If we could redo the Nebraska-Iowa trophy

[ehenningsen]

If somehow a player accidentally drops the unauthentic Hero ( ) trophy into the Muddy Mo River, what ideas would you have for something more authentic?

I thought the 'loser gets Council Bluffs' trophy that one of you Hawkeye fans designed was one of the funniest proposals..

 

[meatloaf55]

honestly I would go with no trophy. Not every game needs a trophy and not even every rivalry needs a trophy. It seemed kind of forced right away especially with the sponsorship that goes with it. But I understand players like playing for trophy games and it doesn't hurt anything. So for a new one (I cannot really picture the current one) maybe corn

 

[StormHawk42]

Golden ear of corn. Or giant corn stalk.

 

[thirdandpunting]

Never forget

 

[Herkmeister]

Never forget

That made me laugh out loud. With out question that is the worst football trophy in the history of mankind. I do not like the hero's trophy. They should have made a football with kernels of corn on it. They could call it the corn bowl and it would be incredible. I meant, inedible.

 

[mikesright]

Get a model tractor and call it a day

 

[Hawkeye_311]

The winning coach has to wear the helmet off the field.

 

[Hawkeye_311]

Winning team gets to put their sing on the post for the year. I can already see a team running around the field holding up a post with an I-80 sign on it.

 

[ehenningsen]

Never forget

Haha. How could that abomination ever be forgotten. It was looking at that corn farming family that made me wonder what kind of conference this was. That is no slight to the conference, I love it here and would never thonk twice about returning to the Texas 12!

I am enjoying the growing rivalry no matter how nauseating hyvee or anyone else attempts to make it.

I enjoyed your traveling fans last year too. Good people.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

If it is supposed to be 'the Heroes' game how about a pair of combat boots with dog tags on the base with the scores on them?

 

[Herkmeister]

That made me laugh out loud. With out question that is the worst football trophy in the history of mankind. I do not like the hero's trophy. They should have made a football with kernels of corn on it. They could call it the corn bowl and it would be incredible. I meant, inedible.

Can you imagine some player from New Jersey going across the field to get that trophy?

 

[ANYCHawk]

 

[Quintana]

how about a bronze statue of an old horse drawn plow. an old plow is manly and it would pay tribute to our agricultural roots. a frozen image of a plow cutting a perfect furrow would be pretty cool. no?

 

[Lumas Etima]

I've always thought the trophy should be a giant tractor tire. I'm envisioning the players rolling it off the field after the game.

I also like the I-80 shield idea.

 

[Herkmeister]

 

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[terrehawk]

Just saw that this spring. Anyone else know where that is?

 

[Pete in LA]

The Corn Belt is the only way to go. I can totally see the guys running over and putting on the belt and strutting around the field.

Obviously make it corn related with a giant golden ear of corn on the front and on the back a depiction of Lincoln being destroyed by a nuclear detonation.

 

[Hawkeye_311]

 

[perryhawk]

Just make sure it is the B10 West Champion Trophy every year that will be claimed by the winning team.

 

[Kurt Warner]

how about a bronze statue of an old horse drawn plow. an old plow is manly and it would pay tribute to our agricultural roots. a frozen image of a plow cutting a perfect furrow would be pretty cool. no?

You're right, no

 

[ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAWK]

I assume this is Ft Collins but I can't place where in town it is.

 

[Herkmeister]

Now this is way cool. Make the globe a football and the Indian that stupid fat Herby & I think you have it.

 

[IamHawkeye]

If it is supposed to be 'the Heroes' game how about a pair of combat boots with dog tags on the base with the scores on them?

I assume you're serious, and if you are, you should know the heroes honored are Iowans and/or Nebraskans who do heroic things as civilians..

 

[Fade-To-Black]

The losing coach has to wear the helmet off the field.

FIFY

 

[Keeker16]

Lots of good points here. I would just make it a golden corn cob. The trophies these idiots come up with today all look the same. The best ones are the stupid ones that have been around forever and are a unique item. An egg, a pig, a telephone, an axe and so on. Hell I don't even really remember the difference between the nebraska one and the iowa st one. We missed a great opportunity when they didn't use the stupid iowa state trophy from a few years ago and just say that the losing team had to take it. That would have been the type of stuff they would be talking about 100 years from now if we had done that.

 

[BubsFinn]

As much as I hate to give credit to Nebraska or Minnesota, the $5 Bits of Broken Chair trophy is pretty cool.

 

[citizenHawk]

Tractor tire, scores of all the games painted on the side. Losing team has to roll it to the winning school.---You don't want to lose that trophy.

 

[SWIowahawks]

Something with the Missouri River. Loser has to take a dip in it? In December.

 

[MITCH492]

A toy tractor would be the best trophy for this game.

 

[Quintana]

You're right, no

well shit, that decides that! lol

 

[Kurt Warner]

Lol, i just had to say that, sorry buddy