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Fresh paint: Look at the Little Brown Jug now

The University of Minnesota took the Little Brown Jug in for a paint job Monday

By Howard Sinker

September 29, 2014 at 2:16PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The University of Minnesota took the Little Brown Jug in for a paint job Monday morning.

Presenting:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Photo from the @GopherFootball Twitter feed.

about the writer

Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor

Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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