The Sports Desk: Hey, maybe the ROTC football

Trophy, trophy, trophy.

The "On Iowa" crew of Scott Dochterman and Marc Morehouse talk the latest in Iowa sports on today's Sports Desk, brought to you by Dave Wright Subaru. Here's a link to today's show.

We talk Michael Malloy, the Iowa football recruit from Sioux City Heelan who was arrested last week in South Dakota on three misdemeanor and one infraction charge. Also on the agenda, Fran McCaffery's newest recruit, Pat Ingram, a 6-3 guard from Indianpolis.

We mostly talk about the Cy-Hawk trophy. You might've heard about this. You definitely have an opinion.

Here's our idea:

It's a sidebar every year the Iowa-Iowa State game comes around. The schools' Army ROTC programs have been running the game ball from Ames to Iowa City as part of a tradition that started in 1986.

Yes, Iowa Corn is the new sponsor of the series. We'll get to Iowa Corn.

Use the base of the trophy as is. It's an upgrade from the old one and, really, the base doesn't matter all that much.

On the left of the top, sits a Nile Kinnick bronze representation, either a statue or a bust. On the right, there's a Jack Trice bronze representation, again statue or bust. Whichever would look better.

In the middle, a bronzed corn scene (there's the corn) that's built to cradle the ROTC game ball.

Winning team runs out and grabs the big, bronze trophy. Later, when it goes into the school's trophy case, the team and coaches sign the ROTC game ball and place it in the bronze corn cradle. Maybe emblazon the football with "ROTC" in the school's colors.

We're not finished.

On the Monday of the next season's game week, take the autographed ball and auction it off. Proceeds go to a food shelter somewhere in Iowa.

Win, win, win.

We await phone calls from Gary Barta and Jamie Pollard.