Technology

Giants' John Harbaugh pursuit brings out Verizon outage memes

· 5 min read
Giants' John Harbaugh pursuit brings out Verizon outage memes
Giants' John Harbaugh pursuit brings out Verizon outage memesStory byBilly HeyenThu, January 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC·1 min read

Giants' John Harbaugh pursuit brings out Verizon outage memes originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

John Harbaugh was visiting the New York Giants for head coaching interviews on Wednesday.

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

Verizon also had a service outage.

Those two things don't appear to be connected at first glance.

But it didn't stop sports fans from coming up with meme-worthy posts about the whole thing.

There was this one, mixing the Mets and Giants:

MIKE TOMLIN NEWS: What it means for Rodgers | TV future | Tomlin trade potential | Cignetti?

There was this one, suggesting the Giants were responsible:

And there was this one, jokingly suggesting a deal was already done and simply couldn't be reported:

Harbaugh seems expected to still do his interviews with the Titans and Falcons before making a decision.

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

But Giants fans wouldn't mind if he just chose to take the gig now without waiting any longer -- or at least when Verizon allows it to be completed and reported.

More NFL news:

  • Patriots, Drake Maye silence doubters with callback to Brady, Belichick

  • A.J. Brown makes a disrespectful decision after season-ending loss

  • It's harder to become Steelers coach than it is to become Pope

  • Reddit proves Justin Herbert turns into Shedeur Sanders in the playoffs

  • Bills, Josh Allen never stopped pushing, and the Super Bowl dream is alive

  • Panthers make decision on Bryce Young's future in Carolina

AdvertisementAdvertisement