Pittsburgh blog is about to make you blow a gasket (selling "Joe Knew" shirts)
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This is a nice lesson. Everyone that attends the sPitt game this year needs to get photos and videos of these a-holes. Any other information would also be good...names, license plate, etc. Anything that can personally identify them so that we could then publicly call them out.
It's past "trying to be funny". Not sure what the dude in your lot 2 years ago was trying to be. I would use the word "douchebag".
If you ever wanted to see how bad sports "journalism" is- just look at the stories/ tweets etc that have come from this. The sports media get their stories from message boards (in this case about an obscure Twitter feed that had 2-3 posts since June 6 before today). Penn live is the worst at this.
Seriously, a battle on message boards is now "news".
Seriously, a battle on message boards is now "news".
According to The Daily Caller, the shirt orders have been cancelled..Point412 on twitter says you will never see these shirts.. Let's hope it's true..
I know Pitt has a new AD but I don't know anything about him. I'm wondering if the past 24 hours have raised his concern that there may be issues with this game he hadn't considered yet.
Before yesterday I assume they thought it was great- a rivalry renewed and their best chance to win with PSU down and the game in Pittsburgh. Now, I'm thinking they are starting to notice that there may be crowd issues if this type of Yinzer behavior is widespread on game day.
Their AD could be in for a long September 10 weekend.
If you ever wanted to see how bad sports "journalism" is- just look at the stories/ tweets etc that have come from this. The sports media get their stories from message boards (in this case about an obscure Twitter feed that had 2-3 posts since June 6 before today). Penn live is the worst at this.
Seriously, a battle on message boards is now "news".
And where is this? I'd like to be present for my 15 min of Joehaddism.
I think the attention it grabbed is having everyone run and create their own shirts. I think most people won't bother with it but I'm sure there are a few that will make a bunch and take them to the stadium for resale. Now that it's been blown open I'm sure people are going to be more creative than just "Joe knew".
Pitt garbage tweeting to Sandy...
Pitt Man@Pittfootballfan
@SandyB_PSUAD Hey Butch, sad to hear you didn't get Zika while in Rio. You aren't stopping the Joe Knew t-shirts. Have a horrible day. H2P!!
12:37 PM - 25 Aug 2016
Pitt Man@Pittfootballfan@SandyB_PSUAD Hey Butch, sad to hear you didn't get Zika while in Rio. You aren't stopping the Joe Knew t-shirts. Have a horrible day. H2P!!
12:37 PM - 25 Aug 2016
Pitt garbage tweeting to Sandy...
@SandyB_PSUAD Hey Butch, sad to hear you didn't get Zika while in Rio. You aren't stopping the Joe Knew t-shirts. Have a horrible day. H2P!!
12:37 PM - 25 Aug 2016
Good. That's the kind of stuff we need. Maybe she will tell Pitt to look for a replacement.
Plus, somebody should tell that guy that we can find out who he is, where he is, etc.
Again, nice and friendly like.
AMEN. I have no interest in seeing Pitt on the schedule for a variety of reasons. The sooner we can remedy that, the better. Tweets like that, the dumb t-shirts, poor fan behavior, complaints from our fans, etc. are only going to help ensure we don't schedule them again so I hope they keep it up.
The nice and friendly way to do it is to get the information first, then dangle it over his head, all nice and friendly like.
I'm not that savvy but I'll take the info if someone else can hack it.
Those of us who have attended Pitt PSU games over several decades have been trying to tell people here what this game will be like. Their fans are freaks like none other and PSU brings out the worst in them. The Sandusky matter will put their behavior on steroids.
I am fairly certain there will be fights and people will get hurt on 9/10. Hopefully the early start will minimize it.
I am fairly certain there will be fights and people will get hurt on 9/10. Hopefully the early start will minimize it.
yeah but that is every Saturday for those drunk losers at Pitt . . .
I haven't read the thread yet, but make a similar shirt that says "JOE KNEW" on the front and "PITT ISN'T IT" (to put it nicely) on the back.
