Beer Barrel

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VolunteerHillbilly

VolunteerHillbilly

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Where is the beer barrel now? I remember that they quit using it as a trophy due to some KY players being killed in a DUI-related accident but I wondered what became of it.
 
#2
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Where is the beer barrel now? I remember that they quit using it as a trophy due to some KY players being killed in a DUI-related accident but I wondered what became of it.
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Some idiot KY player got drunk and got behind the wheel and ended up killing one of his teammates if I am not mistaken and that was the end of the Beer Barrel. I liked playing Kentucky because it was for the beer barrel, now it is the crappy team that occupies the end of our schedule.


BRING BACK THE BEER BARREL!!!
 
#5
#5
We still play for the barrell, it just isn't called the beer barrell anymore. But it should be in storage in Ktown. That is where it belongs.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
We still play for the barrell, it just isn't called the beer barrell anymore. But it should be in storage in Ktown. That is where it belongs.
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I haven't heard any mention of it or seen it at any game since the UK player's accident. I was under the impression that they no longer played for it.
 
#8
#8
With all the problems we have in this country related to college overdrinking why would you want to continue that tradition? Just create something new. Traditions have to start somewhere.
 
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crazyguy said:
With all the problems we have in this country related to college overdrinking why would you want to continue that tradition? Just create something new. Traditions have to start somewhere.
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Having a trophy called "The Beer Barrel" isn't promoting "college overdrinking".
 
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#13
Being in college promotes over drinking, why I don't know but it is the place to over indulge in alcohol. But regardless a beer barrel isn't the problem. Not paying attention to players and not being responsible is. Both schools just saw a neutral object to blame instead of the kid getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. It is a shame that incident stopped tradition considering that it had nothing to do with the rivalry. Wasn't even before Tennessee played Kentucky that year?
 
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SWIL said:
Or maybe a Battle of the Moonshine Jug?
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That's the West Virginia vs Virginia Tech trophy (joke). I think KY played for the Bourbon Barrell with another school (Louisville???) but they nixed that one as well.

There is the little brown jug somewhere.
 
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#20
It was indeed the week before the UT-UK game in 1998 when the accident happened. And the Bourbon Barrell was between UK and Indiana.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
That's the West Virginia vs Virginia Tech trophy (joke). I think KY played for the Bourbon Barrell with another school (Louisville???) but they nixed that one as well.
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That was Indiana that we played for the Bourbon Barrel.

UK and UL play for the Governor's Cup.
 
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