I guess we'll see it on Saturday! On Oct 29, 2009, at 5:35 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Has anyone seen this oar? > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:34 -0500 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: "The Chalkboard" --- Florida-Geor gia > winner to get “Okefenokee Oar” [Crabbe] > > > October 28th, 2009 01:53pm > Florida-Georgia winner to get “Okefenokee Oar” > by Nathan Crabbe (Gainesville SUN) > > > The winner of this Saturday’s Florida-Georgia game will get a wooden > oar to go along with bragging rights. > > The University of Florida Student Government announced Wednesday > that the “Okefenokee Oar” would be presented to the game’s winner > starting this year, in the hopes of establishing an annual tradition. > > “It’s just a way to increase the friendly competition in the game,” > said Eric Conrad, student government spokesman. > > Presenting such a trophy follows in the tradition of other rivarly > games. The winner of Michigan-Minnesota gets the Little Brown Jug, > the winner of Minnesota-Wisconsin gets Paul Bunyan’s Axe and other > teams have also exchanged quirky items in longstanding rivalries. > > The oar, which will be presented to the student government president > of the winning university, is carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress > tree cut from the Okefenokee Swamp, according to student government. > The swamp straddles the Florida-Georgia border. > > The oar is “supposed to symbolize the area that has always been > fought over by the states,” Conrad said. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
