Linemen must grade out at 80 percent to receive a buckeye. Standards for linebackers and skill positions such as running backs and defensive backs are more stringent, requiring grades of 85 percent and 90 percent, respectively. Special teams also figure prominently in the buckeye breakdown. Successfully blocking a kick or converting a fake field goal also nets the unit a sticker. Kick a field goal from 45 yards or beyond? You guessed it -- one buckeye.
Perhaps the most notable change from the Hayes era is the manner in which the stickers are distributed. Hayes was notoriously stingy with the leaves, so when it came time to award them, it was "a major production," Kern recalled. A player was called up before the team during the Monday meeting, presented his buckeye leaves and slapped on the shoulders by a beaming Hayes. Of course, what the famously mercurial Buckeyes boss giveth, he could -- at least theoretically -- taketh away.
After the Sunday film review session, the coaches provide VanHoose with a master list detailing the number of buckeyes to be awarded that week. With little fanfare, he then painstakingly places the stickers on OSU's shimmering silver helmets by hand. As the season progresses, there is less and less space on the helmets; VanHoose estimates that one side of a helmet can hold approximately stickers, a good half-season's work for a solid player on a talented team.
And there's even less room for counting errors. The players, who scrutinize VanHoose's handiwork with keen eyes, don't need the board in the auxiliary lounge to keep track of how many buckeyes they have. That off-field competition for buckeye leaves continues to spur on-field production, just as Biggs and Hayes intended 40 years ago.
While one story unfolds in the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday night when Ohio State faces USC, another will peel, unpretentiously, into its fifth decade inside the equipment room back in Columbus on Monday morning. Former taskmaster Jim Tressel, the national championship coach who holds 94 wins to his name as the Buckeye leader, focused more on the team aspect when handing out these legendary stickers.
Originally designed in by comic Milton Caniff the stickers can occupy approximately spots on each side of the helmet. By the end of a decorated season, an individual could find themselves with upwards of on the dome.
Players typically receive one sticker after a win, two for a conference win and three for beating Michigan. Nothing is awarded following a loss. Following the season, he was turned over to the Block "O" student organization, which was dedicated to school spirit. The organization managed him until , when he came under the jurisdiction of the university's athletic spirit squad. As for Brutus Buckeye's origins, he apparently was the result of Ray Bourhis and other members of the student organization "Ohio Staters Inc.
Ohio State settled on the name "Brutus Buckeye" on Nov. NCAA Football. Ohio State. American Football. Bender: Oklahoma's D faces test against Bears. American Football 6h ago. Michigan vs. If a player does really well, his lid will be covered in those stickers. So the Ohio team called the Buckeyes has buckeye leaves on its helmets. It turns out moms everywhere have had the same thought. Mom: "I don't like Ohio State, because they have marijuana leaves on their helmets" lovemyfamily. My mom watching the ohio state game: "Why do they have marijuana leaves on their helmet?
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