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Chief Caddo is the name of the statue given to the winner of the annual football game between Southland Conference members Northwestern State University (NSU) of Natchitoches, Louisiana and Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) of Nacogdoches, Texas. Made of solid wood, Chief Caddo is the largest trophy in college football, standing and weighing in excess of . ==History== The idea of the statue was created in 1960 when longtime rivals NSU and SFA decided to award the winner of the game a trophy. The two schools settled on a wooden statue (both schools are located in heavily forested areas) of a legendary Indian chief whose tribe (the Caddo) was responsible for settling the locations that became the cities in which university was located (both of which are named for branches of the tribe).〔http://www.sa.sfasu.edu/traditions/caddo.htm〕 Under the agreement, the losing school would chop down a tree from one of its nearby forests, while the winning school would receive the log and carve the statue from it. NSU won the 1961 game 35-19; thus, SFA delivered a 2,000-pound black gum log to NSU. Woodcarver Harold Green spent some 230 hours fashioning the statue. He was named Chief Caddo to honor the Indian tribe that not only settled the two communities, but provided safety for the early white settlers in the area. In June 2010, Chief Caddo was given a much needed refurbishing by Flynn Paint & Decorating of Nacogdoches, TX. The project, headed by Bill Flynn, undertook the restoration of the trophy after years of transportation to and from games left Chief Caddo in poor condition. Among the many restorations to the trophy were: the repairing of the base, the construction and replacement of feathers in the headdress, the restaining and repainting of the entire trophy, and intricate detailing. NSU and SFA have been playing for Chief Caddo since 1961 and NSU has a 29-14-1 advantage in the trophy game.〔http://sfajacks.cstv.com/trads/sasu-chief.html〕 Currently Chief Caddo resides at Northwestern State University after the Demons beat the Jacks 33-17 at Turpin Stadium. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chief Caddo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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