EDSBS MYTHBUSTERS: IS THERE AN NCAA CURSE?

by Orson on Mar 5, 2007 4:33 PM EST

Following last week's announcement of Jared Zabransky as the NCAA cover boy for this year, we went to work trying to parse out the single thread cursing all NCAA cover dwellers. Unlike the famed Madden Curse, however, no single diabolical streak of malicious fortune unites all of the anointed NCAA cover guys. Believe us: we graphed it out.

Click here to the full NCAA CURSE CHART

The interesting, sure to land you bar legend status when you answer the question as the only guy who knows sports on your team for trivia night: the only player to appear on the cover of both the NCAA and Madden franchises? Shaun Alexander.

PS: the personal hygiene is just a guess. Desmond Howard misses it because we bet he's still got pieces of lunch in the 'stache.

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Proof:

Joey Harrington (NFL flop)
Reggie Bush (payola scandal)
Carson Palmer (Bengals)

by Gator KK on Mar 5, 2007 4:47 PM EST reply actions

Why no circle for cheesy tribal armband tattoos?

by Dinknflicka on Mar 5, 2007 4:52 PM EST reply actions

We’ll confess—we left Bush off. Could plead ignorance here, but if current investigations continue, perhaps we were just being clairvoyant and anticipating the revocation of half of his entire college career pending the outcome of the whole New Era case.

Nah. We just got sloppy and left him off completely.

by Orson Swindle on Mar 5, 2007 4:54 PM EST reply actions

All hail the defense!

They’re never on the shit end of this bogus curse. Where’s the love?

by Mike aka Luke North "King of the Money Shot" on Mar 5, 2007 5:11 PM EST reply actions

Weinke doesn’t get the personal hygiene circle because his bed pan is tended to by orderly Jimmy T. Felhoeffer at the Shady Grove Assited Living Community in Beaufort, North Carolina.

by Halleck T. on Mar 5, 2007 5:28 PM EST reply actions

ricky williams = real, life competent pro player

watchu smokin?

by fife on Mar 5, 2007 5:54 PM EST reply actions

KK Gator

Don’t hate on the Bengals. Carson and Chad and TJ are going to Pac-10 offense to the super bowl this year.

Also, WTF? Zabransky? That guy is going to be a 5th round pick if he is lucky.

by odell51 on Mar 5, 2007 6:01 PM EST reply actions

Ricky Williams is in the same territory as Ron Jeremy and John Holmes. That is some herioc company that he is associated with. But this graph is great. Either it is the greatest collection of Ven diagrams ever seen or a new management structure that the corporate world is sending TPS report about.

by Anonymous IV on Mar 5, 2007 6:57 PM EST reply actions

I’m with you, Odell: I liked Zabransky when he was taking a shit on Oklahoma’s BCS birthday cake, but I don’t want to see that pasty mug on the cover of my favoritest football game. This is the first year in a long time it would have made perfect sense to select a Gator (Nelson, Leak. Did I mention Nelson?), and yet once again, EA delivers the nut-punch.

by Gator KK on Mar 5, 2007 7:20 PM EST reply actions

what baout woodson?

by DeacFan4 on Mar 5, 2007 10:15 PM EST reply actions

EDSBS would be nothing without MS Paint. Nothing.

I think they should have Ian Johnson proposing to his g/f. Think about it, it has potential for opening up the women’s market (if they make it a feature) and would make it easier for wives to buy their husbands the $50 divorce-in-a-box that is NCAA. I mean, I’m assuming women are complete retards, which is my usual M.O.

by MCab on Mar 5, 2007 11:06 PM EST reply actions