Nostradamus Picks Giants

We all know that Nostradamus predicted the Kennedy assassinations and the destruction of the twin towers, along with World Wars I and II and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Beside great world events, Nostradamus had a great interest in sports of the time — mace fests, lance toss, sword derbies and such, and made many sports related prophesies. Everyone knows he predicted the NFL’s “Punt-Pass-and-Kick” competition and, of course, his well known prophesy of half time entertainment at Super Bowls.

I thought I’d comb through Nostradamus’ thousands of prophesies for more sports predictions and as a Giants’ fan, I have been pleasantly surprised to see that he’s clearly picked the Giants to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl 42.

Nostradamus 9:43: “The Holy Empire will come into Germany, The Ishmaelites will find open places: The asses will want also Carmania, The supporters all covered by earth.”

This is clear on its face. “The Holy Empire” = Giants. Germany=Glendale, Arizona. Remember, Nostradamus was using Europe as metaphors for his predictions. But a clear football reference is “Open places” = seams, where our receivers will go and “The Ismaelites,” led by Ishmael “will find” them, i.e., complete passes to them who are open. (Ishmael, son of Abraham = Eli, son of Archie).

The Carmania reference is interesting and probably refers to the expensive, showy new automobiles some members of the team will go crazy to buy with their playoff share.

Nostradamus 9.13: “On the point of landing the Crusader army Will be ambushed by the Ishmaelites, Struck from all sides by the ship Impetuosity, Rapidly attacked by ten elite galleys.”

This is a prediction of the Patriots first drive. In Nostradamus-speak, “point of landing” means beginning, or first. It will be ambushed by the power and guile of the (defensive team) Ishmaelites (see above). The ten elite galleys either are Eli’s ten teammates on offense or a Patriots illegal formation. Either way, good for the Giants.

Nostradamus 8:17: “The house of Lorraine will make way for Vendôme, The high put low, and the low put high: The son of Mammon will be elected in Rome, And the two great ones will be put at a loss.”

Brady On High

Belichick On High

The house of Lorraine is the Patriots and Vendome is the Giants. For Nostradamus, whomever is on top is “high,” whomever is not on top is “low.” Right now, the Patriots are “high” and will be “put low” by the Giants, who are underdogs, “the low,” and who will be put high. This means a Giants victory.

Nostradamus always gives clues in the first letter of his references. Therefore, “Mammon” = Manning. The two great ones, of course, are Brady and Belichick, who obviously are on high, and as “the high” they will be “put at a loss.” Elected in Rome is a prediction of Eli’s appearance after the win with Jim Rome

In this next one, Nostradamus gets a little more specific, but you have to work for it a little.

Nostradamus 7.36: “Through the Ebro to open the passage of “Bisanne,” Very far away will the Tagus make a demonstration: In “Pelligouxe” will the outrage be committed, By the great lady seated in the orchestra.”

Brandon

Bradshaw

The “EBRO” is the Patriots offensive line. How do we know this? Several ways: EBRO is four letters, the Patriots have a front FOUR. Using Nostradamus’ first letter clues, “E” & “O” stand for Edge and Outside, which on any front four are where? On either end of EBRO, and these are actually called defensive ends. Nostradamus couldn’t have known this, but there it is. Further, the letter “B” is placed where? In the middle, as is one tackle, and “R” means Right next to him, which is the actual position of the other tackle. The Giants will go through the Patriots front four, its EBRO.

Tagus In Dallas

The EBRO will be “opened” to “Bisanne” or “Bradshaw” or “Brandon.” (First letters again. “Bisanne,” Brandon and Bradshaw are all “B” words). “Very far away” = Giants fans or the Tagus, who will make a demonstration, which is a reference to tailgating. (”T” for Tagus and Tailgating.)

“A side note is “the outrage and the great lady” which refers to Jessica Simpson in the luxury box when Dallas played the Eagles. I think Nostradamus is having a little fun here and tweaking the prediction with a little trash talk.

This next one is on the mark, though.

Notredamus, 8:72: “Nephew and blood of the new saint come, Through the surname he will sustain arches and roof: They will be driven out put to death chased nude, Into red and black will they convert their green.”

