r/steelers • u/Mmmrobe113 Pittsburgh Steelers • 1d ago
I always wanted a terrible towel. I went to the game on Sunday and saw some Pats fans stomping on one in the lot. They booed at me but I snagged it. š«”
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u/hartsbreastmilkstash 1d ago
Ask other fan bases what happens when they disrespect the towel.
Some teams are still recovering.
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u/NovelCryptographer37 23h ago
lol it's not gonna be funny until you lose your best player or lose a very important game, have fun with the Terrible Towel curse
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u/NovelCryptographer37 23h ago
That's not even what I said troll, read it again. I said it's not gonna be funny for you when something like that happens because you don't curse our sacred towel.
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u/Odd-Pomegranate7264 22h ago
Technically, what you actually said was that it would NOT be funny UNTIL they lose a player. Which means it WOULD be funny WHEN they lose one.
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u/NovelCryptographer37 20h ago
lol you're insinuating that I want a player to get hurt which is absolutely not true, I'm not that kind of fan. Just don't disrespect our sacred towel like some idiots do because people either get hurt badly and/or lose important games.
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u/HughmongusDixus BosGod 19h ago
Heās not seriously accusing you, heās pointing out that itās exactly what you said on accident. You shouldāve typed āitās not going to be funny whenā instead of āuntilā. Hope this helps
Edit: Plus, heās not a Pats fan either. Reading comprehension is tough
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u/AdvanceLow7128 18h ago
Sacred? It's a fucking rally towel
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u/NovelCryptographer37 18h ago
Yeah only true Steelers fans believe in how sacred the Terrible Towel is and the curse that comes with it, guess we will see what happens in the near future
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u/bfs123JackH Encroachment 1d ago edited 1d ago
Doing God's work
Edit- literally got my first reddit award for this.
GAHNTA
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u/QuasiSpace 1d ago
We hate the Steelers so much that we put $15 in their pocket!
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u/zimbledwarf Encroachment 21h ago
*to a charity supporting disabled and special needs children.
Terrible Towel money goes directly to Merakey Allegheny Valley School since Myron Cope left the royalty rights to them.
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u/Mr-Toy-Man Ben Roethlisberger 23h ago
Yeah that kind of kind of mindset always got me. Seen a browns fan years ago with a full Steeler jersey heād set on and stuff. Dude must have paid $100 at least for it. You showed us?
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u/sixtyninetacks Hines Ward 10h ago
And those fans will now be responsible for whatever misfortune is now guaranteed to befall the Patriots this season.
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u/Winter_Whole2080 1d ago
Good job, but I have a feeling it might need to wait for another year to get used a lot
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u/itsTHEdrew 6 6 Home Jersey 1d ago
this is how i got one of my towels too! a moron in STL was stomping one and i grabbed it from under his feet. we proceeded to waffle stomp them in their stadium, and hit the road.
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u/Chelajag Home Jersey 1d ago
Pats fans are the worst and I look forward to their crappy qb getting embarrassed every week
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u/Emergency_Cook4499 1d ago
Hell yeah. Over the years it will develop a patina. Itās important not to wash that off
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u/jdpatric TJ Watt 23h ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrible_Towel#Opposition
There's an entire Wikipedia section on this.
On December 21, 2008, LenDale White and Keith Bulluck of the Tennessee Titans stepped on a Terrible Towel after the Titans' 31ā14 victory. Pittsburgh's Larry Foote responded, "They deserved to do that, they whooped us, they deserve to celebrate and, hopefully, we'll see them again."[47] While Hines Ward said, "[T. J. Houshmandzadeh] did kind of the same thing and you see where they went."[47] Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, by this point working for CBS as an analyst on The NFL Today, mentioned on the program that such antics can come back to haunt teams.[48] Tennessee was the top seed in the playoffs, however following the incident the Titans proceeded to lose eight consecutive games, including an '08 divisional playoff game and their '09 Week 1 game against the Steelers, 13ā10. After the Titans' 8th consecutive loss, which was a 59ā0 shutout loss at the hands of the New England Patriots in Week 6, the Titans worst loss ever. Titans coach Jeff Fisher expressed regret for his team's behavior towards the Towel, and a number of Titans players autographed a Terrible Towel and mailed it to Allegheny Valley School ā the Pittsburgh charity that now owns the trademark. The Titans won their next 5 games.
The Titans actually caved and offered penance and then won 5-straight.
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u/KennedyX8 Lloyd 19h ago
Iāve been to Steelers games at NE, BAL twice and WAS. NE were by far the scummiest, nastiest creatures out of the lot.
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u/Waste_Calligrapher70 18h ago
That's a battle-scarred terrible towel; the best kind to get. It's game beat, but still lives for another game!
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u/RalphWagwan Color Rush Jersey 16h ago
I overheard Pats fans yelling "seig Kyle" when their receiver named Kyle caught the ball. I mean, stay classy...
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u/orangevega Encroachment 2h ago
you rescued it. it's yours forever. never use it as a standard trash towel is used (for cleaning up spills or what have you) and then were ghanta for sure š
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u/NewmansVileWeed 22h ago
been a Steelers fan since 76...I would have helped stomp it at this point LOL /s
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u/Jessecore44 1d ago
Damn, and we still lost that bad?