The Streak is Broken (kind of)

One of the great gambling locks in history* has finally proven to be fallible.

Yesterday, Patty Paterson picked a Super Bowl wrong for the first time since I've known her (fall of 1999 - first year, for those of you scoring at home). Her incredibly scientific method of (I really wish I was kidding) choosing whichever uniform she thought looked nicer has served her particularly well, even correctly picking the 17-point underdog Patriots to win their first Super Bowl prior to kickoff.

As the story goes, Patty walked into the room to watch the game, as which point Pat and Melissa emplored her to make her decision. Initially, she picked "The Yellow Team" (Pittsburgh), but upon further review, decided that they were too ugly to win, and thus when she called me to announce her pick, it was the Seahawks... Needless to say, Pittsburgh ended up winning.

The lesson, as always, go with your first instinct, Paterson!

* - The other great "lock" is of course betting against anything Nathan bets on. This is the guy that put money on Sweden to beat Belarus, thereby being responsible for arguably the biggest upset in international hockey history!