Here Nostradamus got everyone’s team colors wrong (remember, this was centuries ago.) But “The new saint” is obviously Eli, of the great surname, Manning, who played for – that’s right! the Saints. Can there be a clearer reference to Eli than that? But it goes deeper. The new saint is actually not replacing his sainted father, but the old saint of the Giants, Phil Simms.

He will sustain the “arches and roof” = Arizona’s domed stadium, and the Patriots will be driven out. Death here means embarrassment at having their “perfection” tainted and the “conversion to green” is the Giants bigger share of playoff money.

Unconvinced? Try this shocker.

Nostradamus 7.77: “The year of the great seventh number accomplished, It will appear at the time of the games of slaughter: Not far from the great millennial age, When the buried will go out from their tombs.”

“The games of the slaughter” = our schedule. The seventh number is Eli.

Eli, the Great Seventh

At this point I should explain that like all other interpreters of Nostradamus’ predictions, I’ve used the codex created by the hermit monk, Pecunius of Latvia, who belonged to a small religious sect called The Frugalites, who devoted their lives praying for global fiscal responsibility.

His third Algorerhythmus was an equasion that predicted the defeat of Al Gore in 2000. His fourth Algorerhythmus was far more advanced and is applied here to the seven as meaning Eli. And let us remember that the prediction itself is number 77 of the 7th Century, and was recorded at 7:07 AM on the seventh day of the seventh month. Wow!

Eli’s playing number is ten. Subtract from that the “games of the slaughter,” or our ten road wins. That gives us zero. Using Pecunius’ fourth Algorerhythmus, add four, which is the number of seasons Eli has played. Then subtract his two playoff losses, which brings us to two. Add to that the numbers eighteen and eight, the playing numbers of his father and brother, and you get twenty-eight. Divide twenty-eight by four, four being Eli’s three playoff wind PLUS (and this is critical) the upcoming Super Bowl “playoff” win, and you get seven, which means Eli. The fourth algorerhythmus that gives us Eli as the “great seventh number” uses the Super Bowl win as an element to arrive at the answer.

Take it to the bank. If that’s not enough, one final nail in the Patriot’s coffin with:

Nostradamus 10.27: “Like a griffin will come the King of Europe, Accompanied by those of “Aquilon”: He will lead a great troop of red ones and white ones, And they will go against the King of Babylon.”

“King Of Europe” = Eli. The “E” again. But there’s another clue in there. “Like a griffin will come the King Of Europe.” What does that mean? What NFL player was named Griffin? ArchieGriffin. What is Eli’s father’s name? Archie. The troop of red ones and white ones is our – the Giants’ uniform colors, especially road whites. The King of Babylon is, of course, Belichik.

Not “The Gipper”

I have to warn everyone that these prophesies of Nostradamus should not be confused with those of Notredamus, a contemporary who is thought by many to be a patron saint of all that’s good and holy about Notre Dame football and sports in general. However, his predictions were all wrong. He prophesied that Knute Rockne would become the first NFL Commissioner and that The Gipper would be portrayed in film by Randolph Scott and not Ronald Reagan. He also said that Ara Parsegian would NOT go for the tie against Michigan State in 1966. He also blew the most famous of Notre Dame’s personnel and referred to them as the Four Norsemen Of the Apocalypse, even though Norway hadn’t yet been invented. However, he did get right the over/under on Super Bowl One.

Finally, a colleague of mine, the estimable FJ of BBI has a different interpretation of Nostradamus 7.77, and only re-emphasizes his insistence on a Giants win. To review:

“The year of the great seventh number accomplished, It will appear at the time of the games of slaughter: Not far from the great millennial age, When the buried will go out from their tombs.”

The year of the great seventh number is ‘07, the season which we have just completed. With the Patriots coming undefeated, and the Giants advancing as Wild Card team, the upcoming Super Bowl would appear to many, including oddsmakers, as a game of slaughter. Not far from the millennial age refers to the year 2000, the last season which brought our Giants to the Super Bowl against the Ravens, a game in which the Giants were dead and buried. Now, not far from the great millenial age (2000) and in the year of the great seventh number (2007), the Giants will rise from their tombs and defeat the Patriots.

Man, I get the chills just reading that.