I have a vintage 1972 beat Michigan shirt my father gave me a few years back. The first time i wore it was in 2001 and it produced a victory in Ann Arbor, warranting a return of the shirt for the year following. Since 2003 (my freshmen year at OSU) ive worn the shirt the entire week before the Michigan game, even right now as im typing this the shirt clings to my skin.
The one loss under tressel (2003) can easy be explained through an incident involving my shirt, for the 1st half of play my shirt was mysteriously missing and Michigan went up 21-7. Turns out a meatchicken fan in my dorm had stolen the shirt for fear of its ultimate power to dictate the outcome of "The Game." When i managed to retrieve the shirt the second half score was 14-14 (35-21 final) therefore im convinced had it not been stolen 2003 would've not tainted Tressel's record against scUM.
This year is the true test of the shirt as it will travel to the cesspool of the west, for witness of the game in the shithouse. Hopefully it has enough luck in it to combat 110,000 meatchicken fans.