Ohio State - FAILED
New England - FAILED
UCLA- FAILED
Memphis - FAILED
Los Angeles Lakers - FAILED
In 2008, I have boldly predicted five champions (two in the matter of two days with the Final Four). I have been wrong for five times. 0-5 in 08 for the self proclaimed Bona Fide Sports Expert.
They have coined it:
THE BSO CURSE
It hit an all time high with the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics NBA Finals. Before the Finals started, 100's of emails flooded into my box from anxious fans of both teams wondering who I was going to pick. Forums across the land discuss what the pick would mean for both teams.
When I blindly put my faith behind "Neo" Bryant and the Lakers, even I was surprised by the reactions. Boston fans rejoiced. Laker fans wondered was Bean strong enough to break the curse.
The comeback in Game 4 sealed the Lakers fate and mine as well. The death threats started to come in, the YouTube comments started to get vicious, calls for my retirement, threats of virus being put on the site and some just generally hurt that I let them down.
By the time the Game 6 destruction was over, Boston fans across the nation were offering me dinner at the finest restaurants while Laker fans just wanted my head on a platter.
0-5 in 08
So the question begs: "Am I really cursed and the deeper question is why?" Did all of a sudden, I lost my powers like Superman when exposed to red kryptonite (or is that white or is it blue, but you get my point)? Why am I having a problem beating a model that went to the University of Michigan for goodness sakes?
There is only one more major sporting event left on the calendar to predict this year.
THE WORLD SERIES
I am already hearing the whispers:
"Don't pick my team"
But I carry on like a pitcher who is winless at the all star break or a batter going through a 0-40 slump. But if it is a curse what cause it? I have three theories:
1- The Curse of Contradicting Myself
My theory is anytime I contradict myself the Sports Gods decide to punish me. I said at the beginning of the football season there was no way that the New England Patriots would win the Super Bowl because everything was too "PERFECT". These are my own words and like a fool I went against my own words and picked them to win the Super Bowl. As Kobe would say or actually I would say about Kobe, that is Karma.
2- The Curse of Amber Fox
My muse from University of Michigan (if you want to call it a University), I believe may have put a hex on me. She is definitely pretty enough to do it and it is a bit uncanny how she has been able to defeat me in these last two challenges (NCAA Tournament and NBA Playoff Challenge) seeing that I have the far superior intellect. Nevertheless, it has to be taken into consideration considering I always think she is out to get me.
3- The Curse of the Student Loan
When I do my predictions videos, I try to be entertaining. You may have heard me in the past tell people to put up various types of funds for my predictions (income tax, payday loan, pawn shop and etc). I frequently tell college students to put up their "Student Loan" money to gamble. This comes from the fact that, when I was at The Ohio State University, I frequently put up my student loan money for gambling purposes. Now I say these things as jokes, not to be taken seriously, because I don't want anyone to get in debt because of me. But obviously, one young college grad took what I was literally.
A college student emailed me after OSU lost to LSU in the BCS Championship game to say that he lost a substantial amount of cash (student loan money) on the game and now had no way to pay for his books among other things. He "cursed" me (well that wasn't the only thing he did but this is a PG-13 site) and stated in his words:
"Littal, I hope you never succeed in anything in your entire life ever again."
Could that be the reason, do I need to pay for this guy's books for the fall semester to break the curse?
How long will the curse live on? How long will I be subjected to this torture? How long before they take my trademark "Bona Fide Sports Expert"? How much more student loan money will be lost? How many more supermodels will I lose to? All these questions will be answered on the next episode of "5 Reasons" with Ya Boy Robert Littal.
Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.
you damn right it is real
ummmmmm yeah
I'll buy you a drink to pick the Bears
could it be that the Celtics was just too good for the Lakers? maybe we need to stop trying to make excuses why KOBE could not beat kg, peirce, posey, ray allen etc..and just realize that defense wins ball games.