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LINCOLN — One of the lighter-hearted moments of the Mike Riley era occurred in 2015, when the Huskers beat Minnesota 48-25 and Riley was handed a trophy consisting of a broken chair and a base. NU’s social media account then posted a picture of Riley holding the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy, a homemade trophy based on a Twitter comedy exchange between the Gophers’ mascot, Goldy, and Faux Pelini, college football’s best-known fake Twitter account.

The trophy was created in 2014, and Minnesota celebrated on the Huskers’ field with it after a 28-24 victory. Nebraska and Riley took it back in 2015. And then — it just disappeared. NU’s administration didn’t acknowledge the thing. It made no appearance at the 2016 game, won 24-17 by Nebraska.

But two Lincoln friends — Luke Petersen and David Moore — remade the trophy. And they intend for it to stick around — for a long time.

“We hope that, by next year, it is on the field at Memorial Stadium,” Petersen said.