It takes all kinds, I guess -- especially world of college football.
In recent years, turnover props have become all the rage in college football, the most notable of which may have been Miami’s gaudy but very apt gold chain. There has also been Boise State’s throne, Louisville’s boxing gloves, Memphis’s Ric Flair-inspired robe, Tennessee’s trash can, Tulane’s beads and Boise State’s throne, which is so damn awesome it deserves a second mention. Multiple nods to professional rasslin’/boxing with championship belts for the likes of Alabama and Ohio State among others have become the norm as well.
Not to be forgotten is Virginia Tech, whose lunch pail is arguably the granddaddy of all props; to be forgotten was Florida State’s turnover backpack, which was mercifully retired before the 2019 season kicked off.
Saturday, it was Akron’s turn to put another notch on the turnover prop bedpost as the MAC school debuted, appropriately enough for an educational institution, a giant turnover pencil (not pictured). Yep, a pencil. Good ol’ No. 2.
And, you know how your mom always used to tell you that “you’re gonna put somebody’s eye out with that thing?” Yeah, that almost happened on the pencil’s first sideline go ‘round.
Now lets check in with Akron and their new turnover pencil?🤔 pic.twitter.com/gFS35xNX9b
— Sideline CFB (@SidelineCFB) September 7, 2019
So, the Zips have that going for them. Which is nice.
