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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

12 years ago

#11

If Aaron Rodgers lands on the cover of Madden '13? I'd go an buy it just for that reason alone.

Formo
Veteran Member

12 years ago

#12

Toddy is wrong. First off, the Madden 'curse' truely started with Vick.

Thanks to TheViking88 for the sig!!

zombieslayer
Registered

12 years ago

#13

Can't argue with facts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_Curse#Madden_Curse

The Madden Curse is quite real. I'm hoping 🇦🇷 is not on the cover.

My man Donald Driver

(thanks to Pack93z for the pic)
2010 will be seen as the beginning of the new Packers dynasty. 🇹🇹 🇲🇲 🇦🇷

vikesrule
Registered

12 years ago

#14

The Madden Curse is quite real. I'm hoping 🇦🇷 is not on the cover.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer

Dang ZS, wish that you voiced your concerns earlier....I've been voting Rodgers all along.

I would have been there for ya little buddy....... [roflmao]

DakotaT
Select Member

12 years ago

#15

Dang ZS, wish that you voiced your concerns earlier....I've been voting Rodgers all along.

I would have been there for ya little buddy....... [roflmao]

Originally Posted by: vikesrule

Eat some of that bovine fecal matter you sad little man.

zombieslayer
Registered

12 years ago

#16

Dang ZS, wish that you voiced your concerns earlier....I've been voting Rodgers all along.

I would have been there for ya little buddy....... [roflmao]

Originally Posted by: vikesrule

May Brett Favre come out of retirement and win back his starting job for the Vikings.

My man Donald Driver

(thanks to Pack93z for the pic)
2010 will be seen as the beginning of the new Packers dynasty. 🇹🇹 🇲🇲 🇦🇷

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

12 years ago

#17

Toddy is wrong. First off, the Madden 'curse' truely started with Vick.

Originally Posted by: Formo

I don't know this to be true without researching, but I heard it started with Barry Sanders because he retired shortly after being on the Madden cover.

Edit, one site says Garrison Hearst was the first after his awesome '98 season??

Madden 99 - Garrison Hearst - Missed both '99 and '00 seasons completely due to injury.
Madden 2000 - Barry Sanders (in the background) - Retired after '98 season
Madden 2000 - Dorsey Levens (one version) - Played only 5 games in '00
Madden 2001 - Eddie George - '01 season, 939 yards, 5 TD's
Madden 2002 - Daunte Culpepper - decent '02 season, for his standards
Madden 2003 - Marshall Faulk - missed 5 games in '03 season
Madden 2004 - Michael Vick - missed several games during '03 season
Madden 05 - Ray Lewis
Madden 06 - Donovan McNabb
Madden 07 - Shaun Alexander
Madden 08 - Vince Young
Madden 09 - Brett Favre
Madden 10 - Larry Fitzgerald/Troy Polamalu
Madden 11 - Drew Brees
Madden 12 - Peyton Hillis

Look up their seasons after being on the cover. Eek.

Edit2, tried adding their season summary while on cover, but Michael Vick confused me. He was put on the cover after playing less than half the '03 season?

vikesrule
Registered

12 years ago

#18

May Brett Favre come out of retirement and win back his starting job for the Vikings.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer

Now you made me feel bad...

Tell ya what, my cheese infested amigo, if Rodgers wins and is on the cover and the Madden curse comes true...I shall buy you another bottle of that fine scotch.

For having the Packers go down the shitter, 400 dollars would be the best money ever spent....beats the hell out of 250 bucks for some worthless paper, aka "Packer Stock"

bwaahaaaaa........[roflmao]

Formo
Veteran Member

12 years ago

#19

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Good research. I literally was in rush to get out the door so I didn't have time to post much less do any real research. I mainly posted to instigate and rib Toddy.

Anyway, you are mostly right.. but I don't recall anyone actually using the Madden game cover as a 'curse' until Vick. Before Vick it was mostly a mirage rather than a trend. Obviously now it's a trend. Not to say I actually BELIEVE that there is a 'curse', but the fact that it's so pop culture now plants that bug into athletes heads, which may or may not affect how they play and/or if they get hurt/have poor performances.

I just simply find it to be a very odd coincidence that the athletes we see on the Madden cover tend to have some sort of blowback the following year(s).

Thanks to TheViking88 for the sig!!

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

12 years ago

#20

I think many athletes who have a fairly great year tend to follow it up with a less than great year ... mainly because people "figure" them out and the other team rallies around the whole "dont let him beat us!" mantra.

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