Truman is hardcore, yo.

Maud Dib: If you think it was all about the LHN, you're farking retarded.
Besides, Colorado is juco territory now, and the Cornhuskers can blow a goat.

No, it wasn't all about the LHN, but the LHN is an effective symbol for the bullshiat within and outside of the Big XII that caused all of this to happen.

Marine1: So, Texas, was your little unpopular LHN worth running off a team that has eight bowl appearances in the last nine years?

The independence bowl is a really big deal, too because unc is such a powerhouse. *yawn*

I don't know about these major trophies for major sports games, but I once delivered to a place that made such stuff and was very disappointed.

All forms of trophies were gold colored metal, usually steel and plated with something like bronze. Some were full form human figures made apparently in cast iron -- because I examined one once that fell and an extended hand snapped off.

The trophy-maker assembled trophies kind of like a puzzle, selecting precut blocks of stained and polished wood with holes already cut in them into which steel rods went with threads on each end. Assorted small ornaments were screwed into drilled holes as needed.

He had an assortment of fancy metal acid etched or engraved plaques that he glued or screwed onto each base. Specialty items required he use an engraving set to engrave the plaques -- using what I believe is called a pantograph. It's a device of assorted 'arms' that one end traces a pattern while the other end cuts into the metal. It can be adjusted to increase or decrease the size of the traced engraving.

Pretty much, it could take him maybe 30 minutes to assemble a basic trophy, which looked impressive and cost, IMO, too much.

He could whip out a bunch of those small little cups for 'best husband' 'first place' and stuff that today you buy at a department store for about a buck each. Only, his were made of metal and real wood.

Now, his skill came into repairing broken trophies, some of which he had to send out to be re-cast and replated. Often he could solder a broken off part back in place, polish up the joint and apply a special paint to match the original plating.

For really special jobs, he had blocks of rare woods, like Mahogany, Teak and Chestnut.

Some parts he would order in special and those cost quite a bit. Like a crystal globe.

His sales, at the time, were mainly for the much cheaper bowling, basketball, baseball and football trophies. (Especially the bowling trophies.)

I left the place a bit disappointed. I'd always expected that the trophies people fought so hard to get would be made from higher quality stuff. Like those sports figures atop some should have been plated with real gold or silver. Maybe the cap piece -- the figurine on top -- should have been carefully screwed into the base and not just threaded on a basic, small diameter iron pipe.

I have a golden glove from my late father, who was a boxer at one time. It's small, of course, but he worked hard to get it. It feels like gold. It weighs like gold. I've speculated on getting it tested to see if it is real gold or even gold plate.

I never do. He stopped boxing after WW2. He was proud of the glove. (While at sea in the Navy, he was asked by the captain of his ship to knock out a sailor who had gone crazy and wild but not to hurt him. So, he did it, quickly and as requested.)

Maybe I don't want to find out if it's real gold or just bronze or brass plated. He trained real hard to get it.

Either way, I keep it locked up.

Marine1: So, Texas, was your little unpopular LHN worth running off a team that has eight bowl appearances in the last nine years?

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Maud Dib: ^
Yes, because it's all Texas' fault.

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\moran

Oklahoma farked up too.

This news made my day. ^_^

"People just don't buy tickets, even though the teams are good. At least we still have the bass fishermen classic."

Um, okay.

evilive: Texas had a huge part, but so did Nebraska and Oklahoma and the nuclear meltdown that is Texas A&M right now. Texas gets most of the blame just because Dodds is a jackass, and kills any sympathy for the program. It boils down to Nebraska wanting to ursurp Mizzou from getting into the BIG10, Oklahoma wanting to be top dog and get the same respect as Texas, and A&M not going to the SEC when they should of, and completely pissing off their entire fanbase and alumni.

Pretty much, yes. The bloc of Texas, A&M, Oklahoma and Nebraska for years prevented any progress on equal revenue sharing and a conference network. Nebraska stewed for 17 years because Texas dominated the conference instead of Nebraska, but Nebraska was never willing to side with the lesser members of the conference on those two key issues. After years of blocking equal revenue sharing and a conference network, they jumped ship to a conference with equal revenue sharing and a conference network. A&M did basically the same thing, albeit given a presumed future SEC Network. Oklahoma kicked the Big 8 schools to the curb when Texas joined, consistently siding with Texas on pretty much every issue. It was only when the Texas declared that some pigs are more equal to others that Oklahoma decided they were going to trade up by joining the PAC. When that blew up in their faces, they started promoting equal revenue sharing as if they've always supported it. Alas, in getting their dicks slammed in the door, they gave Missouri and the SEC the political and legal cover they needed to talk to each other.