No. 3 Ohio State will conclude its season on Monday with a matchup against top-ranked Alabama in the College Football Playoff championship game: the biggest stage available to the sport in 2020. For those who don’t follow college football — or who do follow college football but otherwise live under a rock — Ohio State might raise a curious question: What are the stickers on the back of their helmets? And, to further that question: What exactly is a buckeye? Those questions have apparently been asked enough for Ohio State University to dedicate an entire page to the query. Sporting News is here to help anyone with a curiosity in the Buckeyes’ arboreal nickname, too: MORE: Alabama-Ohio State odds, predictions, betting trends What is a buckeye? A buckeye has two meanings, one of which derives from the other: A buckeye, per Ohio State, is described as a “small, shiny, dark…
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