How Pittsburgh Steelers’ ‘Terrible Towel’ became good luck charm

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  • During any Pittsburgh Steelers game, fans can be seen waving their “Terrible Towels” - a tradition that began with broadcaster Myron Cope during a championship run in 1975. TODAY's Craig Melvin reports on how the towel became part of the city’s identity.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 87

  • @Buconoir
    @Buconoir 8 місяців тому +87

    Way to go Carson! You just doomed your team and ensured a good year for us. EVERY TIME someone does that on TV the Steelers win out.

    • @Juanneedles
      @Juanneedles 8 місяців тому +13

      He don’t know what he’s just done. The curse lives on…🖤🧡🏈

    • @charleneevans5848
      @charleneevans5848 8 місяців тому +7

      exactly

  • @dionshare7103
    @dionshare7103 8 місяців тому +13

    I love seeing Ryan Shazier up and walking around and part of this video presentation.

  • @jsemail894
    @jsemail894 8 місяців тому +22

    “The Terrible Towel is poised to STRIKE!”
    -Myron Cope

    • @chrisz8524
      @chrisz8524 10 днів тому

      “And boy did it strike “

  • @Steele-B-POP
    @Steele-B-POP 8 місяців тому +10

    Let's goooooo Steelers Nation

  • @mingmong007
    @mingmong007 8 місяців тому +51

    Hey Carson, be careful. Disrespecting the towel that way, means you're in trouble.

  • @ninob2943
    @ninob2943 8 місяців тому +6

    Realll classy Carson, as every Steelers fan knows when the towel is disrespected, brings us good luck!!!!!🎉

  • @mattdaddymatt7690
    @mattdaddymatt7690 8 місяців тому +19

    Myron Cope is a Pittsburgh legend!!!! This is Myron Cope on..........Sports!❤️💪

  • @ileria3
    @ileria3 8 місяців тому +19

    What a great tradition to be apart of. I grew up in the 70's watching the Steelers. Steelers nation bleeds Black and Yellow. Love my Steelers!!!

    • @sleepinglady2778
      @sleepinglady2778 8 місяців тому +5

      It's black and gold but it looks yellow

    • @SteelersNationAustralia
      @SteelersNationAustralia 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@sleepinglady2778facts

    • @vegastjg
      @vegastjg 8 місяців тому +3

      Nobody ever said black and yellow until that jinx of a song came out by Wiz ever since then they lost the bowl to gb and havent been close to going back even with all the talent they have had over the years. Black and gold til I'm dead and cold has been the saying for many decades.

    • @SteelersNationAustralia
      @SteelersNationAustralia 8 місяців тому

      @@vegastjg facts

  • @judynist955
    @judynist955 8 місяців тому +32

    This is so phenomenal! Go Steelers

  • @theolisaacs8443
    @theolisaacs8443 8 місяців тому +53

    Carson just wiped his nose how disrespectful 🤬 and I'm very offended and when someone does that Steelers go to the super bowl

    • @edwardmoats1833
      @edwardmoats1833 8 місяців тому +7

      Carson is still sore about the Kimo hit.

    • @daltonc.5720
      @daltonc.5720 8 місяців тому +13

      The Curse of Myron Cope has been activated >:)

  • @blutomindpretzel1735
    @blutomindpretzel1735 8 місяців тому +15

    I have quite a few of these in my collection.
    Have team, will travel. STEELERS NATION!

  • @carlytasmith5754
    @carlytasmith5754 8 місяців тому +5

    I have my own terrible towel autographed by Coach Mike Tomlin (the BEST Coach in the NFL!
    Go Steelers 🏈👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @dionshare7103
    @dionshare7103 8 місяців тому +6

    Those Terrible Towels. Thanks Myron Cope for your investment to our franchise and organization and history. They are a part of our legacy now.

  • @fourthdownback6035
    @fourthdownback6035 8 місяців тому +28

    Congratulations to Carson Palmer and the rest of the 2005-2006 World Champion Cincinnati Bengals….oh wait, that was us! Go Steelers

  • @vegastjg
    @vegastjg 8 місяців тому +6

    RIP to the great Myron Cope

  • @ryanreacts94
    @ryanreacts94 8 місяців тому +30

    Did Carson just wipe his nose with the Terrible Towel?

  • @SteelRhinoXpress
    @SteelRhinoXpress 8 місяців тому +20

    Anyone that's from western Pennsylvania. Far eastern Ohio, West Virginia and Western Maryland, knows that's Steeler country!

