Hokies Need a Better Trophy Game

by furrer4heisman on Jun 11, 2009 3:13 PM EDT

Photo courtesy Northwestern State sports information.

That, friends, is Chief Caddo. For my money he's the best trophy in college football and he resides in the Southland Conference. Every year, Northwestern State and Stephen F. Austin battle for 7 feet, 6 inches, 320 pounds of pure, uncut, Colombian college football awesomeness.

The Chief and Trophy Games represent one of the best aspects of college football. He is the largest trophy awarded in college football and is often posed in the team photo following the game, which looks hilarious.

It's something that is missing from Virginia Tech football. We have one of the best entrances in the game and some of the best tailgating. But we're missing a trophy game. Yes, I know The Hokies and Hoos play for the Commonwealth Cup every year, but the Cup is too boring. We used to play WVU for the contrived Black Diamond Trophy, but that rivalry is no longer played.

We need something better.

We could do the contrived thing again and invent a trophy for one of our new ACC rivals. We play fellow engineering school Georgia Tech every year. What kind of trophy could we come up with for that game? A bronze slide rule? That just won't do it for me.

I have a better idea. Let's just update what we play UVa for every year. Can the Commonwealth Cup. We need something bigger, something heavier and more representative of the Commonwealth than a cup.

I've got the perfect solution: A giant bust of George Washington. The bigger and heavier the better.

He was born in Virginia and was the father of our country. And the best part is he didn't found the University of Virginia. Could you imagine Sergio Render hoisting GW's huge, wig-covered dome above his head after this year's trouncing of the Hoos?

Could you imagine the Tech students chanting "we want head" as the clock winds down on next year's thrashing of UVa in Lane Stadium? Possibilities abound. We just need to make it happen.

But that's just my idea. If you have any ideas on ways to improve the trophy game with UVa or a new one, please leave them in the comments.

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VPISU an “engineering school”??? hahahahahahahahahhaha

But all jokes aside, if you look at the history of our games the trophy is simple to think of. It’s the Coastal Division Title!

by Winfield Featherston on Jun 11, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions

What’s the joke sir?

by SJPhillyVT on Jun 11, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

More quick thoughts (i pound out the comments too fast sometimes)

If that Chief Trophy were in D-FBS, the PC people would be all over it and the statue would no longer be around.

by Winfield Featherston on Jun 11, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

another reason i love the chief

is because of how un-PC it is. i miss all the keg games that used to be played like the Keg of Nails or the Bourbon Barrel.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 11, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

This is one college tradition I definitely wish we didn’t miss out on. There’s some fantastic trophies out there. Part of it I guess is that we’re not a traditional football school. Our traditions in general are fairly new.

by SJPhillyVT on Jun 11, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

How about calling it “Battle of the Blue Ridge”? Use a giant relief map of the Parkway between Roanoke and Waynesboro. Color the west slope maroon and the east slope blue. Every year, the score of the game gets written on the winning team’s side!

by jamescola on Jun 11, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions

Governor's Wife Trophy

Winners get full dinner and sex privileges courtesy of the current governor’s wife. I win.

by collegegameballs on Jun 12, 2009 12:38 AM EDT reply actions

Genius get it done

To me the Eagles are like that girlfriend that pisses u off, then u hate her, but the next morning you wake up and remember that thing u love so much about her

by XxBleedGreen5xX on Jun 12, 2009 8:46 AM EDT reply actions

Trophy!

Hey, I’ve got a BIG trophy idea…how about a big Ralph Sampson statue? We were involved in a massive tug-of-war with UVA over him back in the late 70’s. As I remember it got pretty heated and bitter back then. But then again, maybe that should be the basketball trophy.
Or how about this? A massive cured Virginia ham (or a scupture of one!) Now that’s a Man Trophy befitting of a war fought and won in the trenches… I’m serious!

by LeFleur on Jun 17, 2009 7:58 PM EDT reply actions