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New York Post
4 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Ohio State coach Ryan Day makes bold College Football Playoff statement
Expansion could be on the horizon for the College Football Playoff, and Ryan Day is lobbying for more guaranteed Big Ten representation. A 16-team playoff format is gaining traction for 2026 and beyond, and the Ohio State head coach believes his conference should have several automatic spots each year. 'I feel like we deserve at least four automatic qualifiers,' Day told ESPN this week. 'We're in the Big Ten, and we have 18 teams and some of the best programs in the country.' The Buckeyes are coming off a national championship after playing through a 12-team field that featured three other Big Ten teams: Penn State, Indiana and Oregon. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day speaks to the media in April 2025. Getty Images Day hopes that this will be an annual occurrence in a larger bracket. A 16-team model that would feature the top-five conference champions and 11 at-large bids gained support at the SEC spring meetings last week. But, in the format Day supports, both the Big Ten and SEC would each have four auto qualifiers, with the ACC and Big 12 each getting two, and the top Group of Five champion also earning a guaranteed spot. Three at-large spots would round out the field. Day pointed to the fact that the Big Ten added the top programs from the Pac-12 in its recent expansion: USC, Washington, Oregon and UCLA. The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy on display in January 2025. AP Washington and Oregon were the only two teams from the Pac-12 to have made the CFP during the four-team playoff era. 'You would have had at least a team or two [in the CFP] from out there,' Day said of the original Pac-12. 'So it only makes sense when you have 18 teams, especially the quality of teams that you would have [in] that many teams representing the Big Ten.' For the 2025 season, the playoff will retain its 12-team format, with the top four teams in the final CFP rankings earning first-round byes. That marks a slight change from last season, when the four highest-ranked conference champions received byes.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
JD 'Just Drop It' Vance fumbled a college football trophy, and the internet has memes
JD 'Just Drop It' Vance fumbled a college football trophy, and the internet has memes Running back TreVeyon Henderson holding and US Vice President JD Vance dropping the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy white house washington DC Everything JD Vance touches falls apart - YouTube The vice president is being widely mocked online (again) after fumbling the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy At a ceremony honoring the winners, the Ohio State Buckeyes, JD Vance could be seen picking up the award only for it to collapse in his hands. Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson attempted to help lift the trophy, but was unable stop Vance from dropping the base, sparking gasps from the crowd. Advertisement Henderson and another player held onto the metal section of the trophy, narrowly preventing it from also falling, as Vance bent over to pick up the base and reattach it. Finally, he was able to get his photo op. The trophy, designed by Pentagram and made by UAP Polich Tallix, features an actual-size football design made from 24k gold, bronze, and stainless steel, according to the College Football Playoff website. The metal trophy is 26.5 inches tall, and the bronze base with a black patina finish is 12 inches high, towering over three feet and weighing over 50 pounds. The two sections can be detached, as the website explains, "the trophy and base are two integral but separate pieces, so the trophy may be lifted up independently when it is awarded each year following the national championship game." As if dropping the trophy wasn't already enough, Vance, a graduate of Ohio State, joked afterwards in a post on X: "I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it." Advertisement Social media users quickly piled on Vance's tweet, as well as other clips of his blunder that have been making their rounds online. Here are some of our favorite reactions — and of course, memes.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
JD Vance mocked as he fumbles giant championship trophy at White House celebration
JD Vance once again became the subject of online mockery after dropping an enormous college football trophy at a White House presentation. As Donald Trump and the entire Ohio State team looked on, the vice president attempted to lift the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy, which promptly broke in two. Onlookers gasped loudly as Vance scrambled to retrieve the base of the 35-pound trophy from the floor and put it back together. Several of the players could be seen smirking in the background. With help from star Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson, Vance held the trophy aloft again, this time carefully holding it from the base. Social media users were quick to react to the VP's latest gaff, with one many remarking that the incident was 'a perfect metaphor for the Trump administration.' 'Sometimes the metaphor is a bit too on-the-nose,' added another. I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it — JD Vance (@JDVance) April 14, 2025 Another user joked: 'Ohio State's College Football National Trophy knows that JD Vance's soul isn't worthy, and thus, he's unable to lift the trophy without breaking it.' 'Can JD Vance be a bigger loser?,' added another. Others noted the cartoonish nature of the latest gaffe, with a user commenting: 'Guy's begging for a piano to be shoddily hoisted into the air above him on the flimsiest rope you've ever seen.' Vance himself tried to jump on the teasing bandwagon, later posting from his official VPOTUS account: 'I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it.' Other users circled back to other memes of the vice president that started to be spread following the Oval Office blow-up between Vance, President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. You should thank me for putting the trophy back together! — Mark R. Yzaguirre (@markyzaguirre) April 14, 2025 The conversation in front of the White House press corps turned into a shouting match as Vance asked Zelensky, 'Have you said thank you once?' Afterwards, users depicted Vance, among other things, as a round-faced baby. 'Has JD Vance thanked the trophy once?' wrote one user, following Monday's gaffe. With an accompanying image of a baby-faced Vance in the Oval Office, another added: 'You should thank me for putting the trophy back together!'
