Feb. 8—Ohio Stadium’s new turf will look mostly like its old turf. The athletics department revealed Monday afternoon the new artificial surface will still feature scarlet end zones and a scarlet Block ‘O’ at midfield. And the field will still be green. There are some tweaks, including replacing the black outer stroke of the midfield Block ‘O’ with gray. One end zone will still say, “OHIO STATE,” and the other will still say, “BUCKEYES,” but the outer boundaries of the field will be gray instead of white. The new design also includes buckeye leaves at the 35-yard lines and a black, white and scarlet stripe pattern in the center of the end lines. Ohio State moved back to artificial turf at Ohio Stadium in 2007 after experiencing issues with the natural grass field that had a gray Block ‘O’ in the center and “OHIO STATE” and “BUCKEYES” in gray in…
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