The Tennessee Vols turned heads in their season opener on Monday night for more than their play on the field. It was actually a trash can prop they used on the sidelines that really got the most attention.
The Vols’ trash can is lined with a strip of the orange and white checkerboard. It also says “Team 121” on it, which reflects that this is Tennessee’s 121st football team.
Used as a motivational tool, defensive players are supposed to dunk into the trash can after creating turnovers. The only issue is actually making sure your dunked ball makes it into the trash can:
GET THAT TRASH OUTTA HERE pic.twitter.com/QjT0zt0Kcy
— nick (@nick_pants) September 5, 2017
Twitter had some fun with the trash can:
The newest Vol fan is excited: pic.twitter.com/7uicg4rZJB
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 5, 2017
Imagine explaining this to the aliens when they invade pic.twitter.com/W5bSIFG62D
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) September 5, 2017
POLL: what will be higher, the number on the Tennessee trash can or the number of yards the Vol offense puts up? pic.twitter.com/nceebCueLN
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) September 5, 2017
EXCLUSIVE look inside the trash can on Tennessee's sideline: #TENNvsGT pic.twitter.com/FdC2ZULyaS
— Jake Weaver (@JWeaverFootball) September 5, 2017
