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Hunter Renfrow Signs with Panthers—and This Bizarre NFL Pattern Points to a Super Bowl Run
Hunter Renfrow Signs with Panthers—and This Bizarre NFL Pattern Points to a Super Bowl Run originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
When former Clemson Tigers star Hunter Renfrow signed with the Carolina Panthers this offseason, it was already a compelling storyline. But now, according to the crew over at Pardon My Take, Renfrow might be walking straight into a Super Bowl destiny.
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During a recent episode of the popular Barstool Sports podcast, hosts Big Cat and PFT Commenter dove into a bizarre—and oddly convincing—statistical pattern that suggests Carolina is on a crash course for the biggest game in football. It's the kind of thing that sounds too weird to be true, but when laid out, it becomes almost eerie.
The theory originally came from a Panthers-focused podcast—likely the 'OVs and Giglo' show, as PFT jokingly mispronounced it. It starts with Ohio State winning the national championship in college football. That has happened in three key years: 2002, 2014, and 2024. Each time, a strange NFL pattern has followed involving the Panthers.
Here's the sequence:
2002: Ohio State wins the national title. The Panthers finish with a losing record. The following year (2003), they open the NFL season against the Jaguars and go to the Super Bowl.
2014: Ohio State wins again. The Panthers finish with a losing record. The next season (2015), they open against Jacksonville—and again go to the Super Bowl.
2024: Ohio State just won the national championship. The Panthers had a losing season. And in 2025, they open the year… against the Jaguars.
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow (13) warms up prior to the game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium.© Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images
Coincidence? The Pardon My Take guys don't think so. And it doesn't stop there.
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PFT Commenter added another wrinkle—Jennifer Lopez's divorces. In each of those same years, filed for divorce: from Cris Judd in 2002, from Marc Anthony in 2014, and now in 2024, from Ben Affleck. If you're a Panthers fan, this is the kind of cosmic alignment that screams team of destiny.
The joke may have started with a DM labeled the 'Tarek Skubal envelope' (a callback to a past sports prediction), but the trend is real enough to have fans placing futures bets.
Now add Renfrow to the mix—a reliable slot receiver known for clutch catches and playoff moments—and suddenly, this feels less like internet nonsense and more like a prophecy in the making.
He's already shown he can deliver in big moments. If the pattern holds, Renfrow may soon be doing it on the biggest stage of them all.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
