Its Broken Chair Week!

[Red Five]

Minnesota vs Nebraska: The Broken Chair Trophy needs official recognition

 

http://www.thedailygopher.com/2015/10/14/9530165/minnesota-nebraska-bits-of-broken-chair-trophy-official-recognition

 

Why the Broken Chair is better than the average new trophy

 

Laying out the reasons why some rivalry trophies matter and others are terrible is important. Why? Because Minnesota and Nebraska have the chance to play for a new trophy that came to be through the same sort of serendipitous series of events that created the Little Brown Jug. The

BrokGuysen Chair trophy is a worthy modern heir to the great college football trophies from the last century. This is a trophy that should be talked about on ESPN2 this week. It's a trophy that should have a case at each school. It's a trophy that should be officially recognized.

 

The easy thing to do is to dismiss the $5 Bits of Broken Chair trophy as silly creation of Twitter. If that's your stance, I'd like to envision a scenario with me:

 

- Minnesota and Nebraska just resumed their series in the 1950's following a 2 decade absence. The match up is not a rivalry in the traditional sense, but the yearly game is enjoyable for what it is - a battle between two Midwestern schools with plenty in common.

 

- In advance of the 4^th match-up in the renewed series, a widely known Nebraska supporter and a prominent member of the Minnesota athletic department engage in a friendly "Letter to the Editor" battle with each other. A challenge/bet between these two individuals for a small sum of money or the breaking of a chair based on the outcome of that season's game is publicly announced. Additionally, the Minnesota representative suggests turning the outcome of the bet into a trophy for future games.

 

- Fans of the two schools and fans of college football on a national scale enjoy the public sparring in the newspapers. Potential versions of this trophy are drafted and published in college football newsletters. The Minnesota athletics department representative is so excited by the possibilities that he creates a trophy from scratch that very week, has a picture published in the newspaper, and announces he'll bring it to Lincoln with him for the game.

 

- Minnesota wins and a popular player is photographed celebrating with the trophy. A vocal portion of both the Nebraska and Minnesota fanbases clamor for this to become an official trophy, but the future of the prize remains in doubt.

 

This is the sort of history we all love in a college football trophy. While the public media sources that spawned the creation of the trophy are very 21^st century, the underlying story contains the same key elements as the Little Brown Jug. Just like the Jug, the Broken Chair exists because of a series of random events, the passion of school affiliated public figures, and an unexpected challenge related to a game of football.

 

 

[Redux]

Hands down the "rivalry trophy" I want to win every year. I would love to beat Wiscy and Iowa every year too, but those trophies are less than pedestrian at best.

[hskrfan4life]

So ready! Bring that trophy back to Lincoln!

[VectorVictor]

Agreed. We need both administrations to legitimize the trophy so it can be talked about by the press and get the attention it deserves.

 

Problem is, since it's a Bo-related trophy, I sincerely doubt Eichorst will acknowledge it, so we'll have to wait until he's gone.

[Kernal]

Agreed. We need both administrations to legitimize the trophy so it can be talked about by the press and get the attention it deserves.

 

Problem is, since it's a Bo-related trophy, I sincerely doubt Eichorst will acknowledge it, so we'll have to wait until he's gone.

 

How is it related to Bozo?

[Red Five]

 

Agreed. We need both administrations to legitimize the trophy so it can be talked about by the press and get the attention it deserves.

 

Problem is, since it's a Bo-related trophy, I sincerely doubt Eichorst will acknowledge it, so we'll have to wait until he's gone.

 

How is it related to Bozo?

 

Its related to a parody of Bo. Therefore, its related to Bo.

[GSG]

 

Agreed. We need both administrations to legitimize the trophy so it can be talked about by the press and get the attention it deserves.

 

Problem is, since it's a Bo-related trophy, I sincerely doubt Eichorst will acknowledge it, so we'll have to wait until he's gone.

 

How is it related to Bozo?

 

 

 

Here's a timeline of how it started:

 

http://www.cornnation.com/2014/11/20/7257957/introducing-the-minnesota-vs-nebraska-bits-of-broken-chair-trophy

[HuskerMerc44]

Nebraska will give them the chair.

Over the head.

[The Dude]

I'd prefer that it doesn't get all corporate.

[Savage Husker]

Yeah the other two "trophies" are forced and lack authenticity of what a trophy means in B1G games. Love the origin and hope we can win one over these guys.

[Kernal]

 

 

Agreed. We need both administrations to legitimize the trophy so it can be talked about by the press and get the attention it deserves.

 

Problem is, since it's a Bo-related trophy, I sincerely doubt Eichorst will acknowledge it, so we'll have to wait until he's gone.

 

How is it related to Bozo?

 

Its related to a parody of Bo. Therefore, its related to Bo.

 

 

Faux Pelini was a better coach than bo ever was. It's fitting we remember Faux, while forgetting Bo.

[everybody knows my name]

You'll never see this trophy in Nebraska, except from across the field!

[Kiyoat Husker]

You'll never see this trophy in Nebraska, except from across the field!

Ha! A Gopher fan. Hey, thanks for making that beautiful trophy, but I think you've had it long enough. Hand it over (tomorrow)

[Red Five]

It's Broken Chair Day!

[huskered17]

It's ours after todays game. Woke up and felt, we are winning today.

 

GBR!!!