Oops: Gators' $8,000 BCS football trophy smashed
As part of Florida's Orange and Blue weekend, fans viewed and posed with the 2006 BCS national championship trophy. But it was damaged Friday when someone knocked the top of the Waterford Crystal trophy, valued at $8,000, off its pedestal as it sat on a coffee table outside coach Urban Meyer's office. The football shattered. Chip Howard, associate athletics director for operations, said the trophy, one of two that UF owns, is insured and a replacement is expected to arrive in about three months. The company that manufactures the trophy told Howard that UF is the third school this year to need a replacement. Officials don't know who knocked the trophy down, but will continue to occasionally display it. "Accidents happen," Howard said.
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Hilarious!
Posted by: Scott | April 15, 2008 at 07:40 AM
Sounds over priced to me. I'm sure they will just use funds from some educational purpose to fix it.
Posted by: Ted | April 15, 2008 at 07:49 AM
Love it!
Posted by: Gator Hater | April 15, 2008 at 07:58 AM
Ted, if you had read the article is say's that it was insured....
Posted by: Sean | April 15, 2008 at 08:03 AM
Can I get my spear back please?
Posted by: Chief Osceola | April 15, 2008 at 08:19 AM
No worries, the replace ment will be there in 3 months along with a third one sometime in January!
Posted by: mm | April 15, 2008 at 08:50 AM
When you have so many championship trophies around, they get in the way sometimes.
Posted by: Gator Frank | April 15, 2008 at 08:51 AM
i heard that the trophy was smashed after urbans first viewing of the pain olympics
Posted by: Big ol' Rog | April 15, 2008 at 09:01 AM
You have a National Championship trophy just sitting on a coffee table?
Posted by: Don | April 15, 2008 at 09:04 AM
i heard that the trophy was smashed after urbans first viewing of the pain olympics
Posted by: Big ol' Rog | April 15, 2008 at 09:04 AM
They should send the new one out to USC where it should have gone in the first place.
Posted by: truth | April 15, 2008 at 09:07 AM
No big deal, we'll be winning another one this year! Go Gators!!!
Posted by: Judy | April 15, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Was it the one from '96? You only lost one game that year, same as us.
Posted by: Chief Osceola | April 15, 2008 at 09:26 AM
HAHAHA....TOO FUNNY
Posted by: Amy | April 15, 2008 at 09:28 AM
On a coffee table? Well yes, we ran out of space in the trophy room and had to put it somewhere...
Posted by: Gators #1 | April 15, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Football and crystal are not a good combination.
Posted by: | April 15, 2008 at 09:31 AM
went to the orange and blue game. AWESOME. The nat'l chamionship trophy looked great right next to Tebow's Heisman. Rainey looked like the man. GET READY!
Posted by: bdiddy | April 15, 2008 at 09:39 AM
"On a coffee table? Well yes, we ran out of space in the trophy room and had to put it somewhere..."
i guess they don't teach history at florida. the tropheys won since '96 were the first. maybe y'all dominated water polo throughout the 20th century, but i haven't really followed the sport.
Posted by: ffsb | April 15, 2008 at 09:42 AM
A coffee Table...maybe they will learn a single wide does not make a good trophy room
Posted by: Urban | April 15, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Tebow can use his super powers to fix it, dont worry!
Posted by: Don | April 15, 2008 at 09:54 AM
Urban must've not been paying attention to where he was walking whilst texting recruits like a preteen...
Posted by: Gators love Jhort's | April 15, 2008 at 10:03 AM
who broke the trophy?
Posted by: | April 15, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Tebow drop his bible while doing Salvia?
Posted by: Chief Osceola | April 15, 2008 at 10:59 AM
i know who broke it.... http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=79631&sport=1
i played football against him he plays for plant. he broke it while being recruited.
Posted by: joe scmoe | April 15, 2008 at 11:04 AM
no thats wrong i heard it was preston tucker a florida commit for basebal
Posted by: peter parker | April 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM