Michigan-Wisconsin: Battle for Babe the Blue Ox
September 19th, 2019 at 9:19 AM ^
Let's carve ourselves some fiiiiiiiine cuts of primo steak and bring it HOME!!!
Go BLUE!
September 19th, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
That’s actually a great idea. Hell, it beats the broken chair and heroes trophies.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:24 AM ^
The $5 bits of broken chair trophy is one of the best. Wasn’t it made up by Faux Pelini and essentially born into existence by twitter popularity/demand?
September 19th, 2019 at 10:32 AM ^
Good point.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:44 AM ^
It most certainly does not.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:22 AM ^
I'm still partial to the Land Grant Trophy https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/11/25/13742858/land-grant-trophy-michigan-state-penn-state
September 19th, 2019 at 9:27 AM ^
Great idea. Carved from blue cheese.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:27 AM ^
Mrs. M-Lemon (who is a great cook) will make oxtail soup for everyone if we win this weekend!
September 19th, 2019 at 9:35 AM ^
I had oxtail for the first time a few years ago. I highly recommend all meat eaters give it a try.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:39 AM ^
Unfortunately, I know where that tail has been!
September 19th, 2019 at 9:49 AM ^
I've got some news for you if you've ever had ham before...
September 19th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
You don't want to know where natural sausage casing originates.
September 19th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Mmmmm ... bacon!
Go Blue!
September 19th, 2019 at 9:29 AM ^
Let's just play for the Paul Bunyan trophy with Wisconsin. Make it a three-way trophy.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
Have to pry it away from these guys first
September 19th, 2019 at 9:37 AM ^
We didn’t have the Winged Helmet first but we made it ours.
Someone call up a local woodworking artist and get this thing made.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:52 AM ^
If Michigan and Wisconsin said they were playing for a new trophy named for Babe, this scrawny little UMD-BSU tilt would immediately be relegated to second tier wannabe status and the world would call them interlopers.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:04 AM ^
How dare you besmirch THE Bemidji State University, the alma mater of one Trent Baalke, whose incompetence directly contributed to Harbaugh leaving the 49ers for a certain university with which you may be familiar.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:08 AM ^
Hockey smoked them in the 2010 NCAA Tournament in their only meeting 5-1 so we get the rights to it.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
Didn't they win the championship recently?
September 19th, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
No that was Minnesota-Duluth the last 2 years.
Bemidji State's lone tournament game in D1 was against us in 2010.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:44 AM ^
HAA!! Did not know that the good Mr. Ballke went to THE Bemidji St! But it kinda makes sense...
However, in an odd, poetic kind of way, taking over this trophy would be fitting. Baalke is best remember for being the idiot that fired Harbaugh and replaced him with Jim Tomsula. He should be forced to remember that by knowing Harbaugh also took over the Babe trophy!
September 19th, 2019 at 1:39 PM ^
That is great but having a sponsor on it cheapens it.
Take my seat cushion away over my dead body!
September 19th, 2019 at 9:33 AM ^
Why did he call his Ox “Babe”? I think Paul got a little lonely out their in the forest, chopping down trees.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:37 AM ^
What's the problem? That is still legal in Wisconsin.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
Shouldn't you be anti-bestiality?
September 19th, 2019 at 10:50 AM ^
I am actually more interested in what weird genetic mutation allowed the ox to turn up blue, unless there's some "blue ball" joke in here and that ties back to the bestiality, in which case never mind and please don't tell me.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
A smurf, a super model and an ox walk into a bar...
September 19th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
Zach Smith might just have the solution.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Not if I ever want to get laid living amongst you humans.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
The top photo is in Bemidji, Minnesota. We took the kids there when we were stationed in ND, and it is a terrific little town.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:51 AM ^
Ox is tasty and all but I'd rather get all their cheese
September 19th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
Oxen are basically just castrated bulls that pull a cart.
September 19th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
And they can't even make it all the way to Oregon. At the end you need a raft
September 19th, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
If this was a Stephen King novel, Paul Bunyan would come to life and chase us around.
Cocaine's a helluva drug.
September 19th, 2019 at 9:57 AM ^
So says the guy safely hidden away
September 19th, 2019 at 10:26 AM ^
Not really. I was living in a drug dealer's basement and he ID'd me to the US Marshalls. Had to bail after that.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
Win the game. Just win. Even if we win ugly, I will take it. Winning ugly against lower tier teams is not cool. Winning ugly in the B1G- it's reality- especially on the road. I don't care if things don't look perfect. Hang on to the damn ball, execute when you need to, score enough points to give the defense a break. Win. Win ugly even. Just gut this one out. But win.
Go Blue!
September 19th, 2019 at 10:23 AM ^
But do you think we should win? Or not?
September 19th, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
I think we should.
September 19th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
Let's not.
September 19th, 2019 at 1:25 PM ^
I like it! Great idea
September 19th, 2019 at 1:31 PM ^
Thanks a f***ing great idea!!!! LOVE IT.
September 19th, 2019 at 8:04 PM ^
I actually really like this idea.