With the Buckeyes nearby, Ohio State’s NYC alumni took over at Rutgers
In the fourth quarter, as Ohio State was putting yet another beating on Rutgers, a stadium-wide O-H-I-O chant broke out at High Point Solutions Stadium.
Five years ago, such a scene might have been unfathomable. Despite being two of college football’s most historic programs, they’d never played prior to Rutgers joining the Big Ten. The move wasn’t even a popular one, with most Big Ten fans ridiculing the addition of the Scarlet Knights. Four seasons in, the jokes haven’t let up.
But one group of Ohio State fans will never complain about sharing a division with Rutgers. Outside of Ohio, New York City is second only to Washington D.C. in terms of alumni numbers. The NYC Buckeyes alumni group has more than 4,000 members, and it’s estimated that there’s around 10,000 Ohio State alums in New York City.
Before Rutgers and Maryland showed up, seeing the Buckeyes in person often meant New Yorkers had to trek to isolated State College or all the way back to Ohio.
“When I heard about [expansion], I was like, ‘That’s awesome because we can finally go up to an Ohio State game up close,'” said Dio Cavero, an Ohio State alum who lives on Long Island.
And for Ohio State fans in the Big Apple, it absolutely was. Cavero was at Saturday’s game with his wife Kristine, and they’d both also been to the 49-7 Buckeyes’ win in 2015. In that one, too, Ohio State fans took over the stadium and screamed out the O-H-I-O from all four sides of the stadium.
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