Snuffing out the Buckeyes (Vintage Horeshoe Ashtray)

Check out a beautiful metal ashtray depicting pre-renovation Ohio Stadium, when the Horseshoe was truly a horseshoe:

ohio stadium ashtray

The holidays are times to revisit your family, friends and of course your vices.  Who doesn’t enjoy the occasional cigar over the holidays and what is a better place to snuff out your smoke? 

Jokes aside, it’s a pretty cool item and from what I’ve learned from watching Mad Men is that people used to smoke a lot.   Therefore it’s not surprising that I actually featured a Michigan Stadium-themed ashtray back in March:

Just as I suggest that Michigan fans might like the Ohio Stadium ashtray, back in March I offered that it’d be hard for a Wolverine fan to crush a smoke on this beauty:

cigarette butt into Michigan Stadium or on the likeness of a wolverine.  It’s kind of like walking on the block M in the Diag.  Perhaps that explains the ashtray’s pristine condition?

8 Comments

  • Suburban Scarecrow

    Umm. Maybe acceptable behavior has changed, but when I was a student many of us went out of our way to walk on the M to prove we weren’t superstitious.

  • Florida Buckeye

    And on the other hand, Buckeye FB Players do not have any problem whatsoever with crushing some UM butts on their playing field. Go for it!

  • wolverron

    Speaking of butts, did you hear DeFran’s tirade last week, saying that he “knows” Michigan is going to fire Rich Rod in January? Personally, I don’t think DeFran knows much of anything (as evidenced when he shares his political views with us), so I’m not putting too much stock into his rant. In fact, I remember him proclaiming G. Robinson was a great hire for the defense, and when people pointed out his so-so defenses at Denver and Texas (Robinson was the D-coordinator when Michigan shredded them offensively), he dismissed them. I don’t deny DeFran probably knows a regent or two, but I have a feeling these people are just expressing personal views versus stating actual facts.

  • Bigasshammm

    I’d love to see that ashtray bought and then a photo taken of it with a large pile of poo inside. Best use ever for it!

  • Chris

    Well Greg, I guess you’ve arrived… you have buckeye trolls polluting your forum now. I guess they got tired of shitting all over everything in CBus and feel the need to branch out so to speak.

  • bonus

    i lost that auction by 50 frickin cents. thanks for the heads up Greg, next time ill pay more attention to the auction. i would have loved to bang out 100 cigars in that.