Are you ready for some football?
College football has started! It’s all about rivalries, and some even play for trophies. Do you know which schools play for which trophies?
1. Who plays for the Floyd of Rosedale Trophy? Iowa/Minnesota; Penn State/Wisconsin; Michigan/Notre Dame; Illinois/Michigan State.
2. Who competes for the Telephone Trophy? Nebraska/Colorado; Rutgers/Syracuse; Michigan/Michigan State; Missouri/Iowa State.
3. Who plays for the James E. Foy V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy? Georgia/Georgia Tech; Florida/Tennessee; Texas/Texas Tech; Alabama/Auburn.
4. Which winner is awarded the Fremont Cannon? Colorado/Colorado State; Nevada/UNLV: Tennessee /Vanderbilt: New Mexico/Arizona.
5. Which in-state rivalry competes for the Iron Skillet? Baylor/Texas Tech;
TCU/SMU; Kansas/Kansas State; Oklahoma/Oklahoma State.
6. Who plays for the Golden Hat? Texas/Oklahoma; Georgia/Alabama; Kentucky/Louisville; Clemson/South Carolina.
7. Which two face off for the Jeweled Shillelagh? Notre Dame/Miami; Michigan/Michigan State; Ohio State/Penn State; Notre Dame/USC.
8. Who meets to win the Old Brass Spittoon? Michigan State/Indiana; Ohio State/Illinois; Purdue/Northwestern; Minnesota/Penn State.
9. Which schools play for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy? Air Force/Army/Navy; George Washington/James Madison; Coast Guard Academy/Merchant Marine Academy; Maryland/Virginia.
10. Which rivalry winner is awarded the Golden Egg? Ole Mississippi/Mississippi State; Illinois/Northwestern; Tennessee/Vanderbilt; Texas /Texas A&M.
ANSWERS: 1. Iowa/Minnesota. The trophy is a bronze statue of a pig. 2. Missouri/Iowa State. Before the 1959 game, it was discovered that the phones that allowed the coaches on the field and in the press box to communicate with each other were wired so the teams could hear what the other side’s coaches were saying. The trophy depicts an old rotary telephone (painted half yellow for Missouri and half red for ISU) on a wooden base. 3. Alabama/Auburn. This trophy started in 1948. It’s presented by the president of the school’s Omicron Delta Kappa honor society chapter (hence, the “ODK” of the trophy’s name). 4. Nevada/UNLV. This trophy began in 1969. It’s a replica of a 19th century Howitzer cannon that accompanied John C. Fremont on an expedition into what is now the state of Nevada. 5. TCU/SMU. The trophy dates back to the 1950s, when during tailgating, a SMU fan was frying some frog legs. A TCU fan proposed that the fan of the team that won the game get to keep the pan and eat the frog legs. The SMU fan agreed and lost his pan when TCU was victorious. 6. Texas/Oklahoma. This trophy dates back to 1941. It’s one of three associated with the Longhorns-Sooners rivalry 7. Notre Dame/USC. One of the oldest trophies, it began in 1926. 8. Michigan State/Indiana. The trophy originated in 1950, and is one of the most lopsided rivalries in college football. 9. Air Force/Army/Navy. The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy is awarded to the academy that beats both the other two academies. If each team wins one of the two games, the team that won the trophy the previous year keeps it. 10. Ol’ Mississippi/Mississippi State. The “Egg Bowl,” named because the trophy football is a replica of an older football, which resembled an egg more than that of a modern oblong football.