2021 College Football National Championship, D.Friel Official Artist

Jan 11, 2021

DENNIS FRIEL

Reflecting On the honor

Being the official featured artist for the 2021 College Football National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium was an incredible experience.

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2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL ARTIST

BY DENNIS FRIEL

Being the official featured artist for the 2021 College Football National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium was an incredible experience. I had the chance to speak with so many legendary coaches and players throughout the process. It was a wonderful project that I’ll never forget.

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For the event, I hand-painted this helmet that was auctioned off to raise money for Extra Yard for Teachers. Once the final matchup was set between #3 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes versus the #1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide, I started working quickly to create my representation of each team on the sides of the helmet. Down the center of the helmet, dividing the two teams, I showed a little bit of South Florida flavor, which was already started before I found out which teams would be playing.

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I posted progress pics on social media throughout the next couple of weeks. Everyone was so amazingly gracious in showing their support and so many placed preliminary bids in hopes of taking this helmet home. We had the helmet on display at the stadium the night of the big game. It was well received by an incredible amount of fans from both sides. The last rush of bids came during the final moments before the big game and it turns out that someone from Hard Rock management walked away as the winner.
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