Kotaku
Personally, I think this whole Madden curse thing is getting a little out of hand. That's just me though. A lot of you, and a lot of sports fans, put a lot of stock in it, and this hasn't been lost on EA. While explaining to 1UP the reasons behind Vince Young's selection as the cover star (he meets their "feature set"...whatever the hell that means), Tiburon's Chris Erb can see the funny side:
We're trying to go with a really young, healthy guy who's not going to get hurt.The jinx thing bites us every year. I haven't told this to people, but I've got a bottle of champagne in my office that we're ready to pop once someone breaks the curse. And we're hoping Vince has a tremendous year, and will be that guy, because that's the best story for us.
Let's hope so, Chris. If Young breaks down this year, you'll have trouble getting Madden himself on the cover in 09.
