pigskin

Much of that resolve was forged thanks to a childhood game that Easley called dynamite pigskin.

Any fan with a sacred good luck ritual and any player who’s thanked the man upstairs for a touchdown knows the two overlap as tightly as a freshly laced pigskin.

The pigskin hit Polk’s hands and bounced into the air, before the sophomore receiver collected it for a circus 29-yard score.

He stood, flipped the pigskin to a referee and grabbed the right side of his midsection.

DK clearly thought Warner — who had pitched the ball to a teammate after Metcalf wrapped him up — still had possession of the pigskin.