Somewhere between cynical and pathetic:
In the Big Ten, Maryland will join a conference that loves tradition — and trophies. Twelve football matchups award hardware, such as the Old Oaken Bucket (Indiana-Purdue), Paul Bunyan’s Axe (Minnesota-Wisconsin) and a wooden turtle called the Illibuck (Illinois-Ohio State). The Terps have already entered conversations with Rutgers and Penn State to create new trophies, several athletic department officials said.
Manufacturing tradition.
The good news is they won’t really need it until the novelty of their new surroundings wears off. And then the conference can just go out and add a couple more schools to the mix. Now there’s your Big Ten tradition!
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UPDATE: Is it too much to hope that Spurrier brings the snark about this nonsense?
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How about the golden Viagra?
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Those Maryland helmets speak tradition…yeah, sure.
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Considering Penn State is 35-1-1 in its “rivalry” with Maryland, how about the Turtle Soup trophy?
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Soap on a Rope for life.
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+1
But I don’t think Penn State or the Big Ten would go for the Soap On A Rope Trophy.
Too soon.
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Didn’t UGA just start doing the Okefenokee Oar with FU?
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Last five years or so, yeah. Cynical attempt to replace WLOCP to placate a couple of asshole presidents.
Hasn’t worked real well, either.
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But I still smile every time I walk by it at the Tate Center…
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THIS. #warfortheoar is stupid, but tweeting photos of it and tagging Gators is fun times.
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Seems like the governor trophy just started a few years ago with tech too.
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How about a can of Turtle Wax since that’s what’s going to happen to the Terps ..
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Hard to forget that undefeated MD team rolling into Tallahassee last season and getting humiliated, one of the best examples ever of teams needing to get real with scheduling. Think the fans enjoyed those meaningless Ws over Towson State and the like?
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No sweat for the Skipper:
‘You’re playing 12 one-game seasons and this happens to be the sixth one that we’ve got this year,’ Edsall says
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-10-11/sports/bs-sp-terps-virginia-1012-20131011_1_c-j-brown-caleb-rowe-perry-hills
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How many are in the Big 10 now?
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That’s classified information available only to those who have clearances for Top Secret and Cleared for Ridiculous numbers, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security according to Delany. I would guess XI.
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A few more than the Big12, but only what the Big12 should have as opposed to what they actually have because that would be equal to the number that the Big10 should have …
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Can’t wait to see that horse-head trophy for the Penn State – Slutgers Guido Bowl.
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It goes to the loser, obviously.
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Hell if we are making arbitrary rivals up what about that bastard called the Offseason. It beats our ass every year. Oh the Fulmer Cup I forgot about that.
Might as well run on the damn field with the thing in the opener and Sakerlina game.
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and have it chock full of transfer/release requests.
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