Would the owners of the Redskins football team have them lose the game on

[patricia92243]

purpose - to help Bush win?

In the past if the Redskins lost, the present occupant of the WH also lost. If the Redskins win the present occupant get to stay.

[vademocrat]

1. No - but every 'Skins fan I know is rooting for the Packers today

including me - GO PACKERS!!

[oldschoolguy]

2. I have heard of that Redskins/Election tie in

before. But, you know what? In a year when the Boston Red Sox win the World Series, nothing will follow old patterns. Do not pay the Packers/Redskins outcome any mind----unless you are a football fan like I am! (Don't carry the outcome of the game any farther than the field itself)

[patricia92243]

3. My brother is a Redskins fanatic, and I never thought I'd see the day when

I was pulling for them to lose! My brother would kill me. :)

[TSIAS]

4. Daniel Snyder, their owner, is a Republican

FWIW, I think the Packers crush the Redskins today.

[Dem Agog]

5. Joe Gibbs, the coach - Die-hard Repug...

Already claims he put in his absentee ballot for * in NC before the game. I put him in the "idiot" category because I don't think he's evil and * supporters always fall into one, or both of those categories.

[teach1st]

6. How have the elections gone...

...in a year when four major hurricanes have hit Florida?
...in a year when the President loses three debates?
...in a year when a major star's breast is exposed?
...in a year when the cost of oil has risen dramtically?
...in a year when ketchup becomes a political liability?
...in a year when hockey is on strike?

Sports is sports and as much as I love some sports, the outcome of a single sporting event can't affect the presidential vote. And if a sporting event can somehow affect the presidential vote, we're in big trouble as a nation.

[cubsfan forever]

7. As I am a die-hard Bears fan

I never thought I would say this, but GO PACKERS!!
Professor 2

[Hubert Flottz]

8. I don't know who's gonna' win but...

look for Shrub out there in his cheerleader get-up!

"Break an arm;
Break a leg;
Rah...Rah!"

EDIT} "GO CHEAT WIN!"

[AG78]

9. Imagine

what would happen then. I'm talking about gambling. Riots would break out if that happened.

[Orangepeel]

10. don't you have that backwards?

If the coincidence holds, the Redskins have to win for the incumbent party to lose win. (on edit -- whoops! I got it backwards!)

If the owners threw the game (as an aside, I don't really see how they could do that -- the players would have to be involved), that would be anti-bush.