Dezzy

November 14th, 2011 at 1:21 PM ^

So what am I supposed to do with the picture I took next to the trophy back when BTN was in Ann Arbor?  Photoshop it to just say Stagg?

MGoShtoink

November 14th, 2011 at 1:25 PM ^

Not to be a homer, but The Schembechler Championship Trophy has a lot of merit.

He ran a clean program, had an amazing on-field record, and was a mentor to 15 future NCAA head coaches.  He, too, is in the coaching hall-of-fame.  He also took the UM-OSU rivalry and made it into the greatest rivalry in sports history (well, he and Hayes, but Hayes punched a guy, so...).

J. Lichty

November 14th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^

Fielding Yost was a hard-core racist.  While not shocking given that he was the son of a confederate soldier, the Big Ten is clearly not going to go there. 

Given his pioneering contributions to college football and the Big Ten, I would not be at all surprised to learn that is why nothing was named after Yost in the first instance, while a coach with middling success in the Big Ten like Paterno was honored.

bronxblue

November 14th, 2011 at 3:34 PM ^

Man, the hits just keep on coming for Joe Pa.  I don't blame them for the change, though the Stagg trophy sounds a little two Bachelor Party for my tastes.

Swazi

November 14th, 2011 at 3:57 PM ^

I didn't think Paterno should've been on it in the first place.  Being that at the time he was still an active coach, and he won only one sole B1G Championship.

mvp

November 14th, 2011 at 4:40 PM ^

...you shouldn't name things after people until they're deceased.

The entire Big 10 naming excercise was a debacle.  This is another example of why.