Who plays for the Paul Bunyan trophy?

Michigan State currently has the trophy after an improbable victory in Ann Arbor last year during Mel Tucker’s first year as the Spartans head coach. The upcoming matchup will be the first game the two teams will play as top 10 ranked competitors in almost 60 years.

Where is the original Little Brown Jug?

The real Jug would eventually turn up in August of 1933, found in a clump of bushes near the medical building on the University of Michigan campus. Yost confessed that he had lied to the media about the authenticity of the Jug that the Wolverines had been toting around since the original’s disappearance.

How old is the Little Brown Jug trophy?

Dating back to 1909, the battle for the Little Brown Jug is the oldest trophy game in FBS college football. While the jug rivalry started in 1909, the story began six years earlier when the teams battled in Minneapolis.

Who plays for Paul Bunyan’s AXE?

Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 23-13 to claim the Axe for just the second time since 2003. MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota surged past No. 18 Wisconsin 23-13 to take back Paul Bunyan’s Axe and give Iowa the West Division title.

What two teams played for the Paul Bunyan Trophy?

The history of the Paul Bunyan trophy, awarded to the winner of Michigan vs. Michigan State. (WXYZ) — The Paul Bunyan Trophy will be up for grabs on Saturday when Michigan and Michigan State face off at Spartan Stadium.

Will there be a Little Brown Jug 2020?

Warrawee Vital and Catch The Fire headline a field of 14 that has been entered to contest the 75th edition of the Little Brown Jug, presented by the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association. The Little Brown Jug will be held this Thursday (Sept. 24) at the Delaware County Fair in Ohio.

Is Jug Jug in jail?

Most of the online dictionaries give this kind of alternate meaning of jug: Slang. jail; prison. When I was in grammar school it’s what we called detention: “If you talk back to the teacher, she’s going to send you to the Jug.”

Who won Little Brown Jug 2020?

Captain Barbossa
Bongiorno captured the 75th Little Brown Jug on Thursday with 3-year-old gelding Captain Barbossa in 1 minute, 49 1/5 seconds, defeating Cattlewash and Sandbetweenmytoes to take the $335,400 final.

Is Paul Bunyan based on a real person?

Historians believe Bunyan was based in large part on an actual lumberjack: Fabian Fournier, a French-Canadian timberman who moved south and got a job as foreman of a logging crew in Michigan after the Civil War. The French pronunciation of Jean’s full name is believed to have evolved into the surname Bunyan.

Who is Wisconsin’s biggest football rival?

Minnesota
The Badgers have competed in the Big Ten since its formation in 1896. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football….

Wisconsin Badgers football
Rivalries	Minnesota (rivalry) Iowa (rivalry) Nebraska (rivalry)
Heisman winners	Alan Ameche (1954) Ron Dayne (1999)

Why is Babe the Blue Ox Blue?

Paul Bunyan laughed when he saw the spunky little critter and took the little blue mite home with him. He warmed the little ox up by the fire and the little fellow fluffed up and dried out, but he remained as blue as the snow that had stained him in the first place. So Paul named him Babe the Blue Ox.