OT-ish: University of Wisconsin Football Phallis Statue Goes Flaccid

Submitted by Naked Bootlegger on August 22nd, 2019 at 1:08 PM

Somewhat OT-ish topic, but relevant for any Michigan fans traveling to Madison in a few weeks for the football game.

I have very sad news to report from Camp Randall Stadium.   The giant football phallis statue named “Nails Tales” was removed yesterday.   The statue has graced the southwest corner of the stadium complex since 2005 and immediately received widespread scorn, mostly because it looked like a giant penis. 

A highly relevant 2014 University of Wisconsin Badger Herald student newspaper article entitled “The story behind the dick-shaped sculpture at Camp Randall Stadium” is worth the read:

https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2014/09/02/story-behind-dick-shaped-statue-camp-randall-stadium/

A money quote from the sculptor, Donald Lipski:

What I got from them is something they really wanted was something that projected strength, power, virility — things that are not surprising to be associated with football,” Lipski said. “When they described what they wanted, they were all but making phallic gestures with their hands. They were, without saying it, saying that they wanted something phallic.

Them refers to Barry Alvarez and others.  So thank you, Barry Alvarez, for the audacity to inspire a huge dildo-shaped sculpture that has stood erect for the past decade-plus before its emasculation yesterday.   I have walked by this statue almost every day on my way to work on the University of Wisconsin campus.   Never again will I be able to stroke its base for good luck or pure whimsy.     

The good news?  You can still admire a very svelte statue version of Barry Alvarez on the southeast side of Camp Randall.

     

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yoshfriedman

August 22nd, 2019 at 5:26 PM ^

this is nonsense, c'mon. Wisconsin was objectively awful for the entirety of its existence before he built something out of nothing. If you drop the 2011 game (when he took over after Bielema decided to go live with the feral hogs), he's undefeated in Rose Bowls.

I would personally say that counts for plenty.

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remdog

August 22nd, 2019 at 1:19 PM ^

It looks like an obelisk not a phallus - unless you think everything that is long and pointed looks like a phallus.  There are many similar obelisks around the world.

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Naked Bootlegger

August 22nd, 2019 at 1:34 PM ^

You are correct.  It's an obelisk, or at least inspired by historical obelisk statues.   But the ultimate hilarity is that the sculptor was also inspired by a bunch of men making phallic hand gestures at a meeting, especially after they declined other statue options for being "too feminine" (read the Badger Herald article for more info).  

Obelisk or penis?   It doesn't really matter once the local populace decides that it looks phallic AND when the sculptor admits that the male reproductive organ acted as a design inspiration.  

 

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The Mad Hatter

August 22nd, 2019 at 2:29 PM ^

Don't think so.  I'm a year ahead of you and I went to Plymouth Salem.  I've known 3 Megan's personally, and each one of them would have fucked you and I at the same time on that lawn.  Maybe it's just the name?

I was over there a lot that year.  I had a girlfriend that was a freshman at Eastern.  She was a slut too.

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lostwages

August 22nd, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^

If any of you have a penis that looks like that... SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY!

(Looks nothing like a cock, seriously though...)

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Drew Henson's Backup

August 22nd, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^

IDK, that allegedly phallic statue looks more like a fat bald man to me. However the first picture of a statue in your post is a total dead ringer for Alvarez.

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