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2005-06 College Bowls • NCAA Football

Longhorn Needs Ka Ching More Than Ring

By oddJoe ⋅ May 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

University of Texas National Championship ring Attention eBay shoppers! If you’ve got $20K burning a hole in your pocket and always wanted one of those big, gaudy Jostens championship rings, now is your chance. An intrepid tipster sent us a link to an eBay auction listing a University of Texas 2006 National Championship ring for sale. The bids start at $7,100 but the “Buy It Now’ price is just a mere $20,000, so rev up your PayPal account.

Of course, the big mystery here is who owned the ring in the first place. The listing goes to great length to establish that it belonged to a “former player,” but no where does it mention the player’s name. Even in the close up pictures, the name and position have been blacked out. Curiously, though, the seller notes at the bottom of the listing, “This is NOT the ring of a player who may have been dismissed from the team!!!” Exclamation mark abuse aside, this seems to eliminate Ramonce “Five Pound Bag O’Weed” Taylor from the list of possible suspects. But one would think that an athlete would not part with such an item except in a case of financial duress, such as a large legal bill or maybe a misunderstanding with a guy named Guido.

If you happen to know any more about this ring and where it came from, or if you happen to be the winning bidder, we’d love to get an e-mail from you.