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Lantern: Buckeyeman number one fan

Buckeyeman number one fan

By: Matt Friedman

Posted: 3/5/08

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Larry Lokai, better known to Ohio State fans and athletes as Buckeyeman, celebrates the Buckeyes 14-3 victory against the Michigan Wolverines in November 2007. Lokai collects Buckeyes from around the state and donates them to the school for various uses.

There are Buckeye sports fanatics and then there are Buckeye fanatics. Larry Lokai, known to many as "Buckeyeman," is both.

Lokai, an Urbana resident and Ohio State alumnus, collects and donates thousands of buckeyes from buckeye trees around Ohio each year in addition to being one of the Buckeyes' most rabid and recognizable fans.

Lokai attended his first OSU football game when he was a freshman in 1962. He was a member of "Block O" during his junior and senior years and earned a degree in science in 1967 and returned to earn his master's degree in 1973.

It would take 25 years for Lokai, now a retired educator, to become Buckeyeman. In 1998, he joined the animal sciences department at OSU as an adjunct faculty member and attended every Buckeye home game. However, he didn't have tickets to the home Michigan game. His son got him a last-second ticket, but it wasn't in preferred seating.

"I was stuck right in the Michigan section in the middle. I wore a jersey and my 'skunk wig,'" Lokai said. "That was kind of the debut (of Buckeyeman)."

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leroyjenkins;1108433; said:
Maybe number one living fan, but this man was the standard, at least for my generation.

Neutron Man is King of dance - Campus


Check out my quote in this article!! I loved Neutron!
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BUCKYLE;1108435; said:
With all due respect to Buckeyeman:

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Heatily agreed, on both counts. But I think that's maybe because the Neutron man might have been "the man" when I first stepped into the Shoe to watch games as a freshman.

What I think is awesome and very admirable is that Mr. Lokai is carrying on the tradition for the next generation. After a quarter century of carrying on the tradition, I think it's good that the Lantern chose to tell his story.
 
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shetuck;1108446; said:
Heatily agreed, on both counts. But I think that's maybe because the Neutron man might have been "the man" when I first stepped into the Shoe to watch games as a freshman.

What I think is awesome and very admirable is that Mr. Lokai is carrying on the tradition for the next generation. After a quarter century of carrying on the tradition, I think it's good that the Lantern chose to tell his story.
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Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. I just thought any thread bearing the title "Number 1 Buckey Fan" should mention both those men.
 
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Yes, absolutely... which now makes me wonder if some of the more "veteran" members on here might recall if there was a "Number One Fan" they rallied around in the Shoe before Orlas King came along.

Hailing Cinci...
 
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