cow college

There’s no cash cow college tournament for broomball.

He succeeded in quietly transforming the “cow college” in rural Blacksburg into a sprawling university that expanded to include colleges of architecture, arts and sciences, and education.

On Saturday, Auburn takes on Alabama, whose fans refer to their state rival as a “cow college” and to its supporters as barners.

Such is life at the ultimate cow college: The locals may not want anything to do with the in-state rival, even when its flavor tastes great, but that is why the dairy store — which has a mission to train the ice cream makers and cheesemakers of tomorrow — offers options like Nittany White Out, which is vanilla ice cream with a salted caramel swirl and pieces of white-chocolate-covered pretzels.

The lowly Big Ten, from the cow college in Michigan that didn't get Jim Harbaugh and the spotlight was a testimony to how good you've become.