• Solving the Little Brown Jug Space Quandary

    Right now somewhere inside the bowels of Schembechler Hall rests the Little Brown Jug.  Upon it are the score of the 93 games played in the series aligned in four columns (2 each between the Ms): Making up those 93 scores are 68 victories for Michigan, 22 for the Gophers, with three ties (1903, 1933, and 1950).   You might know that we have a decision to make after next Saturday’s game because we are out of space in the current score configuration.. …because last season Jil Gordon (above, ably assisted by the great Jon Falk) dropped in the 35-13 result in the final available slot in the column started in 1987. So what to do?  I looked at this question all the way back in 2009 as we knew this day was coming.   I’ve heard it all: Retire this jug, put a new jug in service Stop writing scores on the jug Extend the jug Stanley Cup-style (inset left) Find more empty space on the jug (and work in more scores) Repaint the existing score columns with tiny scores to add more space Via MGoShoe:  Slightly reduce the size of the 2 Ms to allow 2 new columns to be added (1 on each side). Would require a complete repaint. Via @SeanRatGoBlue : Just make a new trophy at a…