OHIO STATE FOOTBALL

What is Ohio State football you might

ask??

Well……..Ohio State football is many

different things…

It all starts with tradition.

The Ohio State football team started playing games 117 years ago.

WOW!! That’s a long time to be playing

football you might say.

Some of the teams traditions include…

On game days the team walks through the basketball arena known as the Skull

Session.

The Skull Session is where the Marching

Band plays in front of a packed basketball

arena.

It is extremely loud and gets the fans blood pumping for

game days.

If you ever have a chance to go and watch the Skull

Session it will be an experience of a

lifetime.

Another tradition that you might not know

about is the walk through Buckeye

Grove

Since 1934 a Buckeye Tree has been planted in honor of each Ohio State All-American.

Buckeye Leaves on the teams helmets is

another tradition that started in 1968 by

Woody Hayes.

The more stickers a player has the more team oriented goals

they have accomplished.

After an Ohio State victory at home the 2,420 pound Victory Bell is rung while the

players sing the schools alma mater,

Carmen Ohio.

The school colors of Scarlet and Grey were

chosen because no other school had the

colors.

There mascot is Brutus Buckeye. He was

named mascot in 1960 after a slew of mascots

before him.

Brutus can be seen on the sidelines of any

game and is very recognizable.

Beating Michigan. Now that’s a tradition.

Since 1934 every time Ohio State beats rival

Michigan the team members are given a pair of gold pants.

The tradition started when then coach

Francis Schmidt told his players that “They put their pants on the same way you put your

pants on.”

One of my favorite traditions when Michigan visits

Columbus is the Tunnel of Pride.

The tunnel is formed by former Ohio State players form a tunnel

on the field for the team to run through.

One tradition that may go unnoticed is the Captains breakfast.

In the Captains breakfast former

captains come back to have breakfast and welcome the new

captains to the club.

The best rivalry in College Football is the

Ohio State vs. Michigan game.

It doesn’t get any better than Ohio State and Michigan. These

two teams have hated each other for years. Normally a Big Ten title is up for grabs

and if not the game is played for pride.

The only trophy that the Ohio State football team plays for is the

IlliBuck.

Illinois and Ohio State duke it out to see who will walk away with the

turtle that they play for. It is really a unique

trophy.

One of the best and most recognizable attributes for Ohio

State is the Block “O”

The “O” started in1938 is the Ohio State team logo.

Block “O” is also another name for the Ohio State student

section.

The Ohio State fans got the idea from the University of Southern

California. Now the Block “O” is one of the

biggest and loudest student sections in the

nation.

You can read about these traditions more

in depth at http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&KEY=&

ATCLID=925234 .

You may say, “Wow, that’s a lot of

traditions.” And it is, but we are not done

yet…

Perhaps the greatest tradition at Ohio State is their marching band.

Ohio State takes great pride in their marching band. They are one of the best bands nation

wide.

One thing that separates the Buckeye marching band a part from every other band

is the fact that they are all brass.

The 200 member plus band is made up of

Trumpets, Trombones, Flugelhorns, F Horns, Sousaphones, and a

Drum section.

Because of the different

instrumentation the band has a completely

different sound.

Here you can listen to the Buckeye Battle Cry. http://tbdbitl.osu.edu/media/audio/buckeye_battle_cry.mp3

The marching band also has a couple of

traditions of their own.

Script Ohio is a song where the band

actually writes Ohio in cursive on the field.

This is really a sight to see.

At the end of Spelling out Ohio a Senior

Sousaphone player high kicks out to dot

the “I”. He then takes a couple of bow’s as the stadium erupts.

Just thinking about it sends chills through a true Ohio State fan’s

body.

Another thing that makes the band

different is the Drum Majors that they have leading the band out

onto the field.

If this information about the band has

pricked your interest you can checkout them

more in-depth at…

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=925237

I hope that you can understand some of

the traditions that the University of Ohio State has to offer.

There are many more things to be

discovered about the Buckeyes from in-

depth game coverage to radio personalities

to just plain old anything about Ohio

State.

You can checkout all of these things and more

at http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/

GO BUCKS!!!!