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Related: About this forumDoes the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx still exist?
The Lions are on the cover of the Mags Preseason Issue
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Does the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx still exist? (Original Post)
BOSSHOG
Aug 2024
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True Dough
(21,210 posts)1. We'll know by December
This is how it looks, for those who haven't seen it:
Xavier Breath
(5,233 posts)2. I would ordinarily say 'yes,'
but then how to explain every Lions season after 1957? 'Cause they ain't been on that many covers.
BOSSHOG
(40,474 posts)3. The Eagles were on the cover two years and picked to win the Super Bowl
This year SI picks Lions over Bengals. Good for chatter. With beer. Lots of beer.
Xavier Breath
(5,233 posts)4. I would love that matchup
with the Bengals finally winning one after going 0-3 to this point. The Lions finally just making the SB would be huge. And, you never can tell. Zero pundits picked Cincinnati to reach SB LVI. Prognostication is a tough racket. You just have to trust the chicken bones and tea leaves.
BOSSHOG
(40,474 posts)5. And the Super Bowl at the end of this Season is in New Orleans
The best place ever to have the Super Bowl.