Photos of Other Rivalry Trophies

[conn53victor]

In fairness, the new CyHawk (Epic Failure) Trophy should be judged, not by our artificial sense that such trophies should be magnificent and football related, but they should be judged against other rivalry trophies. I will trust Wikipedia on this one:

List of NCAA college football rivalry games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And here is an SI photo story for 31 unusual trophies.

Paul Bunyan Axe - College Football's Unusual Trophies - Photos - SI Vault

 

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To start things off, here is The Little Brown Jug (Michigan vs. Minnesota).

Comment: while it doesn't have a football, it is a jug like maybe for whiskey, so it is a football related theme.

 

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The Iron Skillet: TCU vs. SMU

Man, SMU was cookin' in that game!

 

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Old Oaken Bucket (Indiana University and Purdue University)

 

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Paul Bunyan's Axe (Minnesota and Wisconsin)

(They used to play for the Slab of Bacon pictured in the upper let corner. It was replaced when the slab was lost in 1943. Hmmm. Someone "losted" the ugly trophey. Hmmm)

 

[Hillcrest1981]

Mmmmmmmm, bacon!

 

[silvanthalas]

Some of the oldest ones are easily the best: Floyd of Rosedale, the Little Brown Jug, Paul Bunyan's axe. Those things have heft to them.

Meanwhile, we get something that belongs at an art show.

 

[conn53victor]

Some of the oldest ones are easily the best: Floyd of Rosedale, the Little Brown Jug, Paul Bunyan's axe. Those things have heft to them.

Meanwhile, we get something that belongs at an art show.

With all due respect, collectible figurines do not belong at an art show.

This is from the Los Angeles Art Show.

This is a collectible figurine.

Hmmm. The art show piece DOES look better that the CyHawk trophy!

 

[MoseSchrute]

A couple of questions. How does the Commander in Chief's Trophy work? Is a Shillelagh just a good ol' beatin' stick?

 

[storminspank]

The best trophies have tradition behind them.