Okay, I know this will sound like a real stretch, but I think I helped the Seahawks win today by using The Secret. (go ahead and laugh... I'll wait...)
I'm a huge Seattle fan, and there they were in the second half, struggling to stay in a close contest with the Dallas Cowboys. They were making the usual Seahawk blunders -- throwing interceptions, settling for field goals, running Alexander straight up the middle for miniscule gains and several losses...
So, fearing their lackluster play would wind up their post-season early, I thought I might try using The Secret on them. I declared to the Universe that they were going to win this game, somehow, someway, regardless of how poorly they play, they will pull this one out. Then I expressed gratitude for all that I had in my life and let it go.
The rest of the game included some of the strangest things I've ever seen, the strangest of which was a Cowboy interception near their end zone, followed immediately by a fumble that bounced into the end zone, and just before bouncing out of bounds, a Seahawk defender flys into the picture and knocks it back in bounds to be recovered by another Seahawk for a called touchdown. The announced agreed it was perhaps the strangest play they'd ever seen.
A review wound up reversing the touchdown due to the defender's toe just barely out of bounds, but it was still ruled a safety, giving Seattle 2 extra points.
Then late in the game, with Seattle ahead 21-20, Dallas drove the ball deep enough for an easy field goal. It was 1st and ten on the Seattle 11-yard line, with under 2 mins to play. Dallas ran two running plays, forcing Seattle to use their final 2 timeouts, and then completed a pass for an apparent first down at the one. However, the officials reviewed the spot of the ball -- something I've never seen before -- and the video showed that the Seahawks held at the one and a half yard line, forcing a fourth down.
Had the first down stood, Dallas could simply run the clock down to a couple of seconds and then kick an easy game winning field goal. Only now they had to kick with a solid minute left in the game, giving Seattle a chance to score once more.
Only, when Dallas went to kick, the Cowboy QB took the snap and then lost his grip on the ball, blowing the kick attempt. He tried to run it in for a TD, but fumbled. Seattle recovered and took over possession.
The announcers commented that Romo, the Dallas QB who flubbed the FG attempt, was not usually the holder during FG's, and it was strange that they sent him in to do so.
Dallas had all their timeouts, but Seattle was able to run the clock down enough so that all Dallas had time for after Seattle punted was a long hail mary pass that landed incomplete in the end zone. Game over. Seahawks win!
So unless anyone on this board claims to have used The Secret unsuccessfully on the Cowboys today, I really think that the quite unusual plays that ensued after I used it may in fact be evidence that I may have attracted the attention of the football gods today.
When one thinks about it, it's actually something that the Universe could accomplish much more easily than other things I might ask for. I mean, how much is really needed to nudge a player's mind to distraction just enough that he flubs a play, creating an opportunity for the other team to change things around?
~ RS
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