Florida-Georgia winner to get “Okefenokee Oar”
by Nathan Crabbe
The winner of this Saturday’s Florida-Georgia game will get a wooden oar to go along with bragging rights.
The University of Florida Student Government announced Wednesday that the “Okefenokee Oar” would be presented to the game’s winner starting this year, in the hopes of establishing an annual tradition.
“It’s just a way to increase the friendly competition in the game,” said Eric Conrad, student government spokesman.
Presenting such a trophy follows in the tradition of other rivarly games. The winner of Michigan-Minnesota gets the Little Brown Jug, the winner of Minnesota-Wisconsin gets Paul Bunyan’s Axe and other teams have also exchanged quirky items in longstanding rivalries.
The oar, which will be presented to the student government president of the winning university, is carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress tree cut from the Okefenokee Swamp, according to student government. The swamp straddles the Florida-Georgia border.
The oar is “supposed to symbolize the area that has always been fought over by the states,” Conrad said.
by Nathan Crabbe
The winner of this Saturday’s Florida-Georgia game will get a wooden oar to go along with bragging rights.
The University of Florida Student Government announced Wednesday that the “Okefenokee Oar” would be presented to the game’s winner starting this year, in the hopes of establishing an annual tradition.
“It’s just a way to increase the friendly competition in the game,” said Eric Conrad, student government spokesman.
Presenting such a trophy follows in the tradition of other rivarly games. The winner of Michigan-Minnesota gets the Little Brown Jug, the winner of Minnesota-Wisconsin gets Paul Bunyan’s Axe and other teams have also exchanged quirky items in longstanding rivalries.
The oar, which will be presented to the student government president of the winning university, is carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress tree cut from the Okefenokee Swamp, according to student government. The swamp straddles the Florida-Georgia border.
The oar is “supposed to symbolize the area that has always been fought over by the states,” Conrad said.
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5 comments:
Oars are J
We should compete for V cards
Give spikes the oar so he can break it over someone's head. I'd watch that.
Why an oar? Why not a keg?
or dare I say a "cocktail"?
for the world's largest outdoor cocktail party. Duh.
Miami Herald article on this.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gator_clause/2009/10/call-it-the-war-for-the-oar-new-rivalry-trophy-to-be-unveiled-for-floridageorgia-rivalry.html
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