Tom Izzo obeyed the five-second rule to eat floor popcorn

I’m very about the five-second rule. You know, like when you drop food, but just for a few seconds and then eat it? I don’t know that much about science and how bacteria and everything works, so in my mind as long as I drop food and blow on it really quick everything should be fine for me to eat.

That’s why I extremely relate to Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo eating some of that good, sweet, crispy, crunchy popcorn off the floor at Nike’s Peach Jam recruiting event.

People will make a big deal about this, which, fair. Izzo made more than $3.5 million this year, and blah, blah he could just pay for another popcorn. But that’s not the point, here.

Izzo was having a very good conversation, and obviously was hungry. He did the mature thing and kept the talk flowing, while picking up the popcorn well within the allotted, scientifically-proven-to-be-ok five seconds. He was a pro’s pro, and did what any person should do in that situation: save the popcorn.

Thanks for being real, Tom. Hope it was good popcorn.