THE TRADITION CONTINUES

Saturday was a great day in the Horseshoe in many ways.  Of course there was the shutout of the Akron Zips pitched by our scarlet and gray heroes.  No need to further dissect that one here, you can read that stuff elsewhere.

I'm writing about Tradition here.  Buckeye Tradition.  Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of the most memorable tradition in all of college sports - the incomparable Script Ohio.  It was also the first time for 4 full Scripts on the field at Ohio Stadium at the same time.  Typically the alumni band marches 2 full Script Ohios on the East and West sidelines while OSUMB provides a reduced version in each of the North and South end zones.  Saturday we had 3 full sized Script Ohio formations by 600 alumni band members and an additional one by the current varsity band.  Our oldest marching member was 93 years old, leading me to believe that I may be able to make it on the field some day to participate in the 100th anniversary Script Ohio performance at the spry age of 80 years young.

I am pleased to report that several other Buckeye traditions are alive and well under coach Luke Fickell.  Coach wants to maintain a great relationship with the marching band - a must in my book as you would expect.  He brought the team through St. John Arena during skull session and the crowd roared "Luuuuuuuuuke" in approval as he took the microphone to address the gathered throng.  He promised the team would be Men of Action; Luke (remember the 42-0 score) knows what he is talking about in that regard.  Luke also led the team on the field to the New Era Fanfare as his predecessor did and he took the victorious Buckeyes to South stands for the singing of Carmen Ohio at the end of the game.   

It was indeed great to be on the field again and see many of my TBDBITL friends.  I was looking forward to it more than I realized after a long and difficult off season.  Someone even said it was a bit hot last Saturday.  But I didn't notice the heat much.  Too busy with the many traditions that make up a Buckeye Saturday in Ohio Stadium I guess. 

Go Bucks!  Yea Ohio!