2011 - University of Florida requests custody of the War Canoe
Since the '50s, the winner of the rivalry game would receive the War Canoe as a trophy. It is literally a wooden canoe. So big that the teams actually stopped trading it in the '70s because it was hard to display, but after the annual rivalry was cancelled the Hurricanes decided to display it in the school's sports hall of fame. Well, the few times the teams met since the Hurricanes came out victorious ... until the 2008 meeting. For some reason three years later in 2011 the UF student cancel decided they now wanted the canoe, and sent a letter to UM stating as much. UM's response: 'LOL, no.' The 'Canes reasoned the trophy was meant for the yearly rivalry, and since they had won the last meeting it was now rightfully there's for eternity. It remains in Coral Gables and will not be up for grabs tomorrow.
at least no matter what happens we get to keep the seminole war canoe.