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
JD Vance mocked as he fumbles giant championship trophy at White House celebration
JD Vance once again became the subject of online mockery after dropping an enormous college football trophy at a White House presentation. As Donald Trump and the entire Ohio State team looked on, the vice president attempted to lift the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy, which promptly broke in two. Onlookers gasped loudly as Vance scrambled to retrieve the base of the 35-pound trophy from the floor and put it back together. Several of the players could be seen smirking in the background. With help from star Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson, Vance held the trophy aloft again, this time carefully holding it from the base. Social media users were quick to react to the VP's latest gaff, with one many remarking that the incident was 'a perfect metaphor for the Trump administration.' 'Sometimes the metaphor is a bit too on-the-nose,' added another. I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it — JD Vance (@JDVance) April 14, 2025 Another user joked: 'Ohio State's College Football National Trophy knows that JD Vance's soul isn't worthy, and thus, he's unable to lift the trophy without breaking it.' 'Can JD Vance be a bigger loser?,' added another. Others noted the cartoonish nature of the latest gaffe, with a user commenting: 'Guy's begging for a piano to be shoddily hoisted into the air above him on the flimsiest rope you've ever seen.' Vance himself tried to jump on the teasing bandwagon, later posting from his official VPOTUS account: 'I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it.' Other users circled back to other memes of the vice president that started to be spread following the Oval Office blow-up between Vance, President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. You should thank me for putting the trophy back together! — Mark R. Yzaguirre (@markyzaguirre) April 14, 2025 The conversation in front of the White House press corps turned into a shouting match as Vance asked Zelensky, 'Have you said thank you once?' Afterwards, users depicted Vance, among other things, as a round-faced baby. 'Has JD Vance thanked the trophy once?' wrote one user, following Monday's gaffe. With an accompanying image of a baby-faced Vance in the Oval Office, another added: 'You should thank me for putting the trophy back together!'
The Independent
14-04-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
JD Vance mocked as he fumbles giant championship trophy at White House celebration
JD Vance once again became the subject of online mockery after dropping an enormous college football trophy at a White House presentation. As Donald Trump and the entire Ohio State team looked on, the vice president attempted to lift the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy, which promptly broke in two. Onlookers gasped loudly as Vance scrambled to retrieve the base of the 35-pound trophy from the floor and put it back together. Several of the players could be seen smirking in the background. With help from star Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson, Vance held the trophy aloft again, this time carefully holding it from the base. Social media users were quick to react to the VP's latest gaff, with one many remarking that the incident was 'a perfect metaphor for the Trump administration.' 'Sometimes the metaphor is a bit too on-the-nose,' added another. Another user joked: 'Ohio State's College Football National Trophy knows that JD Vance's soul isn't worthy, and thus, he's unable to lift the trophy without breaking it.' 'Can JD Vance be a bigger loser?,' added another. Others noted the cartoonish nature of the latest gaffe, with a user commenting: 'Guy's begging for a piano to be shoddily hoisted into the air above him on the flimsiest rope you've ever seen.' Vance himself tried to jump on the teasing bandwagon, later posting from his official VPOTUS account: 'I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it.' Other users circled back to other memes of the vice president that started to be spread following the Oval Office blow-up between Vance, President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The conversation in front of the White House press corps turned into a shouting match as Vance asked Zelensky, 'Have you said thank you once?' Afterwards, users depicted Vance, among other things, as a round-faced baby. 'Has JD Vance thanked the trophy once?' wrote one user, following Monday's gaffe. With an accompanying image of a baby-faced Vance in the Oval Office, another added: 'You should thank me for putting the trophy back together!'
