Looking for information for tonight's big Miami-UC matchup (on ESPN2, 7:00 Eastern), I Google the Victory Bell, and after the initial nonsense, I found the wiki definition for it: The UCLA-USC game!
No, no, no.
The Miami RedHawks play the Cincinnati Bearcats for the 110th time, and this is the true Victory Bell game. Miami and Cincy first played this game with an oblate spheroid in 1888. Miami holds the lead 58-44-7.
Many of the Cincinnati fans stole the Harrison Hall bell in the 1890s, thus starting the playing for the bell. The bell went to the victor for the next 30 or so years, until it disappeared in the 1930s. The original bell reappeared in 1946 and is in Miami's Alumni Center.
The current bell is a replica and is given to the winner for the year. It is half white, with the Miami victory years painted in red, and half black, with the Bearcats victory years painted in red.
So I went in and made a few changes to the Victory Bell entry in Wiki. I wonder if they'll live on.
thankyouverymuch,
Old Cleat
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