I’m definitely a superstitious person. Once I find a good game day schwag combo I try to stick to it. That’s why I was even more shocked when we lost to the Jets this year and I was in a shwag combo that had not lost all season.
Someday I wish someone (and it will probably be me) will put together a game by game record of every hoodie ever worn by BB, but today we look at the hoodies that have been worn for the last five playoff losses.
First up is this one from the 2005 AFCDG against the Broncos. Notice the sleeves are still pretty long and the complete absence of a hat.
Next up we have the 2006 AFCCG loss to the Colts. Again no hat, but it looks like BB was really starting to take the sleeves up a notch. Maybe it was because it was so hot in the Colts dome?
Here we have the Super Bowl 42 one. Or as I like to call it the “red alert” hoodie because the second I saw it I felt uncomfortable with the choice. The sleeves are cut off practically to a short sleeve sweatshirt and that is one piece of fashion I’ve never seen before. I don’t know why BB chose this one, but I’m sure it ended up burning on the floor after the most disappointing team sport loss of the last decade. This could possibly be the most infamous of all BB hoodies.
After a playoff absence in 2008 BB returned with the old faithful grey hoodie and the 50th anniversary throwback pom hat. I had bought this same hat specifically to wear for the playoff game so you can probably imagine my joy when I saw BB had it on too. It was a nice touch, a tribute to the team’s Pat Patriot past, while also keeping his signature look. We went down together that day…
Finally we have this past season’s loss to the Jets where we have the new incarnation of the hoodie. I’m not sure if old grey has been retired but clearly the blue hoodie is now the go to of choice. I really felt good after seeing he had chosen this one for the game. But alas, we sucked and lost.
So what does it all mean? That there’s absolutely no rhyme or reason or correlation between the hoodie and the team’s performance. Especially when we take a look at the playoff winning hoodies which will be coming along in part two tomorrow…