The Wikipedia list says the FL-FSU game is the "Sunshine Showdown" with a "governor's cup" award. I seem to recall that at one time there was an old Indian canoe that was the trophy for that game.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Ken Kirkley <k...@kirkley.net> wrote: > I think this is pretty silly. Here in Big Televen country it seems they > give a trophy out for every single regular season game. You get trophies > for winning championships, not for beating rivals. For that you get > scoreboard and a year of bragging rights. > > Here is a sampling of the awesome trophies to be had: > > Wisconsin - Minnesota Paul Bunyan's Axe > Michigan - Minnesota Little Brown Jug > Iowa - Minnesota Floyd of Rosedale > Illinois - Northwestern Sweet Sioux Tomahawk > Purdue - Indiana Old Oaken Bucket > Indiana - Michigan State Old Brass Spittoon (nice!) > Iowa - Wisconsin Heartland Trophy > Michigan - Michigan State Paul Bunyan Trophy > Illinois - Ohio State Illibuck > Illinois - Purdue Purdue Cannon > > *Ken K* > *MNGator* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *oli...@bobparks.com > *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:36 PM > *To:* Gator Talk > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Fw: [gatornews] [SUN]: "The Chalkboard" --- > Florida-Georgia winner to get “Okefenokee Oar” [Crabbe] > > Has anyone seen this oar? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > *From: *Shane Ford <go.ufgator...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:34 -0500 > *To: *<gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *[gatornews] [SUN]: "The Chalkboard" --- Florida-Geor gia winner > to get “Okefenokee Oar” [Crabbe] > > > > October 28th, 2009 01:53pm > Florida-Georgia winner to get “Okefenokee > Oar”<http://chalkboard.blogs.gainesville.com/11656/florida-georgia-winner-to-get-okefenokee-oar/> > > by Nathan Crabbe <http://chalkboard.blogs.gainesville.com/author/crabbe/> > (Gainesville SUN) > > > > > > The winner of this Saturday’s Florida-Georgia game will get a wooden oar to > go along with bragging rights. > > The University of Florida Student Government announced Wednesday that the > “Okefenokee Oar” would be presented to the game’s winner starting this year, > in the hopes of establishing an annual tradition. > > “It’s just a way to increase the friendly competition in the game,” said > Eric Conrad, student government spokesman. > > Presenting such a trophy follows in the tradition of other rivarly > games<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_college_football_rivalry_games>. > The winner of Michigan-Minnesota gets the Little Brown Jug, the winner of > Minnesota-Wisconsin gets Paul Bunyan’s Axe and other teams have also > exchanged quirky items in longstanding rivalries. > > The oar, which will be presented to the student government president of the > winning university, is carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress tree cut from > the Okefenokee Swamp <http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/>, according to > student government. The swamp straddles the Florida-Georgia border. > > The oar is “supposed to symbolize the area that has always been fought over > by the states,” Conrad said. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
