Last December, the Titans beat the Steelers in Nashville. The victory sent Tennessee to a 13-2 record and nailed down the top seed in the AFC playoff field.
During the game, Titans running back LenDale White saw fit to stomp on a Terrible Towel.
Created in the '70s by the late Myron Cope, the Terrible Towel is a yellow swath of fabric that, in the eyes of Steelers fans, occupies a position just below the Stars and Stripes.
After desecrating the towel, the Titans have lost eight straight games -- one in the 2008 regular season, one in the playoffs, and six to start 2009.
So now the Titans are trying to reverse the curse, via the efforts of Nashville radio host Thom Abraham, of WNSR-AM. Abraham has sent a Terrible Towel signed by White and Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck to the Allegheny Valley School, which receives a portion of all proceeds from the sale of the Terrible Towel. The signed towel will be auctioned.
Abraham sent a note with the item. It says "LenDale and Keith wish you all the best" and "P.S. Please release the curse!!"
"This is not an apology," White said. "I'll probably never apologize unless I'm playing with the
Steelers one day, but, you know, it is what it is. It's going for a
good cause and I'm happy to help it."
So now the Titans, led by Vince Young, will run the table and make the playoffs.
Titans try to break Terrible Towel curse
Posted by Mike Florio on October 30, 2009 9:56 PM ET
The curse will not be broken until White apologizes. I don't think he understands how curses work.
Payback's a what, LenDale?????
Agreed - curse remains until White apologizes and kisses each and every Steelers' Super Bowl Ring.
...and then only maybe will we consider lifting the curse.
There's never been a story about The Terrible Towel that doesn't bring out lots of crying by non-Steelers fans. I don't expect this to be different.
Even though everyone likes to think only Pittsburgh makes a big deal out of The Towel, the fact that Tennessee is taking this step proves otherwise.
But all feelings (good and bad) about the towel aside, it's done an incredible amount of good for a lot of kids who deserve it. Myron Cope did a very admiral thing with that move.
below the stars and stripes? those morons worship that p.o.s.
Can't wait for the OUTRAGE of the Titans fans.
Members of the Titans organization pull a stunt, sign a piece of fabric and send it to be auctioned for charity.
You know, just like when Jeff Fisher wore a Peyton Manning jersey at a charity event, signed it along with Tony Dungy and auction it for charity.
Actually, the curse upon the Bengals lasted for years until Doushmenzada left the team to sign with the Seahawks.
Lendale White and Keith Bulock must make the ultimate sacrifice and leave Tennessee forever.
bwahahahahahaha!
@TheFoo:
Correct. All you have to do is look at the case of TJ Housh. He and the Bengals continued to suck after the towel stomp - he never apologized.
Now he's in Seattle, the Seahawks are struggling, and the Bengals are off to one of their best starts ever.
TJ (and the team he is on) will always struggle, unless an apology is made.
LenWhale can only dream about becoming a Steeler. Not going to happen. And how about being a man and just apologize.
Screw you LenDale.
signed,
Myron Cope
easy mr foo its for charity
As a Steeler fan, who gives a shit?
There's no such thing as curses. And if there were I doubt there would be one attached to an over-glorified yellow kleenex. And who would have put this curse in place? Florio, you must have never met Steelers fans...they're lucky if they can spell their name properly, I think correctly placing a curse would be extremely over their heads.
Doesn't matter if he apologizes. He did it and Myron saw it. And I seriously doubt he will EVER play for the Steelers. They don't take classless individuals.
Eh.
I'm a Steelers' fan, and I appreciate the gesture. Everyone said they were upset because the towel stood for, among other things, the humanitarian that Cope was (and continues to be). This move shows that Lendale UNDERSTANDS.
I think this is more than appropriate. This is apology enough. Actions speak louder than words. Bottom line: these guys are contributing to a charity that has NOTHING to do with their community.
I think Steelers fans should be VERY satisfied.
Hey Florio, you watch our Pens tonight??? What a comeback!
@daffy87 You may consider it an over glorified yellow kleenex but to all thoses people that get helped from the sale it means a hell of a lot more. I won't drop to your level of intelligence. But there are far more educated people in Pittsburgh than where you are from. I don't believe in curses either but then there is karma!
Awww Daffy. Upset we whooped your team at one point or another? LOL....funny how an article about a Tennessee radio station having a little fun and trying to reverse a little bit of bad mojo brings about insults of Steeler fans. You're a class act Daffy...seriously. It's quite obvious you have no idea about the history of the towel in any way. I wouldn't expect a classless loser like yourself to care about something that has done so much to help disabled children.
I think this is funny, and sure as heck isn't hurting anything. That towel has raised millions for that school and auctioning this towel is only going to raise more. I'm not a fan of Lendale, and I wouldn't expect him to apologize, but even he said it's going to do a good thing. Why not?
Glad I got in on this early before I have to weed through tons of crapped posted by "the haters". There's nothing wrong with doing something for charity. And who knows, if the Titans win this week....LOL. That would be kind of cool actually.
i use my towel to clean my man cheese off my hands after a titanic date with myself. I like cheese - if I don't bun-gal it up. My, My... how do I 'cope' sometimes.
