OSU Collegiate History

[the_woodster]

Found this interesting. Might be old news to some, but thought I'd share it anyway. From en.wikipedia.org:

Ohio State is one of only two universities (the University of Michigan being the other) to have won an NCAA national championship in baseball, basketball and football. Ohio State has also won national championships in men's swimming & diving, men's outdoor track & field, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, co-ed fencing, and synchronized swimming.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-28>[29]</SUP> Since the inception of the Athletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top 6 finishes in three of the last five years.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-29>[30]</SUP> During the 2005-2006 school year Ohio State became this first Big Ten team to win conference championships in Football, Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball.

I thought the first sentence was particularly interesting.

 

[the_woodster]

Something else that I thought was interesting, but might again fall under the "old news" category:

The school colors are Scarlet and Gray, although they were originally black and orange. The colors were not used however, because Princeton already used the colors.

Imagine if we had black and orange as our colors? The 2004 Alamo bowl would have been very interesting...

 

[BayBuck]

Ohio State is one of only two universities (the University of Michigan being the other) to have won an NCAA national championship in baseball, basketball and football.

Florida almost joined this group by making it to the CWS finals last year (and winning March Madness)--but no dice!

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Imagine if we had black and orange as our colors? The 2004 Alamo bowl would have been very interesting...

If we were, all three "OSU" teams would be orange and black (not only Okie State but also Oregon State).

 

[the_woodster]

If we were, all three "OSU" teams would be orange and black (not only Okie State but also Oregon State).

i was thinking the same thing. i'm glad we didn't go with orange and black.

 

[cincibuck]

If we were, all three "OSU" teams would be orange and black (not only Okie State but also Oregon State).

What about Oshkosh State?



Or is that UW at Oshkosh?

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I believe Cal has also won the trifecta, FWIW.

 

[BayBuck]

I believe Cal has also won the trifecta, FWIW.

Well, if you count those early football titles for Cal (1920,1937), you could probably include LSU for their pre-tourney basketball title as well (1935).

 

[Bucks07]

Well, if you count those early football titles for Cal (1920,1937), you could probably include LSU for their pre-tourney basketball title as well (1935).

I like it better when its just Ohio State and scUM.

Scarlet and Gray look better than black and orange anyway.