The Ohio buckeye is a medium-sized tree with distinctive radial leaves and shiny brown seeds that most of us know quite well. Less well-known, though, is that the buckeye’s distribution on the ...

So what are those stickers on Ohio State's helmets? Here's everything you should know ahead of the national championship.

Buckeye leaves grow on buckeye trees, the official state tree of Ohio. The fruit of buckeye trees are — you guessed it — buckeyes, which are small, shiny, dark brown nuts with a light tan patch.

This tradition started way back in 1967 when Head Coach Woody Hayes and trainer Ernie Biggs altered the look of the Ohio State uniforms to incorporate the buckeye leaves more, according to the ...

Generally speaking, the buckeye leaf stickers are meant to signify an achievement, either by the team or an individual player. In 2019, former Ohio State ... trees bear a fruit that contains ...