{"id":6636,"date":"2017-11-30T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=6636"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:22:46","slug":"know-your-enemy-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/know-your-enemy-ohio-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Know THE Enemy: Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"

And it all comes down to this. The Wisconsin Badgers football team finished the regular season undefeated for the first time in 105 years<\/a> and head into the Big Ten championship ranked No. 3 nationally. But before any celebration can really begin, they must defeat a pretty formidable opponent: THE Ohio State University.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes will be the toughest test the Badgers have faced yet this season, especially if quarterback J.T. Barrett is able to return from the camera-induced knee injury the Ohio State senior suffered last week against Michigan. Hopefully coach Urban Meyer\u2019s not-at-all grandstanding \u201call-out investigation\u201d<\/a> led to some poor schmuck losing press credentials.<\/p>\n

Before the two teams take the field in Indianapolis on Saturday, get to know THE enemy.<\/span>\n

There can only be one<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve ever watched an NFL game like, ever, you\u2019ve probably seen former Buckeyes introduce themselves as coming from THE Ohio State University. But why? It\u2019s not like there\u2019s another Ohio State out there.<\/p>\n

When the school was founded in 1870, it was initially called \u201cOhio Agricultural and Mechanical College,\u201d aka Mech. It initially only trained students in those two fields, but under the guidance of Ohio governor and future U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, it expanded into a more expansive university, covering a wider array of academic subjects. Accordingly, it was renamed \u201cThe Ohio State University.\u201d There\u2019s no real reason for the \u201cthe,\u201d but campus legend has it was meant to show other colleges who\u2019s boss. No, seriously.<\/a><\/span>\n

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Dan Keck \/ Flickr<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What exactly is a buckeye?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a tree, plainly. \u201cBuckeye\u201d is a colloquial term that refers to people from Ohio, derived from the state tree, the Ohio Buckeye. Their mascot, Brutus Buckeye<\/a>, is supposed to be a buckeye nut, but objectively just looks like an anthropomorphic turd.<\/span>\n