The Battle for the Old Mountain Jug is a football game played annually between Appalachian State and Western Carolina. Resembling a moonshine jug, the Old Mountain Jug is painted gold with Appalachian's mascot, a Mountaineer, and Western Carolina's mascot, a Catamount, on opposing sides. Appalachian State University is a public university located in Boone, North Carolina and the sixth largest institution in the University of North Carolina system. ... Western Carolina University Western Carolina University is one of the sixteen public universities that make up the University of North Carolina system and offers degree programs at the bachelor, masters and doctorate levels. ... Shine Road The name tells the history of this back road in Hemingway, South Carolina Revenue men at the site of moonshine stills, Kentucky, 1911 or before Moonshine (sometimes known as Poteen, mooney, hooch, mountain dew, or white lightning) is a common slang term for home-distilled alcohol, especially in... Binomial name Felis concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) The puma (Felis concolor) is a type of big cat found in North, Central and South America. ...
Prior to the game in 1978, Yosef Club Director Wayne Clawson and Cat Club Director Tom Bommer pitched the idea of heightening the long-standing rivalry. The jug idea was presented to alumni of both universities and Rick Layton, Sports Information Director at Appalachian, and Steve White, SID at Western Carolina, were charged with drumming up media exposure.
The jug was donated by Roby Triplet, the manager of the Appalachian Bookstore. The jug weighs approximately 25 pounds and is capped with a tradtional cork. Dee Triplet, Roby's wife, painted the jug. Excluding minor touchups, the jug and its logos have not been altered since their creation. [1]
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