The majority of fans in Chicago are blaming the Bears' Super Bowl loss to the Colts yesterday to poor play by Rex Grossman. Those who are more superstitious are pointing their fingers at the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.
When any team or person has graced the cover page, they have been known to suffer adversity, which could be anything from not playing up to expectations to suffering injury or illness, ususually within days or weeks of the issue's publication. Even SI editors cannot explain the phenomenon.
As soon as I saw the Bears' Brian Urlacher on the cover of the pre-Superbowl issue, I knew the Bears were doomed. They not only lost the Big Game, but as of this writing, Brian Urlacher injured his right toe and will not be playing in the Pro Bowl next weekend.
It begs the question -- did the Bears play poorly, or were they jinxed?
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