The eBay Game

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 5:38 PM CST Comment 63 comments

Got a fun idea from a post from Wells who surmised that the letter VY signed committing to Texas might be highly sought after. So it got me to thinking...how much would that letter go for on eBay and what other UT sports related objects would you like to see sold on eBay...the more obscure the better.

Update [2008-2-1 10:57:33 by 54b]: Good times...My Top 5 Obscure UT Sports Related eBay Items thus far:

5) BENSON'S FLATSCREEN TV - Not only did it lead to Ced's brief incarceration (1 day, time served), but it's also an item you might actually see on eBay once the Bears figure out it was all VY.

4) CAT O'S UNMENTIONABLES - Oh, they're worth mentioning all right...and purchasing too.

3) STONIE CLARK'S POETRY JOURNAL - Makes me hungry just reading about it.

2) EMORY BALLARD'S WISHBONE DOODLES - No idea if these actually exist, but no doubt he scribbled them somewhere while coming up with the offense that basically lead to 3 titles.

1) LUKE AXETEL'S REPORT CARD - Especially timely given this time of year, its release to the media ostensibly ended the Tom Penders Era at UT.

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The net from San Antonio

That sent us to the Final Four.

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Jan 31, 2008 5:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Good One.

They probably have that somewhere in the basketball trophy room.

Man, that Final Four seems like such a longtime ago.

I bleed burnt orange!!!!

by FNJ on Jan 31, 2008 11:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The ball Sweed caught against tOSU. nt

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 5:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Think more obscure

No doubt that ball is worth some serious coin (as are all the footballs from big games), but what if you could buy something like the American Flag that was flying during that game on that oddly located flag pole right there beyond the end zone in the Shoe.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 6:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Re:

Anything worn by Cat Osterman.

My adopted kid is pure genius at the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

by jc25 on Jan 31, 2008 6:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well played, sir

Hermetically sealed in a ziplock bag to lock in that Cat fresh smell right?

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 6:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If you go to Houston..

You might be able to dig Joel Klatt's dick out of the dirt from the 2005 Big 12 championship game. Or it could be on Drew Kelson's uniform.

I don't know that anyone would buy that though.

by chief on Jan 31, 2008 6:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well played, sir.

by the1austin on Jan 31, 2008 10:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Uhhhh....there was no pylon on the record breaker

Remember, he cut back at the last, went over about five yards from the pylon.

However, that particular football - and a set of dreadlocks to go with it - might draw some interest.

Ricky's run

The photo that Tom Lankes did for the American Statesman was absolutely great. Lankes was in a perfect spot but he had no way of knowing that before the run. Just a great piece of luck on his part to be in the right spot, but he nailed the shot.

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 6:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You're right

Not sure which run I was thinking of, but I'll still take the pylon.

One of Ricky's dreads from that day would be pretty cool...and then you could get it drug tested.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 6:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of dreds

I'd take one of the dreds from TJ Ford's freshman season. My God he looked awful. But he was sure pretty to watch.

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Jan 31, 2008 6:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't he go through a lot of pairs of shoes

that year, too?

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 6:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So, how about Emory Bellard's notes

on what became the wishbone?

That's both esoteric and historic.

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 6:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Good call

Especially if they were on a beer coaster or some cocktail knapkin...just something cooked up while he was getting liquored up (like Herb K and Southwest Airlines)

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 6:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That would go good with his glass eye. nt

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 6:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

how about...

Luke Axtel's Repot card....
although that imformation was already made public

by blazzinken on Jan 31, 2008 6:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You are the clubhouse leader with that one.

Nicely done.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 6:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the baseball

that struck out the last gator to win our 6th national championship in basesball.

muckelroy doesnt do pushups... he pushes the earth down!

by kcc28 on Jan 31, 2008 6:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Chance Wheeless' HR ball against Baylor

Obviously the ball that won the title is huge, but the biggest memory for me from that College World Series was Chance Wheeless pulling a Kirk Gibson in the 9th with a bum shoulder and all to break a 3-3 tie...he flailed at the first ball and then absolutely jacked the next one.

That was too good to be true. The best part was the conversation between Augie and Chance before he went to the plate:

Augie: "Chance, let me pinch hit for you, you're hurt."

Chance: "No coach, let me bat. I'll wear this guy out."

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Jan 31, 2008 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That was a great moment. Kudos.

Never say never.

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 7:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm...

I'll take either:

the "USC National Champs 2005-2006" champagne bottle that was purchased at a Hooters in LA by an overzealous fan who had never seen VY play before (whoever told that story, brilliant)

the (clearly broken) ankles of the D-back that got shaken out of his shoes on the way to an 80 yard pump fake run by his Vinceness. I'd bronze those bad boys

Horizontalism is its own reward.

by bendj on Jan 31, 2008 7:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Good memory

You know if I wasn't too busy celebrating I should have thought to ask for it, however that probably would have incited violence and it was just too sweet of a moment to ruin it.

