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Has any sports fad caught on and become played out more quickly than "tarps off"?

Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:07 pm
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:07 pm
When it first happened it was funny. Recently it's come back and you see it everywhere. I watched a Sportscaster the other day and multiple highlights had references to or content around the guys with their "tarps off".

It's become cringey. What say you tOT?
Posted by UK34
Member since May 2016
209 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:09 pm to
The internet/social media tends to make things come and go rather quickly. Something is trendy, it gets copied a million times in 24 hours.....people complain about said thing.

Good times
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 12:12 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90412 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:18 pm to
I feel truly blessed that I have no idea what you're talking about
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
20072 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:20 pm to
Co-sign. Never heard this
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37144 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:24 pm to
I like the play but this is an example. Whole section of Cards fans (all dudes of course) with their shirts off and pasty white skin glowing. They will usually wave their shirts over their heads.

Instragram - Cards Tarps Off section



Tarps off in Tuscaloosa

Tarps off in Milwaukee

Tarps off in a shitty minor league game

Tarps off in Auburn

Tarps off at Nationals Park
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 12:33 pm
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
177482 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:28 pm to
This must have been what a bunch of retarded kids were doing during an LSU baseball game a month ago
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
42389 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:30 pm to
somehow, sometime soon, that will get used as a description of white male toxicity.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
65513 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:33 pm to
It was a fad during football season. Even LSU students had a good one going one boring late season game this year.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
20072 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:33 pm to
Sounds like I'm about to be a Tarps off supporter then.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
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Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:10 pm to
Are women allowed to participate?
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54934 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

Are women allowed to participate?


No, these are dudes being dudes
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
69671 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:13 pm to
Not Cards fans, they are the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team that played nearby and went to the game.
Posted by saturday
Pronoun (Baw)
Member since Feb 2007
7975 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

Are women allowed to participate?





They should be allowed just as long as they pass the interview process. We can't the fatties participate
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37144 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:41 pm to
quote:

Not Cards fans, they are the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team that played nearby and went to the game.


They must be a big team because there are hundreds of them. Also, the embedded video includes highlights from multiple Cardinals games.
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
16197 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:10 pm to
When’s the female version start?
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
69671 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:20 pm to
I'm just informing you who started it mate because you clearly didn't know.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37144 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:26 pm to
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I'm just informing you who started it mate


You sure about that?

quote:

The viral "Tarps Off" shirtless cheering trend was born on October 11, 2025, when an Oklahoma State fan stripped off his orange shirt and waved it over his head in an empty section to win a $10 bet during a football game against Houston
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
Member since Nov 2015
25700 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

The viral "Tarps Off" shirtless cheering trend was born on October 11, 2025, when an Oklahoma State fan stripped off his orange shirt and waved it over his head in an empty section to win a $10 bet during a football game against Houston

I remember that going viral and then fans at different places starting doing it in big groups

Did not know it was still a trend and given a name
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18783 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 3:50 pm to
I thought the wave had in 1988 but some shameful fan bases still do it.

Left/right same thing.
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
69671 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 4:19 pm to
Yes.
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