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Immediately following the loss, coach Chris Holtmann said his biggest dilemma was trying to get the Buckeyes back to their pre-pause fitness levels without overdoing it in the middle of a season. Kyle Young missed the Nebraska game with a non-COVID illness and was only able to play 17 minutes, finishing with 3 points and two rebounds. Since having to cancel three games, Ahrens is only 3 for 11 Liddell is 5 for 29 Indiana finished with an efficiency rating of Gray DC Bureau.

Investigate TV. Latest Newscasts. By Dylan Domangue. Published: Oct. Share on Facebook. Email This Link. Share on Twitter. Share on Pinterest. Share on LinkedIn. Posted by Jt Dunbar on Tuesday, October 12, Most Read. Firefighters work over 12hrs putting out Lecompte feed mill fire. The team did not officially adopt the nickname, however, until — 60 years after the team's first season in Sharp-eyed viewers may see stickers on the back of Ohio State's helmets when they play.

Those stickers depict buckeye leaves and are awarded to players for exceptional play. The exact reason for why the practice began has been lost to time, but the prevailing theory is that Hayes and Biggs thought that if players were rewarded for big plays, it would encourage them to play harder. And so, the tradition stuck, inspiring similar practices by Georgia dog bones , Clemson paw prints and Florida State spears. Ohio State's mascot — the aptly named Brutus Buckeye — actually predates the buckeye sticker tradition.

Per Ohio State , he debuted three years prior on Oct. Later that season, Ohio State ordered a fiberglass version of the costume, as the prior build was not durable.

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.