The Ohio State Marching Band
Open edition poster with the "Pride of the Buckeyes".
In this two-panel print, members of TBDBITL (The Best Damn Band in the
Land) play to fans seated in Ohio Stadium. The band is also shown with
the team singing Carmen Ohio, a post-game tradition started by Coach
Tressel. Did you know that Carmen Ohio has three verses? Learn the
words from this new print, and teach them to your true Buckeye
friends!History:
"Carmen Ohio," Ohio State's alma mater, was born in
sadness during one of the football team's darkest hours. In 1902, Fred
A. Cornell, Class of 1906 and a member of the team, scribbled the
words on the back of an envelope as he returned by train to Columbus
from Ann Arbor. The Buckeyes had just suffered a bitter defeat at the
hands of Michigan, losing 86-0. He wrote the words to the music known
as the "Spanish Chant." "Carmen Ohio" was first performed by the Glee
Club in 1903, but did not become popular until the words were
published in the Lantern for the football rally before the Michigan
game of 1906. It was recognized as the alma mater in 1916. There are
three stanzas in the copyrighted version, though generally only the
first is sung. The word "carmen" is Latin for "song."
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