The national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Monday night brought many stars to Atlanta, Georgia, including LeBron James and Travis Scott.
James, famously a Buckeyes fan, was seen wearing an Ohio State baseball cap while watching from a suite before the game.
The NBA star is from Akron, Ohio, less than a two-hour drive from Ohio State's campus in Columbus.
Also supporting Ohio State was Phillies star Bryce Harper, who was seen wearing Buckeyes gear while standing on the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium before the game.
Rapper Travis Scott was dressed more neutrally as he wore a leather jacket and sunglasses for the contest.
Actor Anthony Mackie was also present and flashed a wide smile as he held a football near the field before the action began.
LeBron James was seen supporting the Ohio State Buckeyes in the national championship.
Rapper Travis Scott was also at the game and dressed neutrally in a leather jacket.
Phillies star Bryce Harper was seen on the field before the game wearing Buckeyes gear.
On the Notre Dame side, former Fighting Irish running back and NFL Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis was seen at the game alongside former Buckeye Archie Griffin.
Also present was former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, who led the school to a national championship in the 2014 season.
Meyer also coached Notre Dame's wide receivers from 1996-2000.
Additionally, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin was seen in the stands wearing Ohio State gear.
The game, played on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is the first time a black coach, Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, has led his team to the national championship.
Freeman, whose father is African-American and whose mother is South Korean, seemed thoughtful earlier this month when asked about the historic nature of his victory in the semifinals, where he would face Penn State and coach James Franklin, who is also black.
Actor Anthony Mackie flashed a wide smile while standing near the field before the game.
Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish player Jerome Bettis and Ohio State Buckeyes player Archie Griffin were seen together before the action began.
And NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin was also seen in the stands wearing Ohio State colors.
“It's an honor and I hope that all coaches, minorities, black, Asian, white, it doesn't matter, great people continue to have opportunities to lead young men like these,” Freeman said.
The coach's most scathing statement about race and its role in opening up opportunities came not during Notre Dame's current playoff run, but in 2021, when he was hired.
“I want to be a demonstration of what someone can do and the level at which they can do it if given the CHANCE,” he said.
“Because that's what it takes: opportunities.”
Only 14 percent of D1 head coaches identified as African American in 2023, according to NCAA records.