Former Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee caused quite a stir back in 2010 when he referred to the opponents of BCS contenders like TCU and Boise State as “Little Sisters of the Poor.”
Now, four years later, Gee is West Virginia’s president and the Mountaineers, ranked No. 20 in the College Football Playoff rankings, host No. 7 TCU on Saturday.
ESPN’s College GameDay will be on hand for the Big 12 contest. To get in the GameDay spirit, Gee created the perfect sign, equipped with an apology to TCU.
Working on some signs for @CollegeGameDay! Here is one for my friends at @TCU_Athletics. http://ift.tt/1nWXo4W
— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) October 31, 2014 After the comments blew up in his face, Gee issued a few public apologies and later spent some time with group. The leader of the Little Sisters also said publicly that she forgave Gee.
It’s cool to see four years later that Gee has a sense of humor about it.
The two teams will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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