How to make Farmageddon a trophy game?

[benman82]

I saw on reddit a suggestion that each team have a section of land next to the stadium that in each year corn or wheat is planted, depending on who won the prior year.

It would be even better if the losing team had to come over and plant it!

 

[theshadow]

Bonus of having Deere or Case donate some $$ to sponsor it.

They'd probably demand it remain painted in their company's color.

 

[Spanky]

Would it be animal cruelty to have a live stock trophy? Since we are both big time AG schools I’d assume k-State also has a good stock barn on campus. Start with a heifer and when she is ready to retire the 2 vet schools can select one of her calves to be the new “trophy”. Is it any different than teams having living mascots?

How's about losing team provides a calf, winning team slaughters it at mid field and the MVP eats the beating heart?
Just a thought.

 

[istater7]

3/4 of the fans on both sides of the field have no idea what this dumb new urban word means or how to pronounce it.

Nobody has heard of the word “Armageddon”? Literally just put an F in front of it. Not that crazy. You must have low faith in the collective IQs of both fanbases.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Should be a trophy of two dudes hugging it out since we both have to live in the same state as another obnoxious fanbase

 

[CrossCyed]

Pitchfork would actually be pretty cool. Would imagine the winning team would plant it in the turf after a win.

 

[psychlone99]

We probably need to win this game a little more often to make it a trophy game.

I would have agreed with this at one point in time, but I feel differently now for a couple reasons.

1) While KSU has ripped off 9 in a row, it hasn't been domination by any stretch of the imagination.

2) I think the shared cultures of the two schools makes the series and potential rivalry more exciting, especially in the era of conference realignment and expansion where Nebraska and Rutgers are conference foes. I feel like I would easily relate to a KSU grad, even though I don't know any personally.

 

[Spanky]

I would have agreed with this at one point in time, but I feel differently now for a couple reasons.

1) While KSU has ripped off 9 in a row, it hasn't been domination by any stretch of the imagination.

2) I think the shared cultures of the two schools makes the series and potential rivalry more exciting, especially in the era of conference realignment and expansion where Nebraska and Rutgers are conference foes. I feel like I would easily relate to a KSU grad, even though I don't know any personally.

You've never followed EMAW......

 

[psychlone99]

You've never followed EMAW......

I have. Lunatic fringe. Every fanbase has it. They just happen to have a dedicated forum.

 

[Blandboy]

Nobody has heard of the word “Armageddon”? Literally just put an F in front of it. Not that crazy. You must have low faith in the collective IQs of both fanbases.

Seriously? Anybody have a Bible? In the New Testament book of Revelation, Armageddon is the prophesied location of last battle on earth prior to Christ’s return.

 

[madguy30]

Seriously? Anybody have a Bible? In the New Testament book of Revelation, Armageddon is the prophesied location of last battle on earth prior to Christ’s return.

It's one event I want to witness...the hope is to have a few beers on hand because I probably won't have time to get to the store.

 

[cycophagus]

I know ... a silver belt buckle!

 

[intrepid27]

Dang, and I thought we already have the seeds of a good Farmageddon trophy right here.

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So...CMC is Snyder daddy??

 

[AirWalke]

I'm still just trying to imagine the sight of the winning team rushing over to the other side of the field, climbing onto the tractor and riding it back into the locker room...

 

[Clones123]

I'm on board with a pitchfork, please! A tractor would be cool but seems just too impractical.

 

[simply1]

Maybe there is a trophy and we just have never seen it.

That's a little too close to the bone doc.

 

[simply1]

I'm on board with a pitchfork, please! A tractor would be cool but seems just too impractical.

Really, nothing could go wrong with a team rushing to grab a pitchfork.

 

[Al_4_State]

You could blunt the tips of the pitchfork pretty easy.

I still like the idea of a tractor that the defending winners take the field behind. Whoever drives the tractor could be revving the hell out of it, getting people amped up.

 

[Clones123]

Really, nothing could go wrong with a team rushing to grab a pitchfork.

I mean Wisconsin and Minnesota play for an axe, winner "chops down" the goal posts.

 

[BMWallace]

Yeah, that's me. I've got a '53 Deere "B" (I think). Would need a lot of work. But I figure some kid could fix it up for an Eagle Scout project or something...

I would love to give it to the ISU ROTC or a Fraternity (that has ISU/KSU chapters) to be caretakers...

I think the winners year plaque could go on the engine case and the wheels could get painted cardinal/gold, purple/white(silver) for the winner.

I really like the tractor. Having an old tractor rev onto the field before every Farmaggedon game would be awesome!

And I bet they could get John Deere or Case to be a corporate sponsor of the trophy (Depending on the make of the tractor of course).