Historical Fact:
Each time a Tempt Destiny billboard is created the team on it goes on to win the Super Bowl!

Is this phenomenon mere coincidence or is it destiny?

Over the past ten years the challenge put forth here at TemptDestiny.com has been to tempt destiny for another victory by having fans vote for their favorite football team to be on the next billboard. But how does one challenge the concept of destiny when quantum mechanics and theories of complexity, chaos theory, and relativity say that destiny does not exist? To simply repeat this event any number of times would only mean that it happened X amount of times. If destiny does exits, how can one recognize events or a series of events as destiny?

By definition, destiny is a predetermined event or course of events; something to which a person or thing is destined. The 2-for-2 billboard phenomenon as licensed and documented by the NFL provides us with a unique opportunity to test the existence of this concept called destiny by conducting a live real-world experiment to "tempt destiny" for another victory.

Unlike the first two billboards which I chose to make happen (see legacy page), this time it would be up to the fans and their team that would determine for whom and when the next billboard would be created. This approach would employ the "fate of choice" (F1) with the fans voting to win the billboard rights and the "fate of chance" (F2) by requiring that the team with the most votes also win its corresponding conference championship game.

The pairing of these two fates would then trigger (-->) the next billboard (C) which is the catalyst of the fans' choice. NOTE: The pairing of these two exclusive events would either determine when this choice is meant to happen (destiny of choice) or, if this phenomenon was not predetermined, prevent it from happening (destiny of chance).

In this way, by structuring this series of predetermined events for a predetermined outcome, we could then test this concept of destiny (D) by witnessing if yet another victory would follow.

This experiment was first put to the test for the 2000 football season and concluded with the Rams fans winning the competition that year. However, their team failed to trigger the creation of the Tempt Destiny billboard thereby forfeiting the billboard rights to next season's winner. This was also the season that the NY Giants (who were featured on the first two billboards) returned to the Super Bowl without their billboard legacy in place - and lost.

And so it went, year after year fans made their choice known and year after year the destiny of choice did not take place. Finally after eight years of conducting this online experiment the "trigger" finally happen on January 20, 2008 when the Giants fans won and later that day so too did their team. The billboard was finally created and once again, destiny followed with another victory!

See the News 12 video below:

Since then, the Eagles fans won the 2008 season's competition for the fourth and final Tempt Destiny billboard. As it turned out their team was just 3 minutes away from being on the next Tempt Destiny billboard but unfortunately the Eagles lost the NFC championship game and so the trigger, once again, did not happen. It appears that this journey has brought us back to where we started ten years ago...

Can this billboard phenomenon happen one more time, and if so, for which team?

This time there is an added twist. Now that this experiment has proven itself and, to date, continues to only happen when it is predetermined to take place, a second challenge is at hand as well.

Can the science of math and physics determine (before the fans do) who and when the next Tempt Destiny billboard event will take place?

As I have discovered, my role in all of this it to provide this catalyst (billboard), the sign of your choice to support your team's quest towards victory. Your role, is to make this happen - BRING IT ON by voting for your team on this page and every page at TemptDestiny.com!

SPECIAL THANKS!
We'd like to thank our sponsors Clear Channel Outdoor and Mammoth Media for their support to make the 3rd Tempt Destiny billboard happen.

In addition, we'd like to thank the NY Giants organization for their assistance and approval of the 3rd Tempt Destiny billboard.

Last but not least, we'd like to thank all of the fans that have participated in this quest since the 2000 football season as well. Win or lose, every fan that has participated in this competition has played a part of when the 3rd billboard would take place.

Are you ready to Tempt Destiny? You may vote as many times as you wish, however, you can only vote once per hour, per page. Make sure to visit our Tips & Tricks page to find out more ways to vote for your favorite team – SPREAD THE WORD!