, Neb. —

Nebraska's game against Minnesota Friday will be special in more ways than one.

Each year, the rivalry raises several thousand dollars for cancer research and more.

And that rivalry is symbolized with a broken chair.

"It started as (people on the) internet having fun," said Evan Reeder, who is part of the group behind the trophy.

In 2014, a parody Twitter account for Nebraska's then football coach posted, "OK how about if we win you give me $5, if you win I get to smash a wooden chair over your back."

That's when an account under the name "Goldy the Gopher" replied, "Just as long as we can turn that $5 or bits of broken chair into a trophy for next year's game."

"Within a week, there was an actual trophy built," Reeder said.

And within a few years, it was about more than a

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