When Minnesota lost to Iowa on Saturday, Floyd of Rosedale, a 98 pound trophy featuring a bronze pig, stayed in Iowa City and will remain there for at least another 12 months.
The Gophers and Hawkeyes have now played each other 135 times. Playing for the right to possess Floyd of Rosedale until the two teams next met originated in 1935, but the trophy wasn't created until 1936. What did the two teams play for in 1935 if there was no trophy to put in a cabinet?
They played for a real pig ... otherwise known as a "damned hog"!
Who came up with the idea of a bronze pig? Truly a stupid question! Had to be the person who had to clean up all the hog $hit.
They played for a real pig ... otherwise known as a "damned hog"!
Who came up with the idea of a bronze pig? Truly a stupid question! Had to be the person who had to clean up all the hog $hit.