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Any idea when the Fiesta Bowl trophy will be on display?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mean Purple" data-source="post: 3251406" data-attributes="member: 72660"><p>"According to Fiesta Bowl vice president of communications Scott Leightman, the trophy is valued at around $1.4 million. It’s 46 inches tall and weighs more than 200 pounds. Both Michigan and TCU have about 40 players on their rosters who weigh less, including Michigan starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The trophy’s hefty valuation is mostly due to the football that rests on top, which can be removed from the rest of the trophy. It’s made of gold, and the stripes near each end are covered in 2,187 pavé-set diamonds that weigh a total of 50 carats. The football has an <a href="https://www.molinafinejewelers.com/fiestabowltrophy" target="_blank">internal power source that keeps it illuminated</a> even when removed.<strong> (In fact, a different Fiesta Bowl staffer told MLive the ball alone was worth more than a million and the entire trophy was closer to $2.5 million.)"</strong></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2022/12/michigan-tcu-will-play-for-14-million-200-pound-fiesta-bowl-trophy.html#:~:text=According%20to%20Fiesta%20Bowl%20vice,Michigan%20starting%20quarterback%20J.J.%20McCarthy.[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mean Purple, post: 3251406, member: 72660"] "According to Fiesta Bowl vice president of communications Scott Leightman, the trophy is valued at around $1.4 million. It’s 46 inches tall and weighs more than 200 pounds. Both Michigan and TCU have about 40 players on their rosters who weigh less, including Michigan starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy. The trophy’s hefty valuation is mostly due to the football that rests on top, which can be removed from the rest of the trophy. It’s made of gold, and the stripes near each end are covered in 2,187 pavé-set diamonds that weigh a total of 50 carats. The football has an [URL='https://www.molinafinejewelers.com/fiestabowltrophy']internal power source that keeps it illuminated[/URL] even when removed.[B] (In fact, a different Fiesta Bowl staffer told MLive the ball alone was worth more than a million and the entire trophy was closer to $2.5 million.)"[/B] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2022/12/michigan-tcu-will-play-for-14-million-200-pound-fiesta-bowl-trophy.html#:~:text=According%20to%20Fiesta%20Bowl%20vice,Michigan%20starting%20quarterback%20J.J.%20McCarthy.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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