I’ve been griping that I couldn’t find a decent picture of the Land Grant Trophy. I’ve now located a much better photo of the actual trophy, such as it is, thanks to reader Ricci Manner, who pointed me to today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In his article, Chico Harlan describes the trophy as, “…an eyesore award that basically looks like an oversized Rubik’s Cube after five minutes in the mouth of a rottweiler.”
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In yesterday’s column, I noted that a lot of Internet searching had not turned up a picture of the Land Grant Trophy, which is awarded to the winner of each year’s game between Michigan State and Penn State. Now, I have one.
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With the Lions enjoying the weekend off, it’s a slow news week. The Turkey, however, is not taking the week off. Correction—my liver is taking the weekend off from the usual game related overindulgence, but my mightier than the sword pen is not. Before I move on to the Land Grant Trophy game with Michigan State coming up next weekend, I want to toss in some spurious editorial comments.
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