The headline was attention-grabbing. Down here in Alabama, such a combination of words doesn’t compute in this college football-crazy part of the country. You would think the same would hold true in what they call Big Ten country. Why in the name of Nick Saban’s straw hat would Ohio – home of the Ohio State Buckeyes – sign into law a bill to create a license plate to recognize a school that took the Buckeyes behind the woodshed (52-24) in January of 2021 for the College Football Playoff national championship? What’s next? Maize and blue license tags? As it turns out, according to Cleveland.com, it has more to do with family than the Crimson Tide. The Ohio specialty license plate is just one of the things included in nine bills signed into law Thursday by Gov. Mike DeWine. The idea for the plate came from Republican state Rep. Adam Bird,…
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