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Topic: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos

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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #140 on: March 09, 2026, 02:23:30 PM »
A buckeye is technically not a true botanical nut, but rather the poisonous, nut-like seed of the buckeye tree (Aesculus glabra). Appearing as a shiny, dark brown seed with a light-colored spot resembling a deer's eye, it is considered a toxic seed that is inedible to humans and most livestock.

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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #141 on: March 09, 2026, 02:31:40 PM »
But rodents like Badgers could possibly get by - possibly
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #142 on: March 09, 2026, 03:01:04 PM »
The Ohio State Nut-like Seeds of the Aesculus Glabra!

Hmm.

Doesn't have the same ring to it.  

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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #143 on: March 09, 2026, 03:13:18 PM »
It's kinda like an acorn. 


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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #144 on: March 09, 2026, 04:03:04 PM »
great for a necklace
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #145 on: March 09, 2026, 04:07:12 PM »
Yep.



From 2003.
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #146 on: March 09, 2026, 04:21:27 PM »
Pretty sure that vs FLA in Jan. '06 
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #147 on: March 10, 2026, 07:25:49 AM »
Why not both?

I saw/met that guy at our tailgate in 2003. He knew some people in our lot.

He didn't come afterward. 

He did manage to get himself and that image on the scoreboard though.
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #148 on: March 10, 2026, 09:34:34 AM »
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio/2014/08/39051/the-crying-man

Appears we're both wrong, from when the undefeated No.1 Buckeyes lost to Nick Saban led Spartans. But evidently he sniveled quite a bit, so prolly deja vu

The snapshot is from the aftermath of that impossible loss to Michigan State in 1998. It's the only evidence of any sound in the stadium that night, as most of the 93,595 shellshocked fans who wandered out onto the streets did so without saying a word.

That afternoon the Buckeyes had a 24-9 lead, and then a punt hit Nate Clements in the back. Something strange then happened to the air on the field: Guys who never fumble fumbled. Every jump ball, every 50/50 play and every single break went the Spartans' way, yet the most dominating Ohio State team since 1968 was still in position to win on the final play. But it did not.

His image is sought and presented with hurtful intentions, though anyone who actually knew him might find comfort in seeing him openly weep for Ohio State football - because he did it all of the time. He cried openly in November 1996 in Bloomington after Matt Finkes clinched Ohio State's berth in the Rose Bowl, and wept in public again the following week when the undefeated Buckeyes pulled off yet another magnificent collapse against 17-point underdog Michigan.

The crying man has been dead for over a decade now. He had a name. It was Orlas King. The Neutron Man died in the middle of a three-game losing streak in 2004, right when we needed him the most. Once his celebrity began to grow to the point where it seemed overwhelming, he redirected all of the attention he was receiving to the cheerleaders and the band. He used that popularity to raise money to fund cheerleading scholarships, because cheerleaders have a noble purpose
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #149 on: March 10, 2026, 09:53:57 AM »
cheerleaders have a noble purpose

I agree

as do beverage cart girls
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #150 on: March 10, 2026, 10:05:27 AM »
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio/2014/08/39051/the-crying-man

Appears we're both wrong, from when the undefeated No.1 Buckeyes lost to Nick Saban led Spartans. But evidently he sniveled quite a bit, so prolly deja vu

The snapshot is from the aftermath of that impossible loss to Michigan State in 1998. It's the only evidence of any sound in the stadium that night, as most of the 93,595 shellshocked fans who wandered out onto the streets did so without saying a word.

That afternoon the Buckeyes had a 24-9 lead, and then a punt hit Nate Clements in the back. Something strange then happened to the air on the field: Guys who never fumble fumbled. Every jump ball, every 50/50 play and every single break went the Spartans' way, yet the most dominating Ohio State team since 1968 was still in position to win on the final play. But it did not.

His image is sought and presented with hurtful intentions, though anyone who actually knew him might find comfort in seeing him openly weep for Ohio State football - because he did it all of the time. He cried openly in November 1996 in Bloomington after Matt Finkes clinched Ohio State's berth in the Rose Bowl, and wept in public again the following week when the undefeated Buckeyes pulled off yet another magnificent collapse against 17-point underdog Michigan.

The crying man has been dead for over a decade now. He had a name. It was Orlas King. The Neutron Man died in the middle of a three-game losing streak in 2004, right when we needed him the most. Once his celebrity began to grow to the point where it seemed overwhelming, he redirected all of the attention he was receiving to the cheerleaders and the band. He used that popularity to raise money to fund cheerleading scholarships, because cheerleaders have a noble purpose

I was at the game where he was dubbed the neutron man the first time.  Everyone got a kick out if his dancing
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #151 on: March 10, 2026, 10:11:04 AM »
Maybe they just showed him on the Camp Randall scoreboard using that picture from the MSU game?

I thought that MSU game was a day game. The picture appears to have been taken at night.
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Re: Old Goofy Mascots & Logos
« Reply #152 on: March 10, 2026, 10:12:03 AM »
Is Buckeye Guy still alive? 

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« Reply #153 on: March 10, 2026, 10:12:51 AM »
No.
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