There’s this weird 6-1 meme on the Panthers’ Facebook page and we have no idea why (UPDATED)
The Carolina Panthers are 7-0, right? They did win that game against the Indianapolis Colts Monday night, right? It wasn’t a dream, was it?
I ask because there’s this weird thing happening on events for the official Carolina Panthers Facebook page where people keep posting memes about the Panthers being 6-1.
I saw this on Deadspin, thought it was a joke, then I saw it for myself and I have no idea what’s happening. It’s so strange, yet entertaining.
Take a look (Warning: one post has the F word):
The Panthers Facebook page started canceling the events yesterday afternoon, I’m assuming, to try and stop the madness. But the trolls (troll?) just moved to past events and kept at it.
An account with the name Unagi Unsay seems to be at the center of it, but that’s just a guess at this point. He even posted a video showing how to join the events and told people to “rendezvous” there.
If you have any idea what is happening here, we’d love to hear from you.
UPDATE: This morning I got an email from someone named Neil Jones with the subject line “People are just reporting the facts.” It reads:
“We don’t need ESPN to tell us some false truth. We know the panthers are 6-1 and we are just trying to get the truth out there. 6-1 is still great!”
I asked who the Panthers “lost” to. The response:
“The Colts on monday or were you not paying attention? That ball came off Gano’s foot all wrong. Only Disney’s digital trickery put that ball through the uprights. We could sit back and accept that a win in a win, but are we really going to let this be the status quo?? I think its a slippery slope, even if it does benefit our panthers in the short term. anyways hope this helps!”
Meanwhile, Brian Feldman over at New York Magazine had a Facebook conversation with one of the accounts, which included gems like this:
So you’re saying that the liberal media is falsifying records for the Carolina Panthers? To what end? What’s the goal here?
Yeah, that and lizard people. Obama is probably working behind the scenes as well. The fix is in, they want all these bandwagon Caroliner fans to jump on an undefeated team.
Hmmm … this is super interesting. Which team did the Panthers actually lose to?
The Patriots, man. Don’t believe all you see or hear.
Photos: Screenshots from Facebook.
This story was originally published November 4, 2015 at 9:40 PM with the headline "There’s this weird 6-1 meme on the Panthers’ Facebook page and we have no idea why (UPDATED)."