TONS O’ TOOTHPICKS PRESENT PROBLEM FOR PIGSKIN PLAY: A football team had to pick a new place to play after their field was covered with picks - and that’s the tooth:

WNEM in Saginaw, MI, reports how Tawas High School couldn’t host a scheduled game on Friday because their field was littered with toothpicks. And it wasn’t just someone dumping a pile of them on the field - the tiny sticks were found embedded and sticking up out of the turf.

Hundreds of volunteers showed up to Tawas’ field, crawling on their hands & knees to remove the dangerous dogwood daggers. Although thousands of toothpicks were removed, school administrators didn’t want a missed pick to put an eye out. So they decided to play it safe, and relocated the game to their opponent’s home field - 40 miles away.

Although 1,000 fans usually show up for a Tawas Braves home game, only 150 Tawanese made the trek to Alcona for the playoff-clinching contest. But the toothpick troubles didn’t bother the Braves, as they went on to tame the Tigers, 49-0.

Police aren’t sure who triggered the toothpick terror or why. But Tawas students have been pointing at rival Oscoda, thinking it was a retaliatory prank. Earlier this season, the Braves put a 72-0 thrashing on the Owls, the worst lost in the school’s history.

Guess some fans are pick-y when it comes to school pride.