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The Terrible Towel and Why the Steelers Need to > Win the Super Bowl > > > > Members of the Steeler Nation know all too well the story > of the Terrible Towel. > It was a brainchild of beloved and dearly departed Myron > Cope during the Noll > Dynasty. The magic of the towel lasted beyond the > retirement of Chuck Noll, > maintained its staying power throughout the entire Cowher > age, and is still > going strong in the early years of the Tomlin era. The > towels are manufactured > in Wisconsin by Chippewa River Industries. Proceeds from > the sale of the towels > benefit Chippewa, which employs the mentally disabled, and > helps to pay for > their care. Myron Cope also collected royalties and > donated all of them to the > Allegheny Valley School , a special needs place where his > autistic son is a > resident. Before he died, Cope bequeathed the Towel > rights to the school, > ensuring proper care for his son and for many others. > > What you may not know is that greed has found its way in to > this benevolent > endeavor. The NFL is quietly working on a promotion to > produce larger towels > for every other team in the league besides the Steelers. > They plan to unveil > this gimmick after the conference championships this week > and push it through > the super bowl. The plan is to market these towels and > capture the enthusiasm > of the super bowl contestants. To get things moving, free > towels were handed > out at every stadium during the divisional playoffs this > week. You may have > seen the Tennessee fans waving those powder blue things. > Of course, they would > not have brought their own. > Did anyone notice the complete backfire? All the home > teams lost EXCEPT the > Steelers! > > This is why the Steelers need to win the Superbowl. The > sanctity of the > Terrible Towel must be preserved! > Also of note: > > After the 2005 season members of the Cincinnati Bengals, > AFC North division > champs, stomped all over the Terrible Towel before their > playoff game with the > wild card Steelers. The Bengals still have not recovered > from their loss that > day. The Steelers went on to win their Fifth Super Bowl. > > On Dec. 21, 2008 members of the Titans stomped on the > towel. Three weeks later, > the Titans took an early dismissal from the playoffs. Early > on in that game with > the Ravens, many fans were waving their freebie blue towels > marked TITANS! > Later, as the rain began to fall, and it got colder, they > put the towels on > their necks to stay warm. Appropriately, as the game went > on, their necks began > to TIGHTEN! And their team choked. > > If the Steelers win the Superbowl this year, they will have > to win two games > against teams named after birds. Then the opposing fans > can use their new > towels to clean up all the bird S&%#. Also, a > Steeler Super Bowl victory > will make the sacrilegious theft of the spirit of the > Terrible Towel the worst > marketing idea since the NFL network! > > GO STEELERS ! >
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