UConn tried to fab a rivalry with UCF by creating a trophy and calling the game the "Civil Conflict". Yesterday after the win UCF said no thanks and left the trophy on the field. Thought it was pretty funny.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ucf-still-d...NlYwNzcg--

Wouldn't Temple make so much more sense for them anyway?

UCF has USF.

(10-23-2016 11:16 AM)Latilleon Wrote:  Wouldn't Temple make so much more sense for them anyway?

UCF has USF.

in the big10 many football team have multiple " trophy" games

Well we had or have the BLACK AND BLUE bowl with USM and The Bones Trophy with UAB. But, we don't play either team anymore. The last time we played both of them was 2012 and we won those games. So, I guess those trophies will be ours for a while. Maybe that's the way to do it. Create a trophy for a rivalry, win the last game you play with them, don't play them anymore and keep the trophy.

It is NOT a conflict trophy. It is a UConn Trophy made just for one game. You do not put your name on top and beat UCF on a trophy which was designed to go to the winner.

This is what a rivalry trophy looks like.

I didn't realize the Black and Blue Bowl had a trophy.

Regardless, nothing filled me with more relief than for Memphis to beat Birmingham in 2012 during our final Conference USA season. If they had kept that damned trophy I would have been pissed.

(10-23-2016 06:23 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  I didn't realize the Black and Blue Bowl had a trophy.

Regardless, nothing filled me with more relief than for Memphis to beat Birmingham in 2012 during our final Conference USA season. If they had kept that damned trophy I would have been pissed.

Here is the BLACK AND BLUE TROPHY. Not as nice as the BONES trophy.

http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w302011/rivalry_page.htm

(10-23-2016 10:07 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 06:23 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  I didn't realize the Black and Blue Bowl had a trophy.

Regardless, nothing filled me with more relief than for Memphis to beat Birmingham in 2012 during our final Conference USA season. If they had kept that damned trophy I would have been pissed.

Here is the BLACK AND BLUE TROPHY. Not as nice as the BONES trophy.

http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w302011/rivalry_page.htm

That is a pretty smart idea to put etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. at the bottom of the plaque so you don't have to send it to the trophy shop to engrave the year and name of the winner each time.

Then there's the Ole' Paint and Bucket trophy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Bucket_Bowl

That trophy hasn't rotated since before Memphis was even a DI program, let alone Arkansas State, IIRC.

(10-23-2016 10:07 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 06:23 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  I didn't realize the Black and Blue Bowl had a trophy.

Regardless, nothing filled me with more relief than for Memphis to beat Birmingham in 2012 during our final Conference USA season. If they had kept that damned trophy I would have been pissed.

Here is the BLACK AND BLUE TROPHY. Not as nice as the BONES trophy.

http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w302011/rivalry_page.htm

So two sided trophy and when you win you just turn it around to show your school and display it that way.

(10-24-2016 01:25 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  That trophy hasn't rotated since before Memphis was even a DI program, let alone Arkansas State, IIRC.

Someone one find that paint bucket it belongs in our trophy case.

DAMN we used to kidnapped each others players. Then paint the others campus. Hold on a minute, there should still be a Tiger painted somewhere on ASU campus since we won the last game.

(10-23-2016 11:09 AM)nutbushtiger Wrote:  UConn tried to fab a rivalry with UCF by creating a trophy and calling the game the "Civil Conflict". Yesterday after the win UCF said no thanks and left the trophy on the field. Thought it was pretty funny.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ucf-still-d...NlYwNzcg--

I never understood the Battle of the Bones thing with UAB. I'm a lifelong Tiger fan and don't recall ever feeling like there was a rivalry between us and UAB.

The Battle of the Bones was almost as contrived as the dumb rivalry that UConn tried to conjure.

(10-24-2016 09:25 AM)idroot4russia Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 11:09 AM)nutbushtiger Wrote:  UConn tried to fab a rivalry with UCF by creating a trophy and calling the game the "Civil Conflict". Yesterday after the win UCF said no thanks and left the trophy on the field. Thought it was pretty funny.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ucf-still-d...NlYwNzcg--

I never understood the Battle of the Bones thing with UAB. I'm a lifelong Tiger fan and don't recall ever feeling like there was a rivalry between us and UAB.

Yea we needed to win a few games for it to be a rivalry.

Lots of ties between the two schools. 78/22, BBQ, Bartow, Conference schools. They beat us several years in a row when they should not have been on the field with us.

(10-24-2016 10:41 AM)3601 Wrote:  The Battle of the Bones was almost as contrived as the dumb rivalry that UConn tried to conjure.

agreed

(10-24-2016 12:32 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(10-24-2016 09:25 AM)idroot4russia Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 11:09 AM)nutbushtiger Wrote:  UConn tried to fab a rivalry with UCF by creating a trophy and calling the game the "Civil Conflict". Yesterday after the win UCF said no thanks and left the trophy on the field. Thought it was pretty funny.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ucf-still-d...NlYwNzcg--

I never understood the Battle of the Bones thing with UAB. I'm a lifelong Tiger fan and don't recall ever feeling like there was a rivalry between us and UAB.

Yea we needed to win a few games for it to be a rivalry.

Lots of ties between the two schools. 78/22, BBQ, Bartow, Conference schools. They beat us several years in a row when they should not have been on the field with us.

I never understood the BBQ aspect of it either. The BBQ meccas of the world are Memphis, Kansas City, the Carolinas, and Texas. I've never heard anybody talk about Birmingham or even Alabama BBQ. There may be a few good BBQ joints in Alabama/Birmingham but they are not famous for their regional style like Memphis is for dry ribs, the Carolinas for vinegar based sauce, KC for sweet sauce, Texas for beef, etc..... I know they have their white sauce but its not notorious on the same level as the others.

Alabama is kinda like Georgia or any other southern state for that matter, they probably have a lot of good bbq places but they are not famous for their bbq.

I do remember Milos.. terrible hamburger joint in Birmingham.

Alabama's BBQ is known for their white sauce.

It's pathetic.

(10-23-2016 10:07 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 06:23 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  I didn't realize the Black and Blue Bowl had a trophy.

Regardless, nothing filled me with more relief than for Memphis to beat Birmingham in 2012 during our final Conference USA season. If they had kept that damned trophy I would have been pissed.

Here is the BLACK AND BLUE TROPHY. Not as nice as the BONES trophy.

http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w302011/rivalry_page.htm

I had thought about walking on at MSU back in the late 60's but I attend my first MSU/SMU game and realized I was not physically cut out for this type of game. I wish we played them every year cause they were great physical football games