Personally I'd like Major's balls, just after he taunted the Colorado bench during the 2001 Big 12 championship game. I bet they were the size of watermellons.

I know that technically he we have them back since he will be coaching for us now, but when he is done with them I get first dibs.

by Horange on Jan 31, 2008 11:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

betcha didn't think of these

The Rose Bowl patches Vince wore on his jersey in the Rose Bowls.

The radio system worn when the famous "Boom M*F*er" was uttered.

The ball that was touched by Mack Brown's stepson during the Holiday Bowl.

Connor Atchely's 'fro.

One of Darrell Royal's golf clubs.

by acho81 on Jan 31, 2008 7:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That Boom MFer is the D's motto next year.

And hopefully we'll wear it out.

by whills on Jan 31, 2008 7:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

perhaps Mack should...

...put that on their wristbands next year

by ArcticLonghorn on Jan 31, 2008 8:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the...

poms from the USC cheerleader cheering when we scored.

by afaeguy on Jan 31, 2008 7:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

VY's wonderlic test

Get your ass going! You ain't hurt!

by Cyrus on Jan 31, 2008 7:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The ball that

Matt Nordgren fumbled and then recovered for a TD against Baylor

by mmorales11 on Jan 31, 2008 8:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

OK, not trying to hi-jack 54bs' thread here

but you guys are on a roll and I just can't compete...so I got ta thinkin'

what if we alter the game to include actual items pertaining to aggie jokes?

"What do you call a 60 year old aggy with a BS degree?"

DESPEReATMe!

Isn't this the oh-so-valuable ultimate symbol that aggy uses to prove that burr-headed, maroon-shirt wearin', booger-eatin' gomers across the room when doin' poultry bidness in Hearne TX are indeed other aggy?

Guess it just ain't that val-u-bul when a reseshun is a comin'!

"Hell, I got anuther 5 years fore I kann get on soshul suckuretee an medikayer! So, for privacy reasons I will not release the name inscribed inside it so PLEASE no e-mails asking the name or reason for selling"

Surely whills and bigfatdrunk can top that!

by horndude on Jan 31, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

shweet

I am selling this ring on consignment and for privacy reasons will not release the name inscribed inside it so PLEASE no e-mails asking the name or reason for selling.

Well, there's that, and I don't think they allow "Pigf*cker" on ebay.

Seriously, with the way bids are lining up, I think people are out to buy the gold and melt the ring down rather than purchase the ring itself. I mean, jeebus, it's obviously a fake.

by bigfatdrunk on Jan 31, 2008 8:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

too morbid?

What about Dusty Dvoracek's (sp) baseball bat?

by hornbone on Jan 31, 2008 8:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Mine

The Official Roger Clemens Needle Collection.

by bigfatdrunk on Jan 31, 2008 8:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Mack Brown's iPod

by goingforthecorner on Jan 31, 2008 8:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Bevo's shit

on the Nebraska in the end zone of the Big XII Championship game

by R00T4UT on Jan 31, 2008 9:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Am I the only one that wants Ced's TV?

by the1austin on Jan 31, 2008 10:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

my thought

Rhett Bomar "Big Red Imports" business card

atsmahboy Kelson

by BigTexBD on Jan 31, 2008 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i know

not UT, but still...

atsmahboy Kelson

by BigTexBD on Jan 31, 2008 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I want the shoe

...that we kick bitches with.

by 3rdgen on Jan 31, 2008 10:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

priceless!

by ArcticLonghorn on Feb 1, 2008 8:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the 'O' that was left off

Huston Street's name should fetch a pretty penny

by Beergut on Jan 31, 2008 11:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Roy Williams' shoes

Those things were damn huge. I would want a pair of his cleats.

I bleed burnt orange!!!!

by FNJ on Jan 31, 2008 11:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The poms

from the USC cheerleader that was chearing for us at the end of the game when we won the national championship.

by Pdizzle on Feb 1, 2008 1:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I wonder...

I'd go for a mason jar filled with the wind that was blowing when Phil Dawson kicked the game-winner against Virginia in '95.

by Shake on Feb 1, 2008 7:49 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Mangino's mic

...that kept slipping as he claimed BCS conspiracy in '04

by ArcticLonghorn on Feb 1, 2008 8:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

The CAT SCAN of Joel Klatt after the...

concussion in the Big 12 game of 2005.

"A pretty numbing game," coach Gary Barnett called it.

It would have been completely laughable had CU quarterback Joel Klatt not taken a vicious, helmet-to-helmet hit from linebacker Drew Kelson in the third quarter that left him lying motionless in the end zone for a few, anxious moments.

Klatt (14-for-24, 100 yards) was able to stagger off the field, though, and can consider himself lucky if he doesn't remember much of this one.

