Folks it’s official. The 2006 version of the Madden Curse is alive. For those non-believers this year’s cover boy is proof that the cover is the most feared cover in all of sports. (Can we change the cover to like celebrities next year? Or just make a collage of people we want to curse? Madden can sell space on the cover for people to buy and place whomever they like to be cursed. Maybe that customers who don’t tip. Boss you hate? Neighbor whos dog poops in your yard? That’d be priceless. Gotta think about that one.)
Let’s do a quick recap of the past cover athletes for those who don’t remember.
2005-Ray Lewis – Okay not a bad year in 2005 but in 2006 decimated with injuries and the Baltimore defense is terrible
2004 Michael Vick – breaks ankle in preseason. Falcons have losing season.
2003 Marshall Faulk – Coming off his seventh 1,000 yard rushing season. Injures ankle. Misses six games, and Rams miss playoffs
2002 Dante Culpepper – 5-11 season ending knee injury against Chicago. 78.5 quarterback rating
2001 Eddie George – Coming off a Super Bowl appearance. Injuries all season. Only averaged three yards a carry.
Now in 2006 the story of Donovan McNabb and the Eagles is well documented. When will the athletes believe in the curse? This past off season Jamie Mottram at Pigskin Bloggers interviewd Donovan Mcnabb about the curse.
Jamie: “Daunte Culpepper is over there, he was part of that famed Madden Curse. There’s been five or six years in a row where players have gotten hurt or their team’s have had bad fortunes. Are you worried about that at all in 2005?”
McNabb: “Not at all. Not at all. And I’m pretty sure if you’d asked Daunte he wasn’t worried about it either, so I’m going to focus in on what it takes for my team to be successful and we’ll see where it takes us.”
Donovan’s famous last words. Who will grace the cover next season? If I’m a potential NFL athlete I don’t pick up the phone when EA sports calls. Just whoever it is, don’t pick them for your fantasy team!!
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Well, with knowing who is going to be on the cover of this years Madden 2006.
I hope that Shaun Alexander has a season ending injury soon so that way there Tiki
Barber will lead the way in the NFC because after last year, he as a dissapointment.
Alexander had recieved most of his touchdowns on short yardage where as Barber earned
his TD’s and shared the short runs for Brandon Jacobs. This year Tiki will shine. GO
GIANTS!!!!!
shaun alexander has a season ending injury….”broken foot”…..the madden curse is well alive my friends…!!!!
A man is trying a very unusual way to propose to his girlfriend. He wants people to forward an email to as many people as possible and he hopes that it will eventually get to his girlfriend. Details here: http://www.proposal-to-mary.com
Here is what he wants people to send by email:
You could help me a lot to spread my proposal to Mary – it is important that it is distributed as widely as possible so that it eventually reaches Mary. If you would like to support my proposal to Mary, please send the following text by email to a lot of people
————- SNIP (email text end) —————
WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS, PLEASE HELP TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE!
For a long time I have tried to find a special way to propose marriage to my girlfriend Mary, whom I know for five years now. I wanted it very special, romantic and memorable, something our grandchildren would still remember.
And here is my idea: I will send out the proposal to Mary to 50 complete strangers, people I don’t know – hoping, that they will forward my proposal to as many people as possible, which in turn forward it etc. And some day, I hope, it will reach Mary, after it has travelled a very long way. I know, it will take a long time and I am quite nervous…
From the poem MY Mary will know immediately that the proposal is for her.
I have created a homepage ( http://www.proposal-to-mary.com ) where you can find the current status of my quest. You can use the homepage to check if the proposal has already reached Mary (in that case it is not necessary anymore to forward the mail).
Once the proposal has reached Mary, I will put a note on these pages. Also I will publish there how many people have read the proposal so that everybody can see how far it has spread and that it is getting closer to Mary.
And of course you will find there what I am waiting for most: Mary’s answer! I can’t tell you, how nervous I am… Will she accept my proposal? Will she like the unusual way how she got it, through the hands of thousands of messengers all over the world?
Please cross your fingers for me! And please – help me by sending the mail to as many people as possible, to help it spread, so that it eventually reaches Mary.
And here is my proposal:
Mary, please forgive me, as you know English is not my native language. And I am not a poet. But I mean it from my heart.
My angel,
Five years ago, I will always remember the day When fate made us meet, blissful Alaskan moments in May Earth spun around us and a journey began Love, warmth, happiness, enough the years to span.
The longer it lasts the more grows our bond And with 80 still – of you I will be fond Whatever happens, I will stay at your side Through good and bad, together let us stride
No second with you was ever wasted
You are the sweetest I have ever tasted
We have spent so many years – why not a life?
Mary, will you marry me – and become my wife?
Mary, if you have received that and have recognized me, then give me a sign so that I can continue with the romantic part of my proposal…
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