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Interview With Sister Jean Kenny
Aired January 26, 2003 - 09:21 ET
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: A Chicago nun has had remarkable success in predicting Super Bowl winners. We won't go as far as to say Sister Jean Kenny has had define guidance, but she's been right 15 out of 17 times. And her predictions come in the form of poems. Good morning to you, Sister Jean, thanks for being with us.
SISTER JEAN KENNY, SUPER BOWL PROGNOSTICATOR: Good morning, thank you, Heidi.
COLLINS: We want to hear your poem.
KENNY: OK, the title of this year's poem is "The Raging Raiders Rule in California." Oakland's fine wine of a team gets better with age. Several oldies but goodies players take center stage. MVP Gannon leads the offensive rampage. The Bucs stop here and fall off the stage. Romanowski (ph) and Woodson enjoy a good fight. Sizzling Jerry Rice is an offensive delight. The vociferous black hole fans provide additional fright, as the Lombardi trophy goes to rookie coach Callahan tonight. Go Raiders!
I predict the final score of Super Bowl XXXVII will be the Oakland Raiders 27, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24.
COLLINS: Wow, that is a close game, don't you think?
KENNY: Yes. That's the way we like Super Bowls to be.
COLLINS: Indeed. Tell me, if you would, how did you come to this decision? I know this is a tough one.
KENNY: Yes, it was. I had a lot of study. I used "Pro Football Weekly," like the bible of the NFL, and I do my homework. I tell the kids, it pays to do your homework.
COLLINS: How certain are you that this is going to be the outcome? I mean, do you feel really good about this?
KENNY: Well, I felt a lot better last week when the Raiders beat the Titans than I do with this game. I would say a 51 percent chance for the Raiders and a 49 percent chance for the Bucs.
COLLINS: OK. And I know, in the beginning, anyway, I was looking at some of the research here, some of your research, and you had Oakland at 51 percent, Tampa Bay at 49 percent. So how are you actually came to a final decision? This has got to be a tough one for sure? KENNY: Oh, I spent a lot of time doing this. You know, it could turn around the other way. If I'm wrong, I probably should have written a poem, "The Bucs Tops Here," but I'm going to stick with the Raging Raiders, like Snoop Dogg.
COLLINS: You and Snoop Dogg.
KENNY: Yes. We were on Jay Leno's show together two years ago.
COLLINS: You were?
KENNY: That's how I met him.
COLLINS: So this goes way back.
KENNY: Two years.
COLLINS: Now, your Bears, unfortunately, nowhere near the Super Bowl.
KENNY: But I'll tell you this, I predict Bears games every Friday on local radio station. I was 12-4 and they were 4-12, so I could have gotten them to the Super Bowl.
COLLINS: You could have gotten them all by yourself, I bet. Now, listen, you've been predicting the outcomes since 1986. Tell us how you got interested in it. Have you always been a football fan?
KENNY: Well, friends of mine took me to some Bears games prior to 1986 at Soldier Field, and it was a wonderful experience. And then in 1985, everybody remembers William Perry (ph) and the Chicago Bears. And the radio station sponsored a contest of who could write a poem, and mine was entitled "Hurricane William," and I was one of five winners, and then Monday night football came to my classroom at (UNINTELLIGIBLE) theater in high school in River Grove, and ever since then, radio and TV stations have been contacting me.
COLLINS: Where are you going to watch the game, Sister Jean?
KENNY: At the convent, where it's nice and quiet. And we can enjoy the game.
COLLINS: Good for you. Well, good luck. We hope your prediction is right at least the fans anyway.
KENNY: Thank you. And give my best to Miles.
COLLINS: OK, I will do that. It's sad he's not here.
KENNY: Thank you. Yes, I like him a lot.
COLLINS: OK. Thank you again, Sister.
KENNY: You're welcome, thank you.
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Aired January 26, 2003 - 09:21 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: A Chicago nun has had remarkable success in predicting Super Bowl winners. We won't go as far as to say Sister Jean Kenny has had define guidance, but she's been right 15 out of 17 times. And her predictions come in the form of poems. Good morning to you, Sister Jean, thanks for being with us.
SISTER JEAN KENNY, SUPER BOWL PROGNOSTICATOR: Good morning, thank you, Heidi.
COLLINS: We want to hear your poem.
KENNY: OK, the title of this year's poem is "The Raging Raiders Rule in California." Oakland's fine wine of a team gets better with age. Several oldies but goodies players take center stage. MVP Gannon leads the offensive rampage. The Bucs stop here and fall off the stage. Romanowski (ph) and Woodson enjoy a good fight. Sizzling Jerry Rice is an offensive delight. The vociferous black hole fans provide additional fright, as the Lombardi trophy goes to rookie coach Callahan tonight. Go Raiders!
I predict the final score of Super Bowl XXXVII will be the Oakland Raiders 27, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24.
COLLINS: Wow, that is a close game, don't you think?
KENNY: Yes. That's the way we like Super Bowls to be.
COLLINS: Indeed. Tell me, if you would, how did you come to this decision? I know this is a tough one.
KENNY: Yes, it was. I had a lot of study. I used "Pro Football Weekly," like the bible of the NFL, and I do my homework. I tell the kids, it pays to do your homework.
COLLINS: How certain are you that this is going to be the outcome? I mean, do you feel really good about this?
KENNY: Well, I felt a lot better last week when the Raiders beat the Titans than I do with this game. I would say a 51 percent chance for the Raiders and a 49 percent chance for the Bucs.
COLLINS: OK. And I know, in the beginning, anyway, I was looking at some of the research here, some of your research, and you had Oakland at 51 percent, Tampa Bay at 49 percent. So how are you actually came to a final decision? This has got to be a tough one for sure? KENNY: Oh, I spent a lot of time doing this. You know, it could turn around the other way. If I'm wrong, I probably should have written a poem, "The Bucs Tops Here," but I'm going to stick with the Raging Raiders, like Snoop Dogg.
COLLINS: You and Snoop Dogg.
KENNY: Yes. We were on Jay Leno's show together two years ago.
COLLINS: You were?
KENNY: That's how I met him.
COLLINS: So this goes way back.
KENNY: Two years.
COLLINS: Now, your Bears, unfortunately, nowhere near the Super Bowl.
KENNY: But I'll tell you this, I predict Bears games every Friday on local radio station. I was 12-4 and they were 4-12, so I could have gotten them to the Super Bowl.
COLLINS: You could have gotten them all by yourself, I bet. Now, listen, you've been predicting the outcomes since 1986. Tell us how you got interested in it. Have you always been a football fan?
KENNY: Well, friends of mine took me to some Bears games prior to 1986 at Soldier Field, and it was a wonderful experience. And then in 1985, everybody remembers William Perry (ph) and the Chicago Bears. And the radio station sponsored a contest of who could write a poem, and mine was entitled "Hurricane William," and I was one of five winners, and then Monday night football came to my classroom at (UNINTELLIGIBLE) theater in high school in River Grove, and ever since then, radio and TV stations have been contacting me.
COLLINS: Where are you going to watch the game, Sister Jean?
KENNY: At the convent, where it's nice and quiet. And we can enjoy the game.
COLLINS: Good for you. Well, good luck. We hope your prediction is right at least the fans anyway.
KENNY: Thank you. And give my best to Miles.
COLLINS: OK, I will do that. It's sad he's not here.
KENNY: Thank you. Yes, I like him a lot.
COLLINS: OK. Thank you again, Sister.
KENNY: You're welcome, thank you.
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