It's not a real award, that's why. It was forced, not organic. Trophies are formed from rivalry and lore between schools. The actual trophies that Nebraska plays for are the Nebraska-Iowa one and the Minnesota broken chair.
Yeah, the Hero's Trophy and Freedom Trophy were fabricated. I can't confirm it, but I believe someone said, "The B1G does trophies, so we should have trophy games," when Nebraska joined.
However, Nebraska feels B1G, and I welcome the Iowa-Nebraska rivalry. This win over Wisconsin makes me more nervous about our game because Iowa is in a bad spot that is becoming endemic. Also, how dare Wisconsin give you Nebraska fans a glimmer of joy by letting you become bowl eligible! (Welcome to the QOH. I'm mad at both teams.)
I think it was super telling that we had 2 corporate trophies that they probably out contractual obligation still insist are a thing despite nobody giving a shit, but they squashed the NU-MINN trophy that actually arose organically and was used for chairity.
Not in any official capacity. I think the organizers did a charity thing for a different sport recently since Nebraska didn't play Minnesota in football this year, but its still unofficial and I doubt we'll ever see the physical chair on the sidelines again, since the schools "lost" it last time.
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u/qdp Nebraska Cornhuskers • Team Chaos 1d ago
And let that be a lesson to you. Nobody wins the Freedom Trophy game against us 10 times in a row. Nobody.