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Iowa fans say Si to SI cover
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 by Nick Pugliese.
I used to own EVERY Sports Illustrated from 1970 to 1997. Every pro football and college football preview. Every Summer and Winter Olympics special. Every End of the Year double issue. And, yes, every Swimsuit issue.
So, when I heard SI put Iowa on its regional cover this week, I knew the plethora of “SI cover jinx” stories would come. We certainly had our share at The Gazette, Gazette Online and KCRG.
But Hawkeye fans apparently don’t care about such things and have been buying up the magazine faster than the farmers are working the corn fields these days. We even received an e-mail down here on Friday stating that they sold 400 copies of Sports Illustrated at the Eastern Iowa Airport gift shop on Thursday and had 200 more available. No doubt those will be history very soon, if not already.
Iowa beat writer Marc Morehouse wrote about the SI jinx, correctly pointing out that the fates were kind to Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and others who have been on the magazine’s cover through the years. Even Muhammad Ali, who’s No. 2 on the cover list between Air Jordan and Tiger, always will be The Greatest in my mind, not only for his boxing skills but for standing up against the draft in 1967.
If Iowa should lose Saturday to Northwestern, Sports Illustrated undoubtedly will get some of the blame. Which probably will be good news to Ricky Stanzi, the running game, the offensive line, the punt-return game and the coaching staff, who likely will be more to blame than the cover of some sports magazine.
Pugonick
06. Nov, 2009
I don't think this is the week for a sports illustrated jinx to occur, but I'm not so sure against O.S.U. But yes, you are right, over the years it has occured too often to be ignored; in fact, there have been times when I've prayed that my favorite team or player would not make the cover when they were doing well although it is a great honor and the whole world gets to see it! In the end, if they are for real, they will prevail!!
nickpugliese
07. Nov, 2009
You're probably right about no SI jinx this week. And, yes, I finally can reply to comments on my blog. So get ready ….
nickpugliese
07. Nov, 2009
I'm also trying to get my photo up on this blog, which either will attract more viewers or send them away in droves!
abeemer2
09. Nov, 2009
Your photo is now on here and it looks good.
Pugonick
07. Nov, 2009
Just got done watching the Iowa- Northwestern game and I don't know if it was the Sports Illustrated jinx that caused Stanzi's injury and the lost game; personally as much as I wanted Iowa to win (family ties in Iowa) to possibly create a Fla.- Iowa BCS championship game, I never believed they were a top 10 team and today proves it! They can still have a good season and go to a good bowl, whatever happens they have certainally done their fans proud!
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