Clearly not worried about any kind of curse -- the Buckeyes were 10-17 in their last gray season, 1996-97 -- coach
Thad Matta told the
Columbus Dispatch, "I just like them
in scarlet and gray." He then offered an alternate explanation: "'I told coach [
Jim]
Tressel I was going to tell you guys that when they took the gray out of the sleeves of the football uniforms -- which has really hurt the team -- that we just got all the leftover material. He told me, 'If you say that, I'll kill you.'" After week Tressel just had, he could probably get away with it.