Battle for the 1st Southwick Jug

[Waquoit]

I'm excited. I like jugs.

 

[Hogoff]

I'm excited. I like jugs.


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My preference are butts, but jugs are nice too.

 

[LBird33]

Is this going to go the way of the conflict trophy?

 

[Skiblets]

Looks like it will never get off the ground

 

[uchusky32]

How much is delivery? Can we refuse package?

 

[rich1122]

Looks like it will never get off the ground

Why?

 

[Palatine]

I think Rebecca Lobo is from Southwick.

 

[tiger8mush]

Why?

 

[ZooCougar]

Turns out the real battle is between their collective and the AD.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Works for me

 

[Windham4th]

UMass athletic administration needs to go the way of this jug AND the civil conflict

 

[BugsyCT]

I want the jug and refuse to acknowledge UMess as an FBS school.

 

[BlueHen]

Rivalries generate interest. Interest generates eyeballs. UMass should embrace it, even if they think it is stupid.

 

[NowInStorrs]

So did we take the jug? Or...?

 

[CCSUblue]

The Jug was the idea of that NIL collective that UMass is no longer working with. No idea what happened between them, but that trophy wasn't from the UMass athletic department. Seems to me that the FightingMassachusetts twitter doesn't understand that.

 

[ZooCougar]

The Jug was the idea of that NIL collective that UMass is no longer working with. No idea what happened between them, but that trophy wasn't from the UMass athletic department. Seems to me that the FightingMassachusetts twitter doesn't understand that.

The jug was made by the collective for both schools with the knowledge of both schools. The collective handed over the trophy to UMass some time ago. UMass was all in on it.

The trophy seems to be a casualty of the breakup between the school and the collective. They had been vocally critical of the AD that’s what triggered everything.

I just hope someone had the sense to put an Apple AirTag on that trophy so that it doesn’t disappear like the other trophy did.

 

[ZooCougar]

The plot thickens

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Personally I see that as a mistake on Mora's part. He shouldn't acknowledge its existence.

 

[ZooCougar]

Rivalries generate interest. Interest generates eyeballs. UMass should embrace it, even if they think it is stupid.

It has nothing to do with that. It has everthing to do with the AD ego and the conflict with their former NIL collective.

The AD is on a mission to ensure that everyone hates his guts.

 

[UConnDan97]

Personally I see that as a mistake on Mora's part. He shouldn't acknowledge its existence.

I'm on the other side of it.

You acknowledge it's existence and the fact that they've never won it. You then continue to never let them win it, and then whenever it's brought up, people say, "oh yeah, the trophy that one school has never won."

That's the only way to break away from the association with them. By making the association outlandish in the first place...

 

[Patman]

Why?

Because it was a gimmick to inspire umass to win. Once uconn won it lost all importance

 

[gopher2]

New trophies are a beatch.

 

[ZooCougar]

Going national. Hilarious. This might get Bamford fired.

 

[RSTuthill]

The Jug was the idea of that NIL collective that UMass is no longer working with. No idea what happened between them, but that trophy wasn't from the UMass athletic department. Seems to me that the FightingMassachusetts twitter doesn't understand that.

That brings up an interesting point. UMass may not be working with that collective, but it doesn't mean the collective has to close up shop, does it?

 

[businesslawyer]

That brings up an interesting point. UMass may not be working with that collective, but it doesn't mean the collective has to close up shop, does it?

No. There is no legal reason they can’t offer students money for NIL deals if they sign with UMass.

 

[CL82]

Personally I see that as a mistake on Mora's part. He shouldn't acknowledge its existence.

Personally, it amuses me to think of Mora after the game saying "give me the dang trophy bitches"

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Personally, it amuses me to think of Mora after the game saying "give me the dang trophy bitches"

If it were something that resembled a real trophy, maybe, but that thing looks like a spitoon that a third grader made in arts & crafts at summer camp.

 

[BugsyCT]

We have a knack for amusing the rest of the country with makeshift rivalry trophy confusion & controversies.

 

[ZooCougar]

If it were something that resembled a real trophy, maybe, but that thing looks like a spitoon that a third grader made in arts & crafts at summer camp.

Have you even seen what some of these other trophies look like? Obviously you haven't.

 

[CL82]

We have a knack for amusing the rest of the country with makeshift rivalry trophy confusion & controversies.

Yeah, but at least we didn't start this one.