Dear Mr. White:
Please stop by DC and stomp on Danny-Boy's snot rag.
Thanks from all Skins fans.
P.S. By snot rag, I mean his hankerchief not Cerrato. But if you could sit on him, it might help.
daffy87-
You hit the nail right on the head.
P.S. Myron was a closet flamer and a Joe Nuzhall class drunk.
XOXOXO to all the towel jockeys. They come in handy in "jag-off" city. Am I right 'yozz -guys'.
Nice gesture for a good cause. It will be interesting now to see how the Titans' next couple of games go.
It's a h&ll of a lot more than Whose-Your-Mama would ever do.
Respect.
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cutting edge says:
October 30, 2009 11:00 PM
Doesn't matter if he apologizes. He did it and Myron saw it. And I seriously doubt he will EVER play for the Steelers. They don't take classless individuals.
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You mean classy individuals like Dookie, Santurdio, and James "I beat my wife" Harrison?
You're a dumbass. There's no class in that organization.
When they don't win by Christmas Santa Claus will grant their wish and allow them to finally win.
"I don't believe in curses either but then there is karma!"
Has anyone seen my faith in humanity? I seem to have lost it.
Lendale,
In your dreams. You will never be a Steeler.
The Terrible Towel is a brilliant strategy to unconsciously influence officials. Do you think it is a coincidence that they look so much like penalty flags?
I've got a box of Terrible Towels. I would never step on a single one! I keep the box next to my toilet for more appropriate treatment.
The curse came from the Ravens beating them in the playoffs at home broke the Titans heart.Not some gay yellow towel.
Its all class. Rooneys, Woodson, Bettis, etc...
BTW...How many do you have?
We have six, and counting.
First off, if the Titans are cursed, they are not in a way of never winning another game. They are, however going to struggle. And they are going to continue to struggle. They are not losing by fluke plays, bad luck, bad calls or any of that crap. They are getting beat. Plain and simple. Call it a curse if you want, but the Titans are just not a very good team anymore.
That stupid thing was a gimmick invented by Myron Cope who only agreed to help produce a a gimmick so he would get a raise at a radio station. It was invented to boost ratings. In fact a lot of the players thought it was stupid. It wasn't even invented by the fans, it was forced on them as a gimmick and they swallowed hard.
Now every yinzer has one hanging out of the back pocket of their cut off jean shorts and proclaiming silly things like there is a curse!!
Want to break the curse, Titans?
It's simple, really. First, have a coaching staff that can draw up the best offensive and defensive plans to best take advantage of your team's strengths and the opposing team's weaknesses. Then have a roster full of talented players dedicated to executing those plans as well as is humanly possible.
It is amazing how fast curses can be broken that way.
Or you can just "talk" about breaking the curse and see if that works.
Hey Russraven,
How many times did the Ravens beat the Steelers last year (hint: They had 3 opportunities)?
Raven fans should just concentrate on keeping their team in Baltimore. We all know Balt fans don't care enough to keep an NFL team.
You should be happy win your 1 SB. Ryan is gone, Ray Gay and Ed Reed are showing their age and you just dropped 3 straight. But if making fun of Steeler fans makes you feel like a man, go ahead. I don't know what it's like for my team to only have 1 SB, but I'm sure it's not fun.
You all are arrogant asses to think that a piece of fabric could hold a curse ... However Michelle Mcnair , being a girl from rural Mississippi , knows all too well about the curses of Santeria ( Regla de Ocha ). She is very familiar with the regions Voo Doo stories , as well as has made many innuendos during Steve's playing years that his success was their " dark sacrifices " . Go back and read a couple of their interviews , one from " The City Paper " in 2001 after Steve got crushed by the Chiefs . . . We , as the Titans , are cursed this season for adoring a man who was hexed ( isnt it interesting that no arrest have been made in this double murder ?) ...
Let's see, the head coach wears the jersey of a division rival at a public event and two Titans players more or less apologize to another team's fan base.
What next, a week eight starting quarterback who's a complete headcase and has been known to cavort shirtless, swigging tequila in an all male nightclub?
They might want to just shut it down.
I'm not even sure I want to wade in here. All the urine puddles from the pissing contest might ruin my pedicure.
Boys, why are you all so threatened by the Terrible Towel? Were you threatened by rival high-school shakers, too? The Titans' players were rude and obnoxious to disrespect another team's symbol. Even their coach found it distasteful. Given their downfall, we've had fun talking about a curse, but if they're struggling against anything supernatural, it's karma. We don't worship the towel. But it's a part of our team's history and we are proud of the money it raises to support a wonderful charity. Why would anyone want to stomp on that? Kudos to these Titans for facing their nightmare season with a little humor and contributions to charity.
@odin ... It's the color of the Steeler's uniforms. That flag thing was a BIG stretch. Let me guess: Your team has never won a championship, and you think serving up the same old bitter whine makes you seem clever.
