Article: Sister Marie Louise Explains It All...;How an 89-Year-Old Georgetown Nun Became the Number One Pigskin Prognosticator

A tiny fist, white as porcelain and ribbed with bright blue veins, socks monastery air. "I just had to have that Oilers game," she says. "I kept saying `Sweet Jesus, please let me have this Oilers game. Then my record will go to 11 and 3.' Oh, I was praying so very hard to the Holy Spirit that night. Well they finally pulled it through. That little Zendejas came in and booted it. I couldn't believe it. It was the last play. There was no time left. I was jumping out of my chair. Mother was in there with me. I think it was after 1 a.m. before we finally got to bed. You never saw so many commercials. I said to Mother, `Why do they have so many commercials?' Mother said, `Because the world is ...

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