This is The Coaches' Trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the BCS national title game, the national champion of the college football world. A trophy just like the one pictured here will go to the winner of tonight's Florida v. Oklahoma game.The trophy is a handmade Waterford crystal football mounted on a mahogany base. It's valued at something like $30,000.
In the spring of last year, a high school football player from Plant High School (near Lakeland), who was taking a tour of the University of Florida, bent over and in the process butt-whacked the University's 2006 trophy off the table upon which it had been set.
The kid broke a $30,000 trophy. Insert here your own joke about dumb-ass, stupid ass, big-ass, etc.
It was insured. I refer to the trophy, not the infringing visiting buttocks. Apparently, two or three replacement crystal footballs are ordered each year from Waterford by the various schools who have one of these pricey baubles. Accidents happen. If I were in charge of a the safety of a $30,000 trophy, I would think that accidents should never, ever, happen, but I don't deal with enormous young athletes for a living, so maybe I'm being naive. If you would like, Waterford.com has mini versions of the football, four inches long, that you can own for $185, plus shipping, of course.
The kid hasn't made a college choice yet, but he is already famous.
That is all.
