The cynic in me refuses to believe aTm didn’t burn that thing the minute after they fired Jimbo. This dude could have just made his own and claim it’s real.
After Va Tech played for the national championship (and were defeated by Fla State), Beamer had a trophy case erected in the football practice facility for the Hokies' national championship trophy to inspire the football team to get back to a national championship game and win it. It sat empty year after year.
I think when Beamer retired, they quietly removed the emtpy case.
Why is this surprising? A&M has been embarrassing themselves for many years by being weird and strange and not having the self-awareness to know better.