@daffy87 ... It's interesting to read someone who calls himself "daffy" talking about an entire community's lack of intelligence. You have a credibility gap. And you sound like a junior high nerd trying to get even with the jocks.
i have a terrible towel signed by lendale white... he wrote "they stink" on it...
Tennessee_Tyrant says: October 31, 2009 10:56 AM
You all are arrogant asses to think that a piece of fabric could hold a curse ... However Michelle Mcnair , being a girl from rural Mississippi , knows all too well about the curses of Santeria ( Regla de Ocha ). She is very familiar with the regions Voo Doo stories , as well as has made many innuendos during Steve's playing years that his success was their " dark sacrifices " . Go back and read a couple of their interviews , one from " The City Paper " in 2001 after Steve got crushed by the Chiefs . . . We , as the Titans , are cursed this season for adoring a man who was hexed ( isnt it interesting that no arrest have been made in this double murder ?)
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First off, you're right, a piece of fabric cannot hold a curse (or can it! j/k), but there is karma involved too I believe. As far as this voo doo crap, not much to that either, unless you believe a doll made of fabric can hold a curse...then you would be contradicting yourself. If there really is anything to what you say, then McNair and his wife made their own karma. And double murder? It was murder-suicide...a little thing called forensics proved that. They are however, looking into the person that sold her the gun illegally shortly prior to the incident.
Awww... Keep tryin, Tennessee... Maybe SOMETHING will turn this turd of a season around for you. Lendale should go back to drinking tequila cause him 'slimming down' sure as hell hasn't helped. They're just a bad team overall, but it's great to see them struggling cause of that fluke of a season last year.
Now all they can do is hope to have an orginization as great as the Steelers. Bye ladies, DIAF and continue to suck.
Love,
Pittsburgh
twindaddy says:
October 31, 2009 12:23 AM
cutting edge says:
October 30, 2009 11:00 PM
Doesn't matter if he apologizes. He did it and Myron saw it. And I seriously doubt he will EVER play for the Steelers. They don't take classless individuals.
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You mean classy individuals like Dookie, Santurdio, and James "I beat my wife" Harrison?
You're a dumbass. There's no class in that organization.
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Really? Who's the dumbass that says "Santurdio?" What are you, twelve years old? People on PFT should be banned from coming up with nicknames for atheletes and teams.
Steelers 4 life ... There we go again with the arrogance and ignorance . You suspect that a pindoll is the only relic in voo dooism ? Santeria , is a not simply plucking and sticking a doll , its a hell of alot more . It would have been the same as me calling you a douchebag Christian ( who has never ever been able to definitely say YESAWEH ever existed , however you still worship a piece of wood right ?oh damn , sorry the cross was a Pagan relic 2 centuries prior to being adopted by a fake religion ) . . . As far as the McNair case goes , you have to be a complete moron to think that a murder-suicide was the case . The case has NOT been closed despite what you people across the country think , yes they are looking into the guy who sold Kazemi the gun , by also thinking he set up the entire thing to steal the petty cash McNair had in the house . There is several links equalling this summary , as he denied have any other contact with Kazemi but however both phone records their last conversation was 1 hour and 57 minutes prior to the murder ... Coincidence ? The guy who sold the gun was previously convicted of murder/aggravated robbery ... Think it over , and dont be amoron
Hey Titan fans. How many Superbowl trophies do you see at Titan's HQ? ZERO.
59-0? Really?
The curse is real.
And we're all enjoying watching your team suck sooooo much.
Tennessee_Tyrant says: November 1, 2009 10:03 AM
Steelers 4 life ... There we go again with the arrogance and ignorance . You suspect that a pindoll is the only relic in voo dooism ? Santeria , is a not simply plucking and sticking a doll , its a hell of alot more . It would have been the same as me calling you a douchebag Christian ( who has never ever been able to definitely say YESAWEH ever existed , however you still worship a piece of wood right ?oh damn , sorry the cross was a Pagan relic 2 centuries prior to being adopted by a fake religion ) . . . As far as the McNair case goes , you have to be a complete moron to think that a murder-suicide was the case . The case has NOT been closed despite what you people across the country think , yes they are looking into the guy who sold Kazemi the gun , by also thinking he set up the entire thing to steal the petty cash McNair had in the house . There is several links equalling this summary , as he denied have any other contact with Kazemi but however both phone records their last conversation was 1 hour and 57 minutes prior to the murder ... Coincidence ? The guy who sold the gun was previously convicted of murder/aggravated robbery ... Think it over , and dont be amoron
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Lol, the voodoo thing was a joke you tool...don't be so touchy. I don't believe in voodoo, Santeria, curses, Jesus, God or a flying spaghetti monster, so find someone a little dimmer to pick on ok?
As far as the McNair case goes, until they find forensic proof of something other than murder-suicide (you know Kazemi had a ton of GSR on her...she sure as shit shot someone) then I'm inclined to believe what the evidence says. I've read about the phone records and all...I know they're still investigating it. If they find proof that someone else was there and involved, then that's what I'll believe. You're the moron acting like it was a double murder before the evidence is even there to support that claim.
Get over yourself hick.