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Minnesota Football vs Nebraska: The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy - A Brief History

Nebraska is coming to town on Saturday, and you know what that means. Hold on to your wallets and chairs, ladies and gentlemen: The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy is on the line.

Rivalry trophies are a storied tradition of college football -- even as the concept has been somewhat diluted in recent years by an epidemic of bogus rivalry trophies for rivalries that simply do no exist outside of a public relations department -- and the Minnesota Golden Gophers are no stranger to hoisting hardware after a hard-fought win over one of their hated border rivals.