There are many strange traditions in college football and the kind of things that casual fans scratching their heads are confused in many cases, exactly the same things that are extremely zealous fanatical fans enjoy their favorite pastime to do more. One of the traditions in college football is strange that the annual rivalry football game between Indiana State University (located in Bloomington, IN) and Purdue University (based in West Lafayette, IN) for decadesplayed a very special trophy with the title of Old Oak Bucket.
To understand the reasons for the title match of the single head to head the historical origin of the term is to understand at first. The Oaken Bucket trophy of the oldest known in fact dates back to 1920 and is one of the oldest football trophies in existence. The concept for the trophy, which is now being fought for by two Big Ten Conference rivals, was conceived at a meeting of alumni in 1925 in Chicago. BothHoosiers and Boilermakers Alumni gathered to see the options, the best way to commemorate the lively rivalry between the two schools, which are only talking about less than 115 miles away.
The strange phrase bucket of oak is common to both Dr. Clarence Jones (Indiana alum) and Russell Gray (a Purdue alum) accredited. The language in the resolution of a subsequent joint meeting of alumni giving in 1925 in Chicago, and essentially states that "an old oak bucket" (made easy by OakOak) would be better because it was believed that "the typical form of the trophy Hoosier." has not been obtained in this particular case, the word Hoosier specifically for the Indiana University Hoosiers, but for all citizens, the Indiana Hoosiers are collectively known. This, of course, Purdue students and graduates who fell under the umbrella of the Hoosiers. In fact, the nickname of the state of Indiana is the Hoosier State.
The source and inspiration for the old phraseoak bucket in fact even before the joint meeting of the 1925 Purdue Alumni and Indiana for 100 years. Dr. Jones and Mr. Gray chose the word "old oak bucket, partly because he wrote the now famous title of a poem, the poet Samuel Woodworth in 1817. Although Woodworth, an American was eloquent on the east coast (Massachusetts) and the words Indiana, which was about the fond memories he had written for him, where he grew up a lot of emotions native Indianaconcern.
Funny, the first game of this epic series in 1925 ended in a 0-0 draw. Since then the Old Oak Bucket Purdue series with a 56-23-3 record against Indiana University (IU) free throw.