College football: Prized recruit, split fandom found in Findlay

CLEVELAND – They drove 96 miles to attend Ohio State ‘s spring game. They wore shirts supporting their favorite Buckeye. But when Findlay's high sc...

June 3, 2023
8:30 AM

CLEVELAND – They drove 96 miles to attend Ohio State ‘s spring game. They wore shirts supporting their favorite Buckeye. But when Findlay's high school football team heard 'O-H' echoing through the concourse, 'They were not all joining the band,' Findlay coach Stefan Adams said. That's because, to certain ears, it was playing the wrong song. If the Trojans had pointed their team bus 96 miles north, they would've parked in Ann Arbor. Their hometown harbors the exact midpoint – a freeway exit ramp just south of the city – between Ohio State and Michigan's campuses.

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