Predicting what happens in the future is impossible. There are a lot of variables in play especially when it comes to sports outcome predictions. While no one will be able to predict what will happen in the future, some instances have been proven to do so.
These sports outcome predictions might seem outlandish at first glance but little did we know, it would happen at the exact moment in sports history. There are no models that will guarantee to predict the most accurate outcomes but these brave and bold predictions turned out to be true. These are some of the most accurate forecasts ever made in sports history.
The Simpsons Correctly Predicting Super Bowls
The Simpsons is an American animated show about a seemingly average American family living their lives with various oftentimes hilarious encounters.
The show is often lauded as one of the few shows that has gone for so long that many of its episode's themes have often come true.
One such accurate prediction was in the show's 14th episode of the third season when the Buffalo Bills would lose the Super Bowl to the Washington team. The results were very accurate but to think that this would never happen again would be hilarious but it did.
The following year, the network re-aired the episode but made another prediction about the Dallas team winning over Buffalo and it also came true. Then it happened again the next year when Dallas was chosen over Buffalo once more and the results were very accurate.
The Simpsons Unravel a FIFA Corruption Scandal
By this time, it was already widely accepted that The Simpsons show would have several predictions for the future.
But no one believed the show when it aired an episode about the widespread corruption within the FIFA organization in a 2014 episode.
A year later, a scandal broke out in the FIFA organization which forced then FIFA president Sepp Blatter to step down.
This scandal shook the organization to the core, and no one thought that a seemingly innocent animated show would predict this could happen a year before the scandal was revealed.
A Curling Gold Medal of the Future
To continue with The Simpson's run in making sports outcome predictions, another came in a 2010 episode where Homer and Marge teamed up to win America's first-ever gold medal for curling.
Later on, the USA would eventually grab the first gold medal of the sport but what makes it even more hauntingly accurate is that the animated series predicted that the US would beat Sweden for the medal.
And guess which team did they beat? Yes, you guessed it right - Sweden.
Babe Ruth Makes a Home Run
Probably one of the most accurate sports prediction outcomes came from the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth.
This happened on October 1, 1932, when the New York Yankees were up against the Chicago Cubs with the Yankees winning the first 2 games. In their match, the score was already tied 4-4 when Ruth Babe entered the field.
During this time, Babe Ruth would call a home run for the team and within the next few minutes, delivered one of the most iconic home runs in baseball history.
A lot of people might argue that his call was not directly associated with the home run and decades later, it would still be debated by many baseball enthusiasts. But no one would ever deny the fact that Babe Ruth made the call and turned it into a reality for his team that day.
Former Red Sox Player Predicts a Home Run
Former Red Sox Player Kevin Millar has always been a fan favorite since his beloved days playing on the baseball field.
His current tenure as one of the presenters made him even more popular one day as he bravely predicted that player Mike Duvall would make a home run.
Many people might think that it was just his job to predict such a result but it wasn't until moments later that the entire stadium erupted into a frenzy when it happened immediately after he made the prediction.
It was one of the most accurate and most widely known predictions in baseball history apart from legendary Babe Ruth's prediction of a home run.
Paul the Octopus Makes the Most Accurate Predictions
Paul the Octopus was one of the most infamous animals on the planet to have predicted some of the most eventful sporting matches in the world. The octopus is known as an animal oracle where he would predict international football matches.
To do so, Paul's caretakers would provide him with two food containers with each container bearing the flag of the teams in an upcoming match.
Paul would then choose which container he would feed and people would interpret it as the team who would win the match. Paul would have an accuracy of around 85% as he can predict 12 correct predictions out of the 14 that he was presented with.
He was able to predict four out of Germany's 6 matches including Spain who eventually won the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.
Marty McFly Creates a Football Franchise
In the classic film Back to the Future: Part II, the titular character Marty McFly comes across a football stadium that would show a baseball match between a team from Chicago against a team from Miami.
This was one of the boldest predictions at the time as there wasn't even a Miami team back when the movie was released. It was only four years or so before the entire franchise was assembled and competed in a national league.
What truly makes this prediction a little bit more accurate is that this happened in 2003 when both teams faced one another in the NLCS.
While it was always difficult for the Cubs to win, this would have been far more entertaining if they also predicted who would win the match at that point.
Conclusion
Correctly predicting sports outcomes is not an easy feat. There is a lot of analysis involved and most of the time, there are only a few that can get it right. These are just some of the most popular and most accurate forecasts in sports ever made.
