What does the board think of the Five Dollar Bits of Broken Chair rivalry trophy with Minnesota

[Highway6]

Just curious to see what everybody thinks of it. Seems there is three crowds. The crowd that loves and will protect it's namesake until the day they die. The second crowd either doesn't care about  it or thinks it is rather dumb. And the third, well, has no idea what it is. 

 

For those in the third group:

 

The five dollar bits of broken chair was created over a Twitter conversation with @fauxpelini and the Minnesota Gopher's mascot account. Essentially the wager was that if Nebraska won, Goldy would pay faux $5. If Minnesota won, then faux would get to smash a chair over the gophers head (classic faux). Goldy Gopher replied, agreeing to the terms of the bet under the stipulation they could make a rivalry trophy out the broken pieces. Thus the $5BoBC was born. Goldy created the trophy and it was actually played for and exchanged between teams in 2014 and 2015. Last year both universities killed the rivalry trophy. Going so far as to deny its existence.  

 

Here is a piece BRT wrote about the demise of $5BoBC. Compelling stuff. http://bigredturtle.com/death-5-dollar-bits-broken-chair-trophy-legacy-remembered/

 

There is a couple of husker groups on Reddit pooling their resources to create a new one to exchange this year. At the very least they are trying to find a Minnesota fan group who is willing to uphold the tradition. Also, it is worth noting that the trophy has stretched far beyond the two fan bases and spilled into CFB message boards everywhere. 

 

So, my question is, what is everybody's thoughts on this illustrious piece of college football hardware?

[famoustitles]

I don't care 

[Flat Water]

I heard it was dismantled with the $5 dollar bills taken to pay parking fines.

[Redux]

I think it is the only trophy that has an actual reason to exist out of the 3 that have been conjured up since we joined the Big Ten.

[broganreynik]

I love it.

[NM11046]

Dumb.  

[JJ Husker]

46 minutes ago, 1995 Redux said:

I think it is the only trophy that has an actual reason to exist out of the 3 that have been conjured up since we joined the Big Ten.

 

This^^^^

I don't care how stupid it sounds, it's still preferable to that stupid heroes trophy or whaterethehell that chunk of junk is we have with Iowa.

I like it because it came to be organically, it wasn't decreed unwittingly by the league like so many other things.

 

Has anyone found it yet? Last I heard it was missing.

[WhatDoIKnow]

47 minutes ago, El Diaco said:

 

This^^^^

I don't care how stupid it sounds, it's still preferable to that stupid heroes trophy or whaterethehell that chunk of junk is we have with Iowa.

I like it because it came to be organically, it wasn't decreed unwittingly by the league like so many other things.

 

Has anyone found it yet? Last I heard it was missing.

 

Some fans are working to recreate it.  They are hoping to exchange it between student groups and/or have it displayed in a willing bar in the respective cities.

[B.B. Hemingway]

It's existence was organic. Like all rivalry trophies should be. So I like it.

[Branno]

The only trophy I care about other than the natty.

[Enhance]

I think it's fantastic, funny and part of the charm historically associated with college football. The teams and universities often take themselves far too seriously and this was something that just felt organic and goofy.

[dvdcrr]

The name is too long.    I like "bits of broken chair" but " $5 bits of broken chair" sounds weird.  So does Heros game.  

The universities should embrace organic rivalries instead of manufacturing grandiose ones.  

[VectorVictor]

Highway, you happen to have those Reddit forums where they're talking about keeping this alive? I'd like to help if I could. 

 

This is probably the best trophy game we've ever had (screw the Mizzery Bell--half the time people forgot we even had the damn thing) and it would be good for the fanbases to keep it going. 

 

[dvdcrr]

A student group from each University should do the handover each year.

[Highway6]

7 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

Highway, you happen to have those Reddit forums where they're talking about keeping this alive? I'd like to help if I could. 

 

This is probably the best trophy game we've ever had (screw the Mizzery Bell--half the time people forgot we even had the damn thing) and it would be good for the fanbases to keep it going.