And then there is this

[HuskerinSFSD]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7d26336a-ab4a-3973-93ba-5ab09187d329/the-history-of-the-broken.html

 

[rrthusker]

How desperate are schools for a rivalry?

 

[saluno22]

How desperate are schools for a rivalry?

See, I don't mind this. Unlike the NU-Wisconsin and NU-Iowa trophies, which were very contrived, the NU-Minnesota trophy is essentially a social media joke that is fun to embrace. No corporate sponsor, nothing shoved down our throats from the administration(s).

Do I consider Minnesota a rival? Not really. They could be with more high-stakes games. But this trophy is fun IMO because of its origins. I think you can separate the rivalry from the trophy in this case and call it what it is: A good bit of humor attached to a hopefully hard-fought game.

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

Take it how it was intended and enjoy.

 

[rrthusker]

See, I don't mind this. Unlike the NU-Wisconsin and NU-Iowa trophies, which were very contrived, the NU-Minnesota trophy is essentially a social media joke that is fun to embrace. No corporate sponsor, nothing shoved down our throats from the administration(s).

Do I consider Minnesota a rival? Not really. They could be with more high-stakes games. But this trophy is fun IMO because of its origins. I think you can separate the rivalry from the trophy in this case and call it what it is: A good bit of humor attached to a hopefully hard-fought game.

Thanks for that perspective

 

[newAD]

Considering Bo Pelini and Boby Knight, seems more fitting to share this with
Indiana.

 

[Truehuskerfan]

See, I don't mind this. Unlike the NU-Wisconsin and NU-Iowa trophies, which were very contrived, the NU-Minnesota trophy is essentially a social media joke that is fun to embrace. No corporate sponsor, nothing shoved down our throats from the administration(s).

Do I consider Minnesota a rival? Not really. They could be with more high-stakes games. But this trophy is fun IMO because of its origins. I think you can separate the rivalry from the trophy in this case and call it what it is: A good bit of humor attached to a hopefully hard-fought game.

Agreed-it's really more like most B1G rivalry trophies in the way it came about. In this case it's less about the opponent itself and more about the trophy and the joke behind it.

 

[GretnaShawn]

See, I don't mind this. Unlike the NU-Wisconsin and NU-Iowa trophies, which were very contrived, the NU-Minnesota trophy is essentially a social media joke that is fun to embrace. No corporate sponsor, nothing shoved down our throats from the administration(s).

Do I consider Minnesota a rival? Not really. They could be with more high-stakes games. But this trophy is fun IMO because of its origins. I think you can separate the rivalry from the trophy in this case and call it what it is: A good bit of humor attached to a hopefully hard-fought game.

The $5 Bits of a Broken Chair is my favorite rivalry trophy by far. It is unique and organic (and completely ridiculous). I agree, the Iowa and Wisconsin ones are manufactured and corporate. They don't mean anything.

The best rivalry trophies come from weird histories and/or unique pieces. The Jeweled Shillelagh, the Iron Skillet, Little Brown Jug, the Floyd of Rosedale (etc) all are cool and organic trophies.

Remember the Iowa-Iowa State 'But I don't want to be a farmer dad - you'll be a farmer and like it, son' trophy? (http://www.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/corntrophy.jpg). Horrible... The Hero's Game is manufactured crap and I am not even sure what they call the Wisconsin rivalry trophy, that is how little it means to me. At least this one is fun and organic.

 

[saluno22]

Considering Bo Pelini and Boby Knight, seems more fitting to share this with
Indiana.

Unfortunately, this is the first year we played Indiana in football. Plus it would be weird to cross sports. It would be like having a trophy with KU for the last 4+ decades of the Big 8/Big 12: We'll take football, you take basketball.