[NU Sports] Pride of Illinois?

[Mike Nolan]

> The Sun Times is reporting that they want to establish a "Lincoln-Obama
> Pride of Illinois Trophy" for the NU-Ill game.

If they really want to name the trophy after something that reminds
people of Illinois' most famous non-living citizen (Lincoln), why not call 
it the 'rail-splitter' trophy?  That even gives them a number of physical 
representations to consider. 

Of course, people might counter that Lincoln wasn't born in Illinois, he 
was born in Kentucky.  (Obama was born in Hawaii.)  There was a US president
who was born in Illinois, though, Reagan.
--
Mike Nolan