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

[Branno]

I'd suggest making it more painful than that--make it so any references to NU have to be pulled out the loser's next Media Guides until they play again. 

This is just as dumb as the Heroes Trophy.

 

[deedsker]

I'd suggest making it more painful than that--make it so any references to NU have to be pulled out the loser's next Media Guides until they play again. 

Let's do it!

This is just as dumb as the Heroes Trophy.

False. Nebraska is the real NU.

 

[Branno]

Let's do it!

False. Nebraska is the real NU.

This is just as contrived as any corporate sponsored trophy and isn't even that interesting.

 

[deedsker]

This is just as contrived as any corporate sponsored trophy and isn't even that interesting.

 

Explain.

 

[deedsker]

Not to mention these moments:

2015 - Failed two for tie

2013 - The Hail Mary 

2012 - The Comeback

2011 - Kain Colter Surprise 

 

[Branno]

 

Explain.

Might as well be the battle of N...



The Broken Chair is interesting. NU ends up as an argument in semantics. The only people that even talk about NU v NU are message board posters, and barely at that. It MIGHT have had a chance if this rivalry started 100 years ago, but now it's about BRANDING and not pride. It's contrived, boring, and forced. To me, there is no difference between the "Battle for NU" and the Heroes Trophy.

The Broken Chair has captured our interests organically, as all good rivalry trophies do. We talk about this thing a lot. Don't like Pelini? I don't care, it's not about him. It's about Nebraska v Minnesota fighting over a few pieces of broken wood. To me, that's a hell of a trohpy.

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

Might as well be the battle of N...

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The Broken Chair is interesting. NU ends up as an argument in semantics. The only people that even talk about NU v NU are message board posters, and barely at that. It MIGHT have had a chance if this rivalry started 100 years ago, but now it's about BRANDING and not pride. It's contrived, boring, and forced. To me, there is no difference between the "Battle for NU" and the Heroes Trophy.

The Broken Chair has captured our interests organically, as all good rivalry trophies do. We talk about this thing a lot. Don't like Pelini? I don't care, it's not about him. It's about Nebraska v Minnesota fighting over a few pieces of broken wood. To me, that's a hell of a trohpy.

If it's embraced, it could be one of the best damn rivalry trophies in all of CFB in 50 years.