The Buckeyes are recognized by both the university and the NCAA as having won eight national championships, six of which were awarded by major wire-service selectors. Ohio State's mascot is known ...

Ohio State's official nickname has been the Buckeyes since 1950, per its athletics site. Brutus Buckeye was created in 1965, as the school had no mascot in the years prior. He is a costumed mascot ...

Tennessee football's matchup against Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoff is an elite nickname matchup. The No. 8 Buckeyes ... did not have a mascot.

With loads of eyeballs on "The Game," the high-profile matchup between the two Big Ten powers might prompt questions as to the meaning and origin of Ohio State's unique nickname and mascot — at ...