2 American College Football Trophies - a pork chop

Weird trophies abound in this sporting sphere. They include a telephone and a milk can.

Some of the trophies look like they were thought of after a wee session down at the local.

Others, such as a wagon wheel and 10-gallon hat, are straight out of American lore. Only in America.

Up until 1943, Wisconsin and Minnesota University rivals played for a little slab of wood that represented a piece of bacon. This slice of history was lost and replaced by famous lumberjack Paul Bunyan's giant axe after World War II.

Shed no tears, however, because the bit of false bacon miraculously turned up in a Wisconsin University storeroom in 1994 and in a remarkably good condition.

Wisconsin ain't about to let go of it either. Their coach at the time said: "We took home the bacon and kept it." Which sounds from this distance like a fairly belligerent confession.

Footnote: Paul Bunyan is a mythical figure, surprise, surprise.