New College Football Playoff Trophy Unveiled

College football has a new trophy for their champion and, well, let’s just say there have been better trophy design offers.

Behold, the trophy everyone wants to raise in January:

This is the new national championship trophy for college football.

Yeah, somewhat underwhelming.

Pentagram, the designer of the new trophy, describes it thusly:

The new trophy is designed to be raised in celebration by the winning team. An ascending virtual football, the trophy’s handcrafted gold brackets surround a hardened steel core. The design features a focused football at the center of the base that rises within the trophy to form an actual-size ball. Standing at a total height of three feet, the trophy and base are two integral but separate pieces, so the trophy may be lifted up independently when it is awarded at the championship game.

Well at least the practical part of the trophy was figured out. Early reaction to the trophy has not been great.

This is the new national championship trophy for college football.