So there's some new show called America's Next Great Restaurant. If you watch the preview video for it here, you unlock a coupon at a dining establishment.

So far, so good.

But did I mention the dining establishment is Chipotle?

Consider this video like the one in The Ring. Do not watch it. Do not let other's watch it. Do not disseminate to anyone. And do not leave small children alone with the video.

And for the love of all that is holy, do not let Scoop Jardine watch this video. Under any circumstances.

While you're at it, don't watch that show. Chipotle founder and CEO, Steve Ells, is one of four investors in the show. It's probably laced with subliminal messaging to support the former president of Egypt or something equally bad.

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These are tough times for Chipotle.

I don't mean this whole illegal immigrant worker crackdown business. Whatevs on that.

I mean the truth is beginning to seep forth from the steamy foil-wrapped flauta of secrets hidden deep beneath Chipotle HQ. The Chipotle Curse is very real. And it turns out...it's not just a Syracuse thing.

Like any virus, it infects anyone who comes into contact with it.

Take UConn, who tried to use Reverse Cursology by eating nothing but Chipotle last week before the Syracuse-UConn game. Due to their insolence, the Orange won in Connecticut for the first time since 1999.

South Florida tried the same thing. How's that turn out?

In fact, UConn's loss led to a startling revelation and a key insight into where the Chipotle Curse truly started.

You see, I have a deep, dark and horrible secret: I've eaten Chipotle before a UConn game before. 

The game was in 2006.

It took place in Washington, D.C.

The opponent was George Mason.

My God, UConn was Patient Zero.

This all brings us to tonight's Georgetown game. While the Hoyas have been smart enough to avoid wantonly egging on the Curse, they do willfully hand out Chipotle food at their home games. Great news for us when we head there, unless Scoop finds his way in front of a Burrito Cannon (I assume these exist).

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The greatest shame of the whole Taco Bell "meat" scandal is that it makes Chipotle look that much better. And I assure you, Chipotle is not on the side of good. It is on the side of evil. It's burritos might not contain the same amount of silicon dioxide as Taco Bell, but it contains 500% "evil dioxide." That's science, look it up on a website.

The fact of the matter is, Chipotle officially announced that they were coming to Marshall Street on January 18th. That means on Janaury 17th, a press release had been written, decisions had been made and Chipotle-related intentions had been put out into the Universe.

It is then no coincidence that Syracuse suffered its first loss of the season on January 17th. And every day that Chipotle continues its plans for SU domination is another day that Syracuse's basketball team has not won. We were 18-0 before Chipotle made it official, we are 0-4 since. What more do I have to show you to make you believe me?

Well, how bout this?

Yes it does.

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For background on the Chipotle Curse, please click here, start with the oldest story and work your way forward.

October 26th, 2010 - After reaching critical mass, the Chipotle Curse is declared dead in a public forum. Despite opening a store in the Syracuse area, the football team openly ate Chipotle while racing out to a 4-1 start en route to a bowl game. One should note that the curse was defeated specifically by the Syracuse football team, not the Syracuse basketball team.

January 18th, 2011 - Chipotle officially announces that they will be opening a new restaurant on Marhall Street, encroaching even further on the Syracuse University populous. Their wanton disregard for a history of cursing Syracuse Athletics to doom is appalling.

January 25th, 11am EST - Kris Joseph tweets "The Chipotle on Marshall St is gonna do numbers!!!" openly defying the Gods to re-start The Chipotle Curse.

January 25th, 10pm EST - Syracuse loses at home to 8-12 Seton Hall by 22 points, their worst home loss since 1998. The loss will likely send the Orange tumbling down the rankings and confirm them as "pretenders" to the rest of the nation.

The Chipotle Curse hath returneth. Deny it if you choose to but let it be known that you do so at your own peril. We have until April for the restaurant to open and officially doom us to an eternity of Seton Hall losses. Enjoy what small victories we are granted in the meantime.

That Taco Bell mystery meat doesn't sound so bad right about now, does it?

(No, it still sounds pretty awful. You should probably just raise your own cows from now on...)

As had been rumored for some time now, it looks like Chipotle is coming to Marshall Street.

Chipotle's proposal to replace the Marshall Street King David's has won approval from the Syracuse Planning Commission. The plan, which requires city approval for interior and exterior renovations and a waiver of parking requirements, heads next to the city's Common Council. It's on the council's Monday agenda.

It's been only a few weeks since we declared the Chipotle Curse null and void. And yet...I can't help but feel like we've been lulled into a false sense of security.

We still don't know the effects of the Curse on the basketball team. It began with them, who's to say it doesn't hang over their heads even now?

Syracuse is 2-0 since Chipotle came to town...but they haven't won a home game yet.

I guess we'll know this weekend about the second one. And if Lemoyne beats us again, well, we'll know our answer to the first one. Make mo mistake, Chipotle has seen the effects of their burritos and it has acted swiftly. Up until a month ago, no Chipotles within striking distance. Now...we have one and the next one will be right on our doorstep. There will be no shelter, no safehouse, no security that we can hide behind.

Where we go from here...no one really knows.

I mean, is there any point to continuing this blog after today, now that Chipotle is officially open in the Greater Syracuse area? What's the point, right? I just wish they hadn't been so obnoxious about it in their announcement.

A little tacky, that's all I'm saying.

If I were there, I'd organize a human chain that would surround the restaurant to ensure that no Syracuse athletes could enter the building. I'd bring signs that read "GOD HATES BURRITOS" and throw paint at people indiscriminately.

But that's just me. The good(?) news is that if you want to get some SU athlete autographs, just hang out at Chipotle between 11-1 and your bound to fill up your autograph book by Thursday.

I hope everyone enjoyed the Syracuse football season so far. I hope you enjoyed the 4-1 start and the hopes of going to a bowl. Because it's all ending soon.

I tried. I really did. I gave you the warning signs. I taught you how to prevent this. I even gave you handouts to help the cause.

The good news? Chipotle doesn't actually open today (12th). The opening got pushed back a week to the 19th. So when the fellas show up for lunch, they'll be mightily disappointed. However they'll thank the stars when they beat Pitt because of it.

(Editor's Note: CHIPOTLE STRIKES AGAIN!!!)

Well that's a bummer.  Scoop Jardine, who was insanely excited for the opportunity to play in the USA Select Team this summer, did not make the final cut. 

Feel free to blame head coach Jay Wright and hold that grudge against him this season when the Orange play Villanova.  I hope Scoop will.

Here's what Scoop said a few weeks back when he was selected to the squad.

"This is the biggest opportunity of my basketball career," Jardine said. "To be able to help the national team and to get my foot in the door with the [national team] program, it's huge.

"Then, to be able to play against some of the greatest players in the world and have coach Boeheim there to watch all week and give me advice, it can only help me get better."

The remaining 10-man USA select team will train against the USA World Championship team August 10th-13th.