Comments on: Ray Rice’s Terrible Towel usage upsets LaMarr Woodley

By: footballfan

footballfan — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:15:17 +0000

I gotta say, After reading this I believe that the Ravens fans are actually worse than Steelers fans. I never though I would see the day…..

By: edisbetterthantroy

edisbetterthantroy — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:13:32 +0000

Ray Rice is one of the classier athletes in sports and a great role model. This is just silly. Google his name and take a look at all of his off the field philanthropy.

It’s a towel, guys. When I went to both Orioles’ home playoff games, you know what they gave out to every fan? A rally towel. Get over it. It’s about as standard in sports as a foam finger.

Wake me up when you start arguing over things that matter. Quit crying. Maybe a little voodoo towel magic will help since the Ravens have won three in a row. If that’s what will help you get over it and expect a turnaround, good luck.

Thank you #27 for all that you do in the community!

By: devrick

devrick — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:10:18 +0000

If you don’t want people making fun of your silly yellow towel, stop waving around a silly yellow towel.

By: zack2482

zack2482 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:33:27 +0000

We are talking about a yellow towel. Good lord!

By: kmkhaine

kmkhaine — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:16:52 +0000

You do know the towels are made by a Green Bay fan in Wisconsin, ya?

By: feadshipman

feadshipman — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:37:33 +0000

The Steelers stole the towel idea from the Miami Dolphins who used the white hankies in the 1972 Superbowl season, the towels came later. So in fact its a stolen tradition from a team that was far superior to them during that time.

By: 6ringsandarapist

6ringsandarapist — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:17:43 +0000

BooHoo….we choked (again )

By: flaccodelic

flaccodelic — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:47:48 +0000

Thou shalt not worship false idols.

Also thou shalt not mass produce items and then claim they are somehow sacred, but only if in the hands of 1/32 of NFL team’s fanbase. Cause that just makes no sense.

By: bullcharger

bullcharger — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:46:10 +0000

While it isn’t classy to disgrace the Terrible Towel and in turn the Steelers fans, it’s not like it is a country’s flag. It’s going a bit over board to treat as some kind of symbol that goes beyond the NFL. It’s a cheer enhancer. Sure the proceeds go to a good cause and if someone steps on it riles up the Steelers players, but it’s still there for fans to wave around. No one has been mortally wounded.

By: sudz28

sudz28 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:43:58 +0000

Woodley, feel free to channel your contempt for what Rice did into the game in two weeks. While I take my hat off to the Ravens for beating us in Pittsburgh, is Ray Rice really the guy to be waving that towel? I mean the Steelers D completely shut him down and had him make them a sammitch afterwards. 40 yards on 20 carries? Talk about a non-factor in the game.

By: silverhornet

silverhornet — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:42:18 +0000

George is getting upset!!

By: cd_ridge

cd_ridge — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:33:21 +0000

I am not sure why Rice is waving the towel. Rice was bottled up all game. He did not beat the Steelers. The punt return for TD and the turnovers gotten by the Ravens Defense won the game for them.

By: stoogy

stoogy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:19:49 +0000

What running back ran all over the ravens?

By: gforce90

gforce90 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:05:53 +0000

All I remember is T.J. Houshmandzadeh catching the game-winning TD against the Steelers two years ago as a member of the Ravens. I guess Woodley doesn’t remember that….one of many home losses to the Ravens.

By: ftomasic1961

ftomasic1961 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:50:19 +0000

yup, as another poster said, and i will add to it, ray rice was stuffed, flacco was stuff, tory smith was stuffed…your got a punt return with the block in the back missed….you beat up on a 2nd string qb with two cracked ribs….and our running back ran all over you….

enjoy your little moment…….

By: dunnd4d4

dunnd4d4 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:48:10 +0000

We are deep at RB…not scared.

By: mitchitized

mitchitized — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:37:57 +0000

For folks beating the monotonous, tired old drum of “all Steeler fans this” and “Broncos fans that” and whatever need to remember the ancient wisdom of “generalizations are generally stupid.”

For every loser fan of a team there’s thousands of cool ones. You just need to start hanging out somewhere else, or maybe start bathing regularly…

– Steeler fan that has friends from Browns, 49ers, Redskins……

By: siggtacular

siggtacular — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:33:23 +0000

Keep on crying Pittsburgh

By: Patskrieg dot com

Patskrieg dot com — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:32:43 +0000

The yearly mid-late season Terrible Towel squabble already. How time flies…

By: packerfan2491

packerfan2491 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:24:29 +0000

Im not a huge Steelers supporter at all however they havevlots of history and this is disrespectful. Its there tradition and it should not be mocked. No different then when other teams come to Green Bay and copy the Lambeau Leap. Start your own traditions and comw ue up with orginal stuff. No respect for players who mock other teams traditions.

By: dericivy

dericivy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:21:42 +0000

Is it just coincidence all the pro-steeler responses in this thread help to prove the point of them being idiots?

By: bradshawlives

bradshawlives — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:11:42 +0000

It’s a frickin’ towel, mass produced in a factory. It’s not sacred. It’s a yellow piece of cloth.

By: kaninny

kaninny — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:01:49 +0000

You will hear this now it has not been brought up in a few years. There is a Terrible Towel buried under the turf at M&T Stadium. That was brought to Myron Copes attention when the stadium opened. So we will see in two weeks why you let sleeping dogs lay. 9-5 at M&T since it opened.

By: folkcrusader

folkcrusader — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:51:03 +0000

It’s a towel. There is no magic or disgrace in the use of a towel. Steelers fans have plenty to be proud of but saying he disgraced your towel? Come on man.

By: ragingyinzer

ragingyinzer — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:46:15 +0000

Rice is just showing the type of classlessness that is typical of the Ravens.

You managed to eke out a 3 point win over a team that was missing its starting QB, best WR, and best defender. And you only managed to run for 40 yards. By all means whoop it up, Ray!

Can’t wait to see Baltimore lose in heartbreaking fashion in the playoffs. It’s what the ravenators of the world deserve. Cheers!

By: piemasteruk

piemasteruk — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:44:30 +0000

It’s a yellow piece of cloth. Get over it.

By: steelernator

steelernator — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:40:52 +0000

Rice was using the towel to cry in after the Steelers defense shut him completely down, just like they did to Flacco, the NFL’s most elite QB. The Steeler defense shut down the starting first team Ravens high-powered offense the entire game.

The Steelers will make the playoffs this year, don’t worry. So much chest-bumping going on by Ravens after this game, when the reality is that the Ravens won only due to a special teams gaffe and the Steelers second string Qb playing with broken ribs the entire game such that he couldn’t effectively throw the ball. That’s right. If they meet in the playoffs and Ben plays, the Ravens go down easily. Then all this premature chest-bumping is wasted, so enjoy it while it lasts.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:40:03 +0000

Are steeler players and fans still crying?

By: ravenator

ravenator — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:38:41 +0000

Their players, their fans and the organization is still crying. Priceless.

By: jmorand47

jmorand47 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:30:26 +0000

Not that I like the terrible towel, As a matter of fact I put it up there with the “Homer Hanky” as one of the most irritating things that fans use, but in saying that, I would treat it with total respect. I’d much rather sleep with that damn thing and win a Super Bowl, then clean my shoes with it and watch my team bow out of the playoffs early.