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lwjr wrote:

Mitch McConnell wrote:Yep. I was there for that game last month.

Who or what is Floyd?

In the picture, you can see the Minnesota players holding the Bronze Pig -- that's Floyd.

The trophy became a part of the Minnesota-Iowa game in about the mid 1930s. In a game around 1935, the Iowa fans were pretty upset at the Minnesota players because they felt that the Gopher player were hitting their star player too hard -- after the whistle -- and accused Minnesota of cheap shotting their player.

The talk between the states became pretty intense and finally the two state governors felt the best way to calm this was to play for a trophy. Since agriculture and farming were the way of life back then, they agreed on something of this nature. Odd as it sounds -- and maybe not for those times back then -- they settled for a live pig. They went to the Rosedale Farms in Iowa to get the prized pig. I think they just named it Floyd to give it a name.

Now, this part I'm fuzzy on -- I think they played for the live pig for several years before they decided to make it an actual trophy.

So while it sounds a little a bizarre in these parts about playing for something like that, this trophy -- now entering its ninth decade -- carries impact on it.

When the game finished up there, the students rushed the field to celebrate. The players carried that thing all over the field in triumph.

People may mock the Big 10 for all of its trophies between the schools, but the trophies reveal the history between these schools and a sense of pride. I have a lot of respect for this conference because it embraces and advances its traditions.

LA_Mustang wrote:I think we will have BCS quality depth at WR with addition of Marks

We need more quality BCS wr's. What we have now is a bunch of slots playing slotsand wr.

The pig's name is Floyd?

Mitch McConnell wrote:

lwjr wrote:

Mitch McConnell wrote:Yep. I was there for that game last month.

Who or what is Floyd?

In the picture, you can see the Minnesota players holding the Bronze Pig -- that's Floyd.

The trophy became a part of the Minnesota-Iowa game in about the mid 1930s. In a game around 1935, the Iowa fans were pretty upset at the Minnesota players because they felt that the Gopher player were hitting their star player too hard -- after the whistle -- and accused Minnesota of cheap shotting their player.

The talk between the states became pretty intense and finally the two state governors felt the best way to calm this was to play for a trophy. Since agriculture and farming were the way of life back then, they agreed on something of this nature. Odd as it sounds -- and maybe not for those times back then -- they settled for a live pig. They went to the Rosedale Farms in Iowa to get the prized pig. I think they just named it Floyd to give it a name.

Now, this part I'm fuzzy on -- I think they played for the live pig for several years before they decided to make it an actual trophy.

So while it sounds a little a bizarre in these parts about playing for something like that, this trophy -- now entering its ninth decade -- carries impact on it.

When the game finished up there, the students rushed the field to celebrate. The players carried that thing all over the field in triumph.

People may mock the Big 10 for all of its trophies between the schools, but the trophies reveal the history between these schools and a sense of pride. I have a lot of respect for this conference because it embraces and advances its traditions.

Always like hearing the origins of college traditions. Thanks

SMU 86 wrote:The pig's name is Floyd?

Yes

By the way, the trophy weighs about 98 pounds.

SMU 86 wrote:

LA_Mustang wrote:I think we will have BCS quality depth at WR with addition of Marks

We need more quality BCS wr's. What we have now is a bunch of slots playing slotsand wr.

Yep. It would be nice to get some size outside. Hopefully Ace Holleman can step up and earn a starting job next year, and it would be nice to get Gehrig Dieter