Vice President-Elect JD Vance, a proud Ohio State alumnus, said back in August that this Buckeyes team might be “the best” he’s seen in some time. That will be easily decided when Ohio State takes on Notre Dame in the national championship game later this month, and Vance will want to be there to see it.
There is only one small complication.
U.S. Vice President Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) reacts after the Electoral College vote was ratified during a joint session of Congress to ratify the 2024 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2025 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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President-elect Donald Trump and Vance officially takes office on January 20 – the same day as the title game.
“Hopefully everyone is cool with me skipping the inauguration so I can get fit national title game,” Vance joked in a social media post.
Ohio State Buckeyes #1 Quinshon Judkins celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against the Texas Longhorns during the Goodyear Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium on January 10, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
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The former Ohio senator then posted a meme in response to his own post on X with his two options: “Share your own inauguration” or “Go watch the Buckeyes win a national title.”
The Buckeyes will have the chance to contend for the program’s first national title since 2014 after defeating Texas in the Cotton Bowl on Thursday night. Meanwhile Notre Dame, which defeated Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Wednesday, is seeking its 12th overall title and first since 1988.
Vice President-elect JD Vance arrives for the Electoral College vote count during a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Monday, January 6, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Vance will root his Buckeyes in Washington as Trump is sworn in for a second term in the White House.
