Ohio State football visits White House to celebrate championship
Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeye’s football team was honored at the White House for their 2024 national championship victory.
The Ohio State football team visited the White House April 14 to celebrate the Buckeyes’ 34-23 national championship win over Notre Dame when a notable fumble occurred.
OSU won four straight games, including the Jan. 20 title contest, in the first expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, and they brought the resulting trophy to the South Lawn – a trophy that Vice President JD Vance dropped as he went to lift it.
Vance, an Ohio State graduate, then held up the top half of the trophy while the team posed for photos.
Vance, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel were all present in Washington D.C., with Trump, Vance and OSU coach Ryan Day all speaking from the podium.
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Vance later posted on X that he decided to “break” the trophy so no one could get it after Ohio State.
(The trophy does intentionally come apart, and is not passed from team to team like the Stanley Cup.)
Ohio State football schedule 2025
- Aug. 30: Ohio State vs. Texas
- Sept. 6: Ohio State vs. Grambling
- Sept. 13: Ohio State vs. Ohio
- Sept. 27: Ohio State at Washington
- Oct. 4: Ohio State vs. Minnesota
- Oct. 11: Ohio State at Illinois
- Oct. 18: Ohio State at Wisconsin
- Nov. 1: Ohio State vs. Penn State
- Nov. 8: Ohio State at Purdue
- Nov. 15 Ohio State vs. UCLA
- Nov. 22: Ohio State vs. Rutgers
- Nov. 29: Ohio State at Michigan
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This story was updated to correct an inaccuracy.
