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Ohio State players striving for gold pants in Michigan game
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Michigan spent years beating the pants off Ohio State.
Then Francis Schmidt arrived in Columbus in 1934 to resurrect the moribund OSU football program. Legend has it that during his interview, when asked how his teams would do against Michigan, he simply replied: ?They put their pants on one leg at a time just like we do.?
It was then that Schmidt gave OSU one of its greatest traditions. Since 1934, every Buckeyes player and coach on a team that beats the rival from the north receives a gold pants charm. It?s a coveted piece of sports memorabilia, with one pair having sold for $1,000 on eBay recently.
Veteran players concede that they were confused about what the charms were when they arrived at Ohio State as freshman.
?Growing up, I heard about it, and I thought you get a real pair of gold pants; I didn?t know what it was,? linebacker Marcus Freeman said. ?Then when I got here and got my first pair, you see it?s a little charm, but then you learn what an important tradition it is.
?My first pair, I gave to my mother, my second pair I gave to my father, and my third pair I gave to my brother, so I hopefully have to get another pair to keep for myself.?
It?s after they?re indoctrinated into the OSU football culture that the significance of those little charms is appreciated.
?They?re up there. My mom has one pair, and I gave my sister two pairs,? right tackle Kirk Barton said. ?I?ve really got to work to even it out. That?s kind of a driving force this week, something I?ve been thinking about ever since I gave my sister that pair from last year. They mean a lot to me.?
The charms will mean more for this senior class in that they have the opportunity to leave Columbus with four of the mementos. More important, it points to how Ohio State has come to dominate this series since coach Jim Tressel?s arrival.
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You earned them(all four of them):
Ohio State players striving for gold pants in Michigan game
FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
Michigan spent years beating the pants off Ohio State.
Then Francis Schmidt arrived in Columbus in 1934 to resurrect the moribund OSU football program. Legend has it that during his interview, when asked how his teams would do against Michigan, he simply replied: ?They put their pants on one leg at a time just like we do.?
It was then that Schmidt gave OSU one of its greatest traditions. Since 1934, every Buckeyes player and coach on a team that beats the rival from the north receives a gold pants charm. It?s a coveted piece of sports memorabilia, with one pair having sold for $1,000 on eBay recently.
Veteran players concede that they were confused about what the charms were when they arrived at Ohio State as freshman.
?Growing up, I heard about it, and I thought you get a real pair of gold pants; I didn?t know what it was,? linebacker Marcus Freeman said. ?Then when I got here and got my first pair, you see it?s a little charm, but then you learn what an important tradition it is.
?My first pair, I gave to my mother, my second pair I gave to my father, and my third pair I gave to my brother, so I hopefully have to get another pair to keep for myself.?
It?s after they?re indoctrinated into the OSU football culture that the significance of those little charms is appreciated.
?They?re up there. My mom has one pair, and I gave my sister two pairs,? right tackle Kirk Barton said. ?I?ve really got to work to even it out. That?s kind of a driving force this week, something I?ve been thinking about ever since I gave my sister that pair from last year. They mean a lot to me.?
The charms will mean more for this senior class in that they have the opportunity to leave Columbus with four of the mementos. More important, it points to how Ohio State has come to dominate this series since coach Jim Tressel?s arrival.
Entire article: Ohio State players striving for gold pants in Michigan game
