The base and the trophy are not fastened together, so the player caught the trophy before it hit the floor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship_Trophy
Not content to merely kill the Pope. ‘JD Vance brings misfortune’: Terror attack in India latest calamity to befall Vance’s ‘cursed’ world tour Tragic events seems to be following Vance. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jd-vance-india-terror-attack/