Battle Line Rivalry Trophy Revealed For Arkansas Vs. Mizzou

This morning the Arkansas Razorbacks official twitter account tweeted a picture of the new rivalry trophy that Arkansas and Mizzou will play for in the conferences newest “rivalry.” The trophy itself weights more than 180 pounds and stands more than four foot tall. It will take after the “Battle of the Boot” trophy and feature the outline of the two states on top of each other. However, it features a new wrinkle in that the middle will have an interchangeable middle silver inserts with the words Battle Line in either gold or cardinal. The color of the middle insert will be the team who won it last.

Like with the “Golden Boot” former Razorback David Bazzel was the designer, according to the Razorbacks official website, here’s a few facts about the trophy.

Battle Line Trophy Quick Facts

•   Presented to: Winner of the Battle Line Rivalry football game between the University of Arkansas and the University of Missouri
•   Sponsor of Battle Line Rivalry: Shelter Insurance
•   Precious Metal Used: Silver
•   Weight: 180 pounds
•   Height: 4’ 4” inches
•   Base: 2’5”
•   90lbs: Weight of the outline of Arkansas & Missouri
•   25lbs: Weight of each interchangeable “Battle Line” border piece
•   1200lbs & 2.5 inches: Weight & thickness of the steel used to cut the outline of Arkansas & Missouri
•   40 consecutive hours: The time it took for a water jet machine to cut the 90lb & 2.5 inch thick outline of Arkansas & Missouri. Because of the precision & quality of the cut and        thickness of steel, the water jet could only cut 1 inch per hour.
•   30 Hours (3 1/2 Days): Time of hand polish time on the trophy during production
•   400 Gallon Tank: Because of the size and weight of the trophy it took the 2nd largest tank in North America and 4 workers to hold the trophy during silver plating.
•   3 States: Main production of the trophy occurred in Arkansas, but segments of the process also occurred in California & Maryland

The Razorbacks and Tigers have a Friday kickoff at 1:30 p.m. on CBS. Hopefully, the Hogs will come away with two golden state shaped trophies this season, as well as, its seventh win of the season.