Did they ever show this thing on TV? I didn't see it while I was at the game.
On Oct 29, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Cathryn Lasky wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
