If that was indeed the case, they'll have to find some additional motivation elsewhere.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a backlash against the message being delivered by the t-shirts has forced a recall of the ones already distributed and halted a plan to sell some publicly this Friday.
The shirts -- which had a picture of the school's mascot holding a box of tissue and putting its arm around a crying Terrelle Pryor, and a message that stated: "The Nutcracker: A Terrelle Cryer Story -- had been produced by the Penn State Marketing Association.
"The feedback we received thought it was too over-the-top," association president Dan Sturman said. "It conveyed our message incorrectly. We wanted to stir up excitement about the Ohio State-Penn State rivalry. It was not meant to be an attack on Pryor. He's an amazing athlete. It's not an attack on him, and that's not what Penn State is about."
Who wears T-Shirts in Pennsylvania at this time of year?
Besides: FAT GUYS LOVE FREE SAMPLES is a funnier T-Shirt.
Oh, for god's sake, Buckeyes: Get a sense of humor and learn how to take a joke.
overratedgators,
Pay attention, because this will be important....
"But the decision was made last night to recall all of the shirts after the Marketing Association received input from members of the club that the shirt wasn't sending the right message."
I'll give you that the preceding blurb wasn't presented in the CFT article and it would require you to actually read about the issue before shooting off your mouth, but it would behoove you to take facts into account.