[donmeaker]

So they want a P=47? The juggernaught was a heck of a plain, but even if painted brown..... wasn't little.






Oh, that brown jug.

Never mind!

[rogue yam]

In 1903, arguably the most famous water jug in the country was on sale in a local convenience store in Ann Arbor for 30 cents. With his team on a 28-game winning streak heading into a showdown at 10-0 Minnesota, Michigan coach Fielding Yost told manager Tommy Roberts to go buy something for the team to carry its own water to the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Yost worried the Gophers wouldn't provide the Wolverines with fresh water, so Roberts bought the jug.

The mighty Wolverines led 6-0 late in the game when the Gophers tied the score with less than two minutes to play. The fans stormed the field and officials had to call the game early, and it ended in a tie.

Michigan left the jug behind in the ensuing craziness, and Gophers equipment manager Oscar Munson found it on the sideline. Munson painted the jug brown and put the final score on it.

Yost later sent Minnesota athletics director Dr. L.J. Cooke a letter asking for the jug back.

Cooke's response?

"If you want it, you'll have to win it."

Like the man said, if you want the Jug, you have to win it.