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ScriptOhio
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Just sayin': It was sure nice to see the 1966 - 1971 (when I was in school) Brutus return this year for the Homecoming Game against Corn......
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ScriptOhio
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Brutus Buckeye Wins National Mascot of the Year Honors
Brutus Buckeye emerged as the D1A Mascot National Champion at the UCA & UDA National Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Brutus Buckeye Wins National Mascot of the Year Honors
Everyone’s favorite Buckeye is coming back to Columbus with some hardware.Brutus Buckeye emerged as the D1A Mascot National Champion at the UCA & UDA National Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Just wondering do mascots get NIL money when they appear in commercials?
I'm guessing that the school gets a nice check which is a tax write off for the company; and school just pays the guy/girl in the mascot costume his/her expenses (i.e. travel, hotel, and meals, etc.) to go to the filming secessions. Cheerleading is an actual course at Ohio State which earn the participants credit hours toward graduation. The mascots appearing in commercials could be under the umbrella of "lab work" for the course. There are at least 3 or 4 guys that are Brutus Buckeye each year. It's probably an up front requirement that they know about when they tryout for Brutus; however, even if it isn't, I'm sure that they can find one of them more than willing to do the commercials, etc.
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Brutus Buckeye Wins National Mascot of the Year Honors
Brutus Buckeye emerged as the D1A Mascot National Champion at the UCA & UDA National Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.www.elevenwarriors.com
Brutus Buckeye Wins National Mascot of the Year Honors
Everyone’s favorite Buckeye is coming back to Columbus with some hardware.
Brutus Buckeye emerged as the D1A Mascot National Champion at the UCA & UDA National Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Just wondering do mascots get NIL money when they appear in commercials?
I'm guessing that the school gets a nice check which is a tax write off for the company; and school just pays the guy/girl in the mascot costume his/her expenses (i.e. travel, hotel, and meals, etc.) to go to the filming secessions. Cheerleading is an actual course at Ohio State which earn the participants credit hours toward graduation. The mascots appearing in commercials could be under the umbrella of "lab work" for the course. There are at least 3 or 4 guys that are Brutus Buckeye each year. It's probably an up front requirement that they know about when they tryout for Brutus; however, even if it isn't, I'm sure that they can find one of them more than willing to do the commercials, etc.
Anybody notice the Georgia Bulldog is checking the license plate on the vehicle in that promo?
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Skull Session: Ryan Day Says Wins Aren’t “Pre-Ordained” at Ohio State, Jeff Moody Shares the Untold Story of Crossing Out the 'M' in the Big House As Brutus
Ryan Day says wins aren't "pre-ordained" at Ohio State, and Jeff Moody shares the untold story of crossing out the 'M' in the Big House as Brutus.
“THIS WILL BE AMAZING.” This month, The Columbus Dispatch’s Sheridan Hendrix and Adam Cairns have produced a great behind-the-scenes series on what it takes to be Brutus Buckeye.
Over the weekend, they revisited one of the mascot’s best moments: crossing out the M during Ohio State’s 27-9 win in the Big House last season. Senior Jeff Moody, the man inside the Brutus costume that day, shared the untold story behind the moment with The Dispatch.
“That morning, we woke up, and I was buzzing. Like, this is the dream — to go to the Team Up North game, see Ohio State win and get to be Brutus for it. I was stoked,” Moody said.
Moody said there were “a lot of people” concerned for the safety of him and Ohio State’s cheer squad. The athletic department and coaching staff made sure he and the cheerleaders felt protected in and around Michigan Stadium.
“We were all like, ‘Holy cow. Are we gonna get attacked? Are people that crazy?’” Moody recalled. “We drove to the stadium, and it was cool. For like a mile out from the stadium, there were people lining the roads. Half of them were in scarlet and gray, cheering us on. The other half were wearing maize and blue, booing us, giving us all the fingers and saying some crazy things. We were just eating it up.”
Moody remembers feeling like he was “getting ready for battle” while putting on the Brutus costume in the locker room.
Hours later, he committed an act of war.
“In the third quarter, I saw snow starting to cover the ground, and I was trying to think, ‘What can I do here? Maybe I can make a little snowman or snow angel or something,’” Moody said. “And then I saw some footprints right behind the end zone in the snow, and it clicked. My favorite Ohio State tradition is going around and crossing out M’s. I think that’s the coolest thing ever. I was like, ‘Wait, I can cross out the M in the Big House. This will be amazing.’”
Moody admitted he weighed the consequences of the action.
“I was like, ‘Wait, if I do this, if this goes poorly, I could get kicked off the team.’ So I ran over to Coach Ray (Sharp), whispered in his ear and said, ‘Can I cross out the M in the end zone?’ And he went, ‘Yeah, go do it.’ Talking to him yesterday, I found out that he didn’t hear what I said. So thankfully, he didn’t hear me, because he would have told me no.”
Thinking he was in the clear, Moody crossed the point of no return — and crossed out the M.
“I ran out on the field, and it was like, ‘Alright, here’s my time. I’m gonna make this thing good.’ I looked down at the opposite corner of the M because it’s a big block. I looked down at the opposite corner — that was my target. I shuffled my feet, didn’t press them into the ground real hard, but knew I was making a mark. Went to the opposite corner, went back across, came across the other way. I was shocked that while I did that, I didn’t get any beer cans thrown at me. I didn’t hear anyone say anything. To me, I didn’t think anyone even noticed I did it.”
Oh, we noticed.
Moody’s action went viral on social media. It remains one of Eleven Warriors’ most popular Facebook posts ever, with almost 50,000 likes and 3,000 comments.
He also dotted the ‘i’ in a Script Ohio. And crossed out the M again.
“A minute or two after that, two Team Up North staffers came over, got on their hands and knees and wiped off the Script Ohio. They were furious with Coach Ray. They were like, ‘If he does anything like that again, we’re kicking him out of here.’ They were in his face yelling.”
Sharp didn’t care.
“The funniest part about that was they scrubbed off the Script Ohio and left the 'M,'” he said.
Moody took pride in his accomplishment.
“You couldn’t see because I had the head on, but I was grinning ear to ear,” he said. “I was so happy. That was one of the best moments. I was able to do something that got some Team Up North people riled up.”
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