A furious 25 minutes with my man Steve Clarke on WTKA 1050AM’s ‘Fantastic Friday’ before the 2020 Michigan State game.
Run down:
1:00 The prospect of our podcast: Stocks, Suds, Cigars, Sports…
1:30 The jug presentation (or lack thereof) at the 2020 Minnesota game.
3:15 On the prospect of playing Minnesota twice in the same season, and would we play for the jug?
4:30 On Chase Winovich being in my lecture at The History of College Athletics, and trolling me on Twitter (scroll down)
7:30 On the fragility of the jug, and why don’t they just use the replica on the field? (In case something happens)
9:00 On the Paul Bunyan Trophy, how it started and why we Michigan (historically) don’t care much for it.
We covered a lot of ground including the odd origins of the Paul Bunyan Trophy and why Michigan fans have never really cared for it until now. We also touched on the 2020 Minnesota game, the Little Brown Jug (naturally), the fickle mood of Michigan fans & much more. Go Blue!
P.S. Don’t buy the Chase Winovich / jug story? Feast your eyes on your boy Wino trolling me after the 2017 game:
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Bryan Vogt
There is a good discussion of the instigation of the Paul Bunyan Trophy by then-Governor Williams in this book: https://www.amazon.com/Student-His-Professor-Michigan-State-Michigan/dp/069236241X WARNING: This book, though well-researched, was written by a Sparty slappy who makes no attempt to be impartial in documenting history.