Apparently it was on this day (October 10) in 1936 that Ohio State first performed their beloved Script Ohio. Feel free to troll your Buckeye friends because…this:

Rest assured that the folklore is true, it was indeed the Michigan Marching Band that first performed the ‘Script Ohio’ – four years earlier. Yes, the MMB literally spelled it out for the Ohio Stadium crowd on Michigan’s trip to Columbus in 1932. Want evidence? Sure:

Here’s an opposite field photo of the mega-sized writing lesson:

Backing this up, please enjoy this October 16, 1932 clip from the Michigan Daily, published a day after the Wolverines’ 14-0 victory down in the Snake Pit.

Not that this fact has been disputed, but the article confirms that this happened – not just spelling it, but scripting it: (“’OHIO,’ spelled out in script..”). This offers some validation that the photo above is legit (“diagonally across the field”).

I love that apparently the band didn’t stop there, mixing in a MICH (was it a script MICH?) along with the tradition block ‘M’.

Yes, you will find lovers of the Buckeyes and @TDBITL who will tell you that this formation is something different from what the OSU band forms today.

To these diehards I offer my pity. Just accept that it was done before and appreciate that you perfected it. Just like we do with the the winged helmet. And winning football games.

Sidenote on the Daily article: I’m sure the Wagner prelude was certainly powerful but I’m guessing it was dropped from the regular MMB rotation thanks to rise of the soon-to-be Chancellor over there in Germany. Yikes.

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