Ohio State Buckeyes - Pageantry

Pageantry

Team Colors: Scarlet and Grey

Outfitter: Nike

Fight Songs: Across the Field, Buckeye Battle Cry

Often Played Songs: Hang on Sloopy, Le Regiment

Alma mater: Carmen Ohio

Nicknames: Buckeyes (officially adopted in 1950), The Bucks, The Silver Bullets

Mascot: Brutus Buckeye

Rivalries: Michigan Wolverines, Illinois Fighting Illini, & Penn State Nittany Lions

Marching Band: The Ohio State University Marching Band, known as TBDBITL, or The Best Damn Band In The Land. Famous for "Script Ohio" and the "Ramp Entrance". The dotting of the "i" in "Script Ohio" by a sousaphone (tuba) player who high-kicks out and does a giant bow to the crowd was voted the #1 greatest sports tradition ever, in Athlon Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated.

Radio Network: The Ohio State Buckeyes Radio Network; WBNS (AM) 1460 The Fan and 97.1 FM for

Announcers: Paul Keels (Play By Play); Jim Lachey (Color (football)); Marty Bannister (Sideline (football)); Ron Stokes (Color (basketball))