Whether you believe in the curse of the Sports Illustrated cover or not, this is just not cool.

This is the cover of the SI that comes out today.

While it is cool that Aaron Rogers is deservingly graces the cover and they call him a Superman, I frown upon this.

Why?  We’ll take a gander at the last Sports Illustrated cover (pictured right.)  It has a picture of Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler and two others Bears. We all know how that went.

I just hope that Rogers isn’t a superstitious man and can rise above my petty comments to lead Green Bay to victory.  I say Go Green Bay!

Here’s some of the previous SI Cover tragedies:

• August 16, 1954: Milwaukee Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews is the first person to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The Braves snapped a nine-game winning streak, and a broken hand later causes Mathews to miss seven games.
• August 7, 1978: Pete Rose appears on the cover the same week that his 44-game hitting streak ended.
• September 2003: The Oregon Ducks are placed on the cover after starting 4–0 and upsetting Michigan. They lost their next four games.
• In September 2008, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady appears on the cover of the NFL season preview issue. Brady tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee minutes into the season opening game to the Kansas City Chiefs.
• In January 2010, Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was on the cover with the headline “Favre on Fire” before the NFC Championship Game and lost. New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez was on the cover in the Northeast and lost the AFC Championship Game.^[9]
• In April 2010, the “Core Four” of the New York Yankees (Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada) appeared on the cover, and within one week, all but Jeter suffered injuries. However, Jeter went on to have the worst offensive season of his career.
• August 2010, three University of Texas football players were featured on a regional cover of SI noting a defense worthy of “winning it all.” Starting the season ranked fifth, the Longhorns would finish the season 5-7, making them ineligible for the college football postseason. Five of those losses came at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, their home field.
• November 29, 2010 Michael Vick appears on the cover after the comeback win over the New York Giants next week at Bears.  He struggles by throwing a interception and losing aganist the Bears.
• January 10, 2011 Vince Wilfork appears on the cover after the win vs Miami in Week 17 his next game his team loses to the Jets in the divisional playoff game
• January 19, 2011 Jay Cutler appears on the cover. He gets injured and loses to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship game.

Thanks to Wikipedia.