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per Kelsey:
A trophy born of a Twitter exchange between Internet-famous Faux Pelini and a college mascot is on display this month at the Nebraska Medical Center.
The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy, created in 2014, will be displayed throughout May in the Omaha hospital’s pediatric unit.
It’s been used to raise awareness for the Team Jack Foundation and pediatric brain cancer in Nebraska and the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.
A Twitter exchange between the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers’ mascot, Goldy, and Faux Pelini, a Twitter account parodying former Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini, led to the creation of the trophy in 2014.
A make-believe bet on the game between the two schools — with Faux Pelini saying if the Huskers won, he would get to break a chair over Goldy’s back — turned into the trophy.
https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebra...cle_a4a9ff01-7a6c-5336-beb9-47738c864fb5.html
Go Gophers!!
A trophy born of a Twitter exchange between Internet-famous Faux Pelini and a college mascot is on display this month at the Nebraska Medical Center.
The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy, created in 2014, will be displayed throughout May in the Omaha hospital’s pediatric unit.
It’s been used to raise awareness for the Team Jack Foundation and pediatric brain cancer in Nebraska and the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.
A Twitter exchange between the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers’ mascot, Goldy, and Faux Pelini, a Twitter account parodying former Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini, led to the creation of the trophy in 2014.
A make-believe bet on the game between the two schools — with Faux Pelini saying if the Huskers won, he would get to break a chair over Goldy’s back — turned into the trophy.
https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebra...cle_a4a9ff01-7a6c-5336-beb9-47738c864fb5.html
Go Gophers!!