    • @RandomPlayIist
      @RandomPlayIist 8 місяців тому +5

      Black and Gold!

    • @kxi529
      @kxi529 8 місяців тому +4

      northeastern and north central pa are usually Steelers fans aswell, we have more in common with Pittsburgh than we do the philly area, blue collar coal miners and such.

    • @johnnygrind77
      @johnnygrind77 8 місяців тому +4

      @@kxi529I live in the Philly burbs and there's a lot of Steelers Nation here, as well as NJ and even in Delaware.

    • @traviss6500
      @traviss6500 5 місяців тому +1

      So is SC pa . Go Steelers and long live Myron . Yoi and double yoi.

  • @CynthiaMelito-lp1gn
    @CynthiaMelito-lp1gn 8 місяців тому +3

    Never a doubt that I am helping my Steelers when I wave my towel!

  • @SeanMintus
    @SeanMintus 8 місяців тому +2

    Towel. Singular. We are one Steeler Nation.

  • @mattatouille713
    @mattatouille713 8 місяців тому +10

    1:29 CARSON! You Son of a gun!!!

  • @meganmorris5105
    @meganmorris5105 8 місяців тому +2

    HERE WE GO!!! Got my towel ready! Carson, I will thank you when we win the Super Bowl.

  • @rookiecarilli4914
    @rookiecarilli4914 8 місяців тому +5

    Carson. Look up the terrible towel curse.. you just violated the line..

  • @lakerobinett
    @lakerobinett 8 місяців тому +7

    LETS GO STEELERS!

  • @charleneevans5848
    @charleneevans5848 8 місяців тому +4

    bad mojo coming for you Carson. Never disrespect the terrible towel

  • @maynoldmoreno7888
    @maynoldmoreno7888 8 місяців тому +2

    Steeler Nation 💛🖤💛🖤

  • @steelerfan1933
    @steelerfan1933 8 місяців тому +2

    Here We Go Steelers!

  • @brandenedwards2177
    @brandenedwards2177 8 місяців тому +4

    Steeler Nation we cant let carson disrespect us like that

  • @khirybrown4556
    @khirybrown4556 8 місяців тому +16

    The disrespect he did for wiping his nose with the towel.

    • @MacyMan22
      @MacyMan22 8 місяців тому +1

      Facts man I saw him do that I bet he did it on purpose probably a ravin fan

  • @Dr.J.Garlock
    @Dr.J.Garlock 8 місяців тому +8

    GO STILLERS!!!!

  • @LONEWOLF..314-S-T-L
    @LONEWOLF..314-S-T-L 8 місяців тому +6

    SALUTE 👍🏾 ( I AM A TERRIBLE TOWEL OWNER MYSELF ) .... LET'S GO STEELERS FOOTBALL 🏈 NATION

  • @saibounsalat3757
    @saibounsalat3757 8 місяців тому +22

    Carson's a douchbag for wiping his nose like that.

  • @SteelersNationAustralia
    @SteelersNationAustralia 8 місяців тому +4

    Nothing can match our Terrible Towels
    My first Terrible Towel has never been washed cause It never gets dirty

  • @mikeakey3358
    @mikeakey3358 8 місяців тому +8

    Carson looked like a teenager that made a dumb bet with one person to do something stupid on TV for $5.

  • @SPIIIVA
    @SPIIIVA 8 місяців тому +7

    I cant watch a game without my towel in hand. Its a tradition for me, a superstition to most. Its our thing - a Steelers thing.

  • @caseycutrary816
    @caseycutrary816 8 місяців тому +1

    You guys came thru!! I work at lil earth I have a yellow mask on my head 🤣🤣so awesome hope you enjoyed Pittsburgh!

  • @Mr_Dopey
    @Mr_Dopey 8 місяців тому +1

    Shazier is an impressive man.

  • @84bigsal
    @84bigsal 8 місяців тому +1

    Wave them towels baby!!!! Here we go....

  • @demondbrown206
    @demondbrown206 8 місяців тому +3

    Awesome

  • @jimlahey3919
    @jimlahey3919 8 місяців тому +5

    Good luck charm? It’s just something us Steelers fans do in solidarity. Especially after tailgating for 4 hours and drinking enough to make a Browns fan fall face first into the pavement

  • @jondoutt9834
    @jondoutt9834 8 місяців тому +1

    Time to dig through Carson’s post history Steeler Nation.

  • @17nussbaumroad
    @17nussbaumroad 8 місяців тому +5

    I have a 150 Terrible Towels !! All different kinds. I still have the first one my Grandfather bought me at Three Rivers Stadium in 1975 !!!
    The Today show is WOKE AF would never of clicked on this if it was not about the BEST city in Pennsylvania !! Not Philly and Kensington ave !

