It began in as five-time national championship coach Woody Hayes handed out the stickers to team members on a weekly basis for exceptional individual plays. To this day, it has now seen 26 Big Ten titles and four national crowns. Hayes was sparing with the Buckeye foliage and created a friendly competition amongst the players with locker room charts and current standings of individual prowess.
As the tradition continued, other coaches took different approaches, yet rendered the same on field results Former taskmaster Jim Tressel, the national championship coach who holds 94 wins to his name as the Buckeye leader, focused more on the team aspect when handing out these legendary stickers. Originally designed in by comic Milton Caniff the stickers can occupy approximately spots on each side of the helmet. By the end of a decorated season, an individual could find themselves with upwards of on the dome.
Ohio State has one of the most storied traditions in all of college football. The incredible players and coaches have helped the Buckeyes dominate the Big Ten Conference for years, earn seven Heisman Trophies, and win eight national championships.
So, why do they wear those stickers? It would be used for motivational purposes, as players got them for making big plays. Woody Hayes then embraced the idea. There have since been other programs to start similar helmet-sticker traditions, but it is reported that Ohio State was the first.
It is all lore within the Buckeye program and among its fans. However, the current reason for players getting stickers is now more known: players, in fact, get buckeye leaves for doing something good.
We constantly had these conversations. On Monday, Stamper arranged for a bus to take at least 25 players who are registered in Franklin County to early vote at the Board of Elections on Morse Road. Last week, he said, the entire team registered to vote, locally or absentee, after a visit from three representatives from the student organization OSU Votes.
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