Ohio State made its solution to the White Home to have fun profitable the faculty soccer nationwide championship on Monday, and as is customary, the Buckeyes introduced their School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship trophy together with them. The go to was going easily — that was till Vice President JD Vance awkwardly dropped the trophy whereas making an attempt to choose it up in entrance of the group.
Vance is, mockingly, an Ohio State superfan and 2009 graduate of the varsity the place he studied political science and philosophy. He served as a senator from his house state earlier than profitable election as vice chairman in 2024.
Whereas the trophy sat on a desk in entrance of the group, Vance tried to seize it from the bottom. In an ungainly second, the bottom separated and clattered onto the ground whereas star working again TreVeyon Henderson stepped in to save lots of the golden trophy.
To be honest, the trophy itself is somewhat complicated. The rectangular golden trophy is about on a black base, however the trophy is supposed to be faraway from the bottom to be held within the air. Sometimes, the trophy is lifted by an official and handed off to the gamers and coaches to have fun. Understandably, Vance was somewhat too excited to carry the trophy. Fortunately, the trophy seemed to be no worse for put on after Vance’s fumble.
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Following his viral second, nevertheless, Vance defined the true trigger for the fumble — which is that he simply wished his beloved Buckeyes to stay champions without end.
After he was elected, Vance even joked about skipping the inauguration so he may go to the CFP Nationwide Championship Recreation, which was held on the identical day. In fact, he was inaugurated within the morning and the Buckeyes defeated Notre Dame 34-23 within the title sport to win their first nationwide championship since 2014.
