The Ohio State Buckeyes felt the heat online Saturday afternoon. Ohio State opted to wear unique uniforms on Saturday that got everyone’s attention. There’s one problem: That attention was for the wrong reasons.
Ohio State announced earlier Saturday that the Buckeyes would wear alternate gray uniforms, moving away from their traditional scarlet and gray, against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Buckeyes welcomed Iowa to Columbus for the first time in several years, and planned to mark the occasion by wearing a different uniform set.
“Gameday in Gray,” Ohio State had announced. At the time, everything was going great. The Buckeyes boasted their uniforms proudly and hoped to smother the Hawkeyes later on int he day.
Gameday in Gray βΎοΈπ° pic.twitter.com/SS2q9LKmM3
β Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 5, 2024
Then, the Buckeyes stepped on the field.
Leaders of The Brotherhood. pic.twitter.com/AlWVA8oNEx
β Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 5, 2024
Everything appeared to be going fine. Some in Columbus approved, but based on the reaction to the uniforms, it wasn’t the majority-held opinion. They didn’t land what they hoped to.
“When I say I hate Ohio State’s gray uniforms, I don’t mean it in the typical, ‘I don’t like these uniforms’ kinda way,” Tom Fornelli sa.d “I mean I hate them, and if they were a person, I would revel in any misfortune that came their way.”
That was just a taste of the reactions that followed.
When I say I hate Ohio State’s gray uniforms, I don’t mean it in the typical, “I don’t like these uniforms” kinda way. I mean I hate them, and if they were a person, I would revel in any misfortune that came their way.
β Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) October 5, 2024
I will never get why Ohio State, which consistently gets top 5 recruiting classes, thinks they need to appeal to a younger demographic by wearing awful gray/black/red uniforms on a regular basis instead of their classic look.
β Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) October 5, 2024
Those gray Ohio State uniforms are ugly.
β Jake B γ½οΈ (@MichFootballBEL) October 5, 2024
The gray Ohio State jersey is cool. I guess.
Pairing it with the normal pants and normal helmet is stupid, and also dumb.
We used to be a real country. #GoBucks
β Morgan Hughes π₯₯π΄ (@Morgan_Hughes) October 5, 2024
I’m not saying the All Gray Ohio State uniforms are bad. I’m not.
But I am saying that they look like something I would have been able to buy at the Indian Mound Mall’s Steve and Barry’s for $17 bucks
β Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) October 5, 2024
I’m saying they’re bad.
β Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) October 5, 2024
Ohio Stateβs gray uniforms are #notgood
β JP Acosta (@acosta32_jp) October 5, 2024
Thumbs down to Ohio State’s gray jerseys.
β Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) October 5, 2024
Whatever the Buckeyes hoped to achieve with this uniform set, for some, it didn’t come anywhere close.
