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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 1h

Gopher fans out here unearthing their buried emotional damage #ForTheKids. Telling #CFB history, celebrating rivalry, and hopefully inspiring donations in the fight against pediatric cancer.

Ski-U-Mah and Go Big Red
Do yourself a favor,
follow & read these threads.

This Matters To Somebody @tm2s.bsky.social · 5h

9 days out from the game, we're ripping the bandaid off.

Let's talk about what might be the worst day in #Gopher football history: September 17, 1983.

#CFBsky #B1G

Nebraska advertisement from 1983:

"The Scoring Explosion" featuring the power of the Nebraska offense including eventual Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier

Minnesota linebackers and d-linemen fail to prevent a Turner Gill handoff

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 5h

🚨Exciting Announcement🚨

With the glorious return of Wednesday CFB, we want to celebrate college football fans with an ANONYMOUS DONATION MATCH CAMPAIGN!

A secret hero has agreed to match $5000 to Team One Four if all y'all click that Donate for Gophers button at BrokenChairTrophy.com!

SHARE PLZ!

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I am Patrick's Sports Angst @patricksaxton.bsky.social · 4h

This is awesome! Thank you anonymous person.

And remember gopher fans, any donation over $100 makes you eligible to win one of the two Dinkytown Athletes memberships I'm donating as well.

Double bonus!

$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 5h

🚨Exciting Announcement🚨

With the glorious return of Wednesday CFB, we want to celebrate college football fans with an ANONYMOUS DONATION MATCH CAMPAIGN!

A secret hero has agreed to match $5000 to Team One Four if all y'all click that Donate for Gophers button at BrokenChairTrophy.com!

SHARE PLZ!

BrokenChairTrophy.com

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 5h

🚨Exciting Announcement🚨

With the glorious return of Wednesday CFB, we want to celebrate college football fans with an ANONYMOUS DONATION MATCH CAMPAIGN!

A secret hero has agreed to match $5000 to Team One Four if all y'all click that Donate for Gophers button at BrokenChairTrophy.com!

SHARE PLZ!

BrokenChairTrophy.com

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 20h

This is an incredible thread with some great college football history! Love seeing the old photos and news clippings! Thanks to the TM2S podcast fellows, who have always been chair-itable fans and lovers of the narratives behind why we all love sports.
Click in and read this thread!

This Matters To Somebody @tm2s.bsky.social · 1d

10 days out from the Minnesota vs. Nebraska Battle for the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy!

To celebrate, we're going to try to highlight a classic Minnesota vs. Nebraska game every day. Minnesota leads the all-time series 37-25-2 and is on a 5-game win streak dating back to 2019.

$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 7d

2025 CHAIR-ITY SEASON IS LIVE!
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College football fans are on the cusp of the $200k mark for pediatric cancer orgs in our 9th year of fundraising for Team Jack and Team One Four, where Husker and Gopher student-athletes volunteer.

The 10th Battle for The Chair is on Oct 17!
🧵

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This Matters To Somebody @tm2s.bsky.social · 1d

10 days out from the Minnesota vs. Nebraska Battle for the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy!

To celebrate, we're going to try to highlight a classic Minnesota vs. Nebraska game every day. Minnesota leads the all-time series 37-25-2 and is on a 5-game win streak dating back to 2019.

$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 7d

2025 CHAIR-ITY SEASON IS LIVE!
Brokenchairtrophy.com

College football fans are on the cusp of the $200k mark for pediatric cancer orgs in our 9th year of fundraising for Team Jack and Team One Four, where Husker and Gopher student-athletes volunteer.

The 10th Battle for The Chair is on Oct 17!
🧵

Brokenchairtrophy.com

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Jeffrey and Co for the Chair-ity shout-out on the Eyes on B1G podcast!

They are mainly still based over at the other place, but any #CFBsky folks should check out their podcast.

Thanks to any and all for sharing their platforms to promote these great causes!

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 1d

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 1d

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 2d

Huskers, go ahead and look past October Maryland and start envisioning hoisting the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy for the first time since 2018!

Fans, you can start getting the vibes on your side by donating to pediatric brain cancer research through Team Jack at BrokenChairTrophy.com

BrokenChairTrophy.com

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 2d

Gophers, it's Homecoming Week! Support your Gophers on and off the field by contributing to the Team One Four Infusion Center at BrokenChairTrophy.com

Your Gophers volunteer at Masonic all the time, and Casey's revitalizing of the Infusion Center has made treatment a little easier for many kids!

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 2d

Gophers, it's Homecoming Week! Support your Gophers on and off the field by contributing to the Team One Four Infusion Center at BrokenChairTrophy.com

Your Gophers volunteer at Masonic all the time, and Casey's revitalizing of the Infusion Center has made treatment a little easier for many kids!

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 2d

Huskers, go ahead and look past October Maryland and start envisioning hoisting the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy for the first time since 2018!

Fans, you can start getting the vibes on your side by donating to pediatric brain cancer research through Team Jack at BrokenChairTrophy.com

BrokenChairTrophy.com

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Shhh, I'm trying to get some donations in exchange for a chance at free ticket to the next game!

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Stepper @stepper.bsky.social · 3d

Will gift my Gopher Hockey tickets for Thursday night against BC to someone who responds with a screenshot (personal info redacted) of a $20 or more donation to Team One Four at BrokenChairTrophy.com

Will pick a winner tomorrow.

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Sparty No! Hooray!

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Short runway lets Bruins run away with a victory.

$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Get your halftime headlines out of your system, everyone.

Trouble Bruin in Pasadena for Franklin and the Nittany.

U
Can (score on jet lagged)
Lions
Anytime

Get them all out.

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

It's halftime for the Huskers and Penn State is about to run the fun, so I'll take the time again to remind folks the Chair-ity Drive is LIVE!

The internet created a rivalry trophy now in its 10th contest and now fans have raised over $176k through online word of mouth.
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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Chiles op-ed meme asking how to not throw interceptions.

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

None of us are. We are but mortals and chunks of wood.

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Get your halftime headlines out of your system, everyone.

Trouble Bruin in Pasadena for Franklin and the Nittany.

U
Can (score on jet lagged)
Lions
Anytime

Get them all out.

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Game Day is Oct 17th. You take care of you during the crazy times. Shares and helping spread the word make a huge difference, especially as CFB finds a new home over here on #CFBsky. Helping get the word out to others who are able to donate makes just as big a difference! Thanks!

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

Just destroying Sparty right now and yet this is so distracting!

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3d

UCLA beating Penn State would be the funniest thing in a long time.

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$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy @chairtrophy.bsky.social · 3d

I am trying to raise over $25k for pediatric cancer orgs in two weeks by word of mouth. Optimism is required.

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