Battle for the Felt Tipped Hat
by g1184 on Sep 2, 2010 2:18 PM EDT
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I submit to you the "Felt Tipped Hat" (a la the "Little Brown Jug" and "Paul Bunyan's Axe"). For those of you that don't remember: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2002/09/09-18-02tdc/09-18-02dnews-06.asp http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2002/09/09-27-02tdc/09-27-02dnews-06.asp It's just notorious enough to carry with it a little history and culture, just new enough to symbolize the new era of PSU - NEB rivalry, and just pretty enough to look better than that God awful wooden Picasso block. What do you think? Any other ideas? |
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How about......
a Classic book from the Paterno Library? Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot that the Cornchuckers are illiterate.
use it
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
How bout
The Battle for the Tip of my Knob?
Until our defense proves otherwise, it should be presumed they will be excellent.
Sounds like a Friday night in college.
@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Sep 2, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
I think the other half has to get dyed blue, with a Keystone-‘S’ logo stitched on to represent Penn State.
Seriously.
by PennStateBasketball on Sep 2, 2010 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
I know it'll never happen
but I still want something to do with the 1982 and 1994 stolen national championships
Back in June I suggested the old Lincoln Highway
be employed in a trophy game concept for the Nebraska series. The road is steeped in history and runs right through the heart of the conference. The road is named for a man who stands as a symbol for the region of the country that the Big Ten represents.
In 1919, a young Ike Eisenhower was part of the military expedition that took the road from idea to viable vehicular artery, it is the nation’s first highway. The route of the Lincoln Highway is home to many of America’s early first pop culture images(including some in Pennsylvania — it seems Breezewood has always been about hotels). The Lincoln Highway is a synecdoche for the country that was built in the 20th century.
Fittingly, the Lincoln Highway sign is red and blue, separated by white. The iconic old concrete markers (some can still be found in both PA and NE) are begging to be interpreted as a trophy.
The Lincoln Highway Trophy is the perfect piece of simulacra — it has a recognizable history that can be co-opted for present purposes and lend this budding rivalry an air of age-old legitimacy
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
by SubLime on Sep 2, 2010 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Much better than celebrating the punk ass move of stealing an old man's hat
by Frank O'Brien on Sep 2, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
But silly "punk ass moves" are how many of the trophies got started
like the Little Brown Jug.
When you over-think things, you end up with train wrecks like this:
by PennStateBasketball on Sep 2, 2010 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
to the dictionary!
Until our defense proves otherwise, it should be presumed they will be excellent.
I was thinking of "The Hat"
the other day and wondered if its legend would spring forth.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
I think we should play for Spanier. The loser has to keep him for the year, that nerd knows both campuses so there should be little pushback on his end.
http://www.fletcforum.com/2010/08/09/using-crossfit-to-train-for-physical-efficiency-battery-peb/
Sorry man, tweets are for twits
But if an infinite number of monkeys were left to bang on an infinite number of typewriters, sooner or later they would accidentally reproduce the complete works of William Shakespeare
by Frank O'Brien on Sep 2, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
daaaamn, frank o'b gettin deep!
Until our defense proves otherwise, it should be presumed they will be excellent.
Sort of like
if the 2004 Penn State offense was pitted against the 2004 Penn State defense, it might score a touchdown…
…
In a couple centuries.
Oh no, don't tell me Matt Barkley ALSO doesn't tie his shoes...
September 1st, 2010. A day that shall live in infamy.
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 3, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Is there anything that says there has to be a trophy?
Why not just play the game?
@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
Success With Honor
Was that really a plus in the MSU series?
@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Sep 2, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
just play the game
Would love to, but the school/conference is going to make it a trophy game. If they don’t, Guido and ESPN or Tostitos will, and we’ll all have to bear the pain for another 16 long years. I’d rather have a horse in the race with an outside chance of winning it than submitting to another piece of upchuck from an oak tree’s late night booze bender.
So if you can come up with something better than tree vomit, a fabric hat, or a highway, for the love of God please share.
Excellent visual!
oak tree’s late night booze bender
Ha!
"I have my Joe Paterno autograph already, but I don’t know that I’d begrudge anybody else from getting theirs no matter their age. That’s kind of like meeting Winston Churchill." jesse. @ BSD
Combination of 1982 and 1994 NC trophies
Every year you are guaranteed to pay for “The National Championship” trophy. Winning team gets to hold up the crystal trophy and you could sell this to recruits. "You get to play for “The National Championship” trophy every year!
Besides, UNL and PSU have to go a little above and beyond to make sure they create a better “game” than The Game.
Think big people. Think Nationally.
I have mixed feelings about this.
No matter how much they buy into the tradition of the schools, there’s no way that a bunch of kids born in the 90’s are going to get excited about hoisting national championship trophies from ’82 or ’94.
by newenglandnittanylion on Sep 2, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
As opposed to hoisting the LGT?
Joe Paterno - Not Unlike Hugh Hefner
by letsgopsu on Sep 3, 2010 8:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No.
They’re more excited by chanting “F*** Ohio” at Youngstown State fans.
"Trouble is; I want that fourth carrier!"
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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