Why in the world every football team doesn’t employ this method, I’ll never know. Boise State has a black lab kickoff tee collector, and it loves its job more than life itself.
Just check out this pup in action.
Seriously, the NFL — a league that’s seeing interest wane in recent years — needs to make this mandatory, and we’d love to see dogs at every college game, too. In addition to the cuteness factor, it’s just practical to have a dog running out there after the play is over, because playing fetch is one of the things they’re amazing at.