[cycloneone]

What do you guys think about a new traveling trophy called "The Corn Cup"?


"The Corn Cup" - CycloneFanatic

[hawkfarmer]

As a farmer I think it is dumb. Make it about football and the universities playing the games.

[slickwillard]

I agree. Dumb.

[cycloneone]

Ok, Then take ANF sicker off the hawkeye helmet because it has nothing to do with football.

[OUTofTOWNHAWK]

Originally Posted by cycloneone

Ok, Then take ANF sicker off the hawkeye helmet because it has nothing to do with football.

Ok fine Ill call Kirk...

[BLKNGOLD48]

I'll be so glad when this whole "trophy" thing is behind us and we can actually talk about football.

[hawkfarmer]

Originally Posted by cycloneone

Ok, Then take ANF sicker off the hawkeye helmet because it has nothing to do with football.

Not related. That is a cause to support the farmers. This trophy is a trophy that does nothing except reiterate that Iowa has corn. Nobody is playing to win the rights to the ANF sticker. It's a sign of support. The corn bowl is just a nickname for a trophy. Why do we need a trophy or a name for the game anyway. Dumb.

[Enginerd]

Originally Posted by cycloneone

Ok, Then take ANF sicker off the hawkeye helmet because it has nothing to do with football.

Isn't it BS that U of I gets to claim farmers when tISU is the ag and vet school in the state? All Iowa produces are future government regulators, lawyers and criminals...

[DwayneTwill]

I think it should be the "Bushel Basket" full of ears of corn with a football in the middle.

[cycloneone]

Originally Posted by hawkfarmer

Not related. That is a cause to support the farmers. This trophy is a trophy that does nothing except reiterate that Iowa has corn. Nobody is playing to win the rights to the ANF sticker. It's a sign of support. The corn bowl is just a nickname for a trophy. Why do we need a trophy or a name for the game anyway. Dumb.

Ok- How does floyd of rosedale trophy relate?

[hawkfarmer]

Originally Posted by cycloneone

Ok- How does floyd of rosedale trophy relate?

At this point, the only politician in the bunch wearing a smile entered the dispute. Minnesota Gov. Floyd B. Olson knew he had to lighten the mood. He sent a telegram to Iowa Gov. Herring on game-day morning.

Delivering on the bet

"Dear Clyde, Minnesota folks are excited over your statement about the Iowa crowd lynching the Minnesota football team. If you seriously think Iowa has any chance to win, I will bet you a Minnesota prize hog against an Iowa prize hog that Minnesota wins today," wrote Olson.
The Iowa governor accepted, and what became known as the Floyd of Rosedale prize was born. Herring apparently followed Olson's cue. He joked it would be hard to find a prize hog in Minnesota, since they all were so "scrawny."
Word of the bet reached Iowa City as the crowd gathered at the stadium. Things calmed down and the game was untroubled. Minnesota won 13-7. Minnesota player Bob Weld says the Gophers were happy to leave with a win.
"We beat the team, but we didn't beat Ozzie," says Weld.
Weld says Simmons impressed Minnesota with a strong game. Simmons himself praised both teams for their clean, crisp play.

Gov. Floyd B. Olson

The following week Iowa Gov. Herring delivered. He brought a live pig to the Minnesota Capitol building in St. Paul and took it inside to Gov. Olson.
The hog was dubbed "Floyd" after the Minnesota governor, "Rosedale" for the animal's Iowa birthplace. Floyd of Rosedale started out as a game trophy, but he ended up a normal farm animal in southeast Minnesota.


Cause they actually bet a pig on the game.

[MoseSchrute]

.....and that's how a real trophy game begins.