Most passionate fans – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Recently a writer from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the local newspaper in “The Big Easy” visited Columbus and got a taste for Ohio’s flare for the Buckeyes and examined Ohio State’s 36-sport athletics program.
Most passionate fans
by Ted Lewis, New Orleans Times-Picayune
January 3, 2008
COLUMBUS, OHIO — LSU football fans pride themselves for their wild-eyed passion on Saturday nights in Tiger Stadium.
Notre Dame fans have the biggest nationwide presence.
Alabama fans pay more homage to their heritage.
But The Ohio State University advertises itself as having The Best Fans in the Land, and can back it up — at least in this capital city of more than 1 million. That makes Columbus bigger than the cities of Cleveland and Cincinnati, and No. 15 nationally. That also makes Columbus the nation’s largest college town.
At least that’s the impression one gets in a place where Scarlet & Gray is the apparel color of choice and where Brutus Buckeyes join Santas on lawns decorated for Christmas.
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Ohio St. programs flourish in athletic heaven
Most sports, highest budget in country part of school mission
Thursday, January 03, 2008
By Ted Lewis
New Orleans Times-Picayune
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Like any outstanding Ohio State athlete, Leah Pinette has earned more than her share of Buckeye stickers signifying her accomplishments.
Unfortunately, though, because Pinette is a synchronized swimmer, they won’t stay on her bathing cap in the water, so she puts them on her water bottle.
No matter. Pinette is a full-fledged dyed-in-the-Scarlet-&-Gray Buckeye, even if her sport has one of the lowest profiles among the nation-high 36 sponsored by her school.
That’s 20 more sports than the NCAA minimum for Division I-A membership. LSU, in contrast, has 19.
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