pains means nothing.

Jacky Roberts

Right before kick off, I turn to my friend at the stadium next to me and ask his official score prediction. The one time I forgot, they got waxed by San Diego. I always park in the same parking lot at Gillette and always close down the tailgate at the exact same time every gameday. On road games, I dont have any superstitions I dont think.

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richpats

Oh yeah, never bet on the Pats EVER - bad karma guaranteed.

I always wear a Brady jersey while watching the Pats - after each SB win I get a new color jersey to wear on gamedays (I'm on silver now). If the Pats lose I have to switch colors until they win again.

A bad one I had during the '03 season - my buddy is a Redskin fan and we went to the Skins/Pats game. Pats lost, but then went on their win streak. We took my car and he left his Skins hat in it. I didn't find the hat til about win 10 of the streak. Usually I would have given it back but I waited until we won the SB to do it, as not to jinx the Pats.

I usually don't shave after a loss until the Pats win again (doesn't count in the offseason thank goodness).

I watch "Any Given Sunday" before the start of every season and on SB Sunday if the Pats are playing. Pacino's speech gets lots of play after a loss too.

Gopats!!!

I forgot! I have a huge Pats flag I fly too! It flies on draft day, and isn't taken down until the Pats stop playing.

I also have that huge inflatable Pats guy that goes in your front yard (My Dad got it for me ). I put that out after we win the Conference Championship.

PATSNUTme

So, your "inflatable Pat guy' goes in your front yard? I hope that you wait until dark.

milwaukeebeers44

I wear a specific shirt under my Brady jersey. My husband wears a specific Pats hat. We sit on specific barstools at the same bar for non-nationally televised games, and we sit in the same seats at home. We also have a ceremonial flag that we put out in front of our house on game days- but never the day before.

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F0nSY

I am impressed when reading all this, did not know that the liking to this team was so great in the United States. cheers to Me to read your histories.

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From Spain I say...Go pats!!!