The Harvard band claims their halftime penis was actually ‘Pen 15,’ which is a terrible excuse

Harvard’s band spelled “penis” at halftime during its game vs. Penn. It’s right there, clear as day. Harvard is saying it didn’t spell penis, it was actually spelling “Pen 15,” which is also a penis joke.

“We meant to spell ‘Pen ‘15’ with both a space and an apostrophe before the number,” Meosky clarified Monday.

People who are graduating from the University of Pennsylvania this year have shirts that say “Penn15.” It looks like penis with an extra “n.” So Harvard was playing Penn, naturally leading to a “Penn15” joke. Except that Harvard only had one “n,” which made it look identical to penis.

We LOVE how Harvard is trying to sell this. Seriously, this is a gloriously creative excuse.

Meosky said this week’s performance centered around a “fictitious romance between the Harvard band and our close friends in the Penn band.”

We see you Harvard. Sure ... this was supposed to be some high-concept unrequited love story. Definitely not a big ol’ penis on the field. No, we believe you. Now that you explain it’s super clear ; ).

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