Florida-Georgia rivalry spiced up with trophy

By Adam Silverstein
October 30, 2009

A new college football rivalry trophy named the “Okefenokee Oar” will be presented to the winner of the annual Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs game Saturday at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. According to Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald, the creation of the trophy was “a collaborative idea of the University of Florida and University of Georgia student governments.” Each season, the winner of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party will take home the trophy for display before fighting over it the following year in Jacksonville, FL.

Fashioned from a 1,000 year old cypress tree harvested in the Okefenokee Swamp (which borders the two states), it will be introduced live on CBS by the Florida and Georgia student government presidents and awarded to the winning team after the game. Both universities hope to make the trophy as important as other college football rivalry trophies (like the Little Brown Jug for Michigan-Minnesota and Paul Bunyan’s Axe for Minn.-Wisconsin).

Florida currently holds two rivalry trophies. It possesses the Seminole War Canoe after defeating the Miami Hurricanes (2008) and has held the Governor’s Cup (in title alone) for defeating the Florida State Seminoles consecutively since 2004.

A picture of the Oar has been swiped by OGGOA provided courtesy of the Herald.

5 Comments

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  2. Dude says:

    Do we have to War Canoe? I thought Miami kept it.

  3. Yes, they kept it. By “hold” I meant ceremonially. As for the Governor’s Cup – I don’t believe one even exists.

  4. Wow. Good find. I suppose that’s why the picture I have is only of the bottom portion.

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