[NU Sports] Trophy

[Joe Thiegs]

What were the favorite suggestions from this list when this was hashed out
here a few months ago?  I think I remember variants of all of these (except
the Popcorn Bowl) floated around but there were one or two clear leaders, as
I recall.  Maybe Graham-Grange?  I know that's my favorite of the four
official nominees.  -Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Eric West
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:33 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Trophy

Thanks for that link.

To me, the fire bell seemed like the best one by far, even before I read 
that the original trophy was a bell, and naming it after football 
players is fitting as well. I suppose the Lincoln thing is the only 
other one I'd be okay with, depending on whether it looks too cheesy. 
The "president" thing opens itself too much to political trolling, and 
the popcorn thing just seems silly. Maybe some fan will come up with an 
even better idea, though.

It looks like the voting is conducted through the U of I website; 
hopefully they won't cook the results to favor Illini votes. :)


Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu


cherron604 at aol.com wrote:
> Is everybody on-board with the 4 candidate trophies for the series against
Illinois ?
>
> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/033109aab.html
>
> - Land of Lincoln (Stovepipe hat on White Oak)
> -?Presidents' Trophy (Honoring Lincoln, Grant, Reagan and Obama)
> - Popcorn Bowl (Is this really the Illinois state snack ?)? I'd rather see
a deep dish pizza pan...
> - Graham - Grange Fire Bell
>
> Fan votes (especially on-line fan votes) always scare me a little.
>
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85
>   


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