WASHINGTON ― It was nearly a disastrous late-game turnover.
JD Vance fumbled the college football National Championship Trophy as he tried to hoist it up during a White House celebration for the vice president’s home state Ohio State Buckeyes.
At the conclusion of the ceremony on the White House’s South Lawn, Vance began to lift the trophy awarded to Ohio State for winning the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship Game in January.
But ‒ as the White House band played Queen’s “We are the Champions” ‒ it wasn’t the triumphant moment Vance had hoped.
The base of the 35-pound trophy fell off as Vance and star Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson held it up.
Fortunately, another teammate helped catch the trophy before it could fall to the ground.
The college football trophy, which stands at 26.5 inches tall, is made of gold, bronze and stainless steel, the trophy is 26.5 inches tall. The 12-inch base is bronze with a hand-rubbed black patina finish. The trophy is American-made by fine art foundry UAP Polich Tallix.
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