Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

I keep hear people mention it...the SB hangover after losing..doesn't it really effect the players? Becasue i don't think it does

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

Sure seems real this year...

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

I don't think the replacement refs who cost us two games (Arizona, Baltimore) were at the last Super Bowl. If not for them we'd be 6-1 and nobody would be talking "hangover."

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

No, I don't.

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

The refs did nothing to cost us the Arizona game; you can blame the offense and Gostkowski for that one. They hosed us pretty badly in Baltimore but it shouldn't have been that close in the first place. 5-2 and I'm still talking hangover because of how badly they've played in 3 of the games (Arizona, Seattle, Jest).

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

Also, let's be realistic. There are only two teams that go to the Super Bowl. Therefore, you have to be a really good team to make it to the Super Bowl.

Therefore, chances are actually high that you would not make it back to the Super Bowl (and thus not fair as well). You may still be a REALLY good team, but you're not quite as good as the year before so people want to classify it as a hangover.

It's the same thing as the Madden curse. Usually a guy gets on the Madden cover by having an insane stat crazy year during the prior season. Chances of repeating such success are not very high, and people want to classify it as a curse just because a player doesn't repeat his video game stats from the year before.

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

I did at a time. But not really now. I really think that teams have "SB hangovers" because of things like injuries or not adapting well to the season (not doing a good job replacing players lost during the off season). There's also the fact that making it to the SB in the first place is no easy task.

Honestly, what qualifies as a "hangover"? Is it related to how high the standards for the team are, or is it about the dropoff in the W column? I could understand how missing the playoffs or losing in the 1st round could be considered hangovers, but what if this team went as far as the AFC championship before getting knocked out? Would that qualify as a hangover?

I'm not really in remembering things, so I ask the posters on this board this: What was the last SB losing team that wasn't decimated by injuries throughout the season or key departures?

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

I think yes and no. The Steelers a few years ago sure had quite the hangover after winning the Super Bowl. Packers and Giants don't seem to be affected.

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

2 Advil, Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C should get rid of any hangover (though you may have cobwebs) overnight. Trick is, to remember taking it before you go to bed.

Re: Do you believe in the SB hangover?
 

No but a Secondary Hangover is more like it. Same ole secondary issues hung over from last year to this year. No significant improvement.