New design for CyHawk Trophy wins online vote
Published: May 1, 2012
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The new trophy for the winner of the Iowa-Iowa State football game will depict the team's mascots after a public vote.
This combo image made of graphics provided by University of Iowa Department of Intercollegiate Athletics shows three proposed designs for the trophy for the Iowa-Iowa State NCAA college football game. The reaction last summer to a proposed design for the trophy was so negative that officials let the fans pick a design to replace it. The winning trophy will beat out two others; one depicting a football coming out of a corn husk and another with a football on top of a stand decorated by corn husks. The new design, which had just over 7,000 online votes as of Sunday, April 29, 2012, as opposed to just over 2,000 for the other two, will be presented to the winner of the Sept. 8 game. (AP Photo/University of Iowa Department of Intercollegiate Athletics)
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Fans had been asked to submit ideas for a new trophy after the original — which depicted a farm family huddled around a bushel of corn — was derided locally and nationally after being unveiled last summer.
The Iowa Corn Growers Association, which sponsors the rivalry, worked with a local design firm to come up with six concepts. A 10-person panel with ties to the two schools selected three finalists to be put to an online vote that ended late Monday.
The winning design finished with 8,002 votes, while the other two designs combined for just 2,280.
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