Do we bring luck to football team?

Or this – Do we really bring good luck to a football team? On a Saturday last November, Nora & I were invited to watch the UW Cowboys play their final football game of the season, defeating the UNLV Rebels 35-28. This was the fifth time in the past four years we've been welcomed to watch from either the Wildcatter luxury suites or the Skybox. Twice this year we attended a game. Each time we were guests, so we had no choice in which game we could attend. Thus, the games were random selections & independent events. All five times we witnessed the Cowboys victorious. The Cowboys only won two games this year; we saw both. We’re not fans of football; we didn’t care one way or the other if the Cowboys won or lost, accepting the complimentary tickets more for the free food bowl than the football contest. To figure the probability of this happening for five consecutive games, take the Cowboys’ winning percentage for each season for each game & multiply the five values together. In 2012 UW had a 4-8 record, in 2013 5-7, in 2014 4-8, & this year 2-10. Therefore, 0.333 x 0.417 x 0.333 x 0.167 x 0.167 = 0.00129 or slightly more than one in 1,000 times. Additionally, since 1964, when my brother Michael & I attended our first Major League Baseball game at Candlestick Park with our dad, a doubleheader in San Francisco between the Giants & Pittsburgh Pirates, both of which the visiting Pirates won, every time since that I’ve seen the Giants win.