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College football fans, programs troll Penn State for hilariously misleading Super Bowl graphic

Spenser Davis

By Spenser Davis

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Penn State’s social media department has managed to turn an impressive accomplishment into one of the biggest jokes of the week.

On Thursday night, the Nittany Lions tweeted out a highly misleading graphic about the number of Super Bowls a Penn State player has appeared in. Note the fine print:

https://twitter.com/PennStateFball/status/1357518557601361920

So of course, folks on Twitter have been mocking this claim since it was posted. The ironic thing is, this is actually an impressive feat — having an alum appear in 49 of 54 total Super Bowls is a remarkable accomplishment.

But the claim’s fine print makes it so preposterous that fans haven’t been able to resist making fun of it.

By Friday morning, a few other college programs had mocked up their own graphics that poked fun at the Nittany Lions. Here’s one from Ole Miss:

And this is equally great work from UMBC:

Here’s a few more jokes at Penn State’s expense from around the internet:

https://twitter.com/Colin1374/status/1357749095629262848?s=20

Better luck next time, Penn State.

Spenser Davis

Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.