tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post6494253221328517545..comments2023-10-26T05:08:38.930+03:30Comments on The Hoosier Report: The Old Brass Spittoon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-15088042168237021362007-10-13T01:39:00.000+03:302007-10-13T01:39:00.000+03:30Good stuff and good memories. That game that the ...Good stuff and good memories. That game that the article previews probably was the football highlight of my college years. A freak October snowstorm dropped an unpredicted six inches of snow on Bloomington the night before the game, and IU beat the ranked Spartans 10-0.John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904933804078748933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-44038542010050661912007-10-12T22:47:00.000+03:302007-10-12T22:47:00.000+03:30On the case of the missing spittoon ...SPORTSTRAVE...On the case of the missing spittoon ...<BR/><BR/>SPORTS<BR/>TRAVELING TROPHY A TRADITION FOR INDIANA, MICHIGAN STATE<BR/>BRUCE HOOLEY PLAIN DEALER REPORTER<BR/>608 words<BR/>29 October 1993<BR/>The Plain Dealer Cleveland, OH<BR/>FINAL / ALL<BR/>4D<BR/>English<BR/>(Copyright (c) The Plain Dealer 1993)<BR/><BR/>Indiana could legitimize its 6-1 record and No. 23 national ranking with a victory tomorrow over No. 22 Michigan State, a team the Hoosiers grew to dislike while losing six of seven games to the Spartans from 1985-91.<BR/><BR/>"We don't like those guys and they don't like us," IU linebacker Charles Beauchamp said. "It's started to become a rivalry game."<BR/><BR/>Maybe for the Hoosiers, but not for Michigan State, which became so accustomed to dominating the series that coach George Perles failed to take the traveling trophy at stake each season - the Old Brass Spittoon - to Bloomington two years ago.<BR/><BR/>IU coach Bill Mallory takes his team's three trophy games very seriously, so when the Hoosiers grabbed a 31-0 victory that season, Mallory could wait no longer than one week before he called Perles to track down the Spittoon.<BR/><BR/>Perles dispatched an assistant coach to uncover the item and directed him to, "Send this to IU." Trouble was, the Michigan State assistant sent the Spittoon to Iowa, which had no idea what to do with it.<BR/><BR/>Indiana finally gained possession of the trophy in time to lose it back to the Spartans last season.<BR/><BR/>Asked if he told Perles to bring the Spittoon tomorrow, Mallory said: "Let's win it first. I can go track it down afterward."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com