Folks, regardless of your NFL affiliation -

[damonm]

Root like hell for Pittsburgh Monday night.
They play the Washington Redskins, and legend has it that if the 'Skins win the game just before an election, the incumbent party wins.
I know this will be hard on fans in DC, Cleveland, Cincy and Baltimore, but I want ALL pointers in our favor that I can get.
And as a lifelong Raiders fan, this pains me, but...GO STEELERS!

[MadBadger]

1. GO SKINS! The Redskins Lost to GB 4 years ago...how did that turn out?

[damonm]

5. As I said...

I KNOW it's legend, but I want everything going our way I can get.
Why do you hate America? O8)

[MadBadger]

10. Hail to the Redskins, Hail Victory, Braves on the Warpath, FIGHT for Old DC!!

[Captain Hilts]

17. Fight on, Fight on, Fight OOOON, sons of Wash-ing-TON - Fight-Fight-Fight!!

[endthewar]

28. Redskins all the way!

[livetohike]

2. Thank you for your support

:hi:

[endthewar]

29. Clinton Portis is coming for your linebackers

I hope they're ready. :evilgrin:

[livetohike]

30. My new favorite linebacker (since Joey Porter left)

is Lamar Woodley. Yes, he'll be ready - no one runs on my Steeler defense :-).

[asdjrocky]

3. Yep.

I now find myself in the rare position of saying Go Steelers twice this year. This is from a lifelong Niners fan.

[renie408]

4. Will do. n/t

[leftynyc]

6. Fine - Giant fans hate the Redskins

And we beat the Steelers last week. I have no problem rooting for them Monday night.

[ShortnFiery]

7. Although I believe in "good" and "evil" forces (Karma), I'm not THAT superstitious.

No thank you. :eyes:

[jpljr77]

8. Yeah, that didn't work out so well last time.

I had to endure the indignity of a Redskins' loss AND 4 more years of "Captain Awesome", or whatever he considers himself.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Go Stillers!

[tilsammans]

11. No problem EVAH. As Giants fans . . .

. . . rooting against the 'Skins is What We Do.

Go, Steelers! :toast:

[TheKentuckian]

12. Sure, I despise them anyway

[Marrah_G]

13. Sorry- I can't

An old schoolmate is a Redskins QB and he married my childhood friend from across the street.

I have to root for the Skins UNLESS the Pats are playing...

Besides.......I hate the Steelers.

[MadBadger]

15. Todd Collins?

[Marrah_G]

20. Yup

Walpole High, Mass. He married a beautiful girl named Andrea. She and I grew up together.

[MadBadger]

21. I hope she is nicer than the last beautiful woman to marry a Redskins Backup

[Marrah_G]

27. She's nothing like that

She was a typical new england girl, alot like me, except she got the looks! She comes from a great, easy going family.

They've been together since high school, so she isn't a gold digger.

She would tear Elizabeth up in minutes :)

[jobycom]

14. Well, being a Cowboys fan, that's easy. But didn't this streak get broken in 04?

The Redskins lost, yet Bush *cough* won.

[Captain Hilts]

16. It's whether or not an original NFL team wins the super bowl and the stock mkt...

And Cincy doesn't qualify under any - it's a comparatively new team.

[Jersey Devil]

18. R U kiddin' - Giants fan here

LOL, I ALWAYS root against the Redskins.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

19. Dan Rooney (Steeler Prez) gave Obama a Steelers jersey Monday: Obama 08

Picture here:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Sen-Barack-Obama-Democratic-presidential-nominee-Barack-Obama-Pittsburgh-Steelers-football-team-Pittsburgh2C-Pennsylvania-Dan-Rooney/ss/events/pl/020807obama/im:/081028/photos_ts/2008_10_27t184521_450x356_us_usa_politics_plot/

Go Steelers!

[Drunken Irishman]

22. You've got the legend reversed and it was proven to be crap in 2004.

If Washington loses, the incumbent party loses. If Washington wins, the other party takes over.

Well, Washington won the weekend prior to the 2004 election and Kerry lost. So there you go.

[sellitman]

23. As a Giant fan and a Dem. No problem.

Besides... I have always liked the Steelers to some degree.

[Renew Deal]

24. As a Giants fan...

No problem. :applause:

[MadBadger]

25. I thought you were a better person than that

:P

[Beausoleil]

26. No problem

As a lifelong Cowboys fan, I never have a problem rooting against the 'Skins. I can root for the Steelers. Just this once, though.

[oviedodem]

31. I am a skins fan; I need the game

[chieftain]

32. As a life-long Chiefs fan it pains me to agree with a Raider fan,

but anything for Barack. Go Steelers plus Obama looked great with that Steelers' jersey.