OUCH.

"I asked Darrell Royal, why he didn't recruit me and he said: "Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good." W Garrison Oklahoma State

by 512 on Feb 1, 2008 8:45 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

R.C. Slocum's underwear...

when he went for two and the win against UT in Austin in 1990 and we stuffed him at the goal line...that was very special for me since we got our clocks cleaned every year by A&M when I was there and I had choice seats for this game and saw that play right b'fore my very eyes!

That was the beginning of the end of the last good stretch for Aggie football. Oh so very sweet!

by longhornJ on Feb 1, 2008 9:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Stoney Clark's poetry journal

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Feb 1, 2008 9:16 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

You could also...

Get some money for Robert Reed's shoes, since James Allen juked him out of them right before the Stoney tackle.

by Bigmonkey13 on Feb 1, 2008 12:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Appropriately

Jersey #40

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Feb 1, 2008 12:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not so fast my friend

Bobby Reed had backside contain...if he lets Allen get outside of him it's race to the pylon and Stonie and the others weren't going to beat Allen to the corner.

Other than making the tackle himself, he played it perfect.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Feb 1, 2008 12:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You're exactly right.

Reed forced Allen to go inside just in time for Stony's great hit.

by whills on Feb 1, 2008 1:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Candles

The candles from Mike Gundy's fortieth birthday cake.

"Haaaaappy Birthday tooooo yoooou."
"I'm a man! I'm forty!"

by Speedway on Feb 1, 2008 9:18 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

The police report from Ricky's campus arrest.

a copy of his Driver's License, and the report from the officer's supeior on the inceident. Ricky was arrested fro not properly identifing himself. Asked his name when pulled over he identified himself as "Ricky Williams". Unfortuneately for Ricky his DL stated "Errick Lynne Williams", which is obviously different.

by billb on Feb 1, 2008 10:10 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Didn't the arresting officer start...

a Web site or blog called, "Erick's One Stop Cop Shop" or something like that.

I do remember this as a pretty stupid situation the UT Police tried to sweep under the rug not only becasue it was Ricky, but because it smelled a lot like racial profiling.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Feb 1, 2008 10:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That cop

If I remember correctly, that guy was fired almost right after that happened. It was like "You did WHAT to WHO??!? THIS SEASON?"

BTW, I'd want either of Vince's Rose Bowl Jerseys, and that wouldn't surprise me if they did end up on ebay someday. A lot of players, including Vince (his RB jerseys), gave their old equipment to this guy after they'd leave. He was a manager for a womens team or something. I guess if he was ever in financial trouble he could sell it, but if I were him, I'd never sell. I'd rather be homeless, keeping warm in Vince's jersey and Derrick Johnson's cleats.

by texasauteur on Feb 1, 2008 11:11 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Fond memory

During my days as a walk-on, the equipment guys had one of Earl Campbell's thigh pads prominently displayed in the locker room...I don't know if it would keep you warm, but it would surely keep you dry if it rained.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Feb 1, 2008 12:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

My bids:

Ramonce Taylor's backpack - weight tested for how many pounds?

John Macovick's wine bottle consumed on December 7, 1996 - "Roll-left" cabernet: the perfect blend of the unexpected provides for a delightful finish to this wonderful vintage.

Applewhite's original left knee.

Vince Young's signed letter of intent.

by Brandon 97 on Feb 1, 2008 2:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Delightful

#2 especially - well played.

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Feb 1, 2008 3:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

baseball

David Maroul's glove from the 2005 CWS. He inhaled everything that came his way in the hot corner and is a huge reason why we won. I remember Harold Reynolds was creaming his pants over the play of Maroul.

atsmahboy Kelson

by BigTexBD on Feb 1, 2008 2:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hmm...

One of Bomar's paychecks/time sheets.

Chris Simms' spleen.

VY's jersey from the tOSU game at the Shoe. You could tell it apart because it's the only one that ever got dirty.

Any Heisman ballot from 2005.

Rudy Carpenter's shit-stained jock/undies/pants/whatever they where in the desert.

Michael Griffin's or Aaron Ross's shoulder pads from the 2006 RRS: "There is some hittin' going on in this ball game!"

Kasey Studdard's, Lyle Sendlein's, or Justin Blalock's helmet from the 2006 RRS (6 yard QB sneak, OMG!)

The car that ruined Billy Pittman's senior season.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Feb 1, 2008 4:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

a cup

i would like to buy one cup of Matt Leinarts titty baby tears, after his "better team" lost there asses. I would also like to see the lease agreement between Reggie (heisman stealing)Bush's parents and the home owner. How about the Ohio State recievers panties after Cedric Griffin knocked the dog snot out of him to force an incomplete pass.

by vivalonghorns on Feb 1, 2008 8:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs