Big Ten Countdown: 30 - The King of the Mountain

by Aaron Musfeldt on Jun 1, 2011 9:00 AM CDT in Husker Fans Guide to the Big Ten

Well, it's June 1st. We've been counting down since late March and we have but one month to go. The writers here at Corn Nation are holding strong, but are starting to feel the weight of this series add up. Just a year ago, the Big XII meetings were taking place and things like ultimatums were thrown around like the football when Joe Ganz played Kansas State. If Nebraska stays, Texas will stay. If they go to the Big Ten, hmm...

Well, we all know that Nebraska didn't stay and because of that choice, we get to do this cool 100-day series. It continues today with some random thoughts from yours-truly. Now, mind you, I like to be creative and to spice things up. Our new conference is known for it's traveling trophies, so I came up with this idea for a trophy that could be won by any of the Big Ten schools.

It's called, the King of the Mountain.

Growing up, my friends and I would play this game called King of the Mountain. We had a "mountain" (sometimes a tree, a hill, a teeter-totter, a diving board, a log over a pond, playground equipment or whatever). The idea was that if you wanted to be king, you had to push everyone else off. Also, people would want to knock you off so that they could be king.

What if the Big Ten had a trophy with the same idea. School X would have the trophy and whenever they played, they would have to put this trophy on the line. As long as they kept winning, they kept the trophy. If they lost, it would be given to the other team. From that point, that team (school Y) has to defend the trophy against whomever they play. You could also make this trophy a division trophy. The "King of the Legends" trophy and/or the "King of the Leaders". It also might make for a good basketball trophy. The conference is full of football trophies but lacks one good one for basketball. There are more basketball games and might travel a lot more. The winner of the Big Ten basketball tournament would end up taking home the "King of the Mountain" trophy, though.

Or...maybe we just start a "King of the Mountain" trophy and anyone that beats us gets it. It could end up traveling all across the NCAA and maybe even end up at an FCS school.

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I was hoping for Ahman Green today.

Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave.

by Brizzle T on Jun 1, 2011 3:16 PM CDT reply actions

true

we should have worked him in somewhere…. hey! there’s still some time left!

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by Jon Johnston on Jun 1, 2011 11:33 PM CDT reply actions

I Like It

“King of the Mountain” trophy, goes to whoever beats the holder at any game. Think of the fun stats that would generate, the added pressure to win when playing a non conference team if it was truly an open deal, the shenanigans that could surround it.

Every kid played king of the mountain – everyone would instantly identify with this. Who do we call to get this ball rolling?

by UltimaRatioRegum on Jun 2, 2011 12:44 PM CDT reply actions

Great Idea

I think this is an awesome idea. I have never heard of a traveling trophy that moved around game-by-game.

I am totally on board with this one!

QPU #56

by NugsRoxHusker on Jun 2, 2011 3:26 PM CDT reply actions

jim delany:

please consider this.

/thanks

by monsatano on Jun 2, 2011 5:30 PM CDT reply actions

Such a Great Idea, Something Totally Cool Nebraska Could Bring to the Big 10

The fact that it could possibly circulate so much makes it unique and provides great exposure. And the name fits too perfectly with the idea – whichever team ‘pushes the other off the scoreboard’ wins “King of the Mountain”. It’s instantly intuitive. Any ideas how we can actually get the ball rolling on this?

You get a gold star, Aaron.

"What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true today may turn out to be falsehood tomorrow, mere smoke of opinion." Thoreau

by UltimaRatioRegum on Jun 2, 2011 6:25 PM CDT reply actions

Good idea...

Just not sure how long it would be “fun”. After the trophy exchanged hands and everyone got their dirty fingerprints on it…lets say after 8 weeks…would anyone care who had the trophy?

by Conspiracy* on Jun 2, 2011 10:13 PM CDT reply actions

Yes.

It’s all about bragging rights.

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by NugsRoxHusker on Jun 3, 2011 7:30 AM CDT up reply actions

Great idea!!

Personally, I’d like to see it implemented for basketball, mostly because we all know Purdue would never get it unless Minnesota, Northwestern, or IU upset someone. Ok, just Northwestern.

by boilerjake on Jun 7, 2011 11:27 AM CDT reply actions