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If you have been active on the internet over the past few months, you know the story of Harambe the Cincinnati gorilla, who was shot after a child slipped into his pen. The There have been a slew of memes, and all sorts of mentions on social media. Basically, name a story and Harambe has been thrown into some sort of joke involving it.
Yesterday, graduate transfer Boston College quarterback Patrick Towles went to Instagram/Twitter to weigh in on his upcoming season. He proclaimed (probably joking) that he is dedicating his season to Harambe the gorilla, and as you can guess, it went viral
Dedicating this season to the realist there ever was... #RIPHARAMBE @ Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical… https://t.co/9hatW6fpvk
— Patrick Towles (@patty_ice_8) August 4, 2016
The responses to Patrick’s tweets were pretty funny. Here are a few:
Boston College bout to go undefeated. https://t.co/4AOn6Ok7vt
— Landon Boozer (@BoozerLandon) August 6, 2016
Boston College 2017 College Football Playoff Champions confirmed. https://t.co/puYInqJV18
— Brady Vardeman (@BradyVardeman) August 6, 2016
This is what we talk about when we talk about "character guys." https://t.co/W1PQ3BhVb0
— Ian Cummings (@Ian__Cummings) August 6, 2016
Surely it was just a joke, and nothing to take seriously, but still something topical and rather funny.
Training camp opens on Monday, let’s hope that Patrick Towles will bring some of that Harambe magic with him to the Heights.