- Welcome back to What's Inside?
I'm Lincoln, and this is Dan, and today,
we're gonna cut open this real football pylon.
- You ever seen these at football games?
They sit, there's eight of them on the field,
four in each end zone, and they put them
right on the corners.
If somebody's jumping, and say they jump out of bounds,
but they reach the football over, and it just barely
touches this thing, that counts as a touchdown.
And so, it really helps the officials and the players
know where the corner of the end zone is,
and see if they really scored a touchdown.
We got this authentic one directly
from the BYU Football Offices.
It's been an interesting trip coming down here.
TSA was a little bit scared about what the contents are.
Hopefully, they let us through at the airport.
Like, Lincoln, I don't know what's inside of a pylon.
Do you?
- I think it's just sand.
- I think it's just sand, too. - Because when you feel it,
it feels like there's--
- [TSA Officer] All right, so that is the issue.
- [Dan] Look away.
- [TSA Officer] You wanna come over here for a second?
- That's awesome.
Eek!
- Giant, green mass.
There.
- That's awesome.
A giant, green mass in the pylon.
I'm even more interested now to see
what's inside of a pylon than ever,
because originally, I was like, I don't know
if it's gonna be an interesting thing.
- [TSA Officer] Shows up that color, which also happens
to show up the same color as certain explosives.
- [Dan] Dang.
- [TSA Officer] So I get to play amateur chemist,
and make sure it's all safe.
(investigative music)
- This is hilarious.
- They've been through a lot of training.
They want to make sure that we're safe,
so I'm actually really glad they're doing this.
And it makes it kind of fun,
because now the intrigue is there.
Like, I can't wait to cut into this pylon
and see what's inside of it later today.
- [TSA Officer] All right, so, your bag ended up alarming.
- Oh, no!
(investigative music)
We're free!
We made it!
And we got the pylon with us!
So, the intrigue is definitely building.
Like, what is inside of this pylon?
We're about to find out, but it may not just be sand.
He said it was a green mass.
I've asked people and they've given me different
responses about what's inside of here,
and what they think is inside of it.
My mom actually said, "Isn't there a pole in that
"that keeps it in the ground?"
Some people might think that, 'cause it's just
always on the ground, but if you think about it,
it needs to be soft, 'cause these guys are jumping
and falling on these things, and if they hit it,
it could really hurt them if there's a pole
sticking out of it and they land on it.
Obviously, that would not be good.
So, these things are super squishy.
Look at that.
(grunts)
Yep, there it goes.
Right back into place.
(laughs)
This is a NFL Football Stadium.
This isn't a college football stadium.
That's interesting, because there's a book
that I listened to from audible.com on the way down here,
it's called The System by Jeff Benedict.
Audible hooked us up.
They have a 30-day free trial that you guys can try.
The link is in the description.
It's audible.com/whatsinside.
But the reason why I think it's interesting
is because look at this stadium, how beautiful it is.
In the book, it really outlines, like,
how much money these teams make.
The Top 10 teams have yearly budgets of $80,000,000,
The top head coaches make over 3,000,000 a year.
And yet, the players don't get paid anything.
Like, just this year, and I think it's partly because
of the book The System, they're finally getting
some actual, like, food stipends.
Big thanks to Audible, we could have done this
in our backyard, but instead, we brought
this pylon down to a football stadium.
We're gonna go to opening day college football.
Go get yourself a free 30 day trial,
or The System, you can get that book for free.
Got our pylon.
I've got my knife.
Check this thing out.
(laughs)
Not gonna take that into the stadium,
but this will definitely help us cut open the pylon.
You ready, buddy?
- I am ready!
(giggles)
My ankle!
- We gotta know what's inside of you.
Oh, murdering it!
(grunts)
Sorry, pylon.
This is not surgery.
- Go, Dad!
- Oh, man.
Ugh.
I got to the bottom.
Okay.
Let's open the top.
What is inside of a football pylon?
'Bout to find out.
Ready, Lincoln?
First, we've got this giant guy.
- Go!
- Look at that!
We were right.
It's a bag of sand.
(laughs)
Basically, this is just memory foam,
like you see on a bed, like you see on a bed mattress.
And then this is just a bag of sand at the bottom.
So, really squishy, and then it's just this material here.
That's it.
Next time you're at a football game and you see
one of these pylons, and the guy diving in
for the touchdown, you can think of what's inside,
and you can say, "Hey, I know what's inside of that.
"It's memory foam, and it's a bag of sand at the bottom."
No wonder this thing only cost us $15 to buy
from the BYU athletic department.
- We could even make our own.
- It's pretty easy.
- Whoever your sports team is, whether it's NFL
or college, enjoy the football season,
I hope your team does well, except when
they're playing BYU, and go Cougars.
This is the way we do pre-game.
Birthday cake, banana shake.
Before the burger.
Before the meal.
You always eat that shake before the meal, right?
- Always.
- [Man] Anybody who's smart does.