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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Trophies News found a great new book about Big Ten football rivlaries and trophies
Todd Mishler’s new book entitled “Blood, Sweat and Cheers” is about Big Ten rivalries and the tradition, pageantry and football trophies that go along with the conference’s games every fall.
“The book covers about a hundred years of Big Ten football,” Mishler said. “Because we went back that far, the idea was to try and get a perspective from every decade in order to capture the tradition through the years.”
In what is probably the most famous of all the Big Ten football rivalries, Ohio State plays Michigan this Saturday for the conference championship.
Besides the trophy with Paul Bunyan’s famous axe, the Big Ten is full of football trophies that stay on the winning team’s campus until they have to be played for again.
Minnesota also plays Michigan for the Little Brown Jug trophy and Iowa for Floyd of Rosedale, a bronze pig trophy.
From time honored prizes like the Old Oaken Bucket (Indiana/Purdue) and the Old Brass Spittoon (Indiana/Michigan State) to new football trophies such as the Heartland Trophy (Wisconsin/Iowa), these are important awards for the Big Ten.
“One of the neatest things doing the research was digging up the stories and legends behind the trophies,” Mishler said. “One of the best and biggest is the Minnesota/Wisconsin game. They’ve played more than anyone in Division I and I think it’s one of the more competitive rivalries historically.”
Mishler includes 10 traveling football trophies in the book and says they all add to the excitement of Big Ten football.
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Sedrick Ellis was recently named a semifinalist for two football trophies, the Lott Trophy and the Bednarik Award, although he wasn’t even aware that he was being honored for any.
“I haven’t been paying attention to that too much, so I didn’t know at all,” Ellis said. “It’s good to hear.”
Ellis has made 48 tackles this season, including a team-high 10.5 for a loss and a team-high 7.5 sacks.
The Lott Football Trophy honors the college football Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. IMPACT stands for integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity, which means the player’s off-the-field conduct is taken into consideration. The football trophy is named after former USC All-American safety Ronnie Lott.
The Bednarik Award is given to the nation’s best defensive player by the Maxwell Football Club.
Ellis was happy to hear about the football trophy nominations. “It’s always good to hear that you’re up for awards, but I’ve still got a few games to play, so I’ve got to stay focused and not worry about awards and worry about making tackles,” Ellis said.
Ellis had to sit out of practice on Tuesday because of a sore knee after having it drained Monday. “It’s just a little sore, so I’m gonna get some rest on it this week,” Ellis said. “It feels better today, and we’ll see when I can get back again.”
But USC coach Pete Carroll said Ellis won’t return to practice until Sunday. “We have to make sure to rest him,” Carroll said. “It’s just from wear and tear, so there’s no injury to him.”
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Every year the states of Minnesota and Iowa battle it out when their college football teams face each other in one of the most emotional rivalries in the country. The winner of the game gets to take home the bronze statue of a pig called “Floyd of Rosedale.”
Modeled after a real prize-winning pig, the spirit of good sportsmanship embodied by Floyd lives on in the form of a 15 1/2-inch high, 21-inch long bronze statue of the prize hog. The sculpture was commissioned by Governor Olson and created by Charles Brioschi, a St. Paul artist.
Every year, since 1935, these two border-state rivals have fought for the right to display the bronze pig in their own trophy case. During that span, Minnesota has won Floyd 39 times, Iowa has won 31, and there have been two ties.
After 6 winning years, Minnesota won the trophy last year with a 34-24 win.
This years’ game will take place Saturday, November 10th, when the Golden Gophers travel to Iowa to take on the Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium.
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Game Time: Inside College Football, is a collection of original stories on a variety of college football subjects and individuals written by Lansing, Michigan author Ted Kluck. Along with his other two books, he paints an interesting picture of what goes on in the world of college football.
Unlike other books, Game Time is a refreshing look at the people who give their all to the game on and off the field, often times in total obscurity. But that doesn’t mean that their stories are not worth telling, or reading about.
The book gives readers a unique glimpse into the behind-the-scenes workings of college football. From player agents, to college recruiters, to the people who grade each player prior to the NFL Draft, Game Time introduces the reader to aspects of college football that you don’t always hear about.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find in the book:
- Phil Steele, the publisher of the annual Phil Steele’s College Football Preview.
- James Bell, head coach at Taylor University in the NAIA, a black coach at a predominantly white Christian college.
- J. Harrison Henderson III, a veteran sports agent.
- Mark Hagan, an assistant coach and recruiter at Purdue University.
- Todd McShay, ESPN NFL Draft Analyst.
- The story of Ronald Johnson, a high school football player from Muskegon, Michigan. He made an elaborate production out of announcing which college he had decided to attend, and had it broadcast live on the Internet.
Now’s your chance to read the first of it’s kind “oral history” from an award-winning sportswriter, who knows college football from the inside out.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
The lack of a true top candidate could give Missouri quarterback, Chase Daniel, a chance to visit New York City for this years’ award ceremony and become the first player in school history to win the Heisman trophy. Without a doubt, Daniel will start getting mentioned in many Heisman polls in the next several weeks.
