A survey showed 65% of NFL fans practice a pregame ritual that they think brings their teams good luck, according to market researcher OnePoll, with 10% percent confessing to owning lucky underwear which they stash away for games.
Most fans admit to altering something in the middle of a game to try to rally their teams back — including having sex in front of the television — while nearly 14% refuse to watch games entirely for fear of bringing their teams bad luck.
Of the 2,000 sports fans polled anonymously on behalf of restaurant chain Hooters, one man says he dated a woman he did not like in order to end his team’s losing streak. Another moved out of his apartment. Someone even drank a gallon of expired milk to bring his team good luck.
Most NFL fans also said losing puts them in a bad mood — so much so that 22% of their friends and family avoid them after a loss.
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