Terrible Towel
Terrible Towel
Why do Steelers fans call it a Terrible Towel?
Now, I like the Steelers but I never understood where they got the "terrible" part. Also, I've seen black Terrible Towels. Do fans consider this a real TT or are just the gold ones noted?
I'm old enough to have been watching WTAE news when Myron Cope was doing his weekly Sport Commentary when he FIRST came up with plea for Pittsburgher's to go to their linen closets and pull out any yellow or black towel and bring it to the next game and wave it to put a hex on the visiting team. The Steelers were in somewhat of a slump and needed some form of excitement to create momentum. When Cope first spoke of the Terrible Towel, you could almost see the spit spewing when he over pronounced the T's- in typical Cope form. I remember laughing at the idea at first and it slowly built momentum. If you look at video from SB X!V, Steelers/LA Rams you only see a spattering of towels in the stands. Today every Steelers Fan, young and old, owns at least one.
Your second question is that today any towel produced with Cope's licensing is a TT- and all proceeds go to a charity-a home for autistic and mentally challenged-where Cope's son resides. But, at first they were Hand Made towels or just towels from home that we waved before Cope realized he was really on to something.
We love Cope as much as we love the Steelers!
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