Lions fan jinx on Crosby

Look here first:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Detroit-Lions-fan-jinxes-Pens-by-touching-Cup-c?urn=nhl,121348

Classy.

OK, I don't quite understand the outright hate that people have for Sid. You get a pass if you're a fan of any Atlantic division team-- fine, I can understand why a Flyers, Rangers, Islanders, or Devils fan would actively hate Sid.

But a Red Wings fan like this guy? I don't get it. Um... dude? You realize that your team already won the Cup, don't you? And to wear a Lions shirt while posing with the Cup? What does that say about how much of a fan he is?

Ok, so he's vacationing in Traverse City (that alone sounds like a joke, but I'll leave it alone) and the Cup happens to be on display there and-- Red Wings fan that he is-- he has to go see it. Oops, except that he doesn't have any Red Wings clothes with him, just a Lions shirt. His excuse for wearing a Lions shirt is "I didn't pack any Red Wings gear, I just happened to have a Lions shirt in my suitcase because it was clean when I packed." Awesome, dude. You don't have any gear of your CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM on you, but you happen to have packed a shirt for the local horribily run, joke of a football team that (amongst other indignities): 1) hired Matt Millen for GM on the basis of his color commentary work and didn't figure out that he didn't have a freakin' clue how to run a football team until EIGHT YEARS later and 2) Barry Sanders was so embarassed to play for that he decided to retire instead of risking further pounding just for the chance to finish last in his division again-- even though he was on pace to break Walter Peyton's rushing record. And you evidently don't do laundry before you leave for vacation. Your house must smell like a rose.

So anyway, somehow this Red Wings fan thinks that chanting Crosby's name while wearing a Lions jersey and touching the Stanley Cup will jinx Sid. This is analgous to me wearing a Pirates jersey while posing/touching the Lombardi trophy and chanting Matt Hasselbeck's name.

Right.

Oh, and by the way-- the Wings blew a 3 goal lead in the 3rd period and lost in OT. Crosby had a goal. Sir, I have one thing to tell (show) you:

So much for jinxing Sid. Maybe you jinxed the Wings with some Lions mojo (it would actually make more sense. But who's talking about making sense here...). BTW-- Mr. Selke looked awesome in the final 2 minutes of OT. Maybe you'd have been better off wishing good luck to your own team than bad luck on one player. If the Wings choke and get hit with injuries the rest of this year, Hockeytown will know who to thank. Be sure to stand up and take credit. Dick.

As a parting shot, the guy says:

"The funniest part of the story is that my five-year-old son wouldn't touch the Cup. He said, 'My body just wouldn't let me.' Could it be fate?"

I hope so. I'm 36 and haven't touched the Stanley Cup. I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, either.