Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer, football team celebrated with butter sculptures at Ohio State Fair

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A butter sculpture depicting Ohio State NCAA football coach Urban Meyer, left, and the national championship trophy are displayed in the dairy building at the Ohio State fairgrounds, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. The sculptures are joining the traditional butter cow and calf in a 46-degree cooler in the American Dairy Association display. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Winning another national championship has made Urban Meyer a butter man.

The Ohio State University football coach and Buckeyes mascot Brutus are being honoured with butter sculptures at this year’s Ohio State Fair, which opens Wednesday in Columbus.

The life-size sculptures are joining the traditional butter cow and calf in a 46-degree cooler in the American Dairy Association display. There’s also a national championship trophy and two Buckeyes football helmets. All made out of butter. About 2,000 pounds of it.

The display required about 500 hours of work. Wooden and steel frames were built to support the weight of the butter, which was sliced from 55-pound blocks. The butter was sculpted inside the chilly cooler.

The university says Meyer was unable to attend the Tuesday unveiling.

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