A general view of the field entrance used by the Penn State Nittany Lions(Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
Penn State Football became the talk of the internet, after sending a tweet bragging about the Nittany Lions‘ success this week that quickly became the brunt of jokes from fans, media, and even rivals.
“A Penn Stater has appeared in EVERY SUPER BOWL” the graphic boasted in gigantic white font, only to have “Except for five since 1967” in print finer than might be found on the warning label of a pack of cigarettes.
The program did itself no favors by including the text with the tweet “That’s a lot of Super Bowls.