Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Andy Reid, high protection, back-to-back championships. None of that issues, in response to Brent Musburger.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are aiming to grow to be the primary staff to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowl titles, and Musburger stated he believed Taylor Swift, the girlfriend of the star tight finish Kelce, is a main cause why.
“I don’t take a look at stats and issues like that. I search for offbeat tales to choose my winners,” Musburger boldly quipped on “What the Soccer” this week.
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Taylor Swift and Donna Kelce (AP Photograph/Julio Cortez)
Traits are traits, and Musburger could be choosing the very best pattern of all.
“Taylor Swift has attended 9 Chiefs video games in Kansas Metropolis, all in Kansas Metropolis this 12 months, and they’re 9-0. And in the event you return to final 12 months, I consider the successful streak with Taylor Swift in attendance is round 13 or 14 … and that’s one of many causes,” he stated.
The opposite cause additionally has nothing to do with the Chiefs however partially with their opponent, the Philadelphia Eagles, in an odd sense.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kissed after the AFC championship recreation. (Getty Photographs)
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Musburger added that another excuse the Chiefs will win the Lombardi Trophy once more is as a result of no staff to make the playoffs has ever gained the Tremendous Bowl after dropping a daily season recreation to Kirk Cousins.
The “Curse of Cousins” has taken down 14 groups since Cousins joined the league in 2012, and the Eagles, who misplaced to Cousins’ Atlanta Falcons in Week 2, are subsequent on the checklist.
Cousins confronted the Chiefs this season, however the Chiefs earned a 22-17 win. No, Swift was not in attendance, however think about Musburger’s potential confusion if the Falcons pulled off that upset.
Taylor Swift (David Eulitt)
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Final 12 months, Swift attended the Tremendous Bowl in the course of her Eras Tour, leaving a present in Tokyo to go to Las Vegas. Now that the tour is over, this 12 months’s commute shall be a lot simpler. So, Musburger could also be on to one thing.
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