"In remote stretches of I-84 between Boise and Pocatello in southern Idaho, the speed limit is 80 mph. It wouldn't be unusual to set the cruise control to 90 and not worry about a speeding ticket. But in 2023, when Maclane Westbrook was a student at Idaho State, he blew past a state trooper sitting in the median and his speedometer read triple digits."
"Westbrook was driving an ISU-issued car -- with university insignia on the side -- and was on his way back to campus from a board of educators meeting in the state capital and was quickly pulled over. As Westbrook searched for an explanation that might possibly get him out of the ticket, a puzzled look overtook the trooper's face. Sitting on the lap of Westbrook's friend riding shotgun was a bald, silver-colored potato wearing a dry human smirk."
"This is how Westbrook found himself telling the story of the King Spud trophy -- a long-lost relic in the Idaho- Idaho State rivalry -- on the side of the highway, with hope its lore would inspire the trooper to issue just a warning. The tale did not have the desired outcome, and when the trooper retreated to his car to write the ticket, Westbrook's friend noticed King Spud's crown had been sitting on the floor mat."
In remote stretches of I-84 between Boise and Pocatello the speed limit is 80 mph, and drivers often exceed it. In 2023, Idaho State student Maclane Westbrook drove an ISU-issued vehicle at triple-digit speeds and was stopped by a state trooper. A bald, silver-colored potato trophy, known as King Spud, sat on a passenger's lap, prompting the trooper's curiosity. Westbrook hoped the trophy's lore might earn a warning, but the trooper issued a ticket; the trophy's crown had briefly been off the head and was replaced on the floor mat before the officer returned. The King Spud trophy traces back to around 1979 and is a relic of the Idaho–Idaho State rivalry.
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