Beanie Bishop Jr.’s NFL career has mostly been synonymous with his two interceptions of Aaron Rodgers (and later getting Rodgers to sign both footballs) during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ win over the New York Jets in Week 7 of the 2024 season. Bishop is now known for something else, though.
A proud West Virginia alum, Bishop recently posted a video of himself dragging his cleats on Pitt’s logo inside the training facility that the Steelers share with the school’s football team. His actions apparently didn’t sit well with several Pitt players who watched the end of the Steelers’ OTA practice before having some words for Bishop.
“It’s a rivalry,” Bishop said following practice, via the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “People aren’t going to like me based off what school I went to, and that’s fine. It’s part of the rivalry. We don’t like them guys. They don’t like us.”
While he isn’t a fan of Pitt, Bishop said his actions were made in good fun while adding that he is friends with former Panther and current Carolina Panthers defensive back MJ Devonshire, who like Bishop was part of the NFL’s 2024 rookie class.
“I got some guys I am cool with that I train with who went to Pitt,” Bishop said. “It was toward them a little bit. They talk mess to me, and I talk mess to them.”
As Bishop alluded to, West Virginia and Pitt share one of the longest and most bitter rivalries in college football. Nicknamed the Backyard Brawl, the schools first faced each other way back in 1895. All told, the Panthers and Mountaineers have met on the gridiron 107 times with Pitt holding a 63-41-3 series lead.
Adding to the intensity of the rivalry is the fact that the schools are less than 80 miles away from each other. There’s a good chance that, if you live in…
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