Posted on 12/12/2006 9:48:09 AM PST by jdm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Troy Smith's Heisman Trophy was shipped home because airport security would not allow the Ohio State quarterback to take it on the plane Tuesday.
Smith wore a black leather jacket with the Heisman insignia on back when he arrived at the airport from New York, where he was presented college football's most coveted trophy.
Eddie George, the last Buckeye to win the Heisman in 1995, had his trophy get stuck in an airport X-ray machine, losing the tip of its right index finger and bending the middle finger.
"We decided to have it shipped. That's much easier. How times have changed. Eddie carried it on the plane and put it in the seat next to him," sports information director Steve Snapp said.
Smith said he didn't mind.
"No, because Eddie's finger got bent," Smith said. "I don't want that to happen to mine."
ping
The Heisman trophy, flipping the bird to Michigan.
LOL! I missed that the first time.
maybe he should sell it for some $ since he wont be drafted in the first round... :P
This is the stupidist thing I've heard yet... You'd think Airport security would have a supervisor who would jump at the chance of over-ruling standard operating procedures for a celebrity football player.
Must have been too busy grilling that Norwegian grandmother as a potential Lutheran terrorist....
It would have been great publicity. But unfortunately policy trumps common sense these days.
This is just stoopid. We let 10 million illegals waltz across the border, giving them aid and comfort along the way, with no idea who they are and what they're capable of, but we can't let this dude take his trophy on the plane. Please wake me when this insanity is over.
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