Wear white.
I heard about a potential road White Out, so the stadium could be white, blue, and yellow.
I didnt chafe the topic, I responded to someone who already did. Go cry about it to that person.
In your own special douche like way. You're the expert on crying here, cupcake.
I went back and checked. August 19th is the day I learned about these T-shirts and started contacting the T-shirt company. Any sports writer attempting to spin this any other way than a concerned Texas citizen trying to stop the spread of misinformation that harms survivors of Sandusky and puts other children at risk as well deserves to have their head examined.
My curiousity demands to know how you uncover such a plot constructed by a no name 23 year old telemarketing wanna be blogger that has 100 Twitter followers and 0 linked in connections that hasn't tweeted in 6 weeks 5-6 days in advance of posting about Joe Knew shirts. Unless you have a friend at that exact website or know someone that knows little Billy, I can't see how something like would fall into someone's lap. Not trying to discredit but that whole scenario screams WTF.
I'm not the one whining about how another poster decides to contribute to a thread, pumpkin.
You need to take a step and realize that the people harassing him are anonymous too.
In all likelihood it was threatening his physical safety from people he doesn't know, but know everything about him.
If that's what happened don't shrug it off because he's a tasteless a-hole. He didn't threaten anyone's safety.
And FWIW, rivals do this all the time.
Disagree. He was trying to add gasoline to what will be an already combustible situation. He knew the probable ramifications of distributing that shirt. I would say it was highly likely that he was threatening people's safety, wouldn't you?
Think it's funny that you used blurred images of people's faces to prove your point. If it's all just innocent fun then why hide their faces??
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Because those where the pictures that came up first.
They obviously went to the game wearing them. Just like the people who would have bought the shirts. Which probably would have included the guy selling them.
Nobody is saying it's right to sell them. It's just worse to hunt down some guy and have him threatened by crazy ass fans because he's an asshole.
You don't think Baylor will see shirts like this every road game?
It's wrong and tasteless, but it happens.
You need to be above it. Show the class they lack.
We actually started it with the "Pitt Eats Shit" button in the Mid 70's so don't get your panties in a twist.
Disagree. People today, like this guy, need to learn that there are consequences for their actions. If this weasel couldn't take the heat he shouldn't have posted what he did.
I believe he was willing to take the heat of wearing one, like plenty of other people, in real life.
What you're advocating is exactly what you and the majority of the board denounce on a daily basis, mob justice. You don't like what he did so it's ok that he gets threatened by angry fans.
And what happens if one of them makes good? That's ok too, because he put two words together on a shirt? Grow up.
He was not just going to wear ONE, he was offering to produce (at $20 a piece) the shirt for possibly hundreds of other people. Would he take the heat for that? No. He's a wuss. You should find that familiar.
Hope at your next dinner party all your guests wear a shirt with two words **** YOU. Let's see how you react. LOL.
People today, like yourself, are unwilling to accept responsibility for your actions. That is why you are sympathetic to this weasel. Because you, yourself, are the same type of weasel.
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Scott will be fine. I'm sure he's aware from his previous experience as a D1 AD there can be rogue elements to every fan base. There are only 120 or so at the D1 level, a small group and they have 1 or 2 conferences every year, some right here in the Dallas area. I'm sure they compare notes on how to handle these types of situations.
I already stated how in an earlier post and I'm not going to out the person who brought it to the public's attention on the 19th of August if they don't want it made public here and are not a member. the shirts were already up on a seller website, the Newark Pitt guy just hadn't put out his own "advertising" blast yet. The evidence of our interaction is publicly available for those who demand to know...
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Nellie, thanks for taking positive action to highlight and derail this negative action. There were no threats made as far as I have read, just a strong appeal to sanity and reason and thinking ahead to help avoid something that would be regretted later. To me, the right way to approach these situations.
They expressed their freedom of speech; the opposition took appropriate action to stand up for their rights as well. This time, thankfully, maturity and sanity won the day.
