By the end of the first quarter in Super Bowl XLVIII, the biggest story was not the Peyton Manning’s miscue on the first play of the game or the Denver Broncos three turnovers. It was Joe Namath’s massive beige and white fur coat.
“Broadway Joe” Namath’s coat — and the fact that he legendary Hall of Fame quarterback screwed up the pre-game coin toss — was such a big story that it was trending No. 1 in America and spawned at least five Twitter handles — not for Nameth himself, but or his coat.
Many noted that the former New York Jets’ iconic QB’s coat was not weather appropriate seeing how it was almost 50 degrees by game time, which is very unseasonably warm for this time of the year in the Northeast.
Take a look at some of the funniest reactions to Namath’s fur coat.
(photos: Twitter)
Lol!”@RockEmApparel: Joe Namath popped some tags at the thrift store pic.twitter.com/4SGj8NbarL”
— Brigida Mack WBTV (@BrigidaMack) February 2, 2014
Looking forward to Liam Neeson’s next movie where he has to survive in a arctic forrest while being hunted by Joe Namath’s coat.
— brian donovan (@thebriandonovan) February 3, 2014
Joe Namath just came into my house and stole my bear skin rug. #SuperBowl
— Hank Thompson (@Hank_Thompson) February 3, 2014
Joe Namath is just wearing his regular winter coat. https://t.co/vgm3JfGROG
— Jason Glass (@jasonglass) February 3, 2014
“@brookekubath: And Joe Namath’a coat has a twitter account! Best thing that could have happened… @JoeNamathCoat” awesome
— BusyBee (@busybeeblogger) February 3, 2014
Pharrell’s hat vs. Joe Namath’s fur coat #whowins
— Alexis Paige (@TheAlexisPaige) February 3, 2014
So far Denver looks like it’s playing the game while wearing Joe Namath’s fur coat.
— Ron Southwick (@RonSouthwick1) February 3, 2014
I hope @ESPN keeps Joe Namath away from Suzy Kolber #kisscam
— David Shaner (@dmshaner) February 3, 2014
Pretty crazy how Joe Namath’s coat was a couple of the puppies from the puppy bowl
— Jeff Ryan (@notjeffryan) February 3, 2014
Meanwhile on the sidelines, Kurt Russell and Joe Namath are fighting over which of them has aged worse.
— Piper93442 (@Piper93442) February 3, 2014
WTF is @RealJoeNamath wearing a dead wolf on his back for?
— Travis K (@lftk44) February 3, 2014
I don’t care which team wins as long as they dump a Gatorade jug full of blood onto Joe Namath at the end. #SuperBowl #PETA
— kyD (@ShoddyCarpenter) February 3, 2014
END OF 1st QTR: Seahawks 8 Broncos 0 Joe Namath 7 #SB48 https://t.co/YYwGLl69Rq
— Steve Sparks (@radiodjsteve) February 3, 2014
When I first saw Joe Namath in that fur coat I thought, “WTF is Maury Povich wearing?!” #SuperBowl
— Clare Snyder (@ClareTweetsALot) February 3, 2014
Joe Namath must have went thrift shopping #BaddAssCoat
— Brian Mahoney (@BrianMahoney94) February 3, 2014
Can we challenge Namath’s jacket??? pic.twitter.com/9okeiGqfkV
— John McEnroe (@McEnroeTweets) February 3, 2014