Daniel has developed into the Big 12′s steadiest leader. His numbers may not be the national-leading stats but they are still pretty good. Daniel has passed for 2,954 yards and 23 touchdowns against only nine interceptions. He also has three rushing touchdowns. Most notably, his team has scored at least 31 points in every game this season.
Although the 6-foot, 225-pounder looks like he’d be more at home around a kegger with his fraternity brothers after the game than playing Division I football, that only adds to Daniel’s appeal. Once he hits the field, he plays with a nontraditional, rambunctious flair, where he is all business.
Daniel has the best closing schedule of any Heisman trophy candidate. The Tigers will meet Texas A&M on Saturday and Kansas State the next week, followed by two games that could frame his candidacy with many Heisman voters. If Daniel produces big numbers in a season-ending battle with Kansas, which could potentially decide the North Division title, and then leads the Tigers to their first Big 12 title the next week at the conference’s championship game at the Alamodome, that trophy just might be his.
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Northeastern Pennsylvania teams ready to battle for Old Shoe trophy.
One day each year, football players from Dallas and Lake-Lehman battle for the right to put a size-11 bronze cleat in their school’s trophy case.
The Mountaineers and Black Knights will square off in the 60th annual Old Shoe Game tonight. Dallas comes into the game with a record of 7-2, while Lake-Lehman is 2-7.
Lake-Lehman has struggled through a frustrating season. The team has lost four close games. A win against the neighborhood rival would go a long way in erasing those memories.
TROPHY HISTORY: Over the years, several players have laid claim to being the one whose bronzed football cleat sits atop the Old Shoe trophy. The cleat most likely belonged to the late Dean Johnson, a 1950 Kingston Township graduate. The shoe was chosen by Kingston Township head coach from a pile of shoes worn by his players.
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Trophies News spotlights a legendary college football trophy
The Paul Bunyan football trophy has a colorful history dating back to 1953. This four-foot statue of legendary logger Paul Bunyan standing on a map of Michigan was first conceived that year.
The trophy’s origins rest with a rivalry. Despite playing the Spartans all but two years since 1910, Michigan had fought year after year to keep its intrastate rival out of the Big Ten. But in 1953, Michigan State was admitted to the conference.
About a month before that year’s matchup, Gov. G. Mennen Williams proposed the teams play for the Governor’s Trophy in honor of their first game as Big Ten opponents. He commissioned a Chicago jeweler to carve the new football trophy out of wood.
That idea thrilled the Spartans’ athletic department, but not the Wolverines’. Some worried it would reduce the excitement of playing for, another rivarly trophy – the Little Brown Jug.
Controversy continued heading into the 1954 game. After Michigan won 33-7 in Ann Arbor, it left the trophy on the field for half an hour, apparently not realizing they actually had to keep it.
Michigan State centrally featured the trophy in Jenison Field House, while Michigan kept it in the locker room. They said it had no room elsewhere. Even after winning the trophy the next year, the Wolverines did not engrave their winning scores. So intent to kindle the tradition, in 1956, the victorious Spartans did it for them.
In 1958, the teams tied. Michigan refused to take the trophy. The heavily favored Spartans were so embarrassed by the tie, they wouldn’t take it either (eventually they relented).
Today, the Paul Bunyan trophy represents a true rivalry – and the teams actually want to win it!
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
- More of the odd and interesting Football trophies connected to old rivalries…
The Apple Cup – The state of Washington is well-known for its apples, so the annual battle between the Washington State Cougars and Washington Huskies was named the Apple Cup in 1962. So far, this high stakes rivalry between East and West Washington has been dominated by the Huskies. Washington has 63 times. The Cougars have only won 29 times and have never won the game two years in a row.
Battle for Nevada – This is the annual game between the University of Nevada and UNLV and the winner is awarded the Fremont Cannon. The Fremont Cannon is a replica of a cannon that explorer John C. Fremont brought west and then abandoned in the Sierra Nevada. The cannon was built by the Kennecoot Copper Corporation and was refurbished in 2000 when UNLV fans damaged it during a post- game celebration. Nevada leads the series 16 wins to UNLV’s 14.
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
The Lambert Trophy was established in 1936 by two brothers – Victor and Henry Lambert in memory of their father, August. The Lamberts ran a jewelry house in NYC and were prominent college football boosters. The football trophy was created to recognize supremacy in eastern college football, and has since grown to recognize the best team in the East in Division I-A. The Lambert Cup is awarded to Divisions I-AA, II and III teams.
Since 1983, this football trophy has been known as the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy. The name changed when the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority took over administration.
The University of Louisville were the 2006 season winners. It was the first time they received this football award. Since 1936, there have been 16 different winners in Division I-A. Penn State holds the record for winning the award 26 times.
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
This unique silver football trophy is presented to the coach of the team who wins the BCS National Championship. The team presented with the MacArthur Trophy has their named engraved on the sparkling archways aside the greatest teams of all time.
Created in 1959, the MacArthur Trophy represents the pinnacle of team achievement in college football. Designed from suggestions made by General Douglas MacArthur himself and made from almost 400 ounces of silver, the trophy features the names of all of the national champions from the past years.
When it is not being displayed by a winning team, the football trophy is showcased at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
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