Whoever thought of making a football trophy out of glass and put it on a pedestal probably didn’t think things through very much. This weekend, at the Crimson Tide’s annual A-Day scrimmage, the trophy Nick Saban’s team won in January came to a crashing end. This happens when a trophy that only weighs eight pounds is secured with adhesive tape.
The details form Alex Scarborough of TideNation at ESPN.com
The Coaches’ Trophy from this season’s BCS national title was accidentally knocked off its podium and shattered by a player’s father whose foot got caught on a rug that sits beneath the trophy display. The Waterford Crystal trophy was on display in the Mal Moore Athletic Facility halls, home to coach Nick Saban’s office and other athletic personnel.
The handmade trophy sculpted in Ireland is valued at $30,000. The university previously had two such trophies, one at the Paul W. Bryant Museum and the other at the athletic facility. A university spokesman confirmed that they will immediately begin the process of replacing the trophy.
The crystal football has been a fragile piece in recent years. In 2008, Florida had its broken when then-recruit Orson Charles fumbled the ball away. In 2004, Florida State had a pair of trophies stolen from a glass case outside of Bobby Bowden’s office during renovation of the building.
The guy who tripped must feel like crap, but giving it to a recruit in the Florida case is just dumb.
Maybe its for the best, now they won’t have anything to give back when NCAA Violations vacate the championship.
I kid, I kid.
Here is a picture Scarborough Tweeted out with the caption “Here’s what’s left”