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This Week's Question: If the Ohio State and Michigan Rivalry Had to Feature an Annual Trophy, What Would You Want It to Be?

George Eisner's picture
6/19/23 at 8:15a in the OSU Football Forum
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Happy Monday and Juneteenth, Eleven Warriors!

In a poll from Saturday, nearly half of all participants indicated that if Ohio State had to play for a regular season rivalry trophy other than Illibuck, it would have to be against Michigan. While I personally would not want to taint the sanctity of The Game, I can appreciate how some fans would enjoy the additional fanfare. In truth, if these goofy monuments to hate are a signature on the regional flair in the Big Ten, perhaps it is only appropriate that one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports gets one to call its own.

With that in mind, lets put our imaginations to use — and any illustrative software, if you feel so inclined — to answer This Week's Question: If The Game Between Ohio State and Michigan Had to Feature an Annual Trophy, What Would You Want it to Be?

A pair of high level Eleven Warriors executives requested either Rich Eisen's skull or the teeth of a certain GameDay host with a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth. Johnny Ginter advocated for, "a 1/33rd life sized diorama of Woody Hayes pushing his car back over state lines to buy gas."

Give me a comically-massive wooden carving of the Toledo War battle map — at least the size of a Publishers Clearing House check — with the top half in Eastern White Pine and the bottom half in Ohio Buckeye. If we're going with an object that already exists from the rivalry's history, wrap up the 1973 Go Blue M Club Banner and frame it in a box that the teams can exchange with each other after the final whistle.

What about you? What symbol of disdain would you assign to The Game?

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