30 best NFL touchdown celebrations of all-time
By John Buhler
7. TO and that Sharpie
In the first year that the Seattle Seahawks moved to the NFC in 2002, they started building their not-so friendly NFC West rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers. Perhaps the first incident between these two teams was the infamous TO Sharpie Game.
During warmups before the games with the Seahawks, 49ers wideout Terrell Owens told a financial advisor that if he scored a touchdown on Seahawks corner Shawn Springs that he would sign the football immediately after scoring it and give it to him.
How did Owens think he was going to be able to pull that off? Well, he secretly had his trusty Sharpie tucked away in his sock. When he would torch Springs for the touchdown, Owens would hold up his end of the bargain and deliver the signed football to the financial advisor.
Because it actually happened in real life, Owens signing that football is right up there with that one time Ricky Bobby lackadaisically signed that baby’s forehead in Talladega Nights. Not that Sharpie sponsored Owens, but the permanent marker conglomerate definitely appreciated the spike in sales from Owens’ most famous touchdown celebration.