  • @alanpeel1981
    @alanpeel1981 8 місяців тому +4

    STILLERS GAHNTA SUPER BOWL!!!!

  • @paiz8101
    @paiz8101 8 місяців тому +2

    Carson might’ve cursed his squad for life with the nose blow 😂. I don’t think he realizes the consequences

  • @graciebern13
    @graciebern13 8 місяців тому +3

    He gifted it to AVS because his son Danny went there

  • @FlyyHigh834
    @FlyyHigh834 8 місяців тому +2

    🔥🔥

  • @SatansBirdLawExpert
    @SatansBirdLawExpert 3 місяці тому

    “He ain’t no head of lettuce…JEROME BETTIS!”

  • @TS1r731
    @TS1r731 8 місяців тому +2

    I was about to say Carson wiping his nose with the towel just cursed him for the next 5 years. Guaranteed bad luck for showing disrespect

  • @mr.nobody3109
    @mr.nobody3109 8 місяців тому +5

    steelers til death

  • @user-ud4fi8np9d
    @user-ud4fi8np9d 4 місяці тому

    💛

  • @bradleywhisonant
    @bradleywhisonant 8 місяців тому +2

    1:31 yeah bet, let me catch Carson out in the streets, it’s a wrap

  • @user-ti1zq7gh9r
    @user-ti1zq7gh9r 8 місяців тому +4

    Shame on you Carson the real meaning of the terrible towel is something you do not understand. If you did you would not be wiping your nose on it!

  • @maryryan8180
    @maryryan8180 8 місяців тому

    I thought so.

  • @johnvillella1087
    @johnvillella1087 8 місяців тому +1

    Wave it

  • @g5nationtonation
    @g5nationtonation 5 місяців тому

    Save USA pittsburgh steel peter is 80s flashback rocker

  • @seanbrennan6189
    @seanbrennan6189 8 місяців тому +5

    Careful blowing your nose with the Taul! Or shine your shoes! Playoff loses will follow😂😂. Go Stillers!! Mmm ha! Oy and double Oy!!

  • @UncleFrosty
    @UncleFrosty 8 місяців тому +5

    Blow your nose at your own peril, Daly.

  • @rosesacks7430
    @rosesacks7430 5 місяців тому

    I understand the jaguars disrespected the towel and today 1/7/24 they lost their game that would have put them in the playoff lineup.

  • @vincentschmitt7597
    @vincentschmitt7597 8 місяців тому +6

    Now every team has their own version so it is part of the NFL in general now.

    • @steel148
      @steel148 8 місяців тому +3

      No it isn’t

    • @RandomPlayIist
      @RandomPlayIist 8 місяців тому +8

      The copycat towels by those other teams is to make the NFL more money, but there's only one true towel baby. I love how Myron gifted it to those kids.

  • @BigDogRidgeback
    @BigDogRidgeback 8 місяців тому

    I use them as toilet paper.🤣

    • @leomoneymaker8894
      @leomoneymaker8894 8 місяців тому +5

      Keep wiping, thanks for driving Steelers merch sales 🤣🤣

  • @user-ud4fi8np9d
    @user-ud4fi8np9d 4 місяці тому

    🦬

  • @fivegeeztv998
    @fivegeeztv998 8 місяців тому +4

    The year was 1972 not 1975. And the color was is gold not yellow.

    • @garytokar3522
      @garytokar3522 8 місяців тому +3

      Steelers website says 75 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @joel2421
      @joel2421 8 місяців тому +4

      The Steelers played in two playoff games in 1972, the first game against the Raiders ended with one of the most famous plays in NFL history. There were no Terrible Towels at that game. The first Steelers players that fans saw embrace the TT were Swann & Stallworth, both of whom joined the team in 1974. In short, it was 1975 for certain.

  • @marthamilvet8818
    @marthamilvet8818 8 місяців тому +2

    Poor sportsmanship and offense behavior pretending to blow your nose - classless

  • @mc1993
    @mc1993 8 місяців тому

    Boycott Little Earth Productions.

  • @smokerise
    @smokerise 8 місяців тому +2

    I own 6.
    STEELER NATION 🖤💛

  • @johnrencheck2283
    @johnrencheck2283 4 місяці тому

    The towel has a cope curse disrespect the towel and get bad things happen ask cincy or the jags this year its real people the cope curse follows anybody who disrespects it !!