Shea Patterson Appears to Be Victim of Twitter Hoax After Bizarre Jim Harbaugh Attack Surfaces
By Jerry Trotta
Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson appeared to brazenly take shots at Ohio State transfer QB Justin Fields AND his head coach Jim Harbaugh in a tweet that raised significant alarms
The post was written in the third-person, suggesting that Patterson wasn't aware of the fact that he was tweeting from his actual, verified account instead of a burner. However, per those in the know, it appears the...whole thing was fabricated.
Did Michigan QB Shea Patterson mean to tweet this from his burner account? ?
— College Football Quotes (@cfbquotes) July 7, 2019
Patterson referred to himself in 3rd person and threw shots at both Ohio State QB Justin Fields and Michigan HC Jim Harbaugh in a tweet response to a fan in a now-deleted tweet. pic.twitter.com/msdIba0Wix
The soon-to-be senior QB displaying such brazen disregard for his own team's infrastructure on social media was pretty noteworthy. Luckily, this controversy starter appears to be fabricated.
The account this came from is a meme page and completely photoshopped the tweet from Shea. COMPLETE fake news.
— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) July 7, 2019
We all make mistakes but I expect a hand written apology letter to Shea & Jim Harbaugh from Tate. 300 words minimum. Correct your wrongs. https://t.co/CqrOKeqDyH
Someone claiming to be Patterson's sister hopped in early to let the world to know this was faked. So if you had that in bingo, congratulations!
UPDATE: A person by the name of Kacie Patterson(we assume a relative of Shea, although we are unable to confirm) posted on our Facebook affiliate page and claimed that Shea's Twitter had been hacked and he was not the poster of this comment. pic.twitter.com/pcRD6d2cXK
— College Football Quotes (@cfbquotes) July 7, 2019
It’s unlikely that we’ll ever find out what or who was actually behind this particular post as Harbaugh and Co. attempt to sweep this faux controversy under the rug.