For the Minnesota Vikings, now is the time to invoke the omen and jinx lore.
Weekly, an NFL announcer will announce that Kicker A has not missed a field goal under 40
yards since the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The spirit of the comment is to inspire warm-fuzzies in
the gut of the viewer or to statistically uplift the supremacy of the man lining up for the field goal.
Then, the kicker whiffs it, and his streak in ceremoniously kaput. The commentator and his pal
giggle while one says, “Why’d you even say that, Marv?