Cincinnati professor threatens to fail students who wear Ohio State gear

A University of Cincinnati professor tweeted out a warning to Ohio State fans in his class leading up to the school's meeting on the football field on Saturday:

A University of Cincinnati professor tweeted out a warning to Ohio State fans in his class leading up to the school's meeting on the football field on Saturday: He will flunk you for wearing Buckeyes' gear in class.

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GOAT PROFESSOR AT UC RT @fullsteve: If you wear Ohio State gear in my classroom this week, you will fail my course.

— Zev Sibony (@ZSibony) September 23, 2014

Fuller, who teaches communications courses at Cincinnati, later deleted the tweet, but says he is willing to put his money where his mouth is if the Bearcats lose.

OK, Twitterverse, since my joke is going viral, how about this: If OSU beats UC, I'LL wear Ohio St. gear on UC's campus Tuesday. #LordHelpMe

— Steve Fuller (@fullsteve) September 23, 2014

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