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Ohio State Buckeyes
The Ohio State University's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Buckeyes", and participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. (The men's hockey program competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and its women's hockey program competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association). The school colors are scarlet and grey. The mascot of OSU is Brutus Buckeye.

Ohio State is one of only three universities to have won an NCAA national championship in baseball, basketball and football. Ohio State has also won national championships in men's swimming & diving, men's outdoor track & field, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, co-ed fencing, and synchronized swimming. Since the origin of the Athletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top 6 finishes in three of the last five years. During the 2005-2006 school year Ohio State became this first Big Ten team to win conference championships in football, men's basketball and women's basketball in the same season. They repeated this feat in the 2006-2007 season.

Outstanding sports figures that were student athletes at Ohio State include Jesse Owens, John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas, and Katie Smith (basketball), Frank Howard (baseball), Jack Nicklaus (golf); and Chic Harley (three-time All-American football running back). Hall of Fame coaches at Ohio State have included Paul Brown and Woody Hayes in football, Fred Taylor in basketball, Larry Snyder in track and field, and Mike Peppe in swimming and diving.

Football
The Ohio State football team plays at Ohio Stadium (Horseshoe or simply The 'Shoe), won the 2002 college football national championship at the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. It was the seventh national championship for Ohio State, which also topped the nation in 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, and 1970. Although The Ohio State University does not recognize championships won in 1933, 1944, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1998, various organizations awarded it the national championship, reaching a total of 14 titles.

Five former Ohio State head coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Howard Jones, John Wilce, Francis Schmidt, Woody Hayes, and Earle Bruce. The coach perhaps most strongly associated with Ohio State football was the colorful and legendary Woody Hayes (1913-1987), taught players and students that a person succeeds in life through "outworking" the opposition.

The Buckeye's newest coach is Jim Tressel. Coach Tressel has helped lead the buckeyes to a bowl game in every season during his term including two National Title games.

The Buckeye football team boasts six including the only two-time winner Archie Griffin (in 1974 and 1975), Les Horvath (1944), Vic Janowicz (1950), Howard "Hopalong" Cassady (1955), Eddie George (1995), and Troy Smith (2006). Ohio State is a part of the intense athletic Ohio State-Michigan Rivalry. The University of Michigan leads the historical series 57-40-6, but Ohio State is 5-1 in the game since Jim Tressel became its coach in 2001. The OSU/UM game has been called the greatest rivalry in sports by ESPN.

Five Ohio State football players were outlined in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Three of them were defensive players, including two outside linebackers (A. J. Hawk and Bobby Carpenter). Other Ohio State players drafted in the first round were strong safety Donte Whitner, wide receiver Santonio Holmes, and center Nick Mangold. Cornerback Ashton Youboty and inside linebacker Anthony Schlegel were drafted in the third round. Safety Nate Salley and offensive guard Rob Sims were selected in the fourth round.

Men's Basketball
The Ohio State men's basketball team has played in Ten NCAA Final Fours, winning the championship in 1960, led by Basketball Hall of Famers Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, and Bob Knight off the bench. Twenty-three times a Buckeye has been named first team All American including five two-time All Americans and one three-time All American. Between 1960 and 1964 Ohio State won five successive Big Ten championships.

In 2004, Ohio State University fired men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien for recruiting violations and self-imposed a one year fine, including a ban on post-season play and cutback of scholarships. NCAA Division I Committee on infractions placed Ohio State University on three years trial for the violations, and gave heavier penalties to Coach O'Brien and a former assistant coach. Nevertheless, O'Brien successfully sued Ohio State for rude termination. Thad Matta, the current coach of the Buckeyes, took over O'Brien's spot three years ago. Ohio State enlisted such talents as Greg Oden, and Mike Conley, Jr. to start the 2006-2007 year. The Buckeyes finished the season with a 27-3 record; won the Big Ten tournament, and earned a number 1 seed for the NCAA tournament. After a very close game with state rival Xavier, and a 20-point come from behind success against the Tennessee Volunteers, the Buckeyes managed to hold off Georgetown Hoyas 67-60 to reach the Championship Game for the first time since 1962, lost to defending NCAA champions Florida Gators, 84-75. The Buckeyes ended the 2006-2007 season with a record of 35-4.

Golf
Ohio State's two golf courses, the Scarlet and the Gray, were completed in 1938. Architect Alister MacKenzie, who designed the Masters course at Augusta National, designed the Scarlet. Scarlet Course is rated as one of the top collegiate courses in the nation by Golf magazines annually. The Scarlet newly underwent a $4.2 million renewal under Jack Nicklaus. Ohio State has won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships in 1945 and 1979. Five times, Buckeye men have won the NCAA golf individual championship: John Lorms in 1945, Tom Nieporte in 1951, Rick Jones in 1956, Jack Nicklaus in 1961 and Cl

Pageantry
Team Colors: Scarlet and Gray
Fight Songs: Across the Field, Buckeye Battle Cry
Nicknames: Buckeyes, "The Bucks"
Mascot: Brutus Buckeye

Marching Band: The Ohio State University Marching Band, known as The Best Damn Band In The Land. Famous for "Script Ohio" and the "Ramp Entrance". The "I" in "Script Ohio" by a sousaphone player, high-kicks out and does a giant bow to the crowd, 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 Announcers Paul Keels (Play By Play), Jim Lachey (Color), and Marty Bannister (Sideline)

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