TWSWBC

October 20th, 2012 at 10:59 PM ^

Getting his hands on the trophy probably meant just as much to Jon as it did to the seniors.  Only a few guys in the program were there for the whole streak. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Go Blue!

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denardogasm

October 20th, 2012 at 11:10 PM ^

 

Can anyone tell me what the story is with celebrating with the Paul Bunyan trophy?  I was thinking it was weird that the trophy never made it out of the tunnel because I knew I'd seen it carried around on the field before, but then I googled Paul Bunyan Trophy and the only pictures of players parading it around the field were of MSU.  Are they the only ones that do this for some reason?

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WolverineHistorian

October 20th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^

It's always been that way. I think the trophy itself has always been more important to Sparty than to us. There were times in the 50's and 60's where even after a victory, we left it behind on the field and MSU kept it and even painted their losing score on it to keep it going. MSU parades it around the field like a Super Bowl trophy. MIchigan pulls it out only in the locker room (unlike the little brown jug). I never once heard Bo talk about the trophy even though he beat MSU 17 times. The only thing Lloyd ever said about the trophy was that it's the ugliest trophy in college football. I'm happy to have the trophy because it means a win for us but it's really a dumb trophy and not really needed. All those made up trophies are just lame copycats of the little brown jug.

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