Alabama Sold Its Shattered BCS Crystal Football For $105,000 At Auction
Alabama’s crystal football — the one from the 2011 season when they stuck it to LSU in the title game — was shattered when the father of long snapper Carson Tinker knocked it off its stand into a thousand pieces. The value of the trophy was $30,000.
“It’s cool, this thing is insured. We’ll just get another one. For the hell of it, though, let’s see if someone will buy the broken one.”
So they did. And it sold. It sold at the UA Celebrity Golf Tournament for three and a half times what an intact BCS crystal football is valued at.
Alabama auctions off the broken 2011 BCS Champonship Trophy at its UA Celebrity Golf Tournament on Sunday. It brought a reported $105,000.
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) May 20, 2013
Bama fans, they’re real pieces of work.
[via Yahoo! Sports]
Buying $105,000 worth of broken crystal. TFM?
12 years ago at 10:52 amI’ll allow it.
12 years ago at 10:53 amI’m Ron Burgandy?
12 years ago at 2:52 pmRoll Tide
12 years ago at 10:53 amBeing so good, it doesnt matter if its broken or not for $105,000? TFM
12 years ago at 10:55 am2011? 2012? This is confusing.
12 years ago at 11:06 amCarleton Tinker breaking a $30,000 crystal football, TFTC
12 years ago at 11:47 amROLL FUCKING TIDE
12 years ago at 1:24 pmWalt and Jesse broke some crystal and Gus sold it for millions of dollars. $105,000 pales in comparison.
12 years ago at 3:19 pm^ I see what you did there.
12 years ago at 3:55 pm