Nicknames.
Not everyone has one, and, certainly, not everyone has a good one. However, in college football, there have been a slew of really cool nicknames we still refer to today when talking about some of the best players to ever strap on the headgear and pads. The best ones aren’t forced and come about organically.
Thomas Neumann at Touchdown Wire went through what seems like a pretty extensive task of publishing a list of the greatest 101 names in football history. There are some pretty iconic ones on there like “The Minister of Defense,” “The Refrigerator” and many more.
For us though, we were interested to see which former Ohio State players made the list, and we’re happy to report that four have been enshrined with a glorious nickname. Can you guess the four that made it? I mean, this is the content we bring you in the offseason that you didn’t even know you yearned for.