The Coaches’ Trophy, a gaudy Waterford crystal football valued at $30,000, is awarded to the NCAA Division I football champion. This year’s trophy went to the Alabama Crimson Tide, but Bama’s crystal football is no more, thanks to the clumsiness of an unidentified player’s dad.

The player’s father’s foot got caught on a rug that sits beneath the trophy display. One false move sent the Waterford crystal trophy, which was on display in the Mal Moore Athletic Facility halls, tumbling toward the floor. No word on whose father did the expensive damage.

The shattered trophy had been on display at the facility, where coach Nick Saban and other athletic personnel have their offices.

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