OT: Best Custom Troll Gear You’ve Seen?
While watching my Colorado State Rams (BS ‘10) put the beat down on an inept Virginia team in First Four of the NCAA Tournament and probably the only sicko to make it through the whole game, I was fortunate enough to witness one of the greatest (and frankly spot on) custom fan-made t-shirts I’ve seen in quite some time:
I’m assuming dude in the picture is a CSU fan and I must say I’m quite proud of the well executed troll job by a fellow Ram making it to live TV, especially considering he had only about 48 hours since the seeds were announced to make the damn thing!?
So it begs the question: What are the best custom shirts/gear you’ve seen fans trolling other teams that made it to a broadcast? Feel free to post below and Go Rammies!
March 20th, 2024 at 12:23 AM ^
I’d also like to point out that UVA had 14! total points until around the 16:43 minute mark in the 2nd half. This can only mean Brian Ferentz must be drawing up plays on Tony Bennett’s bench somewhere…
March 20th, 2024 at 12:51 AM ^
Even more unbelievably --- Virginia had 14 points in the first 23:17 of the game while only turning the ball over twice during that stretch.
Princeton was (by far) the NCAA team that turned the ball over the least this season - 8.17 turnovers/game. Which means they turned the ball over 4.76 times per 23:17 of game play (Princeton played no OT games this season).
Virginia was under HALF of that pace, and had only had 4 turnovers on the game (compared to 13 for CSU).
Seriously - that much offensive ineptitude without wasting tons of possessions by turning it over all the time - it's crazy. But that's Virginia for ya.
So they basically punted every time they took the ball down the court?
Reminds me of a similar sports strategy I’ve seen before…
Yep!
They really should have tried to punt the basketball into the basket. Couldn't have been worse ......
March 20th, 2024 at 12:22 PM ^
Harlem Globetrotters had a guy who would place kick the ball from mid- court and almost never missed the basket. Uncanny. I saw them live 4 or 5 times back in the day and never saw him miss.
The guy's shirt isn't wrong. The crazy thing is 42 points wasn't the fewest points they've scored in a game this year. They had a 5 game stretch late in the year where they scored under 50 points in 4 games. In one of those games they only scored 41 points.
March 20th, 2024 at 12:24 AM ^
The problem with trolling like that is you’d look pretty foolish if your team lost.
It’s a pretty ballsy move. Cam the Ram would be proud.
March 20th, 2024 at 12:30 AM ^
You might even say it takes brass (or bronze) balls to do such a thing.
March 20th, 2024 at 12:32 AM ^
<insert witty testicle joke here>
March 20th, 2024 at 12:38 AM ^
The Rams showed they can hang with the best of them.
March 20th, 2024 at 12:49 AM ^
Correct. CSU did not shrivel up in the big moment and seemed to have a lot of juice left in the tank.
driving down the lane seemed effective, and it really looked like they could hoist the ball up from anywhere
(we have a very large ram who 'has no chill' about his prime directive, but fortunately he is pretty mellow. he's also got a lot of wool and we need to shear him)
Watch where you insert those witty testies.
You assume it's a ram.
March 20th, 2024 at 12:53 AM ^
Congratulations to the Rams. Virginia looked like Michigan could have beaten them this year and they were a 10 seed. Gotta be some pissed-off ‘first out’ teams after watching that steaming pile of Cavaliers.
Tony Bennett is still collecting on that sweet NCAA win a few years back. Hasn't exactly earned it since, but he's still collecting on it...
It was such a flash in the pan event though. They also managed to get epically slaughtered by UMBC in the first ever 16 over 1 and I have no idea how that doesn't stick with him more.
And outside of the one good year (during which Purdue should have beaten them), he's lost 4 of 5 first tournament games.
Do not want.
Medved, though, is growing on me as a very good option.
I really want McDermott (from Creighton, not Rounders).
March 20th, 2024 at 11:54 AM ^
Didn't they win on near buzzer beaters more than a handful of the tournament games that year? I know Purdue was leading, or they were at least tied, right up until the final seconds in the Elight Eight and then UVa has the go-ahead score with something like <10 seconds remaining. Same with whoever they played in the semifinals too. Can't remember if it happened in the finals or in the Sweet 16 as well, but it was like they took several year's worth of good luck and crammed it all into one tournament run.
T-shirt from the 2012 Michigan-Bama game that said “Civil War Champs.” Scoreboard, bitches
Yeah, but the south won Reconstruction, to the detriment of all
Some may recall meme shirts going around back in the early-mid aughts that “Jim Tressel drinks wine coolers”
One time I saw a dude dressed up in a pretty spot on Tressel costume, visibly drunk on wine coolers, whilst promenading up to the stadium on game day. Not sure if he made the broadcast (or made it to halftime) but I was impressed
Probably the Michigan fan living in Columbus back in 2006 who had a custom-made Clemson Charlie Bauman jersey and used to wear it around town.
March 20th, 2024 at 10:58 AM ^
My hat is off to that guy.
March 20th, 2024 at 10:10 PM ^
Saw a guy wearing a "You can't spell cocksucker without OSU" t-shirt at the Nebraska/M game this